New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-02-13

Immediately knocked down the gentleman from
Utah. BY this time large crowd had assembled,
and the combatants were separated. Holbrook APP
pears TO besbf very quarrelsome disposition. lie
was in Gaming encounter last Winter at Wizards.
The story which obtained circulation day or two
ago. that Gen. Sickles has been in town to procure
the confirmation of Mr.. Sunset Cox Minister to
Austria is without foundation. Gen. Sickes has not
been in Washington recently and. it is understood,
has gone to New Hampshire to canvass the State for
the coming election.
Judge Mason of Iowa, and Gen. Cox, Secretary
Browning's chief clerk are East endeayoring to Sc
the nomination for the office of Commissioner OF
Patents
Senator Chandler welcomed his friends tonight
with large party at his residence here.
The Secretary of the Treasury has constituted the
Commission to examine the meters presented for the
of distilleries. which authorized by JOINT
resolution of Congress suspendng the lice meter,
and the members of the Commission are gradually
arriving in this city, and hope soon to be able to
commence operations. number OF meters III tile
hands Of their inventors are here awaiting exaInna-
ton.
The Senate Committee onlTeuitories made a favor
able report to-day the Senate bill to admit the
State of Colorado into the Union concluding as fol-
lows:
Az il has been the practice Of the to admit
population and as the present population OF Colorado
appears be equal than many States heretofore
wish of her people be admitted under the pres
ent bill and Congress has expressly invited her admis
sion by enabling act but Just TO the people OF
Colorado that the pghted faith OF the Government
should he made good by the admission Of the state into
the Union, which your Committee unanimously recon-
mend.
b b. French ex-CommissiOner of Public Buildings,
has Just been appointed TO fourhclass u 800 clerk
ship in the Treasury Department. The POSITION IS
that of disbursing clerk of the Treasury, vice B. NJ
McKean DECEASED.
The case of Butler agt. Powell contestants for the
seat of the First Congressional District of Tennessee,
was completed and submitted yesterday to the House
Committee. Mr.. Butler was member OF the len
nessee Rebel Legislature.
The Common Council adopted resolutions last night
denOuncing the plan OF governing Washington Clty
by Board of Commissioners, instead OF extending
the old city charter
Secretary McCuloch this morning received two
letters, without signatures, lnclosng SO and 80,
which the writer says properly belongs to the United
States Treasury These letters were both written by
the same person, and postmarked Palmer, Mass.
The Reconstruction Committee will hold another
meeting tomorrow, and resume the examination
concerning.the JOhnson-Grant correspondence. Gen.
Grant has not been subpenaed TO appear before the
Committee.
The House judiciary Committee will hold their
next meeting on Friday. and take testimony in re-
gard the charges against of the Associate JUS
tees of the Supreme Court.
TIE following named cases were disposed OF III the
United States Supreme Court to-day:
Noe. 2G3 Yose appellant, AFT Bronson ct AL 4l4, Gran
shay 81 al agt Sntter ct a.; H5, NOse, appellant ag
suffer Ut al l0 The United states, plaintiff IN error ag
COOK.