The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-21
Admission of the Alabama
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
and the Fourteenth
Amendment.
Executive Nominations Relations
of the United States with
Foreign Governments.
Ete., Etcu ETC., EtOs Etc. Ets.
LATER FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Despatch TO The EUenil0 Telegraph
Executive Nomtn att0ns.

Special Despatch TO The Evening Telegraph
Executive NOmtnattsns.
WASHINGTON, July 21.-The President sent
the following nominations to the Senate
to-day:-Jos. w. Meeks, of New York, Consul
to Nantes; Doris Atwater, of Connecticut,
Consul to Seychelles; Emeline A. Finck,
Deputy Postmaster at Red Bank, N. j.,
together with a large number Of Deputy
Postmasters, mostly in the West.
Georgia HaIihsA the 14th amend msnt.
Dispatches have reached here to-day from
Governor Bullock, of Georgia, stating that the
Legislature of that State has ratified the four
teenth amendment to the Constitution. A
concurrent resolution was at once drawn up
and passed by both Houses, declaring said
amendment part Of the U. S. Constitution.
The concurrent resolution does not 60 to the
President, and the matter of the amendment is
now settled by the action of Congress.
ghe HawaiIaa Treaty.
The Senate will 60 into executive session at
an early hour to-day for the purpose of finish
ing the consideration of thetreaty with the Ha-
waiian Islands. 1t is expected that it will be
disposed of to-day.
The Chinese Treaty.
Mr.. Sumner is very anxious to get the
Chinese treaty before the Senate as soon as
possible, and also to get action thereon, 80
that Minister Burlingame and suite may be
able to leave the city.
Relieved.
The Secretary of War has relieved General
D. II. Rucker, Assistant Quartermaster-Ge Gene
raj, from duty as Chief Qusrtermaster OF the
Department of the East. The Secretary has
assigned him to duty as Chief Quartermaster
at Philadelphia.
AppoiAtmsnt for PhiIadsIphia.
Captain F. J. Gully is also assigned to duty
at Philadelphia.
Professor of Military Scioncs.
| The President has appointed Lieutenant
Colonel Charles Ruff as Professor of Mill
tary Science and Tactics in the University of
| Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia.
| Supplying Temporary Vacancies.
Both Houses have agreed to the conference
report on the bill for supplying temporary
vacancies in the Executive Departments. The
| main subject of contention was that relative
to the Commissioner of Patents. AS the bill
now stands it makes Judge Hodges, of Yer
mont, who is the Oldest among the Chief Ex-
aminers, Commissioner of Patents. 1t is ex-
pected that the President will veto the bill, as
he has already sent Mr.. Foote Senator Hen
dersOn's father-in law, to the Senate for the
position which Congress seeks to fill with
Judge Hodges. Doubts are expressed about
Foote'S confirmation. Hodges is Republican,
while Foote is Democrat.
| Vhe FusdInR Bill.
| The House has resumed the considerati on
of the Funding bill. Mr.. Boutwell, is explain
| ing his substitute for Sherman's bill.
vhs Alabama Rsprsssntattves.
| The following members were sworn in from
Alabama to-day:-Charles W. Buckley, John
B. Coils, Thomas Haggerty, B. W. Norris,
Charles M. Pierce. Two more of the delega-
| ton remain to be sworn.