New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-11-28
WASHINGTON.

THE WHISKY FRAUDs-THE PACIFIC RAIL
ROADS-TuR sPRINGBOK CLAIM-MR. EYARIS
ON THE EIGHT-HOgR LAw-PERsoNAL.
WASHINGTON, Friday Nov 81, 1863
Gen. Grant remains quietly at his headquarters,
,eeing all who call and transacting the business Oh
his Office Secretary McCulloch is arranging the hg-
ures for his report TO Congress, and Will complete IL
In day or two The reports of Secretaries Nelles'
Bchofeld, and Browning, and PostmaSter-ueheI"i
Randall have been finished and are being printed ao
the Government Office. Neither of the other menu
bers of the Cabinet makes report to Congress sec
retary Seward is presumed to be occupied with his
foreign correspondence, and the Atorney-UeheIi Is
working ND whisky cases and opinions ana IoohIng
after the trial of Jefferson Davis commissioner MOI
Inns. not having finished his report is sara 10 De
working on it during his absence from the city.
Secretary Seward does not conceal his dissatsiac-
,ion with the terms of the protocol for the settle
ment of the Alabama claims and Republicans here
Nav that Minister Johnsons action in respect Of these
claims has been purely the interest OF the EeDel
wing of the Democratic party.
The following note of the Secretary OF state TO me
Secretary of the Navy is understood to indicate the
orders which have been given TO Gen. McMahon ana
Admiral Davis Oh the subject Of the Paaguayan dli-
fculties
DEPARTMENT or STATE, w.suISGToTS Nov, Il; 1868
SIR: dispatch was received YESTERDAY rom CnIcs
A. Washburn. esq late UhlIeu oa'Gs M thc 9ft6 ~
quay, which written at Buenos AHes Oh ti t oTt
Senfcmber last The dispatch shows that controversy
has been carried on for time between nm ana te
Presdent of PARAGUAY The merits of the controversy
cannot be well understood until copy OF the coTresIoh
ence itself shall have been received when is now uay
exnected: meantime Mr.. Washburn's dispatch conelu-
svey shows that the situation OF all foreigners, lncug
pd tSa esSecay Porter Bliss ana George Master
man. United States citizens, lately IN some way conecled
.onal violence ana nave from ogsn MI Webb
q Mnfe rafR W
requested Rear Admiral Davis commanding tho south
AtauIc Squadron, 10 seiu Vi , m ctiYans
Mr. Webb unable to inform the Department. whether
Admiral Davis would assume the responsibility OF com
plying with this request without special instructions
from tins Government. The situation thus presented
critical, that have thought my duty
10 advise the President that the RearAdmral should be
Instructed proceed with adequate force at once TO
Paraguay and take such measures as may DO FOUND
necessary prevent violence TO the lives and property
Of American citizens there, and in the exercise OF sound
extreme INSULT violence that may have been arbra
rily committed against the flag Of the United states or
their citizens have the honor 70 De your ooeden ser
want, WILLIAM H. SEWARD
There is nothing new in the matter Of the Para
guavan difficulties Secretary Seward said in the
Cabinet meeting to-day that he had no official mfor-
nation 10 submit, and the subject was therefore not
discussed by the Cabinet
The Hon. Reuben Tomlnson. formerly Of Phila-
delphia, has been appointed State Auditor OF South
Carolina and is organizing the system of collection
structons to the District Assessors have just been
issued t''.~-.... ----.-.sl'-- ...--.>
1t is said that the President has not dismissed the
subject of the whisky frauds in New-York. and the
suspension of District-AttOney Courtney and other
officers but is waiting for further evidence which is
promised to be forthcoming.
The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs expects TO 20
70 the Cattaraugus Reservation next week, TO settle
Indian land claims
Gen. Warren Of the Engineer Corps will make a
report Of his inspection of the Pacific Railroad, and
II is said that he crtcses the construction so severe
~ that the President contemplates Withholding the
further issue of bonds.
The Springbok claim, decided by our courts and
by the law officers of Great Britain in favor of he
United States to be revived and presented for con-
alteration by the joint commission provided for in
the Johnson-Stane protocol The briefs are III the
hands ot the printers.
The Dyer Court of Inquiry having adjourned over
until Monday, a number Of the officers have gone to
Fortress Monroe 10 witness the ordnance expert
ments.
The loDg-promisod opinion of Attorney General
Fvarts on the Eighth hour law of the last Congress
was delivered TO the President to-day 1t Is yoluni-
nous, and will soon be given to the press.
Senator Sumner arrived to-day, and Gen. Williams
Of Oregon is expected TO reach New-York on his way
n
took the train for New York today. All the Nom
beers of the Cabinet were at the meeting to-day.
sneaker Colfax will return tomorrow. Major
Thomas. son of Adjutant-Genc Lorenzo Thomas
was married in this city to-day. Senator Patterson
Mrs. slower the Presidents daughter, aud her
children, returned from Tennessee tonight. Gen.
schenck arrived tonight
The hotels are empty the city Is deserted, and
everything is dull Even the White House aud
Army Headquarters without incident worth
relating and the appearance Of decay surrounds all
of the Departments and public offices. Not dozen
Congressman are in the city, and the politicians
Cablnetmakers and oice-seekors have either rested
from their labors OF departed to points hopeful
Of nro6t and influence The few strangers remaining
I'm the city, and those persons whose connection with
the Government cOmpels their presence here con-
tinue TO speculate upon the approaching session Of
Congress, which it is everywhere conceded will be a
busy one. The leading measures to be brought for
ward tho chances Of the various lobby schemes, and
the Cabinet Of the incoming President are the live
topics of speculation These are mixed up with dis
rnssions OF the Alabama claims the killing Of Pollard
IN Richmond, and other current news. The Prcsi-
dent is without visitors and busy in the prepare
tiOn Of his last Annual Message.
Busy times are promised next week.
The State Department has been officially informed
NV the Russian Government that il will be necessary
1or Americans entering Russia. If they would AVOID
delay at the frontier 10 have tneir passports NlseG
by the Russian Ministers or COnsnls abroad ana
that where they have passports their " voyage
books shOuld in like manner DO Yised:
Appointments have been made as follows .
BtOFekeepers--M. J. Flanagan for the ~ Dsirct on
Missonr; Theodore Reeves, With New-iork; Powers
Van Buskirk, LIST Illinois.
GIN. GRANTS VISIT TO BOSTON.
nocToN Nov 81 "A tnuuioinal order was