Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-24
WASHINGTON.
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From the Cincinnati Commercial.
WAsHINGToE, March 20, 1859
THE TENURE OF OFFICE.
The principal occupation, tonight, Of
those familiar with the debates, is the
classification of the votes, and the friends
Of repeal and suspension compare notes
and perfect their iists. OF course there
is no certainty of the vote, and all that
anybody pretends to give is an approxi-
nation. The friends Of repeal are very
sapguine Of success, and perhaps this
view of the case is the most general
They assert that the friends of the prop
osition for an eight months' suspension
have already signified their willingness
to accept clause extending the suspen-
sion for four years from the 4th OF March
instant.
There is little doubt, therefore, that
one of these propositions Will succeed
that the law will be entirely swept away,
or that it will be suspended until 1873.
Those who favor the recommendation of
the Judiciary Committee, suspendlng the
operation of the law till the meeting of
Congress in Decemb Der, have little faith
at this time in their ability to sustain the
committee, and it is thus reasonable to
suppose that the difference will be har-
m0Dized, and that the vote on the win
ming side will be large one. A caucus
of the Republican Senators will be held
Tomorrow morning, when it is expected
that the subject will be caucused and q
course of actIon marked out. In antiei-
patton of the final settlement Of the
Question touching this Tenure
Act now pending before Congress, during
the present week, the speculatlons about
the offices and probable candidates are
revived. Those OF most interest sp-
pear to be the foreign missions and the
revenue officers of the different States.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
1t is uncertain whether any nomina-
tions will be sent in for foreign positions,
but aspirants are actively st work pre-
uar;ng for the eveutful period. The
mania for office is perhaps best estab-
lished by stating there are over 1000 ap-
plicants- for consul TO Frankfort, Ger
many. 1t is conceded that Motley will
90 to England, Geo. P. Marsh viii re-
main in Italy, J. e. Russell Lowell,
with the endorsement Of Longfelow,
Agassiz. and other literatures, is eXpec-
tant of ministership to Switzerland, but
Kramer, who married Grants sister, and
is now Consul to Leipsic, it is said, wants
that place or to go to Frankfort. he
may be assigned to the latter place. The
New Hampshire delegation are working
to keep that jolly, drunken old COCK,
lack Hale, st Madrid. Ex-Gov. Harri-
man, of New Hampshire, is named for
the Liverpool consulship, with good
chances, and the Washburne influence
will, if possible, retain Morse Consul at
London. Montgomery Gibbs is also
urged for Consul General at Paris By
Wsshburne, and Gibbs is daily expect
ing his nominstisn TO be sent In. This
man, it Is stated, was formerly a New
York detective, but by some means be-
came special agent Of the Government
abroad, in which he is said to have Scted
most disreputabiy. Th9 Senate two
years ago Investigated charges Of seri-
Gus character against him and passed a
resolution OF ceDsure on him. He is said
TO have secured Washburne's favor by
personal kindness to him during his ILL
ness on shipbosrd when he was en- route
to Europe. 1t is doubtful il Gibbs can
be confirmed.