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retary of State, is confined to his bed with
erysipeIas.
Mr.. q. NJ WALKER rendered hi. resignation
as Fifth Auditor of the Treasury, TO take effect
on the appointment Of his successor.
TRowBRlDGR, writer of The Vagabond" 4"
and "Neighbor lakewood" gets the Consul-
ship TO Vera Cruz.
1T Is UNDERSTOOD that our New Cousu,
General at Havana-Mr. Plumb-has received
instructions TO demand full and entire satisfac.
tion for all injuries sustained by American
citizens at the hands OF the Spaniards.
PRESIDENT GRANT was quite busy to-day,
and several mem bers OF MS Cabinet were with
him, and he therefore saw no visitors Secre-
iarles Fish and Cox were with the Presiden,
together for some time, having called at an
early hour TO see him.
REAR ADMIRAL JANIS L. GARDNER has
been ordered by the Secretary OF the Navy 10
command the navy yard al Portsmouth, H
on the completion OF his present duties As
member OF board. Lieutenant Commander
r.. A. Walker, from the navy yard at New
York, and ordered to the Hydrographic Office
at Washington, ID. q.
REMOVALS AND APPoINTMENTs-About
one hundred male, and eight or ten female
clerks were to-day dismissed from the Third
Auditors office, at the Treasury Department
and appointments made 70 fill the vacancies.
AS stated in the STAR Of yesterday, these re.
moSals are made for political reasons. and the
appointments to fill the vacap cies are of per.
sons who are in sympathy with the Republi-
can party.
AS WILL BE SEEN by our Senate report, Mr.
Anthony, OF r. l., had the card of Mas,rs
Brown Ives, in reply to Senator Sprague's
charges, read in the Senate this morning at the
beginning Of the session. Senator Anthony
said that the charges having been made in omen
session, and published in full in the Globe, it
was but fair thar the defence of these gentle
men should also go to the public upon the of.
ficial paper of Congress. Senator Sprague was
not IN his seat at the time
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIRNCH-TaIRD
DAY.-This Academy re-assembl bled to-day al
I2 m, when Professor VIM FerreIl, Of Cam
bridge, read paper on sTidal Researches
Prot. r. E. Chase, OF Philadelphia, one on
Tidal Rain FALL DIR. walcott Gibbs. of
Cambridge, one on The Products of
the Alkaline Nitrites upon the Uric Acid
and Its Derivatives" Professor Pierce.
Superintendent OF the Coast Survey one on
IMMERSION in Algebra" upon which remarks
Were made by Prof Alexander, Of Princeton,
and DIR. Craig. OF the Surgeon Generals Once.
read paper on "a Mode Of Examination of
Potable Waters after which the Academy
adjourned.
"VAN' writes (April 49,, to the Springfield
Republican -
The nomination Of George Alfred Town
nnh hnnf
day, for first-class Consulship, but NJ is
rumored that James r. Wilson, member of the
last Congress, asked the President not to make
the appointment. Townsend recently made a
sharp attack upon Wilson in the Chicago Tyi.
ane, and this is the supposed cause for his re
quest to the President"
We know nothing of the correctness of this
statement in regard to Mr. Wilson's action in
this matter, but it seems hardly probable that
the Administration is so hard up for material
as to be obliged to appoint .dead- beats like
Townsend TO "first.class Consulships.''
FORCE SrsPENDED-About forty females
employed in the Printing Division OF the Treas.
ury Department were yesterday suspended,
making the total number suspended in that
DIVISION up to this date about two hundred and
forty, and leaving about twenty. five only EN-.
ployed, who are engaged In numbering ana
sealing the currency and notes already printed.
ABOUT one hundred men have also been sus.
pended, leaving about fifty yet employed
Work will not be resumed in this Department
until about the lst Of June and in the meantime
the affairs of the Division will be settled nm
machinery repaired, &c, preparatory to Begin
ming work anew. sufficient amount of notes
and currency to last until June LIST has been
printed and no new machinery is now running
except that for putting on the red seal and
numbers.
ASSIGNMENT OF OFFICERS OF THE INSPECTOR
GEHRRALs DKPARTMKNT.-The following
order has just been issued
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE
WASHINGTON, April IL, 1869
GENERAL ORDERS, No. "a.
I The following assignment is made Of the
omcers composing the Inspector Generals
department. and the officers herein named.
whose stations are changed, will be relieved as
early as practicable by their present commau-
ders, and Will proceed TO and report for duty
they are assigned:
Brevei Major General r. b. Marcy, In nspector
General, Headquarters Of the Army.
Brevet Major General Z. Schriver, Inspector
General. with the Secretary of War, and In
spector United States Military Academy.
Brevet Major General u. B. Sacket, Inspector
General, Military DIVISION Of the Atlantic.
Brcvet Major General J. A. Harde, Inspector
General, Military Division of the Missouri.
Brevet Brigadier General N II. Davis. As
sistant inspector General, Department of the
Missouri.
Brevet Brigadier General James Totteu. Az.
sistant Inspector General, Military Division
OF the South.
Lieutenant Colonel r. Jones, Assistant In
speetor General, Department Of the south.
Brevet Major General A. Baird, Assistant
Inspector General, department of Dakota.
brevet Colonel T. h. Ludington, Assistant
Inspector General, Military Division Of the
Pacific.
IL. Department commanders should make
inspections OF their troops and posts in person;
but when this il impractcable, they can order
special Inspections to be made in their name
and BY their authority; or they may nominAse
any ofiicer from the list Of oficers ssawaitinR
oroers,' TO the Secretary Of War, for an acting
appointment of Inspector General. under the
provisions Of General Orders No. g. OF IS6S
BY command OF General sherman:
u. TOWNSEND, Asst Adit General.
following order has Just been issued:
HEADQUARTERS OF THE Army
ApJUrAST GENERALS OFFICE.
WAsAINaToN, April I3, 1861
GENERAL ORDERS, No IS. -.+
The following order, received from the War
Dpartpen {, Is pubiished for tue Information
an d guidance Of all concerned:
Commanding officers Of troops occupying the
regular forts built by the Engineer DeDart.
ment Will permit, no Photographic or other
views Of the same 10 be taken without the per
mission Of the War Department.
BY command OF General Sherman:
( K ID. TownsDsDs Asst Adj't Gen1.