The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-03-10

United States the undersigned hereby as
s1mes command Of the Army Of the United
States. His general staff will be as follows:
Brevet Major General E. D. Townsend, Adj
jrtant-General; r. d. Marcy; Inspector
General; Brevet Major General NJ. @.
gMeigs,, Quartermaster- General; Brevet
Major General A. B. Eaton, Commissary-
General Of Subsistence; Brevet Major
General J: Z. Barnes, Surgeon General;
Brevet Major General B. W. Brice, Pay
master General Brevet Msjor-General J.
Holt, Judge Advocate General; Brevet Ma
jor-General a. A. Humphreys, Chief Of
Engineers; Brevet Msjor-General A. B.
Dyer, Chief Of Ordnance: Brevet Major
General A. J. Myer, Chief Signal Officer.
His personal staff sids-de-camp, with
rank of colonel, from this date will be Bre-
vet Lieutenant Colonel J. G. Mccoy, Sec
ond Lieutenant Second infantry; Brevet
Lieutenant Colonel L. NJ. Dayton, Captain
Seventh cavalry; Brevet Lieutenant Colo
mel J. @. Andenried, Captain Sixth cavalry;
Brevet Brigadier-Genera G. B. Comstock,
Major Corps of Engineers; Brevet Briga-
dier-General Horace Porter, Major Ord
nance Department; Brevet Brigsdier-Gene-
raj F. 7. Dent, Lieutenant-Colonel Thirty
third infantry. Signedl
". 7. SHERMAN, General.
~ VARIOUS ITEMS.
WASHINGTON, March 9.-General Ames,
heretofore Provisional Governor of Missis-
sippi, has been assigned to the command OF
the Fourth Military District.
Lieutenant Colonel Biddle has been or
dered to report to Colonel Ames for duty.
Mr.. A. T. Stewart has positively declined
the appointment of Secretary Of the Trea-
sury. The document indicated last night
was duly executed, but doubts and opposi-
ton still existing and expressed, Mr..
Stewart withdrew, and President Grant
has accepted his resignation.
Mr.. Hoar has accepted the Attorney
Generalship, which shuts out Boutwell, from
the Cabinet.
Revenue receipts to-day amounted to one
million dollars.
Borie, Washburne, schofeld, and Cress-
well, attended Cabinet meeting to-day.
The caucus committees Of both Houses
have agreed to adjourn, if possible, within
thirty days.
Mr.. Washburne took formal possession Of
the State Department to-day.
CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, March 9.-Senate.-The
bill strengthening the public credit was re-
ported favorsbly by the Finance Commit
tee.
Mr.. Sherman introduced bill repeating
the tenure-of-ofice law, and asked its pre-
sent consideration. Mr.. Sumner objected.
A message from the President was read
Withdrawing the message requesting the re-
peal of the act excluding Mr.. A. T. Stewart
from the Treasuryship.
The following message was received from
the President:
have the honor to request to be per-
mitted to withdraw from the Senate mes
sage requesting the passage of joint reso-
luton to relieve the Secretary of the Urea
sury from disabilities imposed by section
eight of the act Of Congress approved Sep
TENDER 2, 1889. US. GRANT"
Mr.. Sumner moved to lay the message on
the table, and order it to be printed.
Mr.. Sprague moved that the request be
granted; which motion was adopted.
The Senate then adjourned.
HouSe.-E. B. Washburne, Secretary of
State, resigned his seat in the House.
DR.. Butler, q Lutheran preacher, Of Wash
ington, was elected chaplain.
A resolution was introduced providing
that all credentials, papers, etc., regarding
the election in Louisiana be referred to the
Committee on Elections, with instructions
toiuyestigate all matters pertaining thereto,
with power to send for persons and papers.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Schenck introduced bill reducing
to one act and amending the laws relative
to the internal revenue. He explained that
the bill embraced all the notifications and
alterations suggested and passed last ses-
sion, thus making the bill as perfect as
possible. Referred to the Committee of the
Whole and ordered to be printed.
A resolution appointing joint commit
tee on Indian affairs was lost.
The following select committees we're Or
dered in the House Census, 8; joint COM
mittee of from the House and from the
Senate on retrenchment; Committee on the
Pacific Railroads to consist Of IA members !;
Patents, 9; Reconstruction was renewed by
vote of 100 to Il.
The bill repeating the tenure-of- of1ice
law was passed by vote of l43 to l6.
Nays-NIessrs. Arnell, Boles, Farnsworth,
Ferris, Hotchkiss, Jencks, Lawrence Of
Ohio, Maynard, schenck, Smith, Stokes,
Taffe, Tillman, Ward, Whittlemore, and
Williams. The House then adjourned.
Several propositions for the removal Of
political disabilities were presented and
referred.
Mr.. Osborne introduced bill granting
lands to build steamboat canal in Flo
rida.
Bills were introduced authorizing the
construction of bridges over the Mississippi
above the mouth of the Missouri river, and
prohibiting the sale of gold by the Trea-
sury.
Fatal Accident.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, March "a boiler
in -four and lumber mill exploded to-day,
killing four persons.