The Portland daily press., 1869-04-03

WASHINGTON, April Z.-Ihe PRESIDENT sent
to the Senate to-day large number of nomi-
nations for Collectors of Internal Revenue,
Assessors of Internal Revenue Postmasters,
&c, among which were the following: John
III. Bailey Collector of Customs, and William
r. Martin Surveyor of Customs, at Ports
mouth, N. H.; o. S. Strickland Associate JUS
tice for Utah; James w. Wakefield Postmas-
ter at Bath.
NOMINATION OF coLoRED MEN
Two of the five persons nominated to the
Senate yesterday for Justices of the Peace for
the District of Columbia are colored men. o.
f. LAMBERT, nominated to-day as Assessor of
Internal Revenue for the 1st district of Louisi-
ana, and G. M. Wilder, Postmaster at Colum-
bia, s. c., are also colored men.
INTERVIEW OF LIEUT.. GOV. DUNN (coLoRED)
WITH THE PRESIDENT.
Lieut. Gov. Dunn, of Louisiana, had an in
terview with President Grant to-day.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
The Senate this afternoon confirmed the fol-
lowing nominations: George Es rle of Mary
land. 1st Assistant Postmaster General vice
Skinner, removed; e. o. Lero Goodrich, Sur
veyor of the port of Philadelphia; George
Bergnes Postmaster at Harrisburg, Pa; Al
fred B. Dade, Postmaster at st. Joseph, Indi-
ana.
LONesTREET's NOMINATION.
The Senate discussed the nomination of Gen
Longstreet as Surveyor of the port of New Or
l6aUS, anu dulOuru6u WltuOuJ ItdCuluk d yObc.
A Senator who has made a canvass thinks il
will be confirmed by majority of 6.
LIBERAL DONATION TO HOWARD UNIVERSITY
David Clarke, of Hartford, Conn, after 6
personal inspection of Howard University, has
given $22, 900 towards its endowment.
INTEREST COUPONS OF MAY TO Pc PAID FORTH
WITH.
Secretary Boutwell, has given official notice
that the interest coupons payable on the first
of May next will now be paid on presentation
at the proper offices upon a rebate of interest
at the rate OF per cent per annum in coin.
RESIGNATION.
Commodore Thornton A. jenkins has re-
signed the Office of Chief of Bureau of Navi-
cation. He will be assigned to other duty.
GEN. HOWARD TO CONTINUE IN CHARGE OF THE
FREEDMEN BUREAU.
Brig. Gen. Howard, who was to have been
relieved by Brig. Gen. Hatch, will continue in
charge of the Freedmen's Bureau, and the lat
ter will take command of his own regiment
Gen. Howard has made large reductions of the
force of his bureau excepting in the bounty
and educational division. He intends to ad
vance the educational interests in the South
and to appoint one Superintendent OF educa-
tion in each of the States in that section.
THE ANNEXATION MOVEMENT.
NEW YORK, April "A Washington dis
patch says correspondence has been In pro-
gress for some time between certain prominent
men in the British Provinces and leading meI
in this country, relative to the prospective an
nexation of the Provinces to the United States
Enough has been developed to warrant the be-
lief among some members of Congress that il
the matter could be reached in an official way
proposals would be made to the United Statei
looking toward annexation.
The following resolution was sought to bt
offered in the House OF Representatives a
Washington yesterday, but objection being
made the effort failed:
"Resolved-That the Committee on Foreign
Affairs be and they are hereby instructed t
inquire into the expediency of investigator,
prospective, with Nova Scotia, and that the!
be authorized to report to the House at an,
time"