The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-05-08
WASHINGTON.
INTERVIEWS WITH THE PRESIDENT.

INTERVIEWS WITH THE PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE Alexandria I'm
ION League sent colored spokesman to ths
resident this morning, to ascertain when q
ueiegatlon OF the League may have a confer
ence with him relative to affairs in Virginia
Inc PRESIDENT assented to see them to-mor-
row.
Col.John w. Forney, Gov Ward of New
Jersey, Gen. Van Wyck of New York and Mr..
Lloyd of the committee which has been travel
ing South for some week, had an interview
with the President this morning, concerning
what they had observed while on their trip to
the South.
APPOINTMENTS.
The President made the following appoint-
ments to-day: Jos. b. Young, Pension AOent
at Dubuque; George M. Van Buren,. Pension
Agent for the Invalid Agency, New York;
at Huntsville, Cal. Collectors of internal
Responsibilities O. Walcott, for 7th district
OF ONO; George M. Daken 9th district of In
diana; Jesse Duck, 18th district of Ohio: Jona-
IMAM y. Willis, 18th district of Illinois; George
W: henderlite, 9th district of Virginia. As
SCISSORS OF Internal Revenue-Michael Scanlon,
81 district of New York; Adams o. Newkirk
9th district of Tennessee
GOVERNMENT TO PURCHASE FIvE-TwENTIEs.
The Secretary of the Treasury will purchase
o-z0 bonds to the amount of million dollars
each week. and has directed the Assistant
Treasurer at New York to receive proposals
therefor.
SPECIAL AGENTS APPOINTED.
The Secretary of the Treasury has selected
all the special agents to be appointed by him.
q. s. Trevitt, OF New York, has been appointed
chief clerk of the Pension Bureau.
TEXAS INDEMNITY BONDS.
The Secretary of the Treasury paid to-day to
Judge Paschal, Attorney for Texas. two of the
indemnity bonds embraced in the great suit of
Texas against White Chiles and others. Judge
Paschal has commenced suit against the
First National Bank of Washington and 9th
ers for the recovery of a large amount of those
bonds which were not included in the original
suit, in the Supreme Court. 1t is his inten-
ton to pursue all persons in America and
bonds. The bonds are now useless to the hold
ers, the Court having decided that they were.
not negotiable without Endorsement.
TELEGRAPH TO CHINA.
Gov. Curtin, President of the East India
Telegraph Company, and A. X. Mcclure. So
llcltor of the corporation, had interviews with
the Secretaries of State and Navy to-day, in
regard to the. introduction of telegraphs into
emma. The company have a grant, procured
by Mr.. Burlingame, when he was the Ameri-
can Minister in China, authorizing them to lay
cable between Canton and Shanghae, thus
connecting the commercial cities of the Asiatic
coast by telegraph. They have 500 miles of
cable ready to ship and lay down and will have
the remaining 500 miles ready to ship during
the summer. Orders will be issued to the
commander of the Asiatic squadron to render
all the necessary aid and projection. The State
department will instruct our minister and con-
sus to give their official aid to the enterprise.
Inc line will be completed during the present
year, and by that time there will be continu-
GUS line from the Mediterranean sea by India
10 emma, thus connecting the commercial
cities Of the Asiatic coast with Europe and
America.