The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-06-26
WASHINGTON.
Facts and RunlOrs.
HOME AGAIN.

HOME AGAIN.
The President and family, and Gen. Sherman
returned to Washington from their northern
tour on Monday, ard other cabinet ministers
have returned since, so that at the cabinet meet.
ing on Thursday there was but one absent. The
President expresses himself highly pleased with
his reception in Massachusetts,.
MINISTER'S ABROAD.
Difficulties multiply in reference to the an.
pointment of Gen. Sickles to Spain. After he
had overcome the objections raised by the friends
OF minister John 2. Hale, he found that he was
excluded from the appointment by the law of
last congress prohibiting the appointment of mil.
itary officers to civil positions. To overcome
this Sickles consented to be placed on the retir.
ed list; but now the attorney general decides
that that makes no difference Sickles must
therefore either resign his position in the army
or throw up the mission to Spain
Minister Webb has got home from Brazil, and
is informed that his action in reference to the
claim of our merchants for $4,000 against Bra.
gil is not approved, whereat, as Webb acted
strictly in accordance with instructions from
Gen. Hurlbut, minister to Colombia, had an
interview with the President on Tuesday, and
will this week receive his documents The last
minister to Colombia was Peter j. Sullivan, of
Ohio.
Gen. Hovey, minister to Peru, also had an au.
dience with the President on Tuesday.
THE RECENT RIOTS.
Oh, Z Wy
meeting on Saturday evening to denounce the
recent riots. but unexpectedly found their color
ed brethren of the opposite way Of thinking. In
stead of denouncing the riots, the colored orator
OF the occasion expressed tho sentiment that
colored men voting at the polls in opposition to
the wishes OF the colored race ought to be killed.
The denunciatory resolution was tabled, and the
latter sentiment applauded.
THE NIGER PRINTER
The fuss about the niger Douglas is still
raging The city typographical society, oyer
the question of receiving him to membership,
had discussion so fiery that it ended in quar-.
rel, row and knock down. Meantime the
women in the government printing Office are
giving up their situations rather than work uu.
der the same roof with the niger.
MOTLEY AND THE ALABAMA QUESTION.
The cable kilograms last week about Minister
Motley having opened correspondence with
Lord Clarendon on the Alabama question had 10
foundation in truth. BY an official letter re-
ceived from the former, it i. safe to say that he
had done nothing whatever regardin. the Ala
bama matter, and is not likely to do SO until
after he Is presented to the queen.
NATIONAL BANKS.
The controller O.; the currency having made g.
call on the National banks to report their con-
dition June 18th, is beginning to receive reports
The banks generally show healthy condition
THE PUBLIC DEBT.
1t is thought that decrease OF the public
debt of about S5,OO0,0O0 will appear in the state
ment of the lst prox. Heavy drafts from the
war department have been paid, aud other large
drafts are expected from the same source before
the close of the month
In consequence OF these RATS, the secretary
gives notice that, after the close of the present
fiscal year, June 30, and until further notice, in
stead of weekly purchases of bonds and sales Of
gold, he will purchase one million Of bonds on
alternate weeks, commencing on Thursday, July
LIST, and will sell one million OF gold on alternate
weeks, commencing Thursday July Sth. The
Assistant Trosurer at New York has been in.
structed accordingly.