The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-03-31

ratification of the fifteenth article Of the
the amendment to the Constitution. In con-
clusion ask patience and forbearance OF one
toward another throughout the land, and
determined effort on the part OF every eitizen
to do his share towards cementing happy
Union, and ask the prayers of the nation 10
Almighty God in behalf of this consumma-
ton.
Colfax made very neat little speech,
which the telegraph reports as follows:
WASHINGTON, March 4-In the Senate
Colfax said: ain entering on the duties in
this chamber, to the performance OF which
/ have been called by the people OF the United
States, realize fully the delicaey as well as
the responsibility of the position. Presiding
over a body the members of which are in SO
large a degree my seniors in age, and not
chosen by the body itself, shall certainly
need assistance, support, and generous Tor
bearanee and confidence; but pledging my
self to a faithful, infexible and impartial
administration of your rules, and earnestly
desiring to cooperate with you, and asking
that the deliberations of the Senate shall De
worthy not only of historical renown, out
also of the States whose commissions you
hold. am ready to take the oath required.
The oath was administered by Chief
Justice Chase.
Il was great day in Washington, what
with the immense crowds of spectators, the
military, and the Diplomatic Corps.
A dispatch was handed to Grant, dated at
Berlin, March 4, which read as follows:
President Grant, White House: Ny cordial
congratulations of this solemn day.
BISMARCK.
Ex-President johnson has issued an "Ad-
dress to the American People," in which, at
some length, he vindicates his presidential
career.
In the House of Representatives, Mr..
Blaine, of the State of Maine, was elected as
Speaker, by vote of 1856 to So. There ap-
pears to have been a good deal of difficulty
in securing Cabinet of Ministers for Grant
At length it is announced as being completed
as follows: Hamilton Fish, of New York, Sec
rotary of State, Gin place of E. B. Washburne,
| first nominated, but who goes as Minister to
France); Gov Boutwell,, of Massachusetts, Sec
rotary of the Treasury; Gen. Rawlings, Secre-
tary of War; A. E. Bogie, Secretary of the
Navy; j. d. Cox, Interior Department; A. J.
| Cresswell. Postmaster-General; and Z. b.
Hoare, Attorney General The Cabinet, as
constituted, appears to give general salts
faction.
The following may be considered as sig
nifcant, under date of March 5th:
The North Pacific Steamship Company has
filed in San Francisco articles of incorpora-
ton for the purpose of building and buying
steamships for the navigation of the waters
of the Pacific Ocean and the inland waters
of all countries bordering upon or within
the Pacific Ocean; capital stock, 50, OOO,OO
CHICAGO, March 6th.-A private despatch
from New York says there is great excite
ment in Washington. Washburne has re-
signed and goes to France, and the Senate
has passed resolution declaring Stewart
ineligible 1t is waiting for two more names
| TO come in.
Adolph E. Bowie, Secretary of the Navy,
is an importer of Philadelphia, but probably
is appointed from Pennsylvania, as that state
has no other representative unless this be he
Jacob d. Cox, Secretary of the Interior, Ii
from Ohio, and, during the war, was Major
General of volunteers and served with dis
tinction. Resigning from the military ser
vice he was elected Governor of Ohio in 1860
The Attorney General, E. B. Hoare, is prob
ably Judge Hoare, of the Massachusetts, Su
preme Court. J. A. J. Creswell of Mary
land, is the Postmaster General, and has beer
before the nation as a Representative in Con
gress and Senator, having been in the House
during the Thirty Eighth Congress, anc
serving short term in the Senate, to fill thu
uneXpired term of 7. H. Hicks, deceased
He is forty years of age and has fair abilities