The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-03-17

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active service.
TSigned:1 j. NJ SCHoFIELD,
Secretary Of War.
By command Of GIN. SHERMAN.
Mr.. Fish qualified as Secretary Of
State this morning, by taking the
oath Of Office before Chief Justice
Carter, aud afterwards attended a
Cabinet meeting, at which all the
members we're present.
The resignation of Gen. Rawlings
has been accepted, to date from the
18th inst.
The usual large crowd Of members
of Congress were received this fore
noon by the President. A few others
had interviews, Generals Schoheld
and Negley among them.
The position OF Additional Secre-
tary of the Treasury, lately held by
Mr.. Cooper, has been rendered to w.
A. Richardson, of Boston Lit IS un-
derstood that no change will be made
in the Assistant Secretary position,
now held by Hartly,
The resignation of Third Auditor
Wilson has been accepted, and until
his successor is appointed chief clerk
Gangemer viii perform the duties OF
the Office.
The revenue Office is besieged to-
day by crowds having business with
the Commissioner. None but mem
bers of Congress were admitted, other
parties being referred to the Deputy
Commissioners. Applications for As
sessorships and Colleetorships are be-
coming greater In number ey 'ry day.
They are filed in the order of receipt
: for reference.
The following midshipmen have re-
signed: w. g. Scott, Charles II.
| Brooks, D. Whipple; d. S. Little;
Ed. Lloyd, Walter Frazier, +. Green.
w. S. Long, d. l.. Warsley, w. Ia.
Baldwin. J. II. Burns, j. d. Me
Carty, II. B. Brown, Francis Wins
low, S. Babcock. L. d. Carnahan and
! G.. II. Saunderson.
| Commander B. B. Taylor is detailed
from the Naval Academy and placed
on waiting orders. Commander Greer
| is detached from the Philadelphia
Navy Yard and ordered to the Naval
Academy. Commander Ralph Chsnd
ler is detached from ordnance duty at
| the New York Navy Yard. and placed
on waiting orders. Commanders
Austin Prendergast and ID. L.. Braine
are ordered to ordnance duty respect
iyely to the Philadelphia and New
York Navy Yards.
The President, to-day, in a brief
message, invited the attention OF
Congress to the accompanying com
munication from the Secretary of the
Interior, viz:
To the Secretary Of the Interior:
~
July, 1864, it is made the duty of the
Government Directors of the Union
Pacific Railroad at any time to report
to the Secretary of the Interior such
information as should be in possess
ion of the Department. According
to the provisions of the act 1t be
comes our duty now to report the
following facts:
March 10Th, 1869
In obedience to the act Of Con
gress, December 9th, 1865, the stock
holders of the Union Pacific Railroad
met in New York, and proceeded T.
! the election of Directors for the en-
: suing year, when an Injunction wa
served by Judge Barnard. of the Su
= perior Court of New York, upon the
officers of the Company, some Of 1T
Directors, some of it's stockholders
and certain of the Government Dl
: rectors, restraining them from, anc
prohibiting an election of any officer
) or Directors upon the day designated
by the Federal law of December 2Oth
) 1867. The ensuing year, the who'll
> numb of votes thrown we have as
: certained to be 207 ,24O shares, o
II which %, $40 were given for the gen
(. tlemen whose names are hereuntO ap
e pended, and no other votes coul
't have been given that would chang
e the vote. Under these injunction
and attac achments, some OF them nc
8 bailable, and threats of lmprlson
!: ment if disobeyed, the Inspect
ors of Election were advise
n not to declare the result, thoug
lg believing themselves authorized S
le to Go by the Federal laws, an
h, hence the new Board thus elected r.
ID mains in allegiance under lnJunctloL
le and attachments which may eudul
y for a year or more, and thereby rel
y der the Company and stockholde
I'd liable to expensive litigation, and thu
ut endanger and obstruct the progress
y the road. Fearful of these result
th we, as Government Directors, hay
y felt it our duty to make an early T
C. port of these facts to the Secretar
tn with the view of his calling the atte
rd ton thereto of the President al
tn Congress, in order that such leglsl
nd tion may be had as may be deemt
tn necessary to prote t the interests
be the United States and to keep uni
y terrupted this great national work.
ty- LSignedl
th JAMES Brooks, of New \ ork.
ter j. l.. WILLIAMS, of Indiana.
he ID. L. HARRIS, of Massachuset
he I'D. WEBSTER, of Illinois.
he Ii. p. DYER, of Iowa.
tn, The names of the Directors are a
he pended.
I'd; The document was referred to t
st, Pacific Railroad Committee In bo
as I Houses.