, 1869-04-25
WASHIMG ON.
Rtlnaors Concerning tue Early
Retirement Of Secretary
Fish.
Rules Governing the Issue
of New United States
Notes,
Further Reduction to be Made
in the Clerical Force Of
the Treasury De-
partment.
Colonel Capron, Commissioner
Of Agriculture, to Re-
tain His Position


Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune.
WAsu1s0ros, April r.
9KHIIH uiITots KKyESCE pIsTRlCr-
The failure 70 confirm Anto few1t.ds a. Asses-
cot Of the Twelfth Illinois District viii te1ye Gen
et& KneGnes In once, for the present 1t least
The hxtt oyer the matter has been rer5 bitter
uue, and Commtsa!oner Delaro ASSURES General
Kuefner thas he agreed to the chsose With great
reluctance.
CIT or Towx.
The President and THREE members Of his CAat-
net are out Of town to-day. Ar. Boutwell,! hAs
gone to bis home tn Massachusetts,, HoF1e to Faiia-
delpnIa, rs he dots every Friday evening, And
S,resFell Il absent In MARYLAND for = week. The
President, with his wife and children, went out to
Laurel haf way 10 Baltimore, ami spent the day
with h1s prother-ln-.Aw, DE. snarp, who has sum-
1ner residence there- Ills family returned this
evening.
HIALTu or TIE PRESIDENT.
The President Is greatly worn down with the
lAbors Of the last two months, and ea5s he naesus
to takc things jus; as eaaT as be can through the
GUNNER. He tA1ka about a visit North bJ-nnd-by
Int no Arrangements have yet been made.
THE CRcxB-GA7HEhKas-
The ofI1ee-zeekerg about the departments to-day
were for the most part persons who Ire In or
near the city OF Washington. The Treasury seems
to be the chief point Of attack, and 1t noon about
. hundred men and women were waiting there to
See the Appo4utmeDt Clerk. lie an4 the Secze-
lat have lcse trouble with new comeFs than with
the cle1ks who have been dismissed ind want to
De rrinata.ed.
RETKEScuxEST.
Reu!oyalG in the Treasury Department are COT.
stantly rolnE on, and tho heheallng machine will
gst inu-RuoL working order fn TIC Post ONCE and
lnter7o: Departments, with the beginning Of the
next month Removals IN the Treasury to this
4nt. ~ NrA him raA n
less than thirty. 4 stl't further reduction Of two
or tt1ree hundrcd IL to he male, md about one
hundred a1e soou to be removed In the Post ONCE
Department
ODD YkILpW5' CELEBRATION.
Brethren here advised that great pEer2ra-
tlons arc making In Philadelphia for the ee.r!-cen
1enutai celebration Of the Odd Fellows, which
takes piacc next Monday. 4 delegation Of about
Htx hundred Ii going up from here, sone Of whom
went Tonight, hut the greater part Of whom 60 hy
Kpoca1I ustn tomorrow morning. There n1e over
TWO thousand members Of tho .order IN this city
Ererybody says The Tnladelphla procession, u the
weather La good, will be one Of the finest things
eTer seen IN th4s country.
H1aBr pAYA FRoM s4h FRANCISCO To wAsH1SG-
The Secretary OF War, to-day, received letters
from 6au Francisco which were mailed but eight
t1Ays ngn, and pirate telcgr2nsr recetred hera
this evening the through 4ne OF raroal Will be
completed ~ the end OF next Teek-
Tux AGRICULTURAL BUREAU.
The President has said that he docs not intend
making any change In the ONCE OF Commissions.
Of Agriculture Colonel Capron, the present head
OF the bureau, Ii giving great satisfaction to
o91!cnituEiAts every where, AnI large numbers al
them kaEe written to the White House asking hi
retention. He has infused new LIE Into the de
fartment and with lcss then halt Of the for1ae
appropriations has rendered greater satlsfactIo1
than wae etyen under either Of his predecessors.
1ax srhA0rE-ABnoTT DIFFICULTY.
Bone OF the correspondents art try1ng to max
3 sensation out Of the srrnguc-shlrott affair, tu
there has not been, Rnd Ii not Likely to be, Nh
personal encounter between them. There ls no
1nucA talk here about the matter. which eEcryboA
reEards Is Ridiculous In the extreme Abbott sz5
he wnnts 1ct1action, and spra2ue sass he did no
mean aoythng IN hlA remarks, The friends 9
the two gentlemen have taken hold OF the dItucul
II, nnt II viii probably be arranged 10 tho aatt.
faction OF all concerned BY Monday.
TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
RINK SECrNlTIkA
tBsuEi circular Informing a1l National Bank
that have deposited IN the Trrcasu.ers olnee II
o1e IT, ese fof ! sne
cuI1tts Will Gc decllnrd under Instructions Of Ii,
Eecrttasy Ut The Treasury.
AEIEs GOVERNING TIE 1&srE or NEH CN1TEl
ETATkS k0TKA
TEc following his been issued:
TREASURY DEFAR7xE&r,1
TKEAsraEk* OFFICE,
WAsutsGTUA, D. C. J
Hereafter new Enlted STATUE nosea vii Be FUR
terms. viz: F1rst In rssurn for defaecd q
1uut!!a,ci rn,ted States notes and 1rac
Sa' % s'ts soe, a1a 41,rs9 s9sf.' e III. isse
for redemption; aeeond, on the receipt os ccrtid
cates Of deposit. Of the Assistant Treasurer 9
Designated under tne aet Of August T. 1855: thrt
On lie receipt Of collection checks On banks an
bAnke15 In the citlea ct New YORK. Haaso1- Pill.
dolphin and Warrington. In the nrst case III
new notes viii be forHsrded By e1prras under th
oss7amens contract ~ 1ne s1ehse M e, o. t5e aena ~
multiple thereof By less than $ooo In the II
other cases the notes Ni1 be forwarded under tn
the conktenee, the amount Of charEes being dt
Quoted frum The remittance Ut th'a umce
F.I SIMMER, Treasurer United States
1t ls t:rted Mt the TIeAsurr Department ths
Rales Of 81, l. II l.1rsqancc Of the order Of Thur
Gay last, l. BE-, I'LL II otherwise ordered not les
than &aJ,uU. Acr nlorc than sl,otj,otn,
cVHKEfcy tTA1EAEST.
O. Of ne sne Of wofe II IL
currucy h&s been received By Treasurer Eptn:,e
during the last week Shipments Of currency fl
e ef Ut caepe9 1ssae
aud dtstruy et dining fha week 80, ,001
4kslsIAs! sEcasTAkr OF The TkEasEHr
81 the 11-asurJ. ta to-day acttng Secretary, 81
Boutweu being absent. Il Is not known wheths
nj. 1uchA{u*on IT'LL or WILL h0t accept the 8proln
ln.nt vi 1uhtace Of The Superior Court a. AAasI
chusetts ye&terday conferred On him by thu Go
clnOF Of that State
The following nominations Here rejected ny Il
sennte on the last ateh. Of The srsstoa ia .
sn 'n3cs of ntenn ReSe11e FITS Dset
mississippi: T. Il, Young, Postmaster At Frc
i.s,! asa i! il Sn'ss ;s A'pt Hesa; fss
the Indlans II The Omaha Agency; JoA NeWso
Agent for the Indians 1t the Kansas Agency.
NOMINATIONS LAID on TIE rABLE-
The following nominations were laid on the I
be: d K. ChecTman, Treasurer OF the I1rant
Mint at san Francisco; T. ". Roberts, Register
The Land of1ce II Aa7srtlle7 CaL; H. PAtte
Also tie following "ho hare teen erroneous
rE14,stea ~ REJECTED: IL l. Sanford, Alulstes
fpaln; i. r Juues, Minister to Belgium; Vim.
Pile, Minister to HEzx1L
Tie e1cct Of tie tahling differs from rejection
allowing the nolntoaisou TO bc sent In again ii Il
next sceson-
TIE erl7K DEPARTMENT.
1t Is said this afternoon, In q *ell-Authcnfcat<
1naaner, tina, sec1elary Fish will, At no very d
t2nt day, retire from The state Department
having until the present time remstned at on
the personal request OF President Gfaut. Coz
appointments being made, he now desires to :
tase ~ private 1tfe again. It transplrrs that t!
H1s Proposed ior foreign arpofntnents py =
Nashlurne, while Secretary Of State, cover,
1o1ts-etgh1 Of the best on1ce4-
ArrotNTNEN1.
Nu. g. DasenAn {oo3oredh II Troy, n. T.. r
t1-nay appointed 70 QtBt-class' cleIkshlp IN 4
Third auditors ONCE He mN recommended
nnAs,@ses, and Hon T. J. Robertson, Of South Ca
EUROPE.
Spain.