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~A telegraphic dispatch from Baltimore
says:-The Hon. Samuel ]. Randall, Of Phila-
deiphia- during the johnson BAN net, nsulted
while he was replying to a toast to THE Judi
ciary" Randall Imagined the Judge TO be
relative ofGoyernor 6eary
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PHILADRLPHIA, March IA rumor pre-
vailed This morning that TwItchell had escaped
from prison, but At is not credited, and cannot
o. Traced 10 any reliable source.
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COLONEL WEBSTER, late aide.de- camp to
General Grant, is thought to be the coming
man for the place Of District Register of Wills.
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~Canada has had twelve feet depth Of
snow, on q level, this season.
THE carpenters of Albany are preparing
to strike for four dollars day
- Dresses are being made with three and
four SKIRTS.
~AD Illinois sherir has supplied b mself
and all his deputies with velocipedes.
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THE SOCIAL EVIL IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, March l3.-The report of Police
superintendent kennedy, issued this morning
IN relation 10 social evil, states that there are
In this city and Brooklyn 496 houses of prosti-
tuilon, l0s assignation houses, 33 pretty waiter
saloons, 2,lU1 prostitutes. and 2S5 waiter girls
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Approved, March l, l~eg.
IPUBLIC-NO. 81
An Act for the repeal of tonnage dut

An Act for the repeal OF tonnage duties on
spanish vessels.
BE a enacted by the Senate and HoHsg Of Rsprs-
sehtdttreS Of ds Jlitsd States Of 4aericQ in con-
oreSs q seBtbted, That the act entitled IAN act
concerning tonnage duty on Spanish vessels, -
approved June tnIrtieih, eighteen hu ndred and
thirty -four. and the first, second. and fourth
sections CT the act entitled ..An act concerning
tOnnage duty on Spanish vessels approved
two. be. and they are hereby, repealed; and
that CT Spanish vessels coming from any port
or place in Spain or her colonies, where no
discriminating OF countervailing ties ON ton
mage are l-yIed upon vessels of the United
States, or from any other port or place TO and
with which vessels OF the United States are
ordinarily permitted 20 go and trade, there
shall De exaCted IN the ports OF the United
SAFES NO other or greater duty on tonnage than
II or shall be exacIed or vessels OF the United
STATES.
Approved. March /, 1852
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CoL. BALLoCH. of the Freedmen's Bureau
is named as candidate for the City Postmas.
tership.
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EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

elect from Maryland, who has been very i'll at
Hagerstown, is recovering.
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THE MASSACHUSETTS LIoroR LAW


House of Representatives of Massachusetts
yesterday afternoon the liquor question was
again under consideration. and a bill slightly
modifying the present license law was rejected
by strong vote. A proposition 10 allow hotel
keepers and grocers TO sell without keeping
open bars was also defeated, as well as mo-
hon 10 re- e-enact the prohibitory law and repeaI
the present license system. Further considera-
ton of the subject was postponed until ney,
Tuesday, on motion of the leader of the pro.
hibitory party in the House.
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EUROPEAN NEWS By C.RtE

LONDON, March 1]-News to-day meagre
Mall, liberal, has been elected memb Der of the
House of Commons from Bradford, in place of
Ripley
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University OF PEHN>YLyAxI..

PHILADRLPHIA, March I3.-The annual
commencement Of the University of Pennsyl.
vania t..day, one hundred and thirty medical
graduates received their diplomas.
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TPUBLIC-No. 2S.

AN ACr granting a portion Of the military
reservation of Sauit Ste. Marie, Michigan, to
the American Baptist Home Mission Society
Be AZ endcted by the Send's and House of ReDrs-
seR'dtires cf ths Cai.sd States II America IN Con-
CTess GSJeH HsbIed, That the Secretary OF War is
hereby authorized TO convey to the American
BAPTIST Home Mission Society. by good and
So ficIent title, poruon OF the military reser-
yatiOn az Sault ST. Marie, in the State Of Mich.
Igan, not TO exceed one acre, now occupied by
q mission building owned by said society.
Approved. March !, 1869.
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BROUGHT on ron rRI.I

BOsTeN, March I3-The bark Fredonia
brought as passenger William Graham. sent to
this country for trial, charged with killing the
mate OF the ship John Bright, of New York
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IPUBLIC-NO. SL.I
ACT aufhnrtzin1 carraip


therein 10 change their LANES
Be a enacted by the Senate and House Of Rem
TeSentdtireS Of the United States Of America m
CSngTcsS assembled, That the name OF the s.CIty
National Bank of New Orleans" shall b- chang
I'd 10 the '-Germania National Bank of New
Orleans whenever the board of directors of
said bank shall accept the new name by resolu.
uOn OF the board, and cause copy of such reso-
luton duly authenticated, TO be filed with the
Comptroller of the Currency: f'roriied That
such acceptance pe made within six months
after the passage of this act.
SkC- 2 Ind be az fartier enacted That all
the debts, demands, liabilities, rights, priv.
leges, ana powers OF the CITY NaIional Bank
OF New Orleans shall deyolye upon and enure
10 the ..Germania National Bank of New Or.
aus whenever such change OF name is
effe cted.
SEC. 3. And De IL further enacted, That the
name of the SECOND National Bank of PIarts-
bur- h Tall be changed 10 the Villas National
bank of Plattsburgh' whenever the board of
dIrectJrs of said bank shall accept the NE W name
by resolution of the board, and cause u copy of
such resolution, duly authenticated, TO be filed
with the Comptroller of the Currency: Pro-
siGtd, That such acceptance be made within
six months after the passage OF this act.
SIC And b Il further enacted, That all
me debts, demands, habiiities, nights, priyI-
leges, ana powers of the sS-Coad National
Bank OF Piatts Jurgh" shall d-vOlve upon and
enure 10 the Villas Nauonal Bank OF Piatts-
bureh whenever sueh change of name is
effected.
ADproypd March l. I~fq
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TPuBLIc RRsoLur,ox-No -

JOINT RESOLUTION III regard To the pu uuiicatio ON
OF postal conventions made with foreign
countries.
BE az reSoired Iy the Senate anil House Of Reprs-
sentdtres Of the United States Of AmericG in fos-
gTssS ass. nLlsd That the Secretary of State be
authorized and directed to cause the several
postal con ventions made with foreign countries
under the provisions Of the act of March third
eighteen hundred and ffty-one, or which may
hereafter be made, to be published in the same
manner and upon the same terms is pre-
scrlbed for the publication OF the treaties and
laws of the United States.
Approved, March I, 1s6g.
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AUGUSTA, ME-, March l3.-The Legislature
ADJOURNED to-day sine dis, after a session Of
sixty days.
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.anu at Fort Ontario, Oswego, in the Safe of
new York, for railroad purposes, upon such
terms and conditions as he may think the de-
Iencee II that point may require and make
proper, reserving to the United States the right
the rails, ties, and other parts Of said road,
whenever the Secretary Of War shall dIrec',
without any claim or right OF damages on the
part OF said company.
Approved, February -, 1869.
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IHs FRIENDS of Colonel Doughty are making
a rush in his behalf for the City Postmaster.
ship.
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New York Grain Market fs.day.
NIw YORK, March 13.-Flour is I'VE to
ten cents lower. Wheat market 10 dull and one
lower.
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lBy Bankers and Brokers Telegraph
Lewis johnson & 20. quote STOCKS and BOND

AN"fS JOAhooh q w. QuOlc StOCks ana OOlGe
IN home and foreign markets a. follows:
NEwYoRE, March 1i.-First Board-U - s'.
l7el, coupon, 1l6s; o.20's ls62, coupons I2U:
l'64, coupons lis !; 1865 coupons, liz a; ls6s,
coupon, new, ll3s =; 6.2os, 156l, coupon. rs !;
O.4us, coupons, lU5 y; Pacific Mail. 9aa.; OHIO
q Miss Certificates 33 \; Mariposa 15R. Attain
nc Mail, none; Canton, none; Cumberland, B.:
western Union Telegraph, 81 Quicksilver
none; Boston Wafer Power, Ie; New York
Central, l6os; Hudson, 139.i Reading, 81.
Michigan Central, ll77s; Michigan Soutn-
ern, 81 ~; Illinois OentraI, none; Cleveland and
Pittsburg, 50 :: North west none; do preferred
81 \; Cleveland and Toledo. IS5a: Rock Island
l.ss; Fort Wayne, IisA; Alton Terra Haute
81 81; Toledo Wabash, g.; Adams Exp
CO.'S; Wells. Fargo 20. Express, b; United
States EXP, none; American Express. none
Merchants Union, lGh: Chicago e Alton,
l5i; do. preferred. $50. Market steady. Gold.
l31s.
BY Cable
LONDON, March l3, II a. m.-ConsoIs. 92s a.
!3; Foods, 81 Illinois. 81 Erie. 25 x; Atlantic
and Great Western Railroad, By.
FRANKFORT, III a. m.-Bonds, c7s.
LIVERPOOL III a. m.-Cotton o ems quiet
sales will reach 10000 bales. MiddIing Tn.
lands, l.; Middling Orleans, I2S.
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BUcHsKR, the Swiss artist, who came to this
country to paint historical pictures for the
swiss Government, seems to have settled
down as portrait painter In ST. Louis. HIS
picture Of General Sherman Is much praised.
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DPCRLIC-No. oqI

AN ACT to amend the act OF April tenth, eigh-
tetn hundred and six, for establishing rules
and articles for the government Of the armies
OF the United States.
Be n enacted by the Ssndte and House of Repre-
seRtdtirss Of the United states Of Americd in Com
gress assembled. That the SIX y.first article of
IAN act for establishing rules ana articles for
the government of the armies Of the United
States" approved April the tenth, eighteen
hundred and six. be, and IS hereby. repealed.
SEC. 2. And be IL further enacted. That from
and after the passage of this act comm ssions by
breyet shall only be conferred in time of war,
and for distinguished conduct and public SER
wee IN the presence Of the enemy. And all
preyet commissions shall bear date from the
particular action or service Tor which the officer
was brevetted.
Approved, March l, 1862.
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Wall Street To-day.

NEW YoRK, March l3.-Stock market steady
and dull Money quiet and Easy At per cent
Exchange 81. Gold Six. 5-2O's, 1852 coupon,
20K. North Carolinias 63k; new. 59s FIr'
einias', ex-coupon. 81; new, COY. Tennessee,
ex-coupon, 66A new, 65k
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Government Securfties

WASHINGTON, March I3. io69.-Jay Cooke &
Co. furnish the following quotatisns Of Gov
eminent seen
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THE APPLICANTS for Office in the Treasury
Department are numerous, and Secretary Bout
well has already received large number of
applications. There will probably be a good
many changes in the Department. and it is ex-
pected that some prominent Officials will be
removed next week. Hon. John Wilson. the
Third Auditor, it is said, has rendered his res
ignatiOn.
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SALE OF SURRATTevILLR.-Thie property,
which, by reason Of its connection with the
conspiracy trial and the fate Of its unhappy
owner, has become quite historic, was disposed
OF at private sale ON the 10th instant by r. q.
Magruder and Daniel Clarke, Esqs., trustees,
10 Robert w. Hunter, Esq, Of PiscataWay dis.
trict, for the sum of $500. The tract contains
about 1917 acres, with . fine dwelling and
outbuIldings upon it.-Prince Georgian.
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IPUBLIC RRsOLUTIoN-No.

IPUBLIC RKeOLUTION-NO.y
A RESOLUTION relation to coast defence.
Resolred By the Senate and House Of Representa-
tires IF the THited States If America ia Congress
assembled, That the General of the army and
tfe Admiral Of the navy, or In the absence of
the Admiral, then the Vice. Admiral, be au-
ihorized and directed to inquire into the utility
and practicaoiIty of the Ryan Hitchcock mode
OF marine Qualifications, and that they report TO
Congress at the next session thereof.
Approved, February 10, 1869.
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THE FRIENDS Of Chief Engineer sherwood
are making strong effort with the Senate to
save him from the removal asked by President
Grant. His prospects Of retention are not
brilliant
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IPUBLIC-No. 81. I

AN ACT 10 allow deputy collectors of internal
IeNeI ue acting as collectors, the pay of coll
lectors and for other purposes.
fe t mated by the Senate and House Of Repr.
'd'tces - ~ 'rtt,d states OF America COnyress
GSsc"tdsd' Nat any deputy collector of internal
IeNshue VINO has performed, or may hereafter
perform, under authority or requirement OF
law, the duties Of collector of internal re yenus
In consequence OF any vacancy in the once OF
snch collector, shall be entitled TO and recei We
so N ueh OF the same paw and com pen satiou As is
provided oy law Tor such collector: but n o such
payment shall IN any case be made when the
collector has received o. is entitled TO recei ys
compensation for services rendered during the
same period of time.
SIC. , And be tt further enacted, That those
persons who held the office of distillery in
spector OF the second OF March, eighteen hun.
CIed and sIxty-seven. and who continued to
perform the duties of that Office in ignorance of
he repeal of the statute cTealing il, be paid at
ne rabe OF i've dollars per day for such time
priOr 10 April first, eighteen hundred and
siXiy y-ssveD. as they were actually employed
ne amounts so paid 10 be approved by the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue. and paid
oai Oi me appropriation for assessing and eoI-
ftctIng the internal revenue.
approved, March I, le69
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ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN ABOUT TO
MARRY.
Essays for Young Men, oa the Brrors, Abuses
hood, with the humane view Of treatment and
cure sent BY mall In sealed letter envelopes free
BOZ p, Philadelphto, Pa % le-s3t
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IN ACCORDANCE with the directions OF Sec
re'ary Boutwell,, lists were to-day prepared at
the Treasury Department of the division OF
duties in the various bureaus of the Depart.
menf, number of persons employed, salary
paid, &c in order that he may become fully
acquainted with the duties of the several Off.
GERS, the distribution Of the office force, &c.
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Financial Matters in Baltimore To-day.
BALTIMORE, March l3-virginia old, in
scribed. 40 = bid, So asked; do. Ie66, So y BID
81 asked: do. ls67, 81 bid; do. coupons. old
81 bid; do. new, 6I bid. North Carolina old
IS bid; do. new, SO bid.
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IPrBLIC RksoLUTIoN-No 1,I

TLIC hESDLCTION-NO. ~
JOINT RESOLUTION in relation TO the meetinp
OF the House of Representatives at the first
session OF the Forty first Congress-
Be Il reso'red by the Senate and House of ReDre.
sentdh.es Of the United States Of Americd in Con.
gTeSs assembled, That the time for the first reg.
ular meeting Of the House of Representative
oi the forty -nrst Congress be, and is hereby,
postponed from II o'clock meridian, on the
fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and
sixty nine, to the hour of three O'CLOCK in the
afternoon OF the said day
Approved. March 4, lSoy
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~ We are told. by q letter writer At Madrid
that after all the talk Span can muster only
about $1,000 TO send to Cuba. and that the re.
port Of the appointment Of de Roda, or de Ro-
das, to supercede Gen. Dalce, was made as q
feeler, and not IN good faith. The Spanish edi.
tors are nearly frantic At the prospect of the
loes of Cuba, and many Of them are calling
upon General Prim to drop motives OF personal
troops, and 90 to Cuba to "save the country"
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IA little FELLOW had q dirty face, and his
teacher told him to 90 and wash il. He then
went ont and stayed for few minutes, and
then came back with the lower half OF his
countenance tolerably clean, and the upper
teacher, "why did you not wash your facer'
~ did wash it." said Johnny. "Why did you
not wipe it, then, all oyerT'' 81 did wipe il as
high a. my shirt.tail would reach" was
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lPrRLIc REsoLUrroN-No. :

IPCBLIC REsoLUrION-No.e
SSiNI hErOLUTION authorizing the Secretary
- W ar 70 allow to the New York and Os wego
a.ahd shd Railroad Company q right of way
G.'HA portion of The public ground a. Fort
purposes.
ne = =, r,'o,r'Gty 'ts Ssats dnd Hoase Of Repre.
"s6ae'' = ns taitsd Mates Of Ap.e rica IN Con-
FLess s,s'@e.'d- That the Secretary uf War b.
NeV 1o'k and Osw-so MidIauI Railroad
npary right OF way through the public
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IPUBLIC RKsoLurIoN-No

(PUBLIC RKsOLUrIoN-No. 1O.1
a RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the
Constitution OF the United States.
hesOIred bg The Sendte and House of Representa-
f'res q the cnited States Of America in Congress
g,senbied (fsco-thirds Of boH houses concurring,l
Ihat the following article be proposed to the
legislatures Of the several States as an amend
ment to the Constitution of the United States,
which, when ratified by three.fourths Of SAID
legislatures, shall be valid as part of the Con-
stituton, namely:
ARTICLE XIV.
SECTION !. The right of citizens Of the United
States 70 vote shall not be denied or Abridged
oy the United States or by any State on account
OF race, color, or previous condition Of seryi.
tude.
SECTION 9. The Congress shall have power
10 ENFORCE this article by appropriate legisla.
tlon.
SCHUYLER COLPAx.
Speaker Of the House Of Repre- sc entatirss.
Il. +. WADE,
- Irssidenf Of the Senate pro tempore.
EDw. MCPHERSON,
Clerk 81 House Of Representatives..
GEO. &. GoRHAM,
Sec'y Of Senate u. s.
Received at Department Of State February
q, 1869.
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ody for Diseases end blsmishes q tAS AKIN.
PHALON's "PAPHIAN SOAP"
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Senator Morton has accepted the in vitation of
the Board of Commissioners of he Gettysburg
National Cemetery to deliver the address on
the first of July next on the occasion OF the
dedication Of the monument which will be
completed by that time. An original poem
will be delivered by Bayard Taylor. and the
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher Will perform the
duties of chaplaiD
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THE NEW Government director of the Union
facific railroad is Gen. J. ID. Webster, OF ILL.,,
Tor many years in the engineer corps Of the
Army, and not Col. Webster, late aide de- cam D
to Gen. Grant, as stated in some of the papers
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THE CONDITION OF THE TR.AsuRy.-Ssc.
retary Boutwell, takes charge OF the Treasury
Department with about slo2, 100000 in coin in
the vaults, (s29,ooo,o0o Of which is IN gold
berIng certificates, and si3.f 0O.0oO currency.
The public debt on the first OF March was
S2,5i5, ,336, ,9Oi IS, but since that time has de-
creased about s3,OOc,eOO. No payment of inter-
est will be due until the first of May, when
$3o, 600 in coin will be required to pay the
semi annual Installments Of interest on the
$40 bon DIS which tails due on that date
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-03-13

How 1T Is SPELLBD-The papers of the
country are as generous in giving surplus let
ters TO the name OF the new Secretary of War
as they were in the case OF Mr.. Stanbery, when
he was first appointed Attorney General
usually injecting in this instance a supefiu.
ousg. His name, properly spelled, is John A.
Rawlns
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ADVANCES TO Discussing OFFICERS
President yesterday issued an order to the ac-
counting officers OF the Treasury Department
authorizing advances to be made to civil mil
Itary and naval disbursing officers of the Gov.
eminent and United States disbursing officers
In foreign countries, such advances no. to ex-
ceed the amount of the penalty of the bon dis
given by such officers. This order is usual at
the beginning Of every administration, the act
OF January 81, 1923. proh biting advances Of
public money, except as authorized by the
President in cases where it may be necessary
to aid disbursing omcers in the discharge of
their duties.
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[PUBLIc RBsoIurIoN-No. Ill

JOINT REsoLUTIoN grain lting the consent of
congress provided for in section ten of the
act Incorporating the Northern Pacific Rail-
road company, approved July second, eigh.
teen hundred and sixty four.
B>uresoired oy the Senate and House of Repre.
sentatires Of the United States of Americd in Con.
9ress assembtd, That the consent of the Con.
gress of the United States Is hereby given TO
the Northern Pacinc Railroad Company to
issue its bonds and to secure the same Nv mort.
gage upon its railroad and its telegraph line,
for the purpose OF raising funds with which
10 construct said railroad and telegraph line
between Lake Superior and Pugit sound, and
also upon its branch TO q point at or near
Portland, Oregon; and the term Pugit sou nd :"
as used here and in the act incorporating said
company, Is hereby construed to mean all the
waters connected with the straits OF Juau &c
+ uca within the territory of the United States
Approved, March 4, 1862
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WE RHAvR every reason to believe that Genr
Dan L. Sickles is to be nominated for the Mex.
lean mission. General Grants first purpose
was to have given him a command in the
South, but for some reason a change has been
made in the programme.
Since writing the above, we hear it stated
that George Wilkes, Of New York, is quite
confident Of going to Mexico. We yet think
Sickles is the man
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THK SECRETARY OF TnR INTERIOR has an.
pointed Col. W. T. Forbes Pension Agent a.,
Philadelphia. rice L. W. q. Greene, former
incumbent. The agencies al 81. Louis and
Brooklyn, recently made vacant by the resig-
nations of Mr.. Egbert Il. Brown and Mr.. VIM.
Il. Porter, have been filled, though the names
Of their successors have not transpred.