New-York tribune., 1869-06-02
WASHINGTON.

OPENING OF THE UNITED STATES COURT AT
NEW oRLEANs-THE WASHINGTON REGIS
TIERS REFUSE TO TAKE THE NAMES OF THE
FEMALE APPLICANTS-THE NATIONAL COM
MITTEE OF COLORED MEN URGE THE
RHODE ISLAND LEGISLATURE TO RATIFY THE
FIFTEENH AMENDMENT--YoUNG DOUGLASS
AND THE PRINTERS.
.' lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRTBUNEl
,r--- WASHINGTON Tuesday, June l. 1862
Ex-Congressman VIM. A. Pile was to-day appointed
by the President Governor Of NewMexico in place OF
Gen. Grove, who could not qualify. Gen. Grove is
citizen of Alabama, served in the Rebel army, but
when defeated accepted the situation. became o
good loyal citizen and did great good aiding re-
construction in his State. For his services to the
Republican party the President, through the influ-
ence of Senator Warner, rewarded him with the
GovenOrship of New-Mexico, but Congress failed to
remove his disabilities and he was unable to take
the "iron-clad OATH" The appointment Of Pile is
considered good one He is q man full of activity
and energy, and an unhnching Republican. His
friends say he will be able TO do much better service
in Mexico than he would have done in Brazil.
A letter from Justice Swayns of the United States
Supreme Court says that he arrived in New-Orleans
last week. and he will begin to hold court there dur
ing the present week. Justice Campbell the last
Justice of the United States Supreme Court who pre-
sided in that District Justice Swayne is the first to
preside since before the war. Ono of the most i'm
portant cases that will come before Justice Swayne
will be that of Mrs Gaines. who has never been able
to secure settlement of the judgments In her favor
in the United States District COurt.
The Judges of Election to-day requested Pro
fessor" Wilcox to inform the % ladies who have
applied for registration as voters. that the Board.
while expressing no opinion on the justice of their
claims find themselves obliged by the law to refuse
to register the applicants. Mr. Crossman, Of the
Judges wished it understood that he considered their
claim just and thought their names should be placed
upon the lists The Professor then requested that
his name be taken from the list of voters saying that
many Of the ladies IN question were more competent
to vote than he was and that he did not wish to take
an unfair advantage of them by exercising power
unjustly denied to them. The structures of THE
TRIBUNE seem to have had some effect on these
ladies' as the twenty-eighth applicant informed the
Professor" in q friendly but determined manner,
that she could do without his escort
The registration of voters here was finally COM
pleted to-day The result makes the success of the
Republican ticket beyond doubt
The National Committee, appointed last Winter by
the Colored Convention here, recently met, and
among other business directed the preparation of
address to the Rhode Island Legislature urging the
ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment A Com
HlItee WIS Also AppOlultu lO uldlO ~ ltblCl " thC
Governments of Hayti and Liberia, urging them to
remove the word white from their Constitutions
and laws In those countries no white man either
hold real estate or become citizen. 1t is these dis
tnctions the Committee will plead with the two Re-
publics of their own to remove at once and for
ever The Committee also passed q resolution OF
sympathy with the Cuban Republicans.
The status of young Douglass, the cOlored printer
in the Government Office here, has at last been de-
termined by an official letter from the Denver Typo
graphical Union, which says that Douglass was not
regarded as "rat" in that city, although he did
not belong to the Union. and worked in an anti
Union office. The letter pays compliment TO
Dougasss Tespectability and good citizenship, and
his capacity printer. 1t is Therefore not unlkly
that he will be admitted to membership in this city.
About fifteen compositors discharged from the
several composing rooms of the Government printing
Office yesterday, because of the scarcity of work.
The Foreman says that there will be printed all
the correspondence, &c, relating to the Alabama
claims, which will make fifteen sixteen books of
400 pages EACH In this will be included three entire
British Blue Books. The work will be executed as
speedily as circumstances will permit The Agricul
tural Report for 1868 will be put i'll hand soon, and
will be something larger than the last issue.
The Secretary of the Navy has issued an order to
the COmmandants of the various Navy-iards
throughout the country, prohibiting any person or
persons visiting the workshops in the Yards con-
versing with the wOTkmen, especially subjects of
q political nature. Another change has been made
in the naval uniforms Of Captains and Commanders
II is ordered that Captains shall wear four stripes Of
gold lace on the sleeve Of the coat, each half
inch wide. Commanders will wear three stripes of
similar nature. staff officers with the assmilated
rank of Commander, will wear three stripes similar
TO those worn by Captain.
Supervisor butcher and Collector of Internal Rev
enue Fields are the only appontees of Mr. johnson
remaining in Office in New-York City. The EreH-
ina Star Of this city says that terrible pressure is
being made upon Commissioner Delano to have them
removed, there being two opposing factions for the
Offices one represented by Senator FentOn, j. b.
Taylor and others, and the other by Gen. Sickles
ex-Congressman Stewart, and Company. Col. Nor
gan and George Wilkes are prominent candidates for
the Collectorship.
Mr. Wade, who has been here for two days to look
after certain Ohio appointments, returned home to-
night The statement that he came here to accept
the Directorship of the Union Pacific Railroad IS
untrue as he accepted the appointment more than
week ago, and attended the recent meeting Of the
Board of Directors in Boston.
contract for furnishing the Post-0fice Depart
ment with envelopes for the next two years will be
awarded about the latter part of the week Fifteen
bids were opened to-day from leading houses in the
country, and the competition is very close. The
three lowest bids are George f. Nesbitt of NewYork.
Dempsey & OToole of this city, and Berlin g. Jones
of New-York. The samples are now being examined
by the Committee About 200OO,OO0 envelopes per
annum are required to supply the Department.
The steamer TallapoOsa will return here to-mOr-
row from Fortress Monroe, with Gen. Sherman and
Marty and sail again on Thursday for Annapolis
with the Presidential party.