Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-04-08

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has been promoted from a second to a third
class clerkshIp in the First Comptrollsr's of
fee, vice Brooke Mackall removed.
THE SECRETARY OF WAR has granted Der
| mission TO Brevet Major General pber
| Anderson, Brigadier General United States
| Army, to VISIT Europe.
| VICE PRESIDENT CoLFAx stated to the Senate
| this morning that he would retire from the
! chair this evening and requested that Presi.
dent pro tenn. be elected TO preside until tn,
| first Monday of December next.
| SENATOR GRIMES and family left the city
this noon for Philadelphia They sail on Wed
| nesGay next from New York for Liverpool.
intending TO spend SIX or eight months in
Europe.
The SENATE TERRITORIAL COMMITTEE has
decided, it is said, to recommend that the ex-
Rebel Col. G. @. Crow. of Alabama, nominated
to be Governor OF New Mexico, be REJECTED on
the grounds Of his service 10 the rebellion
RUMoR prevails in political circles IN this
city that the Mexican Government has filed
charges against General Rosecrans, our Min
ister there. and have asked his recall. A sue
cessor to General Rosecrans will probably be
nominated and sent to the Senate ere the close
of the week. and the request I'LL therefore be-
unnecessary.
W. b. SHAW, ESQ, for several years past Post
master at Towanda, Penn, has resigned his
commission in favor of his deputy, 5 W. Al
vcrd who has faithfully discharged his duties
during the administration of the present inc um-
bent. Mr.. Shaw is one of the oldest and mos
experienced correspondents in the city and re-
signs his Postmastership TO apply himself ex.
clusiyely TO his profession.
A DELEGATION OF G GRoRGIANs. with Colonel
Atkins at their head, called upon the PTesi-
dent al three o'clock to-day and stated their
objections 10 General Buffers bill for the gov
ernmepr Of Georgia. They claimed to be the
relress natives of the true interests and senti-
ments of the people OF the State, and said they
desire DO legislation for them the hands of
Congress; but only wish TO be let alone. Tn,
interview was private.
Mr.. MORTON introduced in the Sena.e this
morning Joirt resolution providing that be-
fore the States Of Virginia, Mississippi, Tx ts
| and Georgia shall be admitted TO representa-
ton in Congress their several Legislatures
which may be hereafter organized, shall ratify
The fifteenth article which has been proposed
by Congress 10 The several State as an amend.
ment TO the Constitution of the United States
Objection being mare by Mr.. Davis the resol q =
ton v ent over until TO- morrow.
"VAN" writes 10 the Springfield R>puIi IN
The Cuban revolutionis,s are here in gIea
force, and are neglecting no means to coax
Congress into a recognition of Cuban iude
pendence. They have got hold OF certain
newspapers and CongreSsmen, and are very
hopeful. Gen Banks is quite intimate with
| hem, and many cautious people think a,
chairman of the House Committee on Foreign
Relations, he should act with m ore pruuen c..
but he was long ago al avowed sympathIzer
with th. cuban revoluti1nists"
Mr.. SPaACUE's SfEEcH The Senate gale
riss were well filled to-day IN anticipation of
| Mr.. Sprague's promised speech. His seat wa
vacant untIl after Il. m, and there was buzz
| OF inquiry whether he would sscome TO time.
! or whether there might not be another delay in
| the arrival of his ammunition train" AT Is,
| however, he entered The chamber, dressed IN
deep black, "grand, gloomy, and peculiar"
| and made ms way TO his seat, amid a general
! cranIhg of necks from the galleries. 1t could
not be seen Just where he had stored his .sartil
| lery ana .'ammunItion;'' his desk showed moth
! ing more formidable than a copy of the Ton.
| gg'y to"ai GiOb., an ordinary writing portfolio.
| and a medum-siz-d calf-coyered law book
! He commenced speaking in a low tone of voice.
| looking deathiy pale, but presently gathered
| force, ard raised his voice TO poin that madr
| him more nearly audible than on any prev i1u>
occasion. Ii was curious To note the diiI-ran c.
| IN the Interest manifested oy the galleries and
| thai on the iioor OF the Sena'e. IL seemed As Il.
| every SeualOr had suddenly discovered mat h.
| had an immense press of correspondents" on
| hand, and most Of them were presently en-
gagged scratch hing away, as If for dear life. VI I'M
| OF the seats Were vacant. and count sho re !
| barely thirty-three present. Messrs. Ross
! and torbett were attentive listeners, aad
| Mr.. Brownlow gave a palsied attention.
| tlui'e evidently the Senate was indIsposed TO
| b. lectur.d, or 10 listen 10 the Cassanda utter
| ances Of the Senator from Rhode 1>laud.
| The extempore sentences OF Mr.. Sprague' :
! opening We're exceedingly scart-ry, but al IN.
| lime we lett the Chamber he had reached he
manuscript portion of his speech, and settled
| down INTO what promised 10 be cogent ana
| vigorous argument.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Springfield r..
| PahiraR, who is making personal sketches of
! our NJ. C.s, has the following in his Senat .
| notes:
"Fessepden, of all the Senators, besdes
| SChurZ, nearest approaches the European
! siabdurj Of manners. 1 don't know but I
| mey be asked what l mean by "Europpan
| staDdaTd''-inasmuc uch as m the House OF C1m.
| mons The members cit with their hats crus he'd
| over their eyes, only taking them off when the v
| Iise to speak. In 'he French Corps Legi-latif
| there is a good deal of spasmodic yelling, and
in the Prussian Parliament most uproariou.
applause Is permissible. What mean is tn at
| grace and perfection OF manner in urging one
point, in contcsfIng another's argument in
| making your neighbors moral underpirn ming
| Lotter by the keen force OF your logic, which
| comes from long practice in parliamentary
| battles. and great familiarity with spolish.d
| society, which Rouher IN France and Glad.
| stone in Ep gland so admirably exemplify. All.
| though F. sssnden has by no means so mur h
| personal magnetism as many S-nators, he "a ts
| mat noble characteristic of a great mind r..
| pose, which is always so convincing. hissan
| teBces are plain and impressive, more by the
| way in which they are said than from their
| compOnenIs. Fessenden cannot always gain a
| syn pathetic attention while speaking, but
| when be- is done his arguments le,ve spoI.
| such as a sledge. BANNER would. The y,n.
| guished man not only feels the superior
| strength, at he tsels sore.
JRFF. DAvIs-The New Orleans Crescent
of March - says n at private letter received
| in that city from Mr.. James Frederick Patti
SOD, in Er gland. mentions incidentally tha.