Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-12
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WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE Presi-
dent to-day nominated to the Senate
George s. Boutwell,, Of Mass, as Seere-
tary of the Treasury; Hamilton Fish,
of New York, as Secretary of State;
Gen. John A. Rawlings, as Secretary of
War; L. B. Washburne, of Illinois, as
Minister. to France; Frank Moon, as
Assistant Secretary of the Legation Of
France, and A. G. Curtin, Of P~ennsylva-
mia, as Minister to ST. Petersburg.
A report prevails that Msj.-Gen. Scho-
field will be assigned to the command Of
the Pacific coast, vice Gen. Halleck.
Mr.. Buckley attempted an assault on
Mr.. Rollins to-day in the street.
Secretary Wsshburne resigned by rea-
son of continued i'll health.
A delegation OF the Radical members
of the Legislature, headed by Foster
Blodgett, Chairman of the Republican
State Committee, and accompanied by
J.. NJ. Cliff, member OF Congress, Colonel
Hopkins, Col. Prince and Messrs. II. NJ.
Turner, ]. M. Sims, two of the lately ex-
PEELED members of the Georgia Legisla-
ture, waited on the President about 3
o'clock this afternoon, to present the res
olutions Of the Republican State Conven-
ton, held on the 9th instant, setting
forth their grievances and sufferings and
asking that the Reconstruction Laws and
the act of admission Of June 18th, 1868,
be literally complied with.
The delegation was received in
the ante-room by Gen. Dent, and after
waiting q short tine were presented to
the President in his private Office, and
Blodgett addressed him on the subject Of
their visit. The points presented for the
consideration of the President are First.
The truthfulness of their grievances and
the reasons therefor. Second. They
point out the remedies therefor. Third.
They earnestly, urgently and most re-
spectfully ask Congress and the Presi-
dent to apply the remedies.
After shaking hands with the delega-
ton individually, Grant listened to the
address of Blodgett, and on its oOnclu-
sion, said he could not make any reply to
what had been said, at present, as it
was a matter which he would have to
think about and talk over. He wanted
to say one thing very much; that was,
all classes Of citizens would be protected
in their opinions everywhere, aud he de-
sired to see the speedy establishment Of
law and order in the South. He had
seen in the papers that the Legislature
of Georgia were to-day going to vote on
the I4.h amendment, and inquired how
H. ,r.,II lsa~o.n - - NJ ptOAnaff
replied that they would pass it, as the
Democrats in the Legislature had in
formed him that this would be the case (;
as Congress had inflicted negro suffrage
On them, they were now going to try tom
infict it on the id Yankees. The
President smiled, and said that vas more
than he had expected, and he seemed
pleased at the prospect OF so easy a solu-
tion of the vexed question. The inter-
view then Terminated.
The crowd of visitors at the Executive
mansion to-day was greater than any
day since the President entered upon
the duties of his Office. Private inter-
views were granted to a great many Of
the callers, including Senators Cole,
Cragiu, Kellogg, Sumner, Drake,
SchuIz, Williams, Stewart, Fowler, of
Tennessee, Csc. Reid, Of Florida, and
also many Representatives, among
them Banks, Hawley, PArin, Darling,
and Others. Besides these, q vast num-
Der of persons were admitted to the
Presidents Office before twelve O'Clock,
the hour for closing the doors TO visitors.
Secretary Cox received q large num-
Der Of visitors, at the Interior Depart
ment, this morning.
Commissioner Delano was completely
overrun with csllers.
The Senate this morning having been
In Executive session, a few minutes,
confirmed Washburne as Minister to
France, in place Of DIX, resigned also
Boutwell,, as Secretary of the Treasury /;
Rawlings, as Secretary of War and Fish
rs Secretary of State. The following
names were also sent in today by the
President: james Llngstreet, as Sur
veyor OF the Port OF New O:leans; and
Jas. f. Carey, as Collector of Customs for
the Port of New Orleans. Coy. CurtiH's
name was not sent in as Minister to
Russia.
No change has been made in the Navy
Department by Secretary Borie. He was
engaged the greater portion CT the day
with Admiral Porter, in scquaintipg
himself with the duties pertaining To the
Department, and the necessary changes
to be made.
Among the applicants for Postmaster
of Washington is Mrs. josephine Grif,
fpy, q promisent advocate OF female
suffrage.
The removal Of the Internal Revenue
Bureau to the north end of the Treasury
Department was commenced this even
ing, bat it will probably be a week or
ten days before the entire clerical force
are in their new quarters.
The Diplomatic Corps calle1 upon the
President at 2 O'clock, and were received
in the Glue R1Sm. The ceremonies were
entirely private. Secretary Wsshburne
presented the visitors to the President.
The attendance WAS general, and the in
terview agreeable.
Baron Geralt said "Mr. President
The representatives Of Foreign nations
accredited TO the Government Of the
United States, have the honor on this
occasion to renew the assurances Of their
sincere wishes for the welfare Of your
Exeellency, and of the nation which has
entrusted to you the executive power Of
the Government of the United States /;
and in the name Of my colleagues, L ex-
press the most sincere hope hat the
friendly relations now existing between
the United States and other nations, will
be maintained under your administration.
Such, Mr.. President, will be the aim Of
our most earnest and constant endeav-
ors.n To which the President replied :
"Bsron Geralt, and gentlemen of the
Diplomat;c Corps: 1 heartily ths7k
vou for the kind expression
OF YOUR good wishes for nay welfare, and
that Of the nation which has chosen
me for its Chief Magistrate, you may be
assured that it shall be my constant en-
desvor to maintain those relations Of
pesce and friendship which now exist
betweeu the United States and the
tries which you respectively represent,
a purpose which 1 sm happy to have
from you will be fully r~eciprccated." The
Diplomatic Corps then withdrew.