Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-03-20

Of the ofiice in the meantime will be discharged
by Vice Admiral Porter.
THE House FOLDING RooM.-Yesterday, Mr.
Lapham, recently in charge of the reporters
gallery Of the House, was appointed 70 the su-
per.ntend ndency Of the folding room, in place OF
Col. Spicer.
THosEPIGURINe on the probable result of the
vote in the Senate on the repe 4 OF the Tenure
Of Office bill, estimate this afternoon that repeal
will be carried by the folio wing vote: aye, 3S
noes 2s.
MR.. WILSON intr oduced IN the Senate this
morning resolution authorizing the Presi-
dent tc place the name Of Brevet Major Gen
eral 5. =. Heintzelman on the retired list of
the army, with the full rank OF the command
held By him when wounded.
MR.. HAMLIN, from the Committee on the
District Of Columbia, this morning reported to
the Senate bill continuing the charter Of the
Alexsrdrta and Georgetown Steam Packet
Company for twenty years from January ist,
1869, ana the same was passed.
AMONG THE vIsIroEs to the President TODAY
were the Committee on TerrItorie, of the House
Of Representatives, who called to pay their
respects, and a delegation Of PENNSYLVANIA
State Senators, to see about appointments In
that State.
Mr.. T. l.. TULLoCK, secretary OF the Repub-
ican Congressional Committee, has been an.
pointed Appointment Clerk of the Treasury,
and entered upon his duties to-day. Mr.
Niles. who has recently been acting as an.
pointment clerk, will resume his former DO
sitlon as assistant.
Ia A yxyhi
the Internal Revenue office this morning were
not slow TO observe, that the table Of the Com
missioner was clear of papers. This, we take
4. may be regarded rs an indication that work
is TO be kept up to time under the new regime.
NICR-PRRsIDENT CoLFAx this morning laid
before the Serate a communication .rom +. NJ
Drew, Secretary of the Sac of Ma ne, tr1ns-
mitting certified copy of the Get recently
adopted by the Legislature of that S lte ratify-
ing the Cons .Itut'opal Amendment.
HON. w. A. RICHARDSON, Assistant Secre.
tary Of the Treasury, leaves for Boston this
evening with the view Of arranging his busi.
ness there preparatory to entering on his new
duties in the Department here He expect, 10
return to Washington e1rly next week.
MR.. WILSON introduced in the Senate this
me rning joint resolution donating the Lincoln
Hospital in this city, to the Columbia Hospital
for Women and Lying-in Asylum. The r, SO.
lution authorizes the Secretary OF War to
Convey as ei,t the buildings known as the
Lincoln Hospital.
The SENATE yesterday, in executive session.
confirmed only three nominations, as follows:
Elizabeth Van Lew, Postmistress at Rich.
mond, Va; John Titus, United States Judge
for the Territory Of Arizona; Dudley W
Haynes, Pension Agent for Brooklyn, N. ".
vice Porter, resigned.
Mr.. A. WILLIAMSON, of this city. is an ap.
plicant for an English consulship. and Is en-.
dorsed by Marshall o. Roberts, Robert Lin.
coin, and others. Mr.. williamson will ts
remembered as the tutor Of Willie and Thad.
Lincoln, and now has place in the Second
Auditors office.
THE PRESIDENT has appointed Messrs. Jas
w. Haines. Frederick A. Tridle, and William
Sherman, Government Commissioners to ex.
anime and report on completed sections OF the
Central Pacific railroad, of California, and the
Western Pacific railroad, In place Of John Big.
Ter, Frank Denver, and Thomas ]. Henley, re-
moved.
GENERAL SHERIDAN has left for New Yok X,
where he will remain for day or two, when
he will proceed to his new command. HIS
opinions OF St. Louis are evidently not of the
highest grade, and he will not make that city his
headquarters. The President, at his request
tas added the State of Illinois TO bis command,
and his headquarters will De at once estab-
lished in Chicago. to which city he goes direct
from New York.
q. w. HATTON (colored) is Scavenger for
the Fourth Ward. He II also Bragadier Gene
raj Of the "Boys in Blue" pertinacious
ofnce-seeker, who is boring every body for re.
commen dations, called on Mr. Hatton to-day
for his official Notwithstanding, OF
course, rs b. G. Of the b. L. b.
HattoD, who is something Of a Joker, as well
as a smart politician, promptly complied, ana
signed himself In letters so large that he who
runs might read. "GsO. W. HATroN, ScAv.
ENGRR FOURTH WARD.' The last Teen OF the
disgu office. C sker he was hard at work
with big eraser ende lvoring to expuage this
most unsatis factory "ofdcial" endorsement.
A vAxrRABLr OLD s.zrLxxAn, dressed m
leather breechee. has cailtd upon us for our
potential aid IN his behalf for the English mis-.
sion. His name ID Coombs. He Is a philan
thropist, and he POUNDS his claims to succeed
Reverdy johnson upon hts likeness 70 Horace
Greeley and BENJAMIN Franklin, and TO his
widows, and others In distress. Also, upon his
scientific attainments-he having been in the
daguei rean business, and invented telegraphv
He IL highly estimabie and cratic old chan.
and in our opinion will represent MS ct the
court Of St. James quite as creditably as Hor.
ace Greeley. We advise Mr.. Coombs to hitch
up his leather breeches and 60 for that mission
MR.. RoBIRrs, the newly accredited Minister
Of the Provisional Government Of Spain to the
United States, was ofhcially presented to the
President yesterday. In reply to his address
IN presenting his letter Of credence, President
Grant SAID:
Mr.. Roberu: am happy to receive you as
the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni
potentiary of Spain in the United States The
recent events in that country TO which Won ad.
vert have excited ana will continue to nam
tain lively interest here, hoping, as we do.
that they may ultimately lead % IA increase
in the welfare and happiness OF the people
Of Spain. The disposition which you express;
end that those friendly relations which ha We
always existed between the two countries
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