The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-27
President Grant Ill-The Office
seekers Tire Him Out-Affairs
at the White House.
The Civil Tenure Law-The
Ultimate Action Of the
Senate and House.
Our West India Squadron 10
be Reinforced by
IrOn-cIads.
FROM WASHINGTON.



The Office. Seekers too much for the
Presidencs Health.
WASHINGTON, March 2.-General Grant is too
unwell to-day to receive visitors The continued
pressure of Office. seekers and their friends has
partially broken him down. He is suffering
from severe attack Of nervous headache, and
last night was unable to rest.
In view of the INJURIOUS effects of the rush OF
callers upon the President, it is probable some
means will be adopted whereby the number of
persons admitted TO see him will be less, and
the delegation business and the general levees
in the afternoon will be discontinued. Other
wise it is the opinion Of Grants physicians that
his health will suffer to an extent which will
render him incapable of attending to business.
To-day neither Senators or members are ad
miLted.
IrOn-CIads 20 Reinforce our West India
Squadron.
The Secretary Of the Navy has issued orders
to fit out the iron clads Galena and Seminole,
now at Portsmouth Navy Yard, to proceed to
reinforce the West India squadron. These war
vessels are of the first class, and it is thought
their presence in Cuban waters will act as
restraint upon any lswless conduct towards
American interests on the part of the Spanish
authorities.
HOnOrabIy Acquitted.
Captain James H. Strong, late commander
of 1.-the Canandaigua. who was tried by court
martial some time ago for an alleged breach of
the rules of the navy, has been honoraby ac-
quilted, and orders to that effect will be issued
by the Secretary of the Navy.
Neither house being in session to day, the vari-
Gus departments are overrun by Senators, men,
bers, and their friends, fixing up, or trying to
fix, appointments for various positions.
The Secretary of State has decided not to
take up applications for Consular appointments.
or even for minor foreign missions, unul the
chief offices at home have been disposed Of.
The pressure for the latter is so great upon the
President that he is anxious to get them out of
the way first.
The Secretary of the Treasury and Commis-
sioner of Internal Revenue are busy briedng
applications for places in the internal revenue
service. A large batch of removals OF collectors,
assessors, and minor offices have been agreed
| upon and many new names were sent over to
the White House last evening.
| The Repeal of the Tenure. of. Office Law
I continues to be the chief subject of ConVersa-
| ton, and next to the removals and appoint
| ments absorbs the most attention of the poll
ticians. 1t is not yet positively known what
the Senate will do in view of the Houses refusal
to concur. The first movement will be made by
the antirepealers to insist upon the Senate bill
and ask conference committee from the
House. counter movement will be made by
the repealers to recede from the Senate amend
ments to the House bill, which, if successful
will adopt the latter and secure the repeal Of
the law.
Both sides are busy at work to-day mastering
their strength, when the Senate caucus adopted
the proposition which has just been defeated in
the House. There was some hope that the
House would recede. Now that 1t has refused to
do SO, many Republican Senators hold that
they are no longer bound by the caucus and
they will go for the House bill. Among this
class are such men as Morton, Sherman, Thayer,
| Sprague, Grimes, and others.
The First PennsylVanta District COIIec-
JOrshtps
The nomination of Colonel J. III. Taggart to
| be Collector of Internal Revenue for the First
district of Pennsylvania was sent over to the
President Yesterday afternoon by the Secretary
of the Treasury. The President has slgni6ed
his intention of sending in Colonel Taggart's
| name the first next week. This virtually settles
the matter, as there is no doubt of Taggart'a
confirmation, both the Senators from Pennsyl-
vania being for him.