Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-11
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.


The day before Mr. johnson went out
of Office, he pardoned the two Depuys,
of New York, convicted of frauds in
whisky. One of the first acts of Presi-
dent Grant was to telegraph the Mar
shal not to deliver the papers, and they
have been started back.
Mr.. Rollins goes out of the Internal
Revenue Bureau and Mr.. Delano comes
| in on Wednesday or Tuesday next. 1t
is understood that Deputy Commissioner
Harland is going out on account of ill
health, and that Mr.. Delano will recon-
mend a. b. johnson, present chief clerk,
for the vacancy. Mr.. Buckley also goes
out, and Walter Smith, of Ohio, who
was Delano's former law partner, WILDE
named for Solicitor.
Hon. Z. B. Washburne was at the
State Department on Saturday fora short
time, but didn't do much business. He
went before Chief Justice Cartier of the
District Court, in the evening, and took
the oath of Office, and will probably re-
sign his place in the House on Tuesday,
and then retire from a servece OF sixteen
years in that body. He does not intend
staying in the State Department long,
unless some way can be devised for
giving nim long vacation, to begin
within couple of months.
Postmaster General Cresswell also
took the oath of Office Saturday and
then went over to Baltimore, but will
be back tomorrow or next day, and at
once enter ON the active discharge of his
duties. He will find score of applicants
on hand for the several Assistant Post
master Generalships.
A special to the Philadelphia Tele-
graph says: In conversation with Mr.
Blaine, the President replied that as
Speaker of the House and under the cir
cumstances, he had right to know; he
would therefore be frank and say to him
that Mr.. Stewart had concluded to re-
sign; that the Massachusetts delegation
weuld withdraw Mr.. Hoar at the latter's
request, anu that he would appoint ex-
Governor Boutwell, as Secretary of the
Treasury.
The Boston Transcript publishes the
following Washington dispatch: Late
last night Secretary Stewart determined
to withdraw, and President Grant sent
for Governor Boutwell, and offered him
the Treasury Department, and he ac-
cepted it. Judge Hoar will not, there
fore go into the Cabinet"
The fact has been made known to-day,
with the consent of President Grant, that
both Governor Boutwell, and Mr.. Will
son, of Iowa, were offered cabinet posi-
tiens and declined them. Mr.. Wilson
was strongly urged by Gen. Grant to ac-
cepta place, and he was given choice of
three. Gen. Grant spoke of Mr.. Wilson
in the warmest terms, and declared that
from the first he had him in view for a
Cabinet position.
Even Attorney General Evarts did
not know the existance of the law which
makes Mr.. Stewart ineligible. When
the question was sprunr, Mr.. Evarts
declared to an eX-member of Congress
that there was no such law, and moth
ing in the way of Mr.. Stewart taking
the Office.
Generals Dent, Comsteck and Porter
will be assigned TO positions on the staff
of General Sherman. The doorkeeper of
the Executive office, Edward Kershaw,
and the messenger in attendance upon
the Secretary's Office, were relieved this
morning. w. r. Price, who has been
on duty at the headquarters of the army
some time. relieved the former
The Secretaries of the ifferent depart
meats Were summoned to the Executive
Mansion, at noon, to-day, the object be-
ing to ascertain the condition of public
matters here, and to instruct them not
to transact anything beyond routine
business until the Secretaries take
charge.
Postmaster General Cresswell intends
entering upon his duties this afternoon.
Secretary Schofield was at the Execu
,t@r. = 4. l.
EX-Atterney General Evarts was with
the President some time.
General Sherman is still unwell, and
was not at headquarters this morning.
A dispatch was received at the Attor
ney Generals office, from Judge Hoar,
the new Attorney General, Stating that
he would leave Concord on Monday
morning, expecting to be ip this city
Tuesday night
Commissioner Qelano was at the In
ternal Revenue Hureau this morning,
but has not yet been qualified. Mr.. Rof-
Inns will leave next week.
Brigadier General Forsyth. who was
recently wounded i'm an Indian engage |
ment, in this city.
The main topic of conservation to-day
has been the discovery of law in the
Treasury act of 1889, rendering A. t.
Stewart ineligible,
1t is impossible to say what the result |
will be either in the Senate or House in |
case of A. r. Stewart. 1t seems that the
President il really anxious to have him
come into the Cabinet, and that his
message was liai, Is some suppose, more
in the nature O. compliment to Mr..
Stewart than an earnest request. Still
it is asserted to-day that he thinks the
law ought not to be repealed. Mr.. Stew
art himself says he is not very anxious
to hold Office, though he believes he
could bring order out of the comparative
chaos of the Treasury Department.
Aside from the question of the propriety
or impropriety of repeating the law in
the case, the vote in both houses will lie
influenced by division on tariff and
free trade, and the position of the advo-
they believe Mr.. Stewart, to hold. a
movement is en- foot to have Mr.. Stew
art decline, and some Of his frlendE cay
tonight that he will do it.
The following Ia from letter describ-
ing Johnson's last receptions:
A few steps from the President, and
near the stand of flowers, Mrs. Patter-
son, handsome, though not tall lady,
of very pleasing manners and appear
ance, "received" the lady guests. She
wore an elegant white lace shawl which
quite enveloped her person, and long
curl fell down her back. The simple
unaffected grace of this lady, and her
entire freedom from pretension either
in garb or manner, attracted highly
favorable comment. Mrs. Patterson is
quite young lady; and when some of
the bare-armed, bare necked, would-be
juvenile dowagers were presented to her,
the contrast was entirely in favor Of the
Presidents daughter.
Mr.. Seward was present In evening
dress, and the victim of a prodigiously
high white stock or hectic of the old