The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-13
Washington.
Secretary Boutwell, Takes Charge
of the Treasury.
NO LACK OF ASSISTANCE.
BARKIs rs WILLIN'.
Visits of Army and Navy Officers
and Irish Republicans at the
White House.
NO sPEECHEs.
WASHINGTON, March II.

WASHINGTON, March II.
Secretary Boutwell, received his COM
mission from the State Department dur
ing the Cabinet session this morning
and entered formally upon his duties
at the Treasury Department this even
ing. Mr.. Boutwell, was met upon his
arrival at his Office this morning by a
number of anxious applicants for
places, some of whom were ambitious
TO serve as collectors and assessors OF
internal revenue, while others were
willing to accept any position that can
be obtained, ranging from high othces
in the Treasury down to hrst-class
clerks.
At IL o'clock this morning officers Of
the navy stationed in and around
Washington proceeded in a body to the
Office of Secretary Borie, where they
were presented to him by Rear Admiral
Dahlgreen, chief of the bureau of Or
dinance. The Secretary received them
in the most cordial manner. The en-
tire party headed by the Secretary
went in body to the Executive Man
sion, where they entered the east room
and waited a few moments TO be pre-
sented TO the President. After short
time the President accompanied by
Gen. Dent, entered the east room, and
was introduced to the officers by Vice.
Admiral Porter; they all shook him by
the hand. Prominent among those
peresent were Vice-Admiral Porter,
Rear Admirals Shubrick, Smith, Golds~
borough, Dahlgreen, Poor, Howard
and Powell. While the naval officers
were exchanging salutations In the
east room the officers Of the army, head
ed by Secretary Schofield and Gen.
Sherman;entered the White House, and
were shown into the east room, Gen.
Sherman approached the President,
and the two shook hands warmly and
vigorously. He then introduced the
officers in turn, all of whom were pro-
fuse in their congratulations.
Among the distinguished officers
present were Generals Harney, Emory,
Meigs, Terry, Barry, Thomas, Hardie,
and HeintZleman. During the inter-
view, the Secretary of War, Mr.. Raw
Inns, entered the east room and was in
stantly surrounded by large crowd OF
officers both of the army and navy, who
earnestly congratulated him upon his
appointment to the War office.
The rush OF visitors to the White
House was as great this morning as
heretofore, but the crowd thinned out
sooner than usual, the doors of the EX-
ecutive office having been opened and
a general admission of visitors to the
President permitted.
Secretaries Boutwell, and Rawlins
qualified at the cabinet meeting to-day:
Chief Justice Cartier, OF the Supreme
Court, this district, administered the
oath.
A delegation of about twenty mem-
bers of the Irish Republican Associa-
ton of the United States, headed by
Major Haggerty, of New York, called
on the President this afternoon to ten
der their congratulations and pledge
the support of the Irish Republicans to
hA administration. There was no
speech making.
Commissioners Delano has issued di-
rections to Supervisors that hereafter
any collectors who shall sell liquor
stamps after receiving notice not to do
80, shall be considered to have given
cause for suspension. The law pro-
vides that the collector shall issue the
stamps in book to the guager, who shall
put them on the casks and cancel them.