, 1869-06-27
WASHINGTON.
The New War Secretary
Learning the Ropes.
The Cuban Envoy and His
Prospects Of a Rec
ognition'
Quiet Day at the White House.

srec.a. IEzr2tch to The Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON luna :;


WAsnINc7oS, juneei
TILE NEW sEcNrrAfY or TIE NAVY.
= -:ttAry Ko,eson VILE nj the Navy Dc ,1::ueat
:.day but did 40. DO much b1t'ue7t, The line
tse:as mostly ec-up.cd n sc-:.;tny the hc:3s E!
departments and o.hcr fHcnds ed osrcsls Eno
ta.ltd. All tie n1sJ occ13 IN The CT; are to To-:
TraI1y pay thet7 respects to him on Aondsy. He
.1a1 taken the rooms formerly oecapled pE Dore,
who left this morning for Philadelphia, glad
entaeh for The chance 10 retur1 to p1is2tc nfe-
TIE CCBAF KNroT.
eennT 1emu3, Cuban Envoy, Is Ell! Ia the CITY,
and called ut the State Department to-day bal did
rot see Secretary Fish II he ere. In:e11e1 nsG.
Ing IN Official prcscnsat.on to P1~ta}eu. Grlnt lie
has probably learned By this tine that he ea1rot
&c: such an Interview tor the ssf1lc.t1t 1c14ou
tia. lie Is under i&Jcinent b.fote our courts TO-
> rtolaucn OF Dur Il1sI and 9. I.--s. o. ba,L
REcKrr Acr7oS n THE srAN1sH MINISTER.
Caleb Gushing legal advice probably hsd sopne-
ting to do with Inducing the Spanish M'D'st2- n
b<s Sin proceedings against She C1fcn :e-tc-a 4
1nls country, and he Ia known - be souad.on L.
te.rattctl Lew. Lenns pfoEesses To believe thAs
everything ID going on y ell in cuhe
APPLICATION kK!V7Bp-
TIE application Of 6mith1on, Tebel banker o!
this city. for order permitting him
10 overhaul ce7:alu records Of the War
Department, Was this morning refused In
The Circuit Court. The case Is against III. 6sa,,-
TOE. atd grows oat Of the fact that 6u!thson was
coR.1-n7r1tsled "a = s2y dnsing the wa1, found
Euilty, and subjected to long imprisonment The
srtL In oEe form or another, has been before tho
courts for IRE years, and Stanton has been7 thus
fa-, sustained IN every point against him.
RKxovAL ANn ArFo1S7MEsT.
One Of the Last nets Of Admiral Porter, Under The
Sesreta1yhhtp Of Borte, WIS To thin out D.. HooE-
M!t7. Chief Of the Medical Bureau in the SaEy
D.partment, Who Ind charge Of th4t brunch Of the
rr{-n all +brnt.
Wood. VINO Vas the EIamlu!ng Board
st the Naval / !. under Porter. gets the
pok,t.ou thus vaeaa-a, Tho Admiral must have
th!nEs ahopt fixed 70 hts notion By this time.
At TEE wulrk HoCsA
Things we're 1oiet at the White House to-day,
aid yisitors we<c comparatively few. Tne Cl1-
ctnuait 1.abe Ball Club caled and pad taer
1esp4 els to the President, hnd th!s Was aboat tee
only thing Of Interest there
TIE CAEK or GKEERAL BTRBRrn5E
came up again IN court here to-dar, On m sppI-
Gallon for Al order Of arrest ~ send h!u to St.
LOUIS for trial, on the indictment found against
lin for h.sscry. The caae wss not finished
TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
44rRoyEKE.75 At TIE MOUTH or TIE Ms s1Es1FFL
WASHINGTON. Jane 2a-Iae Ear pspa5tmens
Z ~ e g. 5o ses d e 1ns e.
APrOISTAKSTs.
The President te-iaT, 2ppoiated John 7; Ds!a
Eienra: and Wiz. H. Wood. Surgeon OF the Entssd
:5;stes NEW, to Ike Chief oi tie B11csu Of McH
cine md Surgery OF tic Nary Department. III place
Among The c.eT1-s removed from the 1tc27IvJ
Department, tt,a luoEntnr, Eas J. G: Ma'ke:, iof
tires.
RESIGNATION.
j. J, Noan, Saperytsur Of Internal keTe1ue lbl
:re stclc Il Tennessee, To-day tclesrapat1 Com
missioner Dcsno, resigtlnR h,s position. Aa!o!