Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-03-30

Eih'tfss mas osen assigned TO the charge of the
harbor improvements of Lake Erie, ives, Of
Cleveland, Ohio.
BREvEr BRIG. GESL. r G. DRUM has been
ordered by the Secre-ary of War to report tor
dusy to MAJOR General Meade, Headq uarters
Military D.vrs.on of the Atlantic.
ON MOTION of Mr.. Dawes the House voted to.
day, the Senate concurr.ng, to adjourn on the
9th of April at - m. The Sc rate will probably
not concur IN an adjournment at so early a
date.
TIE New York Commercial thinks Gen
Grants iline s is caused by the worry and fret
from the Tenure-of- ONCE fmbroyiio and tells
him that the people Of the country are with
him in his view Of the question.
PUBLIcArIos Of the monthly reports of the
Bureau of Statistics suspended since August.
Les. has been resumed by Mr.. Francis A
"SiAer, the emcient Deputy Special Oommis.
siOner ofthe Revenue, at present in charge of the
bureau.
Ex-SPRAKRR RIcHARDsos Of the Tennessee
House Of Representatives, is here, and a prom
Inent applicant for the Cons ulship at Yeddo.
Japan. He Is endorsed by all the Republican
members OF the State delegation In Congress.
THE SENATE CoMMIrrKR ON FOREIGN Az.
PAIRS will shortly report q bill regulating the
landing Of foreign cables upon our shores SIM
liar to the bill which was before the Senate at
the last session.
THE COMMANDING GKHKRAL DsPARrMRxr
OF TIE SOUTH has been ordered to relieve
Brevet Major General N. A. Miles, of the sth
u :. Infantry, ,rom his preSent duties and
direct hIm to proceed without delay to isin his
regiment in the department of the Missouri
BRKvEr Coz. @. W. SCHoprELp, of the .Ist
United States infantry, has been relieved from
duty In the War Department by order of the
Secretary Of War, and ordered to report for
duty to Major General Schofeld, commanding
department of the Missouri.
SENATOR SPRAGuE's remarkable speech On
the social, political and financial condition of
the country is to be printed In pamphIe, torn,
and there is a very general deuand for it, A
Western member received fourteen letters ON
Saturday asking for copies o; it.
AFTER OFFICE-Mr Rice, the new Super.
intendent of the Treasury Department, was
besieged this morning by colored men AFTER
positions as laborers about the building. The
entire passage in front of hIs ONCE was crowd.
ed, there being over q hundred applicants
THE STATEMENT OF THE PUBLIC DEBT fCf
the present month will be issued on Thursday,
the 1st proximo, but as all the returns are not
yet In, il is not known how IL will stand,
though there will probably be slight increase
as the payments for pensions have been qui.e
heavy durin the month.
BREvBr BRIGADIDR GENERAL RUFUS san
TON, MAJOR and z uartermas,er, has been as
signed TO duty, by order of the Secretary of
War, as Chief Quartermaster Department Of
the Columbia, and will proceed by way of the
Isthmus of Panama and San Francisco 10 Ore.
gon-
CoNNIssIONIR WILSON. of the General Land
Once, sends us a circular Just Is ued from that
ONCE. showing the manner OF proceeding to OBJ.
tam title to public lands, by purchase, by To-.
cation with warrants or agricultural SCRIP by
pre-emption and homestead; which is a very
useful publication.
IT WILL BE REMEMBERED that some months
since our Geverrment offered its services as
mediator TO settle the difficulty bet ween Spain
on the one hand and Chilli, Peru and Bolivia
on the other hand. The offer has been accepted
by those Governments, and the Commission TO
adjust the difncultIes between those Powers
will meet here in June, by which time Peru
will have here a full Minister instead of
Charge d. Affairs, as now.
The SENATE RAILROAD COMMITTEE has in.
strucied its chairman, Mr.. Howard, TO again
move that the bill which recently passed the
House, granting the right OF way to the e. Paso
Southern Pacific Railroad, be taken from
tue table and referred TO the committee, and If
the Senate should refuse TO do so, then to move
its indefinite postponement The adoption o:
this measure effeetuaiy kills the bill Its
friends, however, profess TO have con nidsnce IN
fau L.. q h.
bill In the Senate. Notwithstanding the obIec-
ton OF the committee
Hon. GKoRGB EARLE, who was yesterday
nominated for First Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral, IN the place of Mr.. 81. ]. Is Skinner, is
native OF Maryland, an undou bted Republi
can, and was for many years the law partner
Of Postmaster General CresJwelI. He is a
lawyer Of considerable experience, possesses
great executive ability. and was for several
years clerk Of the Court of Appeals Of NJ iry-
land. He represented Cecil county IN the
Free State Convention Of 156i. OF whica body
De was one Of its ablest members. He some
time since retired from active political life. de-
voting his attention 10 agricultural pursuits.
TEE JUNCTION OF TnR PACIFIC RAIL.
RoAD.-for some time past there has been q ute
q contest going on between ihe Union Pacific
anu Ocuudi TdciuC COm-
pany Of California, as TO the point W here tae
two roads shall form junction. The matter
was recently brought before the Senate Com
mitfee on Pacific Railroads, which Com
mittee has decided that the point of June-
ton shall be Ogden, Utah Territory. This
sgrees with the wishes Of the Central PacIf1c
Company, and Is eighty miles this side OF the
point desired by the Union Pacific Company.
The parties in terested in the last named Com
pany will contest the matter when the bill
comes before the Senate.
MRS. PREsIpBNr GRANT yesterday afternoon
received the foreign legations In the East
Room OF the White House. Secretary Of State
fish was present. and introduced the Minist-
ers, attaches, and ladies 70 Mrs. Grant, who
received them In q pleasant manner. Mrs
Grant was attired IN q fawn- -colored silk
dress, neatly trimmed Among those who
called were Councillor MsEainaens, Brazilian
Minister the Grecian Minister Blacqus Bey
The Turkish Minister; Senior 9oni, the Spanish
Minister; Senor Fonlscslla. Cnilian Minister,
and lady Baron Lederer, the Austrian Minis
.sf' VI. T. L Billie, Minister from Denmark;
m Miguel Martens d'Autas, Minister frsm
fortngal' Hon. Edward Thornton, British
minister, and lady; M. Edward de StoeckI
hussian Minister, and lady; NJ d Rerrhemy