Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-08-31

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THE SABINE CANARD.-Nothing has ye,
been received at the Navy Department from
Commander Walker, OF the frigate Sabine.
relative to the reported mutiny on board OF
that vessel. The officials at the Navy Depart
ment express the belief that the report was
canard, as Commander Walker would have
teleeraphed TO the Department Immediately il
such mutlny had occurred. IA cable dispatch
in another column contradicts the storyl
Arporxrx.Nrs.-The President to-day made
the following appointments:
Crowley p. Drake to be Assessor Of Internal
Revenue for the 5th district of Michigan.
X ]. Ohe.tnutwood to be Collector OF Inter-
nal Revenue Tor the 9th district OF Indiana.
George H. Gordon to be Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 7th district of Massachusetts
Moses d. Sinners to be Collector Of Internal
Revenue for the 1lth district of New York.
VIM. E. Barber to be Assessor Of Internal
Revenue for the 9th district of Pennsylvania.
RETURN OF THE PRRsIDBNr-CABINET
MEETING TO-DAY, &o.-The President, &C.
cempanied by Secretary Fish and General
Porter, arrived here this morning in the early
tram from New York. and proceeded to the
residence Of Secretary Fish, where he break.
tasted, and then drove to the Executive Man.
sion. Quite q large number of office-seekers
and visitors were in attendance shortly after
nine O'Clock, and between that and eleven
O'Clock several were received by the President
in the library, where he transacts all business
the repairs in the Executive Office not yet being
completed. Acting Secretary Richardson and
Commissioner Delano had lengthy interview
with him, about eleven o'clock, relative to va.
riOnS Internal pfyno te o,a
matters requiring the Presidents attention.
At noon the Cabinet convened, there being
present Secretaries Fish, Rawlins, Robeson
and Cox, Postmaster General Cress well, As
sistant Secretary Richardson, and Assistant
Attorney General Fled. The Cabinet was
still in session at three O'CLOCK, but 1t is under
stood that no business OF national importance
was under consideration, the session being en-.
tireIy for the purpose of arranging various
routine matters connected with the several de-
partments. The President will receive Wis.
Itors tomorrow, and VIII leave on the evening
train, with Secretary Fish, for Saratoga, to
rejoir his family.
TIE PROPORTIONS FOR SETTLING THs
CUEAN DIFFICULTY.-"Data" ia" says:-It is well
understood that the propositions cooking to a
settlement of the Cuban difficulty, which were
presented TO the government at Madrid through
Mr.. Paul ). Forbes, were rejected by the
Spanish authorities The exact nature OF the
plan which MIR. Forbes was empowered 70
suggest TO the regency has been misstated in al
l. sast one important particular. The United
states did not undertake to guarantee the pay-
ment Of the sum in consideration of which the
Spanlarcs were to relinquish TO the Cubans the
sovereignty Of their island, but offered TO act as
trustee of n fund for that purpose, to be raised
by setting apart portion of the customs rev.
enue OF the island. The correspondence on the
subject was comm unicated by the Spanish to
the French Government, as Is customary in the
diplomacy Of some European nations, In cases
when friendly relations and some degree of
similarity Of interests exist. Whether French
influence had any part in the described rejec.
tion Of the overtuIes of the United States IS
not known. Mr.. Forbes is now on his way to
this country, but it Is thought in some quarters
that he will again return to Spain on similar
errand.