Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-15
GEN. SICKLES TO 90 TO
MEXICO.
New YORK, 18th.

A Washington telegram says, there
is great activity among politicians.
Grant has defiued his position. All
applications for office must be made
through his Secretaries.
Gen. Siclles is to be nominated Min
lister to Mexico.
The New York appointments are to
be made this week, and the tenure of
Office act is 20 be suspe nded.
Secretary Fish is likely to be confron
ted by a situation of affairs involving the
relations between the United States and
the Government of Spain, which will
demand serious consideration and will
require more immediate attention than
any CT the interests probable at present
to press upon the Department of State.
NEW YORK, 18th.
The German mail steamer Herman
and the City of Baltimore arrived at this
port yesterday, with late details of tele-
graphic news.
The delicate health of his Holiness,
Plus IX., is exciting a great deal of un-
easiness, and people are looking for a
successor ID the Chair of st. Peter.
1t has been noticed that Mr.. Lucien
Bonaparte, the youngest member of the
SacredCollege of Cardinals, is an object of
attention OH the part of the Pope and Of
the high dignitaries of the Church, who
look upon him as the most available
can didate for that high office.
A decree abolishing slavery in all the
Portuguese possessions has just appeared
in Lisbon.
Vessels are arriving here from Mid
dleton and Hartford. The Hartford
steamers commence their regular trips
to-day this is about eight days earlier
than last year.
A heavy overland mail from Califor-
MIA and the Plains and Territories, of IS
bags of mail matter has just come
through and been received at the post
,ffice here. The dates are from the 4th
to the . tn Of February. 1t is the heavI-
est overland mail ever received here.
Private Letters received here from emil
nent politicians at Washington. both
Conservative and Radical, say that there
is strong under current of opposition
running between the White House and
the Senate, though every effort is made
to preventan open expression. The CIV
il tenure of office act is the rock ahead.
New York fees that she has the least
occasion to be satisfied with the political
moves.
The delayed travellers on the U. p. r..
r., who arrived here last week, are not
in the best of humOr at their experience
in Washington. There is no attempt
made to conceal these feelings, and
growlings and complaints are the order
of the day.
ST. LOUIS, 18th.
The stockholders of the st. Louis &
Illinois Bridge Co. held a meeting a
few days ago, and voted to increase the
capital stock of the Company to 81 ,OOO,-
00O Work on the bridge will be ener-
getically and rapidly pushed ahead.
James n. Durham, from Gen. Hazen's
camp, near the Washita Mountains, re-
ports that some 5000 Indians are set
tied on reservations. Gen. Hazen is
dividing them into bands Or colonies
with view to learning them the art OF
husbandry. 10 this end, he has already
arI ointed farmer to each band, to
instruct them. Farming implements
and seeds will be furnished by the Gov
/ ernm ent.
The Indians have great confidence in
Hazen, and enter into his arrangements
readily, and with as god grace as could
be expected.
New YORK, 18th.
A Mexico letter of Feb. 9th says, the
defeat of Negrete, it was believed, had
effectually quelled his attempt at a rev.
olution.
= Esteras, who had been charged with
at attempt to assassinate Juarez, was one
of Negretes chief officers he was re-
captured at the late fight, and, with
numerous others, was condemned tt
death.
LaZado, the Chief of Jalisco, has alb.
dicated in favor Of Col. Domingo Nava