, 1869-05-02
WASHINGTON.


The call Of General Robert E Lee, At the " hite
House, this moIahs, casssed = good dea1 OF com.
motion among the us.ral. crowd In w4istnx Two
senssors and = nuEber OF ofIceseekers had
Already gained admlttance to President Grants
room, when LceA eayH H8s sent Ia. The
President had Made special appointment
| Wnh Lee for certain hour and the
nstef came pronptly.ou time. TIE President i'm.
medtatelJ a1Sed those present to exruse hla tell
| ing them Of his engagement Of course they LEFT
It once, Though some OF them were ill-b.el
enough to ta1 loudly around the Presidents ante
room OF rebel being received before themselves.
| The interview lasted only fifteen minutes, and
does not seem to have been Of any special slsaEa-
| canee-
| TIE GovERSoRsu1r or Hzw MEXICO.
The case Of Colonel Grove came up IN the Cabl-
net and after considerable dscQsslouit was arrcel
that the present GoSe1nnr should hold on til Con.
gTess had acted upon Crowes disabilities. 1t Il
understood, however. that General Mitchell tele-
graphs that he will not retain the plsce which will
neecsatate the appointment OF q Governor al ill.,
k<TiM.
sotDERss'l souSr1Ea
The Second Comptroller has given Instr ,ettop.
under the late bounty laws that hereaet. N 49,
trs soldiers elAins TWO checks shit be nven. one
10 the agent or attorney for me lee allorel n,
A~, and the other sent dltect to the SOLDIER for
INC remainder cue. The fees sllovcd to agent,
hare been MATERIAL; reduced.
ArroMrxESrs.
Cosonel 1osiah Given, OF Ohio Postmaster or the
Thirty -ninth Congress, has been appointed Thin
Deputy Commissioner Of Internal Revenue. Cot
onel Pratt has been appoint cd Assessor Of tho ser
enth Kentucky District 1t the special Instance az
Commissioner Delano and Secretary Boutwell,,
General Grant WIS very deheous to apont Colone,
F. =. HINT, but would not oyerule the Conu1s-
~soper aud Secretary Vi she Treasury.
ENTERED on Dcrr.
kx-coosressnan Van Ae1nam, Of New YGS.k the
nc" Commissioner OF Pensions, entered On fiuty
Today ~ did also II. D. Barron Of wisconsin the
new Fifth Auditor Of the Treasury; ". A. FELL
OF Massachusetts, the nsu Assistant Attorney
General; aud also the new revenue officials OF this
District, and new foreman anu naststants ut the
Government Printing Umbe.
THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT ~AsTa MONEY.
ihe oesp1tchea received here yestesslny non
Minister Rosecrana by our Consul NJ Mer.co
seem to relate To the loanin9 Of money and scnui-
St1on Of territory. General Rosecrana thinks We
ought to aid Mexico with an advance Of several
m'llona Of dollars or an endorsement Of her paper
ano IN fetafn Tor tha service he says ho believes
MEXICO viii give us q mortgage On Sonora, or per-
hapa sell NJ the territory at a reasonable figure.
He would Ike to remain down there long euourh
70 carry ont THIS schemc, 10 which, Of course o1r
government will not gtvo Its consent. Our neE
Minister, Nelson, Of Indiana, leaves for Mexico
about the middle Of this month,
TO TIE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
,-... RESIGNATION.
MasHISa1pR, NAY 1.-The resignation OF Lieu
has been accepted In tof,eenuencn IF NJ. enfret
upon the duties Of Commias3oner of Indian AftalnI
Fractional enr,.ncT 1870 sta.,
nenn. sT,npnt Ssna auAa9 L0e week
dccmc,, 4Tss coa ElasH; ESs; sa14;!S' Auonn1 fe-
ess1 ~. srf7,sS =; ;;5u EHSA -: tsan3 notea lssaed,
"~,..1. ~ =, Snse.ua nE sSss,ses,' 's%
1,b. sy1op.r.s e.c e Dnsr 1.f!1e.1sf. s1a114Asf.
= - ~ oauatohsuH Fecapts1latl0u OF the public
~ mnten nas 3ass ocen issuel from
n"bt III ihsensasy hsseta.y t9s1@asmsos: 1.:
IntrTrss e''a s.a1M0
0rbs bearins n.r1rt n .,rf.f
[nt-rrrt., ..,,,...,....... f1:91 a.
oeht bearing uo Interest, ,....:.......... &o;S3EE
oens t,s H. Gn Mhch tnssffss has ceased sfac'
[nterr.t 0'..'''''..'-'.'*.-....-~*''..... hMIat@
''' ''.''''''''''''. ~ 1A1s
Total dcbt principal outstsodfnx ~ "a sxi y, n
[nter1t atc.ucd d.....,.....-.......... siSess9Xes
~ aGeuns o. 'ntfresf patdiu 1dvaacc- 1eINanu
%-'s'e'' ''-'''''*--''.'.-...'.-.-..... *4tadR
Total drit, pfjncsps, md in..rr.t :, eTo711,s
AMotNT E THSISunI: ea@
Go!n belonging to f4r government -,.,,a adnt 2.e
1.nn n1tst w. Mh1sh certificates Of depoals arr
cmrrenrT4 ''.''''--'. '.,..-.......-.. doo
$500 .-''.."'. .-...-.. A6ea64AO7
Total, .. = 7,e - - =.
Deerase du1tus The fuGntt,