New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-06


evening, there was a jam and great rushing 10
| get on the trains. To accommodate the crowd
extra trains we're put on, four being run out
last night, and the ticket agents were kept busy
answering questions and selling tickets, the number
from noon till night which passed over the counter
being over 5000 Some in the crowd were disposed
to be disOrderly and attempted TO have things their
own way, and over 80 were arrested. number OF
ladies in the crowd were badly squeezed and not
withstanding it was almost impossible to move IN
the crowd. a row was commenced at the gate, which
was put down with some trouble by the officers,
assisted by some of the railroad employees.
The President to-day accepted the resignation Of
Commissioner Rollins to take effect as soon as his
| successor shall DO appointed and confirmed. The
Presidents letter very complimentary TO Mr..
Rollins, congratulating him on the fidelity and efh-
cheney with which he had discharged the arduous
duties of his office.
The following nominations have Ibeen confirmed;
Gen. Sherman. to be General OF the Army; Gen.
Sheridan to be Lieutenant-G General; Gen. Augur' TO
fill the vacant Brgadiership; and Gen. Schoheld to
be Major General.
The House has adjourned till Tuesday. Speaker
Blaine expects to complete the list of Committees by
that time. He will at least announce some OF the
more prominent Committees then He has appointed
John Barclay of this city his Private Secretary
The Senate meets tomorrow, and the President
is expected to send in another batch OF prominent
appointments.
Mr.. W. d. Todd, who acted as clerk to Mr.. Colfax
while Speaker of the House. has been appointed phi
vate secretary to the Vice-President.
Gen Sherman was not at Army Headquarters this
morning, being slightly indispOsed.
The last military order issued by Con. Grant as
General of the Army, is dated March g. and relates to
an economical disposition of condemned Government
property as follows:
Inspecting officers, in recommending the disposition to
termasers Department viii bear III mind that there Is
hardly any species OF material however worn wch , eau
&C. can all be worked up In some new FORM ana WOOD
unless there are Special reasons to the contrary which
reasons must be stated in the report shall be sold
GENERAL PRESS DrPATcHt
Ex-Secretary Welles before retirement from office,
ordered naval general court martial 10 meet at the
New-Yorl Navy Yard on the llth inst. Rear-Admiral
Stringham is President and is composed Of the
following members: Rear-Admrals Thatcher, Lard
ner and Bailey Commodores Huh, Lee. and En-
mons, and Captains PARROT and Nichols; II. Ii.
Goodman of New-York Judge Advocate.
Some errors appear in ono of the sentences OF
Speaker Colfax's valedictory. printed in the pa
pers of the 4th The correct language he used was:
with our vast and increasing agricultural, mechan-
zeal, manufacturing. and mineral capabilities: with
our frontage on the two great oceans of the globe
and our almost completed Pacific Railroad uniting
these opposite shores and becoming the highway OF
nations the United States of America commands the
respect among the powers of the world which insures
the maintenance OF all ITS national rights and the Sc
curty of all its citizens from oppression or injustice
abOad. etc.
The following is tho text of the act in reference to
certifying checks by National Banks:
BE Il enacted. De- That 1t shall DO unlawful for any ON
GER clerk agent ~ any National Bank 70 certify any
cheek drawn upon said bank unless the person or con-
pany drawing The SAID check shall have on deposit III the
said bank the time such check certnod an amount
OF money equal TO the amount specihed lh such ceeK
and any check so certified by duly authorized oIe eE
and any officer. eeI or agent OF any national DhhK W.
TO the Inability and proceedings the part OF the con
troer as provided for section 30 OF the National bahk
ing law approved juno s. 1864 passed the House Oi Rep
reseutatiyes Feb 49, 1863. !.
The Boston journal says that one OF the last acts OF
President Johnson was granting pardon 20 James
d. Martin, the defaulting cashier OF the Nationdl
Hide and Leather Bank.
has been discontinued .,.
this afternoon was ex-senator Wade, who called 10
bid the President goodbye before leaving Tor ONO
Ex-ARsistant Secretary of the Navy FaNOn, expects
! TO leave here in day OF two for his home IN Con-
The members Of Harmony Fire Company of Phila-
delphia tonight serenaded President Grant, at his
| private residence on LIST, he having previously been
/ advised on the subject. The President appeared,
| and shook hands with them as they filed past him.
The Senate yesterday confirmed the following
| nominations:
James ~ Marks Collector OF Customs for Philadelphia
Arthur D. MarkleJ Collector Of Internal Revenue for the
Sixth District OF Pennsyyana; Peter Il. Bailey, Post
master at Fort Wayne, Ind; Geo H. Penfcld Assessor
OF Internal Revenue for the Thirteenth NeY'fork Dis
tflci; Converse W c. Rowe, y g. Attorney for Arizona
Horao Fox L. 5. Consul at Trinidad; Isaac Cas-. AS
SCISSOR Of Internal Revenue for the Eighth Ohio Districts
Alexander r. Banks Agent for the Indians at the Upper
Arkansas Agency; Geo. W. Wilkinson, Agent for the
Winnebago Indians the Missouri River jeremiah ID.
HYDE Registrar in the Land Office at Yisaa Cali James
Hare, Postmaster at Hays City, Kansas John j. Wise.
Postmaster at Penn Yam, n y; John IT. Smith
Postmaster at Springfield, Ill; Clara W Drake,
Postmaster at Westheld, n. Y; Harlan J.. WEIGH,
Postmaster at Ottawa Kansas Geo. H. Plefson, Post
master at Salem, Mass Chauncey HaTrs POsmaster ut
Elizabeth, n. Y. Henry Boyd, Postmaster at White
Plains ~ " Bradford 7. Simmons Postmaster at Johns
town " " Nathaniel T. sawyer Collector Of Customs at
FFehchmans Bay, Me- Samuel MADDOX Assessor Of IN,
terna Revenue the lid New YORK District Archibald
NJ Green Collector OF Internal Revenue for the GHINth
kew-York District, John T. DIETRICH Collector OF Internal
m Attorney for the Eastern District o. Pennsylvania
Fred A. DOckray, L. s. Attorney for the Southern Dis
trict of Florida Thomas L. Tullock Paymaser TO the
NAVY Commodore Powell. to 10 chr-Admlth a mum
Der Of army Dreyets were also confirmed
IsSAssINATIONs IN FLORIDA.
The Baltimore Gazette says the following Telegram
was received in Washington on Wednesday:
"BAINBmDGR. Ga, March 5, 1869.
Hon c. NJ HAMILTON, Washington, d. o.:
Major Purnam, State Senator and Dr. flnnysOn Clerk
OF the Court assassnHted In the streets OF Mari
anna County Florida on the night OF the 25th
of February The latter killed outright and the for
mer Inortay wounded. HOrrible j. O. DICKEEsoN"