The Portland daily press., 1869-03-04
Gift to General Sherman.

Especial dispatch by international Iine.l
WASHINGTON, March 3.-The public deb
statement was issued this afternoon The
amount in the Treasury, coin, $9S, IA, ,06O; cur.
rency, $16,S53,529; decrease of the debt, $1O.
1858 1853.
PRESIDENT johnson has nominated j. A.
Iuttle to be Postmaster at Rutland, Vt; Com.
modore Levinus M. Powell to be Rear Admi-
raj in the Navy on the retired list.
Gen. Grants inaugural is very brief and
will make only half column of the Globe.
Its leading features are-frst, support of the
suffrage constitutional amendment; second
support of the National credit, with the asser.
ton that National facts demand that all obli-
gauons not otherwise stipulated for be paid in
com; third, retrenchment and economy.
The present prospect is that the 4th will be
rainy and unpleasant.
AS early as 9 o'clock, the galleries of the
House and the hall leading to it were packed
with people to hear Colfax's closing address.
He had scarcely closed when storm of cheers
arose from all parts of the House, in the midst
of which the Ex-Speaker retired, being much
affected. When the excitement had ceased, Mr..
Woodward of Pennsylvania offered in behalf
of the Democrats resolution of endorsement
which was passed unanimously. Then Mr..
Dawes of Massachusetts, proposed the name of
Theodore Pomeroy of New York for Speaker,
and he was unanimously elected for the re-
inainder of the 40th Congress. Messrs. Dawes
and Woodward conducted Mr. Pomeroy to the
chair, amidst much applause, and he was
sworn in by Mr. Dawes and delivered brief
speech.
Gen. Grant issued an order this morning
that no cards of visitors be sent to his rooms
to-day. He is busily engaged in preparing his
inaugural and other matters for the ceremo-
MES to morrow. Hundreds of prominent poll
ticians were at the headquarters, but were
forced to go away disappointed.
Hamilton Fish, A. T. Stewart, Horace Gree
ly, and large number of men mentioned in
connection with the Cabinet are here. Gov.
Fish informed Senator Sumner to-day that he
did not have position in the Cabinet, and if
it was offered him he would not accept it.
There is no indication as yet even among the
most intimate friends of Gen. Grant an to the
members of his Cabinet.
The pressure for tickets of admission to the
Capitol tomorrow to witness the Inauguration
ceremonies is so great that as high as one hun
dred dollars have been offered for them and re-
fused. The arrival of every train from the
North brings fresh additions to the large con-
course already here, and the hotels, boarding
houses and restaurants are so crowded that it
is with difficulty that any place can be obtain
ed to sleep.
The President to-day signed pardons for
Spangler and Arnold.
An interesting account of the scenes of the
forenoon was the reception of the New York
delegation, headed by A. T. Stewart, who pre-
sented a check for $65, 900, and received in re-
turn the deed of Grants house and furniture,
which they at once donated to Gen. Sherman,
who acknowledged the compliment in few
appropriate remarks.
President Grant has given benevolent So
ciety the exclusive right to publish for its ben
eft fac sinaile of his certificate of election,
which are put on sale in this city to-day.