The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-04-22
Washington specials say /:

Alta recent Cabinet meeting, the
Cuban question was discussed. Sec
retary Fish opposed any hasty steps
toward the recognition of the Cuban
independence.
The nomination of J. Russell Jones
as Minister TO Belgium is likely to
meet with opposition, as Sanford the
present Minister is an experienced
diplomat and has many senatorial
friends. 1t is believed tonight that
If Jones's name is not recalled his
name will be rejected.
The nomination of John s. Carlisle
as Minister to Stockholm will be re.
jecred on the ground that although
lately a Graft mar, he uniformly acted
WITH tbc Dumvcruts when q Senator
from West Virginia. 3.i
Gen. Sickles was to-day rendered
and positively declined the Mission
to Mexico. He prefers an Europe.
an Mission.
A stock train on the Toledo, Wa
bash and Western r. r. ran into a
flock of sheep while near a trestle
bridge in the neighborhood of Car
thage, Ills, which threw the train
through tho bridge, scattering and
killing many Of the cattle in the train,
as well as sheep on the track, and
mortally wounding Frank Houston,
a brakesman, and seriously injuring
other employees.
The following are the important
nominations yesterday:
Thos. II. Nelson, of Ind. Minister
to Mexico; Chas. N. Riette, of Tex
as, Minister to Costa Rica; 81. Il.
Sanford, of Conn, Minister to Spain
Horace Ruble, of Wis, Minister to
Switzerland; VIM. A. Pile, of Mo-,
Minister to Brazil Freeman III.
Morse, of Me-, Consult General to
London; Thos. B. Van Buren,, of N.
J, ConsulGene to Florence.
The following to be Consuls:
Geo. F. Allen, Ind, to Morocco ;
F. H. Blake, Kansas, to Hamilton,
Ontario; Augustine L. Chealton,
Utah, to Brussel; Geo. A. Hanson,
Ills, to Copenhagen; r. W. johnson
Mo-, to Hong Kong, China; X. A.
Linderman, Mo-, to Lyons; Edward
d. Neil, Mo-, to Dublin; Milton N.
Price, Iowa, TO Marseilles; James
Rea, Ills, to Belfast /; F. w. Part
ridge, Ills, to Bankok; Charles
Weile, Nevada, to Guayaquil.
Eli s. Parker, Commissioner of In
dian Affairs.
S. S. Fisher, Ohio, Commissioner
of Patents.
H. Van Arman, N. Y, Commits
sicner of Pensions.
For Register of Land offices Syl-
vanus Dodd, Council Bluffs, Iowa A
w. Dawley, Ft. Dodge, Iowa.
Postmasters--Dr. Grass, Naper
vile, Illinois.
G. G. Andrews, M mister to Copcn
hagen; ST.. Glasgow, of Iowa, Con
ul to Havre; VIM. A. Howard, ti
Michigan, Minister to China; ST
Trowbridge, of Illinois, Consul to
Vera Cruz; B. l.. B. Clark, of Iewa,
Examiner in Chief of the Patent Of
fee.
For Pension Agents, VIM. Jayne
Springfield, Illinois; J. s. Martin,
Centralia, Illinois.
S. Goodrell, Pension Agent, Des
Moines, Iowa.
The Senate was several hours in
executive session and then ad-
journed.
Only two nominations were con-
firmed to-day, namely: J. l.. Mot
10y, Minister to England, and John
Jay, Minister to Austria.
The post prandlal treaty, made by
Reverdy Johnson and the British
Minister Of Foreign Affairs, intend
ing to cover the Alabama spoliations,
came up in the Senate yesterday, in
executive session, upon which Sena.
tor Sumner made an elaborate
two hours speech, (Which is to
be published,) after which the So
called treaty was rejected 81 to /
the latter being an old tub Of entrails
by the name of McCreery, who ha.
gravitated into tho Senate from th,
great Jack Ass and Mule raising
Blue Grass region Of Kentucky.
There was $50, 900 fire in Toled