The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-04
FOURTH EDITION
T0-DAY'S WASHINGTON NEWS.
The State Department.
Expected Retirement of Mr.. Fish.
Hon. III. Z. Walbrlnge Successor
II. II. Butle and Andy Johnson
ETC.. Etc.s ETC., Etc.s Etc.
II. R. Butler and Andy Johnson
FROM WASHINGTON.
The state Department.

The state Department.
Special Despdtchfo The BDening Telegraph
WASHINGTON. Oct. At seems to be under
stood in administration circles that upon the
retirement of Secretary Fish the portfolio of
the State Department will be offered to General
Hiram E. Walbridge, of New York. Certain
parties have ridiculed the idea of Grant Offering
the place to Walbridge, but they are evidently
not posted in what is going on between the
President and his advisers. Your correspondent
has seen certain correspondence which appears
to indicate that the President has had his eye
upon Walbridge for the place ever since it be-
came certain that Fish had positively deter
mined to resign. Walbridge is backed by
Greeley and his class of New York politicians.
The change will in all probability be made
before the meeting of Congress, as Mr.. Fish
wishes to give up his domestic establishment
here before winter so that he can return to
New York.
Tennessee Politics.
Mr. Crawford, formerly law-partner of Au-
drew johnson, in Greenville, Tennessee, but now
of this city, has received letter from Green
vile stating that the Democratic Convention to
nominate member of Congress for that dis
trict broke up in a row, owing to the fact that
Johnson's friends would not submit to any can
didate being agreed upon except Andy. The
of man named White. call has been issued
for reassembling the Convention, and it is un-
derstood that for the sake of harmony and in
order to secure the defeat of Butler, Mr.
White will withdraw and allow Andy johnson
to be nominated. Upon the breaking up of the
Convention Johnson's friends called upon him.
when he mace them a speech, saying he hadn't
intended again to enter public life. but that if
he received the unanimous nomination of his
district, he would consent to be candidate for
the purpose of redeeming the district from the
disgrace of being represented by man like
Butler The writer of the letter states that
johnson will be nominated without opposition
when the Convention re-assembles.
A Regular Cabinet Meeting
was held to-day. All the members were present
except Secretary Cox, who was represented by
Assistant Secretary Otto.
Consul to Nice.
William II. Vesey, of the District of Colum-
bia, has been appointed Consul at Nice, France.
Blank Receipts Stamps.
Despatch TO the associated Press.
Itmay be of interest to persons owning unused
blank receipts having the internal revenue
stamp of two cents imprinted thereon, the tax
upon which was repealed by the act of July IA,
1870, on and after October 1, 1870, to know that
upon returning such stamped blanks to the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue free of ex-
pense they may receive other stamps of equal
value for which they may have use. This ar
rangement will afford relief to large number
of business men who have had their blank re-
ceipts stam ped within recent period and who
can have no use for them by reason of a repeal
of the tax.