, 1872-11-08
Speculations on the
Next Cabinet.
Senator Morgan Talked OF as
BoutWe1l's Successor.
Langston, the Colored Law
yer, Wants to be At
torney General.
General H0Ward'S Peaceful Indian
Policy.

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Special Despatch to 7ha Chicago Tribune.
OUR CONSULAR SYSTEM.
WASHINGTON, D. G., Nov. 7.-The consular
system Of the United States, under the present
Administration, has been subject OF great
complaint among American travellers, under
whose eye the provisions Of the system have
been carried ont. a considerable change was
made in the service three years ago and efforts
will be made at the approaching session Of Con.
gress to still further amend it. The profits
arising from our foreign Consuls for the year
ending June 80 last amount to $223, ,G9284, after
paying salaries, exchange, etc.
TIE NEXT CABINET.
The gossip in regard to General
Grants Cabinet for his next term has been quite
free, but it does not represent all the facts.
There will be no new Cabinet appointed on the
4th Or 5th Of March next, according to the best
authority at hand. Mr. Fish will, it is true, re-
tire from Office at that time, and another will be
appointed to fill his place. The subject has been
net, and they have informally agreed to tender
their designations to the President at
the close of the present term, leaving
him free to accept or refuse them. Thle
ud6 U69H ku6 pEaELlEE LII 6E1Eu Ca668 uHEHkulUT2.
It is known that it is the Presidents intention
at this time to retain his present advisers until
after the beginning Of the new Administration.
Should he see any reason for a change at any
time subsequently, he can take advantage Of it.
1t seems to be admitted here that Secretary
place Of Vice President-elect Wilson, and this
will leave vacancy in the Treasury Department,
which will not, however, occur till the
close Of the present Admiuistra-
tion. Gossip is already busy in
finding q successor. It is reported among
other things. that If Senator f;onklinc ia rs
elected and ex-senator Morgan makes no ef-
forts to defeat him, that the last named will be-
OCEAN MAIL SUBSIDIES.
The Postmaster General, whose annual re-
port to Congress is nearly finished, will devote
considerable space to the subject Of subsidies
to lines of ocean mail steamers
PERSONAL.
General Cox, OF Ohio, ex-Secretary Of the In
terror Department. This is the first meeting
that has taken place between the gentlemen since
the unpleasantness that arose on the subject
Of the official duties Of the Secretary, when it
will be remembered that an official dinner was
rendered Governor Cox By the President, which
tue former had not time to accept.
SOUTHERN CLAIMS.
During the month of October, SIG additional
claims were filed before the Southern Claims
NOu1ll4LLa6, 1lAh4EH to4al VI t,o0D. 14o
amount of money involved in the claims al
ready reaches 943, ,750, 900.
CLAIMS Foa WORTHLESS STAMPS.
The Internal Revenue Bureau has on file
already thousands Of claims for the refund
ing Of moneys paid for tobacco and other
stamps which have gone out of use. Under the
new claims law the the claims will be nyesti-
gated as soon as possible and referred to the
Comptroller Of the Treasury for payment.
o, howard ON rHS INDIANS.
visited several Of the Indian tribes in the ca
pacity Of special Commissioner Of Indian
Affairs, has returned to this city. He pronoun-
ces many Of the rumors about Indian rnids and
troubles false, and claims that the present In
dian policy Is the only ehectual mode OF dealing
With the question:
WANTS CABINET APPOINTMENT,
and now comes John M. Langston, the
colored waiter and 1ounger, and demands that
the colored race, through him, receive recogni-
Cabinet appointment. Several weeks ago, while
in conversation with some white friends Of his,
Langston took the ground that it General
Grant was reelected, it would be mainly through
the fundamentally Of the colored votes, and be,
for one, should insist that his people receive
some more substantial recognition than mere
clerical appointments.
Senator Harlan's Chronicle this morning has
column editorial on Langston, wherein the latter
Presidency, and having powerfully contributed
toward securing the General second term.
The article concludes by recommending that
Langston's efforts be rewarded by the highest
kind of political preferment.
The star. thig ayeniDe. takes m this tonic
and says that move has already commenced to
have John N. Langston appointed Attorney
General. He is backed, it is understood, BY
Fred. Douglass and other prominent colored
men through the country. and by consid-
erable number of white Republicans par
ticularly those from the South. Langston
has been called Oh to-day by several newspaper
men, and he does not deny that he is an aspirant
for the position. He simply says that such an
appointment by the President would be no more
than his people have right to expect.
THE CHICAGO Posr OFFICE.
Among the bids received for supplying the |
,ut stone for the area piers etc., Of the new
Government buildings at Chicago was one from
William c. Deakman The amount named BY |
lin was s34,965, but owing to some mis- |
although lis bid was
he lowest made. the contract has not
ret been closed. IT appears that after having |
mn ia +ha nrornoo1 rut1, 4~o.