The New York herald., 1872-11-14
Mr.. EVariS the Probable Successor Os
Secretary Fish.
THE RACE FOR THE MAJOR GENERAL SHIP.
JUDGE RICHARDSON ON LOST BONDS
Secretary Boutwell, and the Burned-Out Boston
Merchants-The President at the Treas
ury-Chromos and Prints Mail
able as Printed Matter.
WASHINGTON. Nov. f3 1872.
Cabinet NecOnstructiOn-NIr.E Evarts for
secretary OF state.


Friends of the administration, without profess
ing to speak by authority. have good reason to be.
lieve that the portfolio of the State Department
will be at the service OF Mr.. Evarts OF New York.
after the 4th OF March, II he Is willing to endure
the pecuniary sacrifice for the honor OF the place.
Social Washington is anxious that the OF
Mr.. Fish should equal the latter in She means and
disposition Of display, as society takes It's tone
from the Secretary Of State, and on those grounds
the distinguished advocate OF Geneva would be
wholly acceptable.
The Internal Revenue and Patent Bureaus are
named as among the onices of the second grade as
likely to become vacant, by the voluntary retire
ment Of the present incumbents, who have other
views for the future.
The Contest tor the Vacant Major Gem
eralship.
The choice OF candidates for the ONCE OF Major
| General, vacated by the death OF General Meade
| is now believed to rest between Brgadier General
Terry and Quartermaster General Meigs, with the
odds in favor Of the latter. The objection TO Ter
ry's appointment is that his present high rank OF
brigader was conferred for his service OF cap
turing Fort Fisher after General Buffers failure
| with his powder ship, ana that II General
DcDowel, the senior OF the eight line brig
adierS Is to be passed over there
are several who have equal claims with Terry, and
who are respectively urged by equal influences,
against any of which the President does not like to
discriminate. The points suggested in favor of
General Meigs are that he is both the senior
dier and Brevet Major-General of the entire army
and so removed above the criticisms on choice by
pure selection; that he has an excellent engineer
record for twenty-five years before the war and a
distinguished history as Quartermaster General,
Is an advanced scientist ana devoted student Of
the art of war as practised with such modern sp-
pliances as the railroad, telegraph and breech-
loading cannon and small-arms and has no liking
for the STAFF position, into which he was forced In
time OF emergency at the beginning of the war
and just as he had obtained his coveted command
In the line. The friends of General Terry assert
tonight that he Is as good as appointed, but army
officers likely to be better informed believe that
Meiggs Is the coming Major General.
Judge Settle the Probable Successor Of
Justice Nelson.
| 1t is probable that Judge Settle, OF North Car
| ona, will succeed Justice Nelson Of the Supreme
Court, who Is about to retire ON account OF old
! age. The South has had no representative on the
supreme Bench since the death OF Justice Wayne,
who was from Georgia. -. 49,.
| Bonds Lcst Asa. tAo nostom EIrs--Judgt
| Richardson's Advice and Inform tion
Thereon.
Among the losses by the fire in Boston is con-
siderable amount in United States bonds, and
losers have commenced to make inquiries at
the Treasury Department as to what they must do
to make the loss good. The following, from the
work Of Judge Richardson, is given for the infor
nation OF all intcrested:-"Persons often forward
to the Treasury Department caveats OF lost and
stolen coupon bonds; but the only advantage
gained thereby is that when those bonds the cOu
pons come In for redemption the Department noti-
1es the claimants who have filed the caveats of the
presentation of the bonds and furnishes the names
of the parties presenting them, In order that the
| loser may have all the information within the
| reach Of the government which may possibly ena-
BILE him to discover the parties who fraudulently
| obtained them. Beyond this the gov
ernment can afford no relef There are
great advantages In holders carefully taking the
| numbers dates, denominations, issues and series
OF their coupon bonds, and preserving them in
some place apart from the bonds themselves, be-
| cause, in case OF destruction Of the bonds by
fire or otherwise, duplicates may be obtained
under a law of Congress passed June 1, 1872: and
| unless such memoranda are kept II is dinlcut, II
| not impossible to describe coupon bonds which
| have been destroyed with sufficient accuracy to
| obtain the benefits OF the law. The facts as to
the title OF registered stock, but not to coupon
| bonds may be gathered from the records OF the
| department."
Secretary Boutwell, and the Boston aIcr-
The Secretary OF the Treasury has received q
telegram from sundry Boston merchants asking to
be relieved from the additional charge OF ten per
cent on goods in bonded warehouses remaining
there more than year. The Secretary replied
that he had no power thus to relieve them, but II
any OF the sufferers by the nre allowed their goods
to remain beyond that time he would recommend
to Congress that the charge be RENTED.
The Secretary has received q telegram from the
Relief Committee giving a copy OF the resolution
in opposition to the issue OF an additional amount
| OF currency.
The southern Claims Commission.
| The claim Of Asa i. Cochran, an old merchant OF
New Orleans originally from Boston, for large
quantity OF sugar taken by General Banks when
marching against Port Hudson, was before the
| Commission on Southern Claims to-day. T. W.
| Conway, state superintendent OF Education in
Louisiana, was also before the Commission in refer
| ence 70 q large claim, in which the State educa-
tiona fund has 0ne-thrd interest under the will Of
| the deceased claimant.
| A Jury orr the Perfod-Acquitta1 of q MUIR
derer.
| Rhoda rcwell, who murdered Clark in the Brcnts-
vile (va.) JAIL was acquitted to-day, the jury being
out but five minutes.
Anxious 10 Serve Poor Lo.
Henry M. Atkinson, OF Omaha, Neb. is being
urged for the position OF Commissioner Of Indian
Affairs.
Fatal Collision ON the baltimore and
Potomac Railroad.
Two construction trains on the Baltimore and
Potomac Railroad colided this evening In the tun-
mel near the Navy Yard Three colored men were
| fatally injured.
| Thc President at the Treasury Depart-
ment.
President Grant was at the Treasury Departments
this morning in consultation with the secretary.
Chron.os and Prints Mailable as Printed
| Matter.
TIC Postmaster General, reversing former de-
| cjsion, rules that chromos, cngravjngs and other
....s go ,,otiobo. al the poafa rates OF printeT