The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-11-09
The Diplomatic Corps Congratulate the
President on His Reelection.
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ANOTHER JOKE on SECRETARY FISH.
Has the Electoral College Yet
Given a Full Vote?
WAR DEPARTMENT EXPENSES.
The Minimum Cost to Support the
3 Army Twenty Millions. 81
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The Diplomatic Corps ut 1.-The White
House Congratulating the President.
The diplomatic corps is in profound grief to.
night. At the suggestion OF Secretary Fish they
called in Q body, and as q body, at the Executive
Mansion to-day to congratulate General Grant
upon his reelection to the Presidency. They were
received in the Blue Room by the President and
Mrs. Grant, Miss Nellie Grant and members or the
Cabinet and the ladies Of their households as fol-
lows:-Secretary or State and Mrs. Fish, the Attor-
ney General and Mrs. Williams, Mrs. DR.. Sharp,
secretary OF the Navy, Secretary OF the Treasury
and Assistant Secretary Cowen or the Interior De-
partment or the Diplomatic Corps Sir Edward
Thornton, the British Minister, and lady; Bacque
Boy, the Turkish Minister and lady; Sehor Borges,
the Brazilian Minister, and lady; Kurd Won Schlo-
zcr the German Minister; Colonel Freyre the Peru
Wan Minister; Count Corti, the Italian Minister;
Minister from that country being absent from the
city,; NJ. Delfcsse, the Belgian Minister; Admiral
Polo, the Spanish Minister; Mr.. Stenersen, the
Swedish Minister; Senior Garcia, Minister from the
Argentine Republic; Mr.. Mort, the Japanese
Minister, and number Eof attaches OF
the various Legations. They each congratu-
lated the President IA After pleasant
visit they discovered that not only was
their action without the sanction OF precedent but
was premature, General Grant not having been re-
elected In fact, and the question Of his reelection
or rejection resting with the College Of Electors
chosen last Tuesday, with the plain constitutional
right to exercise their own Judgment in the matter
OF selecting the successor to the present President.
The senior diplomats were much annoyed at the
absurd position In which they were placed by the
jocularty OF Mr.. Fish, but the young attaches
treat the matter lightly and hold the Secretary OF
State responsible for obvious disrespect to Amer-
can constitutional governments.
1t is known that several, II not all, the foreign
Ministers will write to their respective govern
ments accounts OF their congratulatory visit 10
President Grant to-day, not forgetting to mention
the orderly manner in which the Presidential eec-
ton was conducted. .ibnl r. sd tFa trttl.ra. 81
The Solicitor Gcneralship-A.N Coloretl
gaE Successor to Bristow. ess rs Ed
II is understood that the President Will appoint
John M. Langston, colored Solicitor General, vice
General BrlstOw, resigned. sn IS
Andrew j. Curtin's succe ssor to 81. Pc.
Nl tcrsburg.
John A. Bingham, of Ohio, who failed to get the
republican nomination in the sixteenth Ohio dis
trict, is gazetted for the appointment OF Minister
to st. Petersburg. #4 "a s3ags
Noah Davis Proposed Successor.
The vacancy 0ccasioned by the election OF Noah
Davis, United States District Attorney for the
Southern district OF New York, to the position OF
Judge Of the Supreme Court Of that State, will be
filed it is said, by the appointment OF Colonel
Bliss, who is urged by Murphy and other friends Of
the President M M
General Meade's Reported Successor.
1t is rulnored In army circles that Brigadier Gen.
eral 0. o. Howard will be promoted to the grade OF
major general, vice Meade, deceased, and viii be
retired Immediately with the full grade OF
major general, on account Of long and
faithful service and wounds received there
In. The retirement OF General Howard
will still leave a. vacancy in the list
OF major generals, which, as said yesterday, viii
probably be filed by the promotion OF General
Terry or General Candy, and thus reduce the num-
Der OF brgadier generals to six. Though there Is no
direct Official authority for this statement it never
theless finds credence in well informed army
circles, and is very generally thought to be fully
correct. -t-1 7'
Hse13 Cabinet Meeting.
The Cabinet meeting to-day was attended by all
the members excepting Secretaries Belknap and
Delano. The Interior Department was represented
by General Cowen. eeHos
The President Receiving Political News.
The President received to-day q very large
number OF kilograms from all parts OF the country
giving assurances OF heavy republican majorities,
and containing the congratulations Of the senders
telegram from Colonel John s. Mosby, dated
Warrenton, Va, to-day, says
virginia has gone for the Grant ticket"
Hubbell and tho British Claims Commits
sion.
The case OF william W. Hubbell vs. Great Britain,
before the American and British Claims Commits
sion has been dsallowed. The claimant set up
supposed implied contract on the part OF the
Queens government to compensate him as the al
legged inventor Of certain Improvements in firearms
averred to have been used In Her Majesty's service.
The observation-disclosures Railroad.
committee Of parties interested in the Rich
mond, Danville and Piedmont Railroad waited on
Secretary Boutwell, this morning in relation TO
the claims Of the government on said road as
having been the property OF the Confederate
States. The committee claimed that the
Confederate government owed them over
S20o0,00o. The Secretary has granted them until
the LIST Of January next in which to file their proofs
ana in the meantime has ordered o stay Of pro-
ceedings until that time.
improvements In the Naval Service.
The annual report OF Mr.. ]. w. King Engineer
in-Chiei Of the Navy, has been submitted to the
Secretary 1t embraces several subjects OF i'm