, 1872-11-15

tf fAo" u13ouac ln1s delegation at the Whit
house, and ask that it's request for an apnoint
nnent be granted. The Cameron intrigue ha
!interposeq the Civil Service az a bar to comn1v
1ng With the wish Of the delegation. and Il
PRESIDENT will state that under these rules tht
Deputy Postmaster alone stands in the or1or ~ -
promotion. $1,000 "
THE SUPREME COURT.
Inc mention OF Judge Settles name in con.
necaon With the vacancy to be caused by the "a.
Rt1aement OF Judge Nelson from the Supreme
1encn, caused the greatest ridicule in legal cir,
Gles IN this city Whatever may be the Presi.
! GENTS political preferences it ia not ha1ia1.ad
that he will fill the New York Judicial C;rcnit
ne ufst IN the schedule in point of Importance
| North Carolina. N"00>1o u
| Why IT HAPPENED,
| montgomery Blalr is ont in letter. to-day.
sno"1ng the why and wherefore of GraaleV's
defeat. He says:
an aueno tiase sonpta 59Rea at tie outset learned from
tae country had concerted to make yeorous wsr ~, ~
the edf Ihs u fact communicated Immediately to
9oa1ce OF my information, which was Of Character 1
o5 beyond controversy But the
ed It vas not oa ny 9n Information could have been doubt
tiona inmS - o. money avshea at the preliminary eec
Sreasve policy Of the money power tan t5is =, t
man MI; L. dGfeeley at1rms be vas protective ta4t
bondholdeqrs der had o3 b, been tho champion Of he
Tas FaSnal ns59 ac IL gySrd
--S. guarantee for MI thetr rights, end i<
-otn1ng required than security to existing
Greeley But is not the nature Of such organ
zatdu to be content with tolerance By the political
Nothing sGt Of control @ sa T. Hence
highly distasteful to the money organization, he
against him WAS resolved on, and it was carried c1
with such interruptions rgor that the Liberal move
whh IN 3q a. md s7
The letter concludes as follows:
The instinct Of self government is inextnguishab1s
in It has hitherto put down al attempts to
nins1y contri1ed, and that too, when our people
were 1ess intelligent and the press less independent
We have the numbers already: Notwithstanding it's
holds power only through the division Of ita e1ponents,
Tins will develope the true nature Of the contest, and
compact the opposition, and so restore popular gov
CIvu. SERVICE REFORM
Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune.
New YORK, Nov. 14.-The Post thinks it per-
ceives dawn Of real Civil Service reform at
The Postmastership at phiaae1phia is vacant, and
the politicians With their usual insolence hare a.
Cameron Gamer at their: head, and ID Mayor @ .stoksiy,
Governor Haft1on1t ana DStf1ct Attorney Aan att16
tail rush to Washington to exercise the privilege Of
how he should perform the duty That the President
should consent to them at all under the cfcu1n-
stances is another proof of his wonderful forbearance
and courtesy The time has come Then the President
and every other high officer should cast of these
pesferous barnacles that cling to every successful
party.
THE SECOND INAUGURATION.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14--The Young Mems
Republican Club here is cooperating with the
Executive Committee and others
in making arrangements for the second inaugu-
ration Of President Grant.
ACQUITTED.
The trial Of young Fewan, at BentsyiIle. Va,
for the murder OF James T. Clark, charged with
abducting the formers sister, resulted in YER
dict OF s'not guilty"
TO BE EXAMINED.
Applicants for appointments in the coast ser
vice are ordered to pass examination before the
Lighthouse Board, which will convene On Non
day, the 18th inst.
PROBABLE CHANGES.
William II. EEarts is now mentioned as the
successor Of Secretary Fish, and General Meigs
as the successor Of General Meade, and Judge
Settle, Of North Carolina: as the successor Of JUS
5eg aboat sRPFs4s u astrs e09 o1 ac
count Of old age. It is probable that
B1gadier General Cooke, now commanding the
Department Of the Lakes, will soon be retired,
he being over 62 years Of age, and haTinS been
THE MIXED CLA11Is.
The Mixed Commission on American and
British Claims, to-day, awarded claims amount :
ing to 1000. to be paid BY the uDlted States
British subjects destroyed or seized by the
Union forces during the var:
PARDoNED.
Percival B. speer, convicted Of forgery in
and Sentenced to three years' i'm
,risonrnent in She Penitentiary, in March, 1871.
1as been pardoned by the President,