Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1873-03-22
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LATER skOaI THE ATLANTIC STATES



Loss Of the steamer Grace Irving
Boston, March 1.-THE propeller
Grace FIRING, which left here Sunday
for New Bedford, was seen to founder
off Duxburv, about three o'clock veg
terday afternoon. She sunk so quickly
that mona on board had time to save
themselves. They were from New Bed
ford. One of the owners, Hon. James
Richie, of this city, is said to have
been on board.
Vandcrbilt's Donation to the Southern
NJ. X. church.
New York, March 17.-Dr. Deems
authorizes the announcement that Com
modore Vanderbilt has given five hun
dred thousand dollars to Bishop Nc
Tyere, of the Methodist Church South,
to establish University in Tennessee.
Death Of Prominent Musician.
SAINT Louis, March 17.-Carlos Pat
tt, a prominent musician, brother Of
Adelina and Carlotto Patti, died to-day
of consumption.
CINCINNATI, March 14.-Private dis
patches received to-day announce the
death of Bishop MacIlvaine, at Flor
ence, Italy.
Appointments.
WASHINGTON, March 17.-Among the
nominations to-day were John H. Ste
vens, for Register of the Land Office at
La Grande, Oregon; d. Chaplain, for
Receiver of Public Moneys ut the same
place; s. d. Smith, for Postmaster at
Walla Walla; w. D. Hare, Collector
of Customs for the District of Oregon.
The Senate confirmed the following:
j. w. Foster, of Indiana, nominated
for Minister to Mexico; G. A. Logan,
of Kansas, Minister to Chile; &. }.
Lammont, Marshal for Nevada; +. p.
Smith, of New York, Commissioner of
Indian Affairs; f. W. Barber, of Mich
igan, Third Assistant Postmaster-Gen
eral.
Boutwell, was sworn in, in the Senate
this afternoon.
The nomination of Foster, of Indi-
ana, as Minister to Mexico, is consider
ed a good one, though made in recog-
milton of his services as Chairman of
the State Central Committee during the
late campaign.
The reappOintment of the Presidents
brother-in-law, Casey, to the New Or
leans Collectorship excites much nd
verse comment, especially in view of
his offensive activity in partisan poll
tics in Louisiana.
Paymaster B. Mayer is transferred
from California to the Department of
the Columbia.
The President, to-day, designated
Florence, Arizona, as the location of a
land Office for the ella Land District,
recently created there
The weather report shows that the
probability for the California coast
threatening, with possibly rainy is
weather.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE Presi-
dent nominatedO. N. Denny of Oregon,
as Consul to Annoy, China.
The Senate has confirmed the nomi-
nations of I. 3. Hickey, Postmaster at
Salem, and S. H. Wright. as Receiver of
Public Moneys in ella Land District
The Post-oflice Department to-day
issued an order for increasing the mail
service from Reno, Nevada, to Susan
vile, California, from tri-weekly to
daily service, and from Redding to
Lake City to twice week.
e. Payson Smith was yesterday ap-
pointed by the President Commissioner
of Indian affairs.
! The President has decided upon the
following appointments: Collectors of
Internal Revenue, Amos L. Frost, for
the Fourth District of California; O. b.
Gibson, for Oregon.
The nomination of G. B. Hitchcock,
to be Collector at San Diego, Cal, was
to-day reported from the Senate Com
mittee of Commerce, without recon-
mendation. This confirmation will be
opposed.
CHICAGO, March 14.-Rumors are cur
rent of the purchase of the Franklin
Telegraph Company by the Atlantic and
Pacific Telegraph Company. 1t is also
stated that there is combination of
organizations with view to connection
with the American Cable Telegraph
Company for the purpose of lowering
cable rates.
New YORK, March 1G.-The ship ,Jen-
ny Eastman has been totally wrecked
off the Bahamas. The vessel and car
go are valued ut $4,000. The crew
were saved.
The fishing schooner Joseph Garland,
which was reported lostin Portsmouth
dispatch, had crew of twelve men.
No tidings of the Garland since Febru-
ary 23d, but portion of wreck sup
posed to be hers was seen by steamer
on the Goth of february.
| A London special to the Herald says
the crisis in England continues, and,
although Parliament meets tomorrow,
no solution to the difficulty has yet
been found, Disraeli refuses to take the
Office, and the probability is that Glad
stone, who has had another interview
with the queen, will return to power
with his Cabinet unchanged.