Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-03-19
THE PRESIDENT NOMIyATES HIS
CABINET.
Richardson succeeds Secretary Bout
well.
The Conservatives TO Control the New
English Ministry.
RICHARDSON SUCCEEDS BOUTWELL, IN
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
No Other Cabinet Chnnges Mnde.
speeuIations Regarding the New Cabtne

SpeeuIations Regarding the New Cabinet.
WASHINGTON, March IA Cabinet
meeting was called by the President this
morning for the purpose of considering
new nomination TO the Senate, the Presi-
dent being DESTROYS of completing this
business in order that the Senate may ad
journ sine die at its convenience. All the
members of the Cabinet were present, with
the exception of the Postmaster General,
who was represented by Mr.. Marshall, the
Acting Assistant.
Saint patrick's day is being celebrated
by large procession of the benevolent
societies attached to the Roman Catholic
churches. \ banquet is to be given in the
evening. The day is calm and bright, and
many houses are decorated with flags and
evergreens, including the residence of
General Sherman, where the green flag
is conspicuous among the'profuse display
of American bunting. Full $4,000 we're
in the Saint Patrick procession.
The following nominations were made
to-day VIM. A. Richardson, Secretary of
the Treasury and all the other incumbents;
John GOforth, Assistant Attorney General
of the United States; T.. w. Barber, AS
sstant Postmaster General; II. f. Herriot,
Collector of Customs for Georgetown,
South Carolina; John +. Collins, Collector
of Customs for Brunswick, Ga. Thos. l..
James, Postmaster at New York; Chas NJ.
Wilder, Postmaster ut Columbia Court
House, South Carolina; Il. a. Ba2emon,
Postmaster at Charleston, South Caroina;
Peter Casey, Postmaster Mt Nicksburg,
Miss; j. Deloach, Postmaster at Memphis;
f.. r. Bliss, Postmaster at Columbus, Miss.
General Young, of Georgia, has been
quite sick but is convalescent now.
Nominations Confirmed by the Senate.
WASHINGTON, March 14.-The follow
ing combinations were made by the Sen
ate to-day:
David b. Parker, Marshal of the
Eastern District of Virginia. Also, the
! Observation-Disclosures Eldridge l.. Worst
| Key West, Fla. RobertIBlair Tuscaloosa
Ala. John d. Lewis, Pulaski, Tenn. A
! G. Sharp, Chattanooga, Tenn. VIM. Rule
| Knoxville, Tenn. James p. Baird, Column
| bia, Tenn. Mrs. Julia Woalforll, Jack
| son, Tenn. A. E. Blount Cleveland,
| Tenn.
! VIM r. Early of Virginia, and W. n.
| Alderman, of Georgia. are among the
| West Point Visiting Board.
| In the Senate, Caldwell occupied the
day.
In 1862, law was passed by Congress,
| imposing direct taxes on property in the
| insurrectionaTy districts, and on the Sun OF
June, 1872 a law was passed giving parties
interested the right to redeem the proper
! ty in default of payment Of the tax on
their paying the tax with interest and
! expenses of sales.
The first case under the latter law is that
of William Sinclair, of Baltimore, who
having complied with its requirements has
under an order of the Secretary of the
Treasury, obtained a certificate of release
of the Quimby property in Florida, and
he is now again in possession of it.
The Attorney General has received q
dispatch from Detective Whitley stating
that the postmaster and county offices
have been driven frem Lake City, Florida
The ring leader of the ARRAY has been ar
rested. The Federal officials are investi-
eating the affairs.
The Southern claims has been passed
upon by the Commission. For this an
appropriation has been made aggregating
$500, 900 distributed among about one thou.
sand claimants, mostly in Virginia, Ten
nessee and Alabama Deducting eight
larger cases, the average is four hundred
| dollars.