The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-03-18
WASHINGTON.
Cabinet Meeting.

WASHINGTON, March ia cabinet meeting
was called by the President this morning for
Gne purpose OF considering nominations to the
Senate, the President being DESTROYS of COM
pletlng this business in order that the Senate
may adjourn sine die at its convenience. All
the cabinet were present with the exception of
the Postmaster General, who was represented
by Mr., Marshall, First Assistant 1t is proba-
Die the President will to-day nominate mem
bers OF his cabinet, be ng composed of all who
are now in position, with the exception of
Boutwell,, who will resign this afternoon. The
friends of Assistant Secretary Richardson ex-
press the confidence that he will be Boutwel's
successor, but in the course of several hours this
question will be placed beyond doubt.
correspondence betw cen Boutwell, and
the President.
The following is the correspondence on the
occasion of Mr.. BoutwelPs resignation:
WASHINGTON, March II, 1873
Sir-Having been elected to the Senate of
the United States by the people of Massachu-
sets, tender my resignation of the office of
Secretary of Treasury In severing my official
relations with you, it is great satisfaction to
me that on all occasions you have given me full
confidence and support in the discharge of my
public duties In these four years, my early
acquaintance with you has ripened into earnest
personal friendship, which 1 am confident will
remain unbroken.
am yours, very truly,
(Signed,) GEO. S. boutwell,.
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
Washington, d. c., March II, 1873.
Hon. George Boutwell,,
Dear Sir.ln accepting your resignation of
flee which you have filled for four years with
such satisfaction to the country, allow me to
express the regret feel at severing official re-
latons which have been at all times SO agreeable
to me, and as am assured by your letter of
resignation TO you also Your administration
of the important trust confided to you four
years since, has been so admirably conducted as
to give the greatest satisfaction to me, be-
cause, as read public Judgment and opinion,it
has been satisfactory to the country The pol
icy pursued n-the Office of the Secretary of the
Treasury by your successor, hope may be as
successful as yours has been, and that no de-
parture will be made from it, except such as
experience and change of circumstances may
make necessary. Among your new official as
sociates trust you may find the same warm
friends and co-workers that you leave in the
executive branch of the government You take
with you my most sincere well wishes for your
success as legislator and as citizen. and the
assurances of my desire TO continue the warm
personal relations that existed between us dur
ing the whole of our official connectiins.
tSgned,) U. S. GRANT.
The Recall of Minister DcIany.
The recall of Minister Delany from Japan is
insisted upon, for the reason that he is said to
have involved himself in the difficulties exist
ing between Japan and another nation contra
ry to diplomatic law and usage and his rela-
tons with the State Department are not entire
~ satisfactory. This neutralizes the efforts of
his Pacific coast friendssin his behalf His in
tegrity does not seem to be in any way called
into question.
Naval Orders.
The following naval orders are issued De-
tached and placed on waiting orders-Rear Ad
miral Theodore Bailey and Henry Walker from
the Light House Board; Rear Admiral M.
Smith, from the Governorship of the Naval
Asylum; Medical Director j. Fotz, from the
Naval Hospital; Medical Director w N. Wood,
from the Inspectorship General of Hospitals,
&c
Ordered Commodore f. A. Parker and
Commander John Lee Davis, to the Light
House Board; Commodore Geo. B. Balch, to
the Goyernorship of the Naval Asylum and
Commodore A. Nv. Weaver, to the Naval Asy-
iqm; Medical Inspector p. j. Horwitz, to Naval
Hospital.
Contributions.
The Senate has confirmed all the Cabinet
nominations sent in to-day, with the following:
George H. Sharne, surveyor of customs at New
York; Walter Hartman. naval officer at Bos-
tou (reappoiuted); John A. Burbank, Governor
of Dakotah; John w. Foster of Indiana, envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to
Mexico; Cornelius A. Logan of Kansas, envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to
Chill; Byron o. Carr, supervising inspector of
steamboats, OF the sixth district, vice Samnel
Houston, removed: Geo. S. Sammon, marshal
for Nevada; E. OMara Goodrich, surveyor of
customs at Philadelphia (reappointed); Edward
T. Smith of New York, commissioner of Indian
affairs; E. w. Barber of Michigan, Third As
sistant Postmaster General; Thomos L. James,
postmaster at New Yorh, vice Patrick HI Jones,
resigned, to take effect April LIST.
Various Matters.
A warrant was issued from the Treasury De-
partment to-day, payable TO the order of John
A. Dix, Governor of New York, for $107 900
due that State on account of expenses incurred
in raising troops during the war.
VIM. H. West, late chief clerk of the Treas
ury Department, is seriously ill and is not ex
pected to live.
There is no determination as to who shall
succeed Judge Richardson as Assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury. The choice will probably
be between ex-senator Sawyer Solicitor BAN
field or j. FL. Saville.