Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-03-28
WASHINGTON.
No Removals.


WASHINGTON, March y. Fred Douglass, Mar
shall of the District of Columbia, gives notice that
no removals are contemplated.
Personal.
Gov. Chamberlain of South Carolina and Gov
Drew OF Florida are among the recent arrivals.
Financial.
The Secretary Of the Treasury to-day issued a
call for the redemption OF the balance of the 20
bonds of May and November, 1865. The call is
for $40, 100000, of which $1,000, 900 are coupon
and $500, 10000 registered bonds. Principal and
interest will be paid at the treasury and after
June 9th next and interest cast that day
Callers on the President.
Gen. Gibson, Col. Levy and Capt Ellis of the
Louisiana delegation called on the President aud
Secretary of War to-day. They report the inter-
view satisfactory, and it is supposed the order
yesterday to Augur has been somewhat modified,
in matter satisfactory to them.
Presentation.
Just be fore leaving for his home in Michigan,
Senator Ferry presented President Hayes with
duplicate copy of the elers' list Of the count of
the electoral vote, with the declaration of the re-
suit appended, as signed by Senator Ferry, then
President pro TEN. of the Senate, at 4 o'clock on
the morning of March I'd. The original list is on
file in the Office of the secretary of the senate, and
duplicate copy was presented to President Hayes
as momento of the memorable contest.
Senator Blame.
After the adjournment of the Cabinet meeting
to-day, Senator Blaine had long interview with
the President
Treasury Department..
The regulations allowing the Treasurer to furr-
sh silver coin on certificates Of deposit of the AS
sistant Treasurer and National Bank repositories,
have been so modified by the Secy of the Treasy
as to permit shipments of silver directly TO parties
making the deposit The expense Of the trans
portstion within the United States to be paid by
the department.
The Treasury dept has been large purchaser
of silver, on the recent decline in the price which
followed the liberal sales in London by the Ger
man government.
aDinet Meeting.
The Sec'y Of War read several kilograms re-
ceived by him last night and to day, from Pack
ard, the purport of which were not considered
proper to make public.
| Ii appears that Gov. Packard understood the or
der given to Genl Anger yesterday as involving
the restoration of statu quo as it existed at the
time of the Presidential Inauguration, which
would affect among other things, the release of
Packards recruiting officers now held by the
Nichols government on the charge of exciting in
surrecton.
The proceedings of to-day comprise letter
| from the Louisiana delegation to Gov. Nichols,
first bstituted to the President and the Secy OF
War, in which Gov Nichols is informed that the
| order to Gen. Anger was for the purpose of OBJ
tanning information, and involves no action on his
part in the way Of undoing anything done since
the Inauguration.
The Southern Question.
No new Developments regarding the Southern
question resulted from the Cabinet coancil to-day,
though the topics under consideration were di-
recty in connection with those receiving atten-
ton Tor several days. Nothing has been author
lied from the executive mansion as to what gen.
temen are determined upon commissioners to
Louisiana. The disposition is TO complete the list
of commissioners early possible, and the Presi-
dent is cautious with regard to selections. -Four
gentlemen have accepted and one vacancy re-
mains to be filed. Their names are to be with
held until the commission is complete. Its known
that Gov. Brown of Tennessee has accepted, and
it is generally believed that Gen. Harlow of Ken
lucky and Vice-Plesident Wheeler are others of
| the commission