, 1877-04-23
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Sptetdt NspatcA to TIE Tsshxnx
WARRINGTON. D. c.. April a9,-Gen. Smith.
Just made appointment Clerk Of tho Treasury,
was the first Colonel Of the First Ohio Cara1ry,
sud waa carly commissioned Brigadier Cen
eral. He waa an army friend ot the President.
Secretary 6herman's Idea MAS to select person
for this place who had no friends In the De-
paFtment or knowledge Of the combinations which
might exist there. Tn naming this desire to
tue President he suggested Gen. Smith, and
wrote letter Askinc hin, I'd accept.
Hx-ALu. llfLDHKf1f.
II Ia no sscrct here tl,at ex-Ald. Htfdreth
sought for months the pardon which LIZ received
con1ltaonallY the last day Of Grants Almants-
tratLon. The statement Of AID. While tllat
ps all the inflammation here On the subjcs..
Long before lliadrcth lett Cauada, person
claiming ta be relative Of his By marriage WAS
ete earncstS begging for pardon tl1 1li[tlrcth's
Letters wcrc shuxn from ilillreth bitussli. In :.
very mysterious nanncr. In which It
was assumed that the latter lad mighty
sccrcts whtcn lie could disclose, both about the
Whisky Fling mud about certain nlIcEed cur.
rupt combination. in coanect1un with rus mat
tcTs In Chtragu. Tho whole suhlcct Nus lai1 BE-.
fore the then Attorney. General sevrral times.
Several Chirugo people WHO were hero knew
about Il. The matter WAS subu,tttctl to tho
President, aud more 1atncntable entreatIcs Inatle
any other OF the Indicted whisky thieves.
HOWARD uNlvERslrY.
Tho election Ut President Of tue Howard Uui~
scrttsy takes plsce soou. There Is an earnest
tho Institution to induce the Board to select Pe-
ter u. Clarke. ot Cincinnati. The ps!ac!ual
candidate agatnst him. named aiming the
Trustees is tie 1ser. W. II. Patton, Of Chicago.
E.-TressursE cardozo. Of South casoIIna' 's
PENSION AuENT At INpANAroLls.
tacn. Terrell has been seappoiated fension
Agent II indianapolis.
4Hx DOLLAR onExx1acKs.
Tho local currcnry circulation Of Washington
consists very largely Of erecnbacks, 70 the ex-
ciusIon Of National Bank notes, snd the effect
o: tho order of tho Secretary ot tue Treasury,
issued only few DAYS ago, to suspend for the
cts IT, nFhSf s. ,.i I'D =
scarcity OF notcs OF these denominations IL
experienced, and several Of the banks have,
within tbs last. day or two, begun to
pay. all suEls !css than s5 IN amount
silver circulation. II the .prcaeas policy u con.
tlnue1, silver will gradually take thr plaee os
The 81 and 81 treasury notcs, aud the Fulun,e
Of subsidiary coin will eventually become much
greater than that of national currehsY, ouw
partially Withdrawn everywhere. THIS Is IN
Important, though, pcr!laps, uot vnry !9ng.
step In Tic direction Ut specie payments. The
full amount of icgai-tenicr nates Of denomtna-
tions not isss than IS outstanding Nov. !, 1870,
nntes have probably been lost " destroyed.
Tua ALExls DINNER.
The statement Of tho absences nf the members
OF tho Supreme Court except the Chief Juatlce
from the stats dinner gtyen In honor vi tho
Wilt OF tho UraaL Dukcs Alexis and Coustan.
tine scesn& to have boon ~ incorrect opc. Tho
number OF guests at such entertainments ~
thi4 is nnav0ldahly limited, aud II wa therefore,
found neee.sary - t..,is sns Invitations isslsd
,nents of tho Government, except tho Cabinet
For instarrc, ten. Sherman represented The
army, and was tho only officer OF that
lrancl , of tns se.y:e who va. pre-. pre-.
uaYy, and Sir Edward Thurnton tic diplomatic
corps, anl was tho only representative Of q
forriGn nation who xas lnyEtcd. Fur tho same
reAAon tha Supreme Court was similarly
President uaye., sver aimee his Inauguration,
has treated tlle representatives Of every de-
lastnleut Of the Government ans Of each politl.
eat party with the greatest confederation mn!
courtesy, and, ~ he recognizes Ill hiA Official
position no encniles 70 bs pun!shcd. he would
not, on such al oecasioa n that refcEEcl 70.
make my distlnctton among the Justices Ut tue
Supreme Court un account Of any act done
either previous to ins Inauguration OF on tho o.
c2alon Ut It.
Lieutenant Commander Cotton, formerly Of
Milwaukee, llzs passed examination, a4u GrcA
promoted to Commander.
FKlzE-NOaEf.
~ sAs EfaGerA AAAot1a&<f ffYaA
WAsA1x0roM, D.. o., April aa.-Ch1tfJustlce
Cartier yestcrday denied 4 writ Of mandamus
applied for against the Secretary cf the Mary.
The object 0{ tho petitioners WIS to compel
that otticisl to rertss the actlon Of the Depart
ment In the settlement Of psixe-moncy tor tho
capture of tho Rebel satn Albe1narle. Tho
1utgo held that the service ou q previous Secrc-
tasy Of the Navy did not bold good as respected
fhN mt nhnrf. &hxk fh}& hail al.
ready been distributed aYd paid out, aud theEn
WIS 40 reliable ground on which to found the
application. Counsel Tor petitioners gave no
tlco OF an appeal.
YRyp DouotAss gxPLAlaa.
Tho slt8ht put upon Fred Douglass by Prcsl-
deuk Hayrs in lot allowing him to act Is master
Of ceremonies at tho AHbitu House Is topic OF
furc1lsA lntegeat lu hlxh 6eneg4mhlan circles.