The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-04-26
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Ise,.s |ross, the Cap1sss,

The various reports aud rumors as to
contemplated changes in the Cabinet are
naturally 10 be expected just about this
time. There is no thought of making any
changes.
There Is no doubt that the troops will be
Withdrawn from New Orleans, as the init
mate friends Of the President say that it is
MOTTO be expected that he will pursue in
Louisiana course diterent from that in
South Carolina, but it is an open question
when IL will be best to act. 1t is the desire
Of the President that the Commission shall /
have the fullest opportunity for the compile
ton Of their work.
Secretary Sherman and other officers of |
the Treasury are preparing, as rapidly as
the pressure Of other business will allow, for |
n vigorous overhauliDg Of internal revenue
matters. This will include special attention |
to the rapidly increasing frauds in the
whisky tax.
The President, after leng consultation
with the Secretary OF War and other men,
bers OF the Cabinet, has as yet found no
practicable method of avoiding an extra
session.
The Cabinet on Tuesday advised the ap-
pointment of John A. Kasson, ex-Representa-
tive from Iowa, to be Minister to Spain in
the place Of Caleb Cushing, resigned, now
on his way home. Mr.. Kasson has accepted
the position.
The graduating class at West Point
Military Academy this year numbers
seventy.se ven, the largest class ever gradua-
ted. There are but forty vacan cies in the
army to be filed, consequently thirty-seven
Of the graduates will be appointed brevet
Second Lieutenants, under the law, and
promoted to the grade of Second Lieutenant
as vacancies occur.
The Grand Duke Alexis and suit ar.
rived in Washington Tuesday afternoon.
The President has signed the commissions
Of the following Postmasters: Lloyd B.
Stephens, at Ogden City, Utah; John 8.
Cogswell, at Ttusville, Pa; Henry W.
Wright, at Racine, Wis. Mrs. Jane Bald
win, at Council Bluff, Ia; John NJ. Stock
ton, at Maysville, KY; Clarence L. Sher-
wood, at Dowagiac, Mich. Horace NJ. Hamil
ton, at Eaton Rapids, Mich; Samuel T.
.Beerbower, at Marion, o.
The President and members OF the Cabinet
have received such assurances from New
Orleans as are deemed equivalent to an an.
nouncement that a settlement, which will
prove satisfactory to the administration, has
been reached. The exact terms of it are not
known, but it rests upon the organization of
aleZal Nichols Legislature.
Department officers do not agree in the
popular belief that the extra session will be
short one. On the contrary the indca-
tions are that great deal of business aside
from the army bill will demand the atten
tion of Congress.
Lieutenant Colonel John Newton, of the
engineer corps, in charge OF the He'll Gate
Improvements at New York, has been
granted leave Of absence with permission
to visit Europe.
District Attorney Bliss, after consultation
with the Attorney General and Secretary
Sherman, telegraphed to St. Louis to cause
q capids pro fine to be issued in the cases OF
the distillers and rectifers who were fined
ten thousand dollars each and costs at the
May Term, 1876, of the District Court.
A discharge of three hundred employees oi
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
OF the Treasury Department took place
Wednesday.
Washington dispatch OF the 10th says
kilograms were received by the Presiden
from the Louisiana Commission yesterday
afternoon, last night, and to-day. 1t is no
considered expedient at present to furnish
their contents for publication, but assuranc,
is given in an official quarter that thei
tenor warrants the assertion that the pros
pect OF settlement of affairs continues t
improve, and the indications are that be
yond doubt the labors of the commission
will have satisfactory termination.
Congress at the last session passed la,
accepting the statute presented to the Unite
States by the French Government, entitle
Liberty Enlightening the World" and d
rectes the President to select site either O
Governors Island or Bedloe's Island,
New York Harbor, for its location. I'll
President to-day selected Bedloe's Islam
and the small garrison which have occupi,
that island for many years is ordered wit
drawn. The Light House Service has ma,
arrangements to make the lighted torch
the statute one of the stations of the Lig
House Service
Captain Barrett, commanding the steam
Plymouth, sends to the Navy department
glowing account of his trip up the Medit
ranean, aud the enthusiastic welcome of
vessel at all points.
Reports to the Treasury Department sh
that the counterfeiting of coin, principa
silver, is increasing rapidly. A report fir
the Black Hills mentioned the coinage
counterfeit fve-dollar pieces and so
arrested.
Mr.. George Schneider, President of
Illinois National Bank, of Chicago; has
cepted the position of Minister t. Swift:
land. Mr.. Schneideris is one of the princi
stockholders of the Inter. Ocean, and
from Prussia with Carl SchuIz, having b
engaged 10 the revolutionary affair of 1,
There were thirty applicants for this pl,
The Cabinet was unanimous on the Lo
lana case, there being no opposition in
cabinet to the proposition to order the
mediate withdrawal of the troops.
Secretary Thompson brought to the
tention of the Cabinet on Friday the irr,
larities that be has discovered in the adr
istration of Robeson. The time of the
sion was principally occupied in conside
the Louisiana case, and the report of
retary Thompson was passed over informs
to be taken up at the next meeting.
probabilities are that the entire case wi
turned over to the Attorney-G General for
action as he may find practicable and d
hdVlsaDle.
On hearing of the imprisonment of
Consul at Acapulco, Mexico, last month
the revolutionary authorities there, ?
dent Hayes ordered man-of.war to pro
to that port to demand his release.
patches just received from the naval {
mander report that the Consul has beel
leased.
1t can be asserted, on good authority,
Washington dispatch of the goth tia
work Of the Louisiana Commission has
more successful than was anticipate
oficial quarters. Therefore, it can M
said that the President intends to with
the troops from New Orleans becau
failure on the part of the Commissio
but, on the contrary, the determinatio
day to issue an order for that purpose,
owing to the satisfactory result of
labors. Last night they teleeraphed or