Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-25
WASHINGTON.

WAsHrxerox. April IS. Senator Conkling
.a,o;tIv postponed the republican caucus,
which would otherwise have been held to-day,
on the ground that several senators desired to
90 To New York last night. 1t will be held
on Tuesday, and there will be determined
effort made by those senators who are iriena-
" TO the President TO proceed to the CONSIDER
alton of executive business. When TINS Is
done the nominations will speedily be dis
posed of, and the senators will begin to leave
for their homes, SO that the election OF omcers
sill have To be postponed until December.
Naval officers say that Admiral Porter has
again become an active adviser Of the Secre-
tary Of the Navy on all matters relating to
his Department The Admiral has had little
to do with affairs of the Navy for five or SIX
years.
At the last session Of Congress. an act was
passed appropriating $50, 900 to erect mon
ument TO the memory of George Washington,
at his birthplace in Virginia. just before
Secretary Evarts retired from the State De-
partment, design for the proposed monu-
ment was submitted to the department by
Nessrs Howe DOuld. the Boston architects,
but no action as taken until to-day, when MI
Blaine authorized the architects TO prepare
working draw ings and estimates of the cost
of the erection. ii il is found that the estl-
mates will admit OF the erection of the mon
ument for the sum appropriated. the design
will probably be accepted by the state De
partment, under whose supervision the work
ia 10 be done Mr.. Howe, who is now In the
CITY, will leave this afternoon to VISIT the
proposed site in Virginia.
Adjutant General Drew has issued circu-
lar requesting all officers of the army in the
citv to assemble in full uniform at the office
of the general of the army at 30 \. NJ,
Monday. 10 accompany the officers OF the
navy to the unveiling of the Farragut statue
At meeting of the Spanish American
commission, at the State Department, to-day,
Mr.. Thos. J. Durant, counsel for the tinted
States, before the Commission, stated he had
been instructed by the Secretary of State to re-
quest the umpire, the Count OF Luyenhoupt to
consider his recent decision in the Brizzi case,
inasmuch as it comedies to the Spanish
government the right in determining the
question of American citizenship TO go be-
hind the naturalization papers, and required
TO establish the act that the constitution re-
auired hy our laws to entite an alien 10 re-
ceive naturalization papers as an American
citizen had been fully complied with previous
to the granting of the certificate, and then
read by the commission letter which he
had received from the Secretary OF State TINS
morning, giving him instructions to that ef-
feet, and stated that ne ShOulu AT once Hidke
formal request to the Count of Luvenhoupt
to reconsider his decision.
Mrs. FarragIt, widow of the late Admiral
Farragut, arrived from New York this after
noon, escorted by Commander j. c. Watson,
of the navy, and was driven in the Presidents
family carriage to the White House, where
she will be guest for several days.
Mr.. McGrew, sixth auditor of the treasury
for the post Office department, has addressed
q letter to Secretary Window, requesting
thorough and searching investigation into
the operations of the sixth auditors Office dur
ing the past six years. He states in this
connection that be has nothing whatever to
do, directly or indirectly, with the making
of contracts for Transporting the mails.
The Christiancy case wal resumed to-day.
DIR. Sugenlbec. Mrs. C's brother, testified that
she did not leave the house on Christmas,
| 1879.
Mr.. c. f. Coon, of the loan division of the
treasury department, will shortly sail for
London to take charge of the United States
government agency to be established in that
city to facilitate an exchange of six per cent.
bonds held in Europe for the new stamped -
per cents.