March 1, the President sent to the Senate the 
following nominations: 
Rowland G. Usher, C.S. Marshal for the Dis¬ 
trict ot MiisKHchiiHctr*. William H. Leselg, Sur¬ 
veyor-General of Colorado. James Henry, U.S. 
Marshal for the Western District of Michigan, 
D. J. Baldwin, CT. S. Attorney for the Eastern 
District of Texas. 
1'u.sfmrr.vb rn.~ John Clinton, Brnwiiville, Tenn.; 
John W. Kike, Clinton, Mo.; F. E. Lathrop, 
Columbia, Mo.; J. C. Parrot, Keokuk, Iowa; 
Harriet C. Droury. Troy, Ohio; Hands Whipple, 
Fair Jiavon, Yt.; Geo. E. Goodrich, Fitchburg, 
Mass.; William I,. Hurt, IloRton, Mass.; Chas. li. 
SiioITord, Rockford, ill,; W. II. Robertson, Salem, 
N. J.: Elliott Kay, Poatdiun, N, Y.; A. Young, 
Amsterdam, N. Y.; E. Ellis, Hath, N. Y. 
March 2, .Varcisae Concoyer to tie Agent for the 
Indians of the Umatilla Agency at Washington 
Territory. Edwin Mulls to be Indian Agent at 
Washington Territory. John Smith to be Indian 
Agent at the Warm Springs Agency, Oregon. 
NOMINATIONS CONTI IlMED. 
The Senale has confirmed the following nomi¬ 
nations made by the President since our lust 
issue: 
CnntnU *.—Isaac Sisson, at Mazatlun: W. II. Brown, 
at i 'hihuahua; Osins Morgan, at UiuGruudc, Brazil; 
A-1“. Tomasidnl,at Ancona. 
Collc.Ct.ort of Internal Hrnmue. John It. Kenney, 
for 1)10 First district of t’eiuiByivHQifttcoPsoltdatea 
First and Third districts;) Clntrlos H, Coster, for the 
Ktgtit.il district of Pennsylvania; A P. J,athro|i. for 
the Fourth district of Virginia ; George H Olney.for 
till* Second dlrftrtet of Bhutto Island: Johns, Witch¬ 
er, for the Third district of West Virglnlu. 
CoUecInri of Customs K. W. Massey, for tho dis¬ 
trict of Yorkloarn, Va.; Horace. Urwonn, for tho 
tots torn district at Marvin rut; Thomas Russel), for 
the district of Boston and Charlestown, Mass, 
.Vtscdt'iaeous. John K. Marsh, Starvevor of Cus¬ 
toms at Kansas City, Mo,; John 11. O, Kellkih,Gene¬ 
ral Appraiser of Merchandise for the South; Henry 
F. Rice, Superintendent of the Branch Mint at Car- 
son City, Ivey.; Spencer I . Baird. Commissioner of 
l isti and Fisheries.; Ueurgn K. We lister, to t»o Pen¬ 
sion Agent at Kurt Gibson, Cherokee Nation; Sam¬ 
vel B Morrison, Pension Agent at Bangor,Me.; Unb¬ 
elt Motich&m. Roglstor at Tahabassee. Flu,; Jesse 
Anuttuue, Indian Agent for the Black Feet and 
neigh hoeing tribes 
.Vtltbifff.—Peter S. Mitehell, to beltonfessorof Nat¬ 
ural anil Experimental Philosophy in the Military 
Academy. 
JVttiifi l. Captain Dominick Lynch. to be cnplaiu on 
tho active list; Captain Charles w. Pickering.to he 
coaiomdore *>n the retired list . Lieutenant F. li, 
Shepard. to be lieutenant commander on the retired 
list: Henry E. Ulmdea, to be second assistant ongi- 
neer; l’uymaster Caspar Sehennk. to tie advanced 
twelve mimliers, and Paymaster blither G. Billings 
t,n lie advanced fifteen numbers In their grades for 
eminent and Conspicuous conduct m battle; Pay¬ 
master Francis It. Swan. to lie udvaoei.id fifteen num- 
bors for extraordinary heroism daring the war Of the 
rebellion, 
Henry 1>, Cooke of Georgetown. r>. C.. to bo Gov¬ 
ernor of the District of Columbia. Jerome R. Brig¬ 
ham. Appraiser uf March umliMi ul Milwaukee. Jus. 
E. Woodward, Collect or of Customs at Kansas City. 
Robert W. lteatoy, li tilted States Marshall of the 
Southern District of Alabama, Jus. H. Coggesball. 
1 piled (states .Marshall lor (lie District oi Rhode 
bland. Israel Howell, Postmaster m Trenton, N. J 
Guo b. Andrews of Massachusetts. to be Professor 
ot the Flench Oanguuge at Hie Military Academy. 
March 1, tho Senate coni)Fined tho following: 
Milton Turner, to bo Minister Resident and Con¬ 
sul General nt Liberia; Henry Fox, Consol at Ply¬ 
mouth. England; Henry J Zimmerman, Consul at 
Codobu, Argentine Republic; Henry liavld, Consul 
lit Martimoue; Horace D. Jluugbton, Consul at Per- 
nambueo; AndrewMtllnr of California, Receiver ot 
t*ubile Moneys, and John 8. Ward, Register of band 
Office. Biisanvilic iitiit.net, <;ol. 
Co(br tors n! Ciorfiihm.—E. W Massey, Yorktown, 
Va,; fiance Lawson. Eastern District ul Maryland: 
ate billsFor the relief of W. H. Carpenter; for 
the relief of C. T. Jackson, M. D., of Boston ; au¬ 
thorising tlie President to appoint Lymnn G. 
Spaulding master In tho navy; for the relief of 
settlers on public lands; to close the accountsof 
It. E. Douassy, lute colonel of engineers; correct¬ 
ing an error In the passage of the nut of the lRt. 
of June. 1870, for the relief of thoolfleeraand 
crew of t he ship Nightingale; for the relief of 
A. J. McMillan, ln»e lieutenant of the Ninth Min¬ 
nesota infantry; lor the relief of Blessing-ton 
Rutledge; granting pensions to Olivo Coombs, 
Elizabeth .Spurgeon, Lean. Cox, H. R. Rhea, 
Nancy S. Ida]ford, Julia l’raynor. Maty H. Col¬ 
lins, Roxulina W, Sawyer, A. W. Myers, Martha 
J. Wiley and Ellis A. Huync; for the relief of J. 
L. Miles; authorizing the nomination and ap¬ 
pointment to Hie retired list of the navy of cer¬ 
tain volunteer olllcors on Hie active list of the 
tmvj .wlionrodisabled in oonscq ucii eeof wounds 
received during the Jato war; to adjust and fix 
tho compensation of the assistants employed in 
tho library of Congress. 
GEORGIA SENATORS. 
Feb. 37, a resolution passed the Senate provid¬ 
ing for a compensation of the Georgia Senators, 
Hill and Miller, from the dale of their elections, 
July 29,1868, and of the contestants, Farrow and 
Whitley, from their alleged election to the date 
at which they were declared not entitled to 
their seats. 
New York. 
A New* York city paper announces that March 
4.300 men, women and children will sail in a 
Pacific mail steamer for Magdalena Bay, Lower 
California, for the special purpose of engaging 
in the business of gathering Orchelia moss, 
which lias been discovered in great, quantities 
near the coast at that place. The emigrants in¬ 
clude several families, wboaro deal runs of set¬ 
tling in I^iwer Calllornla. ThcBcbomolu wbfcli 
they arc engaged has received the approval of a 
large number of New York merchants mid 
iidiens including August Belmont, Marshall O. 
Roberts, Leonard W. Jerome, Caleb Cushing, 
and Cell. Holler. 
The people of Westkill, Greene Co., are excit¬ 
ed over a gross outrage perpetrated on a widow, 
aged 60, Dr. Uiahwaun, who styles himself an 
Indian doctor, and who is said to have commit¬ 
ted the offense, has been arrested. The woman 
is in a critical condition. 
fflalne. 
At Hastport, Fob. 24, the revenue cutter Vigi¬ 
lant, Caid. Freeman, seized the British schooner 
Martha Ann, for violating the coasting laws. 
Feti. 27, the Legislature adjourned, nine die. it 
passed 205 acts and 89 resolves in 47 working 
days. 
The Legislature voted down a proposition to 
introduce Hie study of physiology into the public 
schools, and requiring teachers to pass an ex¬ 
amination in that science before they are en¬ 
gaged. 
New Jersey. 
The amount of deposits in the various savings 
banks of New Jersey is £20,009,187.98, and the 
number of depositors about. 60,000. Tlio securi¬ 
ties and investments amount to $20,778,083.42, 
and there is a cash surplus of $795,522.02, 
Feb. 27, John Ware, who was convicted of the 
murder of his father, was sentenced, at Camden, 
to be hung on April 10. Judge Woodhull pro¬ 
nouncing the m: i Mfcqp Die prisoner received It 
with indifference. 
Mr- Hopper has Introduced a bill In the Legis¬ 
lature to prevent the carrying on ol offensive 
trades or manufactures, and to prohibit the 
manufacture or storage of large quantities or 
dangerous material in Bergen county. This bill 
is aimed at the poudretto and nitre-glycerine 
manufactories of Hackensack. 
Pennsylvania, 
David Woodburn Greeley, son of Nathan 
Barnes Greeley, and nephew of the editor of 
the Tribune, was instantly killed in Wayne, 
Erie Co., ou the 21st. ult., by a tree which he was 
chopping, which, in its fall, lodged at the top 
and ran back over the stump, striking him on 
the head with great violence and crushing in bis 
skull. He wcb twenty-two years of age, unmar¬ 
ried. 
The Coal Question continues to excite atten¬ 
tion. Feb. 28, Gov. Geary sent the following 
opinion by the Attorney-General of the State to 
the Legislature“ I am of opinion, as to ajl 
companies Incorporated sinne the adoption of 
the Constitution of 1838, that, a romedy for any 
injury to the public is entirely in the hands of 
the Legislature. Tho 26th section of Article 1 
of tho Constitution says the Legislature shall 
have power to alter, revoke or annul any char¬ 
ter of incorporation hereafter conferred by or 
under any special or general law, whenever, In 
their opinion.it may bo injurious to the citizens 
of ttie Commonwealth ; in such manner, how¬ 
ever, that no injustice shall be done to the cor¬ 
porators.” 
Mary Connell, daughter of State Senator Con¬ 
nell, was beaten mid robbed of money* and a 
watch on Wednesday evening, March 1, in the 
suburbs of Philadelphia. The perpetrator is un¬ 
known. 
Feb. 27, Maj. John Fritz, Postmaster of Read¬ 
ing, died. Ho served throughout the entire war 
in the Ninety-third regiment, and was seriously 
wounded several times. 
Vermont. 
G08 tavus Sherman of Waterbury, Vt., re¬ 
fusing to pay his faro on the Vermont Central 
train, Saturday night, Feb. 25, was put off by the 
employes near Middlesex. He thereupon fired 
upon Conductor Irving, but missed him, the 
ball entering the side of the sleeping car. Sher¬ 
man was pursued by Sheriff Brown, and cap¬ 
tured, and is now in jail awaiting bte examina¬ 
tion. He is a graduate of the Vermont Reform 
School. 
Mnssachnsetts. 
The Boston Gazette, Feb. 26, saysMr. Fran¬ 
cis Bret Harte, with his wife and two children, 
arrived in this city yesterday morning. They 
are the guests of Mr. W, D. Howells, at Cam¬ 
bridge. In tho afternoon Mr. Harte dined with 
Hie Saturday Club, at Parker’s, but lie did not, 
as it was reported lie would, attend Hie theater 
in the evening. Those gentlemen who met Mr. 
Hart« yesterday were very favorably impressed 
with Ids bearing und conversation, and we trust 
that the sentiment has been so far mutual that 
the author of ” The Heathen Chinee" will de¬ 
cide to remain with us adding one more star to 
the brilliant constellation that has given Boston 
the literary prominence she has so long enjoyed. 
A dispatch dated Feb. 27 says:—Col. Whitney, 
Chief of the United States Detective service, 
arrested Wm. B. Dow of Hookset, N. II., yes¬ 
terday, the leading man of a gang of counter¬ 
feiters. Dow has distributed hundreds of thou¬ 
sands of dollars of spurious money throughout. 
New England. Albert Tenny, another ol the 
gang, was arrested at Lowell this afternoon. 
Tenny was sentenced for ten years to the State 
Prison for counterfeiting, and was pardoned 
out about a year ago by tho Governor. 
A Boston dtspatch says: -The embezzlement 
at the Webster Bauk amounts to $47,000. Daniels', 
the cashier, who was implicated, has left the city. 
James W. Harris of Wellesley, was recently 
robbed of thin* $ 1,000 bonds, which led to a 
criminal prosecution of suspected persons, 
which resulted in the wife ot Hatris admitting 
that she took the bonds. 
Ohio. 
The drawing of the Hamilton Opera House 
Lottery ogpured at Hamilton, Feb. 25. The first, 
prize wu-s I lie Hamilton Opera House, valued nt 
nt $ 100 , 000 ; the second prize was $20,009 iu cash 
and tlie third $5,IKK) cash. There were five prizes 
at $1,000 each, eight prizes of $500 each and sixty 
prizes ol $100 each The following numbers 
drew principal prizesNo. 28,889 drew the 
Opera House; 11,823 drew $20,000; 30.020 draw 
live $5,000 ; 49. 17, 763, 6,822, 10.978, 19,159 won $1,- 
000 each ; 11,785, 28,683, 83,375, 33,320, 34,146, 34,470, 
16,035 and 23,174 drew $500 each. 
Hit ode Island. 
Du.Tjiil 0 i’HiLUBC. Dunu, nn old and promi¬ 
nent citizen of Newport, died Feb. 30. 
Vermont. 
March 1., Richard Newton shot himself at 
Bennington. 
Iowa. 
TiiEnverage weekly pay of male teachers is 
$9.24; the average for female teachers is $6.79. 
The total amount paid to teachers during the 
year 1870 was $1,438,964. 
March 1, Henry B. Wall, a defaulter in a lnrge 
amount to the treasury of Hancock county, was 
arrested near Dos Moines, Iowa. 
Illinois. 
J. Murphy, a Catholic priest at Canton, has 
been found guilty ol illicit intercourse with bis 
housekeeper, mid was dismissed a day or two 
since. He undertook to leave town with a lot 
of goods belonging to tlie parish, boxed up, but 
n constable. Mopped him. A crowd assembled at 
the depot and threatened to lynch the priest, 
and were only prevented by the officers. Mur¬ 
phy, heretofore, has stood high in ttie profession. 
Fhecp-killlng dog-x are so t roublesome in Ken¬ 
dall county Unit tin* farmers have a body of men 
who go around the county killing all stray dogs. 
Feb. 26, Hon. John B. Turner, an old and prom¬ 
inent citizen of Chicago, died suddenly. He 
was for many years one of the Directors of the 
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. 
Indiana. 
Feb. 27, James Hadley, an old and prominent 
citizen of Hendricks Co., while driving a team 
across the railroad truck, was struck by a loco¬ 
motive and killed. 
California. 
The night of Fob. 22 was tlie coldest ever 
known in Los Angeles. There vats a heavy frost 
Ip tho city, and Ice formed a few miles distant 
from town. 
Tho Sacramento Union reiterates the charge 
that the Central Paolflo Railroad is charging the 
Government for freight double tho amount 
charged to private oltlzOos between San Fran¬ 
cisco and Coniine. 
Virginia, 
Gen. Early has cautioned Southern people 
lo beware ol swindlers, who profess to act for the 
benefit of t hr* Lee monument fund. He says that 
the Association has declined to have any con¬ 
nection whatever with any scheme for raising 
money by exhibitions, lotteries, gill enterprises, 
or the like, us it depends entirely upon the vol¬ 
untary contributions of individuals directly to 
the fund in their own names. Nor have any 
traveling agents been appointed to act for the 
Association in any part of the country. 
Mcst Virginia. 
Feb. 27, a dispatch from Wheeling says: —The 
Wheeling Savings Institution, which has enjoyed 
the confidence of the oomuiunity for many 
years, went into liquidation this morning. The 
bank was closed, and its assets delivered to the 
custody uf Hon, D. Lamb, Trustee. Its liabili¬ 
ties are stated at $160,000. There was between 
$50,000 anil $55,000 belonging to the City Sinking 
Fund on deposit, and many private Individuals 
and workingmen had all their savings there. 
Tlie capital stock of the institution was but 
$50,000. A. C. Quarrier, the defaulting cashier, 
is now in jail. The city has been terribly excited 
over the affair since Saturday evening. Mr. 
Quarrier has turned over all his personal prop¬ 
erty und effects, bonds, policy of insurance, 
stocks, furniture, &c. 
irilsslgftippl. 
Gov. Alcorn, in bis message to the Legisla¬ 
ture, makes the following statement:—In twen¬ 
ty-three counties, black tenaut farmers pro¬ 
duced 40,561 bales of cot ton in 1869, tlie crop of 
the whites in the same ceuntles being but 27.075 
bales; in 1870 the llgunvs were 50,978 to20,893. 
Sixty-nine black land owners hold real estate 
valued at $30,680; 178 colored people own $220,- 
700 in real and personal property. In 1806 they 
owned nothing. 1 
Missoii rl. 
The Kansas City Bulletin says:-W. F. Flint, 
the Sheriff of Davis county, Mo„ claims to have 
been knocked insensible on the levee of that 
city, and robbed of $17,000 belonging to Davis 
county, and which he was taking to Jefferson 
City to make settlement with. Suspicion is en¬ 
tertained that his story is false, but $ 2,000 is of¬ 
fered for the recovery of the money. 
Alabama. 
At Montgomery, a trial is taking place iii 
which a United States Judge is defendant. The 
suit grows out of an order of United States 
Judge Busteed, issued last June, imprisoning 
the Auditor of the State for alleged contempt, 
in not obeying the order of the Court restrain¬ 
ing the collection of a tax from mi express com¬ 
pany. The Auditor 6 iies Judge Busteed for 
libel, and lays Ills damages at $250,000. 
Noril* Carolina. 
Henderson Oxen dine, one of the negro outlaws 
for whose arrest large rewards hud been offered, 
was captured in Robeson Co.. Feb. 25, and lodged 
in jail. 
Kentucky. 
At Frank ford, Feb. 25, a band of twenty 
masked men entered the city, and proceeding to 
the jail, called to the Jailer and told him they 
had a prisoner to lie delivered to him. He 
opened the door, whan they compelled him lo 
give up the keys. They then took Thomas 
Scroggins from his cell and carried him away, 
There was a guard of six men in an upper room 
of the court house, but some of (lie band liad 
been detailed to prevent, them from coming 
down. Scroggins is accused of the murder of a 
negro. 
Arkansas. 
Feb. 27, Gov, Clayioq, scut a message to both 
Houses, announcing that he had signed the bill 
doing away with the lirty per cent, penalty for 
the non-payment of taxes. 
Tennessee. 
At Nashville, Feb. 25, the Colored State Con¬ 
vention adopted resolutions declaring that near¬ 
ly all the colored schools have been suspended, 
outside of the largest cities, on account of the 
out rages perpetrated on the teachers and the col¬ 
ored children ; Unit they ntiisl look to the Fed¬ 
eral Government for the means of education ; 
that the wages Of laborers arc low, and conse¬ 
quently want and destitution prevail; that em¬ 
ployers will not faithfully execute oonlructs; 
that life is unsafe; that colored men are killed 
for small offenses, and colored women are out¬ 
raged. Congress is asked for protection. 
Feb. 25, Overton Flipper, a railroad clerk in 
Nashville, committed suicide. 
Wisconsin. 
Feb. 25, John Hess escaped f rom jail at Oskosli, 
Wis„ and proceeded to Ncennli, bis former homo. 
During the night ho entered tlie house of his 
wife, from whom lie had been divorced, and 
murdered tier, shooting several pistol balls into 
her body and then cutting her throat. Tlie 
murderer was discovered on Sunday morning 
hid in his brother's house, hut before he could 
be seized ho commuted suicide by slmotiughiin- 
self through the bend. 
Nevada, 
Tin: Legislature is considering the question of 
regulaliug the “Social Evil ” by law. 
Colorado. 
The Greeley Tribune of Feb, 22 states that 
the Chicago Colony, whereof the Rev. Robert 
Collyer is Treasurer, inis located on a tract of 
20,000 acres on the Big Thompson, some fifteen 
or twenty miles southwest or Greeley, near nil 
embryo village known as Burlington. They 
expect to have two or throe hundred families 
on the ground in season for plan ting and so wing 
this spring. 
DOMESTIC NEWS, 
Washington. 
The following post-offices wore established 
and postmasters appointed in New York during 
the week ending Feb. 23,1871: 
I'MahlMud. — Colton’s, Madison Co., Willard 
Cotton. 
Pa6t.maxtr.rt Ammintfrt — AJ f red, Alleghany Co., 
Win. A. Rose; Caroline Comer, Tompkins CO., 
Mrs. Sarah E. Slater; East Durham, Greene Co., 
Charles A. Grllhn; La Grange, Wyoming Co., 
Luther II. Bliss; Link Insob, Tompkins Co.| Silas 
P. Fleming; Port Jackson, Montgomery Co., 
Albert I). Sroadwoll ; Queen-bury, Warren Co., 
Lyman Jackson; Stillwell, Oneida Co., John S. 
Maxwell. 
CURRENCY STATEMENT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 
FEB. 25. 
The receipts of fractional currency for the 
week amount to $177,800. Tho shipments were: 
Fractional currency, $176,472; notes, $505,671. 
The Treasurer holds In trust for national bank 
circulation $352,575,000. and for public deposits 
$15,899,500. Mutilated notes burned during t.hu 
week, $385,770; total amount burned, $38,612,767; 
bank currency issued for bills destroyed during 
the week, $213,940; balance due for mutilated 
notes, $1,747,554. Outstanding circulation, $308,- 
889,228. Fractional currency redeemed and de¬ 
stroyed during the week, $307,1200. Internal re¬ 
ceipts to-day, $318,243; for the fiscal year lo date, 
$100,596,494, 
CHARGES AGAINST THE INDIAN BUREAU. 
The Committee nr the House of Representa¬ 
tives to investigate the charges against the In¬ 
dian Bureau, say that, “tlie testimony shows 
neglect, incompotency, irregularities, and, in 
some instances, a departure from tho express 
provisions ol law for the regulation of Indian 
c.xpcndiiurea, and In the management of Indian 
affairs in the Indian Department.” The Com¬ 
mittee, however, have not found evidence of 
fraud or corruption on the part of the Commis¬ 
sioner of Indian Affairs, but they blame him for 
nut calling together the Indian Commissioners 
to inspect the purchase* of goods and supplies, 
which omission was the cause of much of tlie 
difficulty. Tlie report, recommends as the reme¬ 
dy, that all vouchers tor Indian goods be sub¬ 
mitted to the Indian Commissioners appointed 
'by tho President, and that the Secretary of Hie 
Interior be authorised to supervise the work of 
the Commissioners. 
A PROCLAMATION BY PRESIDENT GRANT, 
issued Feb. 27, declares “that the discriminating 
duties heretofore levied in the ports of the 
United Buttes upon merchandise imported in 
Portuguese vossols, from countries oilier than 
those of which such merchandise is the growth, 
produce or manufacture, shall be, and are here¬ 
by suspended amt discontinued; Ibis suspension 
or discontinuance to take effect on and after tlie 
said 17th day of this month, und to continue so 
long as the roci jirocal exemption of merchandise 
belonging to citizens of the United States from 
such discriminating duties shall be granted in 
the ports of Portugal.” 
Congressional. 
BREVITIES. 
Fejl 24, the Houso voted Yinnie Ream $15,000 
for her statue of Lincoln. 
Senator Miller Of Georgia took tho prescribed 
oarti, and entered upon the duties of his otlioe 
Feb. 24. 
Feb. 25, the Enforcement hill, designed to pro¬ 
vide for the enforcement of theriglitsof citizens 
of the United States to vote In the several States 
of the Union, passed lhe Senate. 
It is asserted that a majority of both Houses 
of Congress were ready to repeal the Income 
tax had an opportunity been given; but tho 
opportunity was not sought. 
Feb. 28, the House passed a bill repealing all 
laws and parts of laws imposiug a duty on 
foreign coal, the bill to take effect immediately. 
In the Senate an effort was made to pass a bill 
to prevent cruelty to animals while In transit, by 
railroad or other means ol -transportation with¬ 
in the United States. A vote was not reached. 
Henry D. Cooke, lately appointed Governor qf 
the District ol Columbia, informs the President 
that he cannot accept the position, and it is said 
that Hon. A. G. Riddle, ox-member Of Congress, 
will bo nominated. 
The Chary/ d'Affair* of Japan presented his 
credentials to the Secretary of State March 2, 
and was formally received. The same date the 
Japanese Embassy were received by the Presi¬ 
dent, to whom Prince Mils Fupiml made an ad¬ 
dress of amity, to which due response was made 
by the President. 
Tlie Republican Congressional caucus renomi¬ 
nated Speaker Blaine for Speaker, Edward Mc¬ 
Pherson for Clerk of the House of Representa¬ 
tives, N. G. Ordway, Sergeant-at-Arms, Mr. 
Buxton, Doorkeeper, SVin. S. King, Postmaster, 
and Dr. J. T. Butler for Chairman. The Demo¬ 
crats nominated Mr. Morgan of Ohio for Speuk- 
er, and Jns. G. Barrett for Clerk. 
NOMINATIONS SENT TO Till. SENATE. 
Feb. 25, the President sent the Senate tho fol¬ 
lowing nominations; — Henry F. Rice to bo 
Superintendent of the Branch Mint nt Carson 
City, Nevada ; Andrew Miller to toe Receiver of 
Public Moneys at Susam ilie. Cal; J. S. Ward to 
bo Register of the Laud Office atSusuuvIlle, Gal.: 
Robert Moaobam to bo Register at Tallahassee, 
Fin.; Samuel B. Morrison to be Pension Agent 
at Bangor, Me. Postmasters-A. B. Farulunn at 
Bangor, Me.; Wells Tyler, Jr.,at Palmyra, N. Y.; 
A. D. Jones at Corinth, Miss. 
Feb. 27, the following nominations were sent 
to the SenateHenry D. Cooke of Georgetown, 
to be Governor of the District of Columbia. 
James Woodward, Surveyor of Customs at Kan¬ 
sas City, Me*. J. R. Brigham, Appraiser of Mer¬ 
chandise at Milwaukee, Wis. Paymasters N. 
W. Russell, W. W. Williams and Chas. F. Guild, 
U. S. N., have been advanced three numbers in 
their grade. G. L. Andrews, Professor of 
French, at the Military Academy, 
Feb. 28, tlie following nominations were sent 
to the Son ate: 
John R. Miller, to be Collector of Internal Rev¬ 
enue for the First District of Tennessee. Jas. 
B. Rothschild. Collector of Internal Revenue for 
the Fifth Districtof Ohio. J. E. Marsh,Surveyor 
of Customs at Kansas City, Mo. 
PostmcKim—A. B. Galueia, at Dedham. Mass.; 
E. S. Merrill, at Winehendon, Mass.: M. L. Hav- 
erstick, at ltoe.k Island, III,: Alfred Bowers, nt 
Phelburn Full, Mass.: C. S. Coburn, at Leomin¬ 
ster, Moss.; Jos. F. Hodges, nt Foxboro. Mass.: 
R. E. Bowen, MUlhury, Mass; Mrs. Marti rah F. 
Lowe, at Xenia, Ohio; Mrs. Rebecca Adams, at 
jr urt Madison, Iowa; Israel Howell, at Trenton, 
Green * at Jersey City, N. J.; D. A. 
Alien,at Branham,Texas; S. R. Young,at Kosse, 
Texas; O. C.Easton, at Havana, 111. 
FOREIGN NEWS, 
France. 
Feb. 27, Emperor William telegraphed his 
wife:—“With a deeply moved’heart in grati¬ 
tude to God, I inform you thill the preliminaries 
of peace have been signed. The Bordeaux As¬ 
sembly must, yet ratify them.— Wilhelm." 
Wednesday, March 1, thirty thousand German 
troops entered Paris, passing in review before 
tho Emperor and Empress of Germany. The 
event was without disorder, and none of the ap¬ 
prehended opposition oil the part of the Paris 
populace resulted. 
March 1, the National Assembly ratified the 
preliminary conditions ol peace by a vole of 
546 yeas to 107 nays. 
Prussia, 
The Prussian Cross Gazette states that, orders 
have been given tlie municipal authorities of 
Berlin to prepare quarters for the Saxon, Baden, 
Bavarian and Wurtomburg troops, who will pass 
through Berlin with the oilier returning troops. 
The orders say that if is tlio wish Ol the Emperor 
that all parts of Germany should be represented 
on the oecusion of his entry into tlie capital. 
Prussia and ltiiMfelu. 
The Emperor of Germauy in a letter to the 
Czar oT Russia, after stating the terms upon 
which peace lias been concluded bays,—“We 
have arrived ut the end of a glorious and bloody 
war, which was precipitated by the frivolity of 
the French. Prussia remembers Hint yon pre¬ 
vented the spread of the war. God bless you.” 
The Czur replied that" he shared tlie joy which 
was felt by his illustrious brother, and hoped lor 
a durable peace. He bad proved a devoted 
friend. Tlie happiness and glory of Russia and 
Prussia were now insured." 
England. 
A teriiujle colliery explosion occurred Feb. 
25 in South Wales, Fifty dead bodies had been 
recovered at Iasi accounts. 
French Prisoners of War. 
The 84.900 men under Gen. Bourbaki, who have 
taken refuge in Switzerland, swell tlie number 
of French prisoners and of fugitives interred in 
neighboring States to more Ilian a million ; 930,- 
000, according to the North Gurmau Gazette, are 
prisoners of war, ineiusi ve of course, ol the gar¬ 
rison of Paris; nearly 20,900 fled Into Belgium 
after the battles of Metz and Sedan, and more 
than 80,000 lmvo now crossed the Swiss frontier. 
This enormous total of 1,034,000, remarks the 
Gazette, is unparalleled iu history, 
Scotland. 
A committee of the uolilciuen aiul gentlemen 
of Scotland has been appointed to make arrange¬ 
ments Tor tlie celebration at Edinburgh of tho 
Centenary of Sir Walter Scott, on tlio 9th of 
August. Invitation to attend the ceremonies is 
extended to Americans who may find it con¬ 
venient to be at Edinburgh at about t hat time. 
On the 2d of August tlio British Association for 
tlie Advancement of Science will open its session 
at the same place. 
service In the I limed Stales army during the lute re¬ 
bellion a* a ccmmtKxiuoefl ottleer or enlisted man 
shall ho held in he itrim/i fade evidence of loyalty, 
unless softie act of disloyalty shall 1*0 proven to have 
hnencommitted after said nervloo; and tlio honultta 
ot tins proviso shall do extended to the citizens of 
t he State ol Tennessee, un<) lilt such parts of said not 
a* make u discrimination between loyal claimants 
because of residence are hereby repealed. 
March 2, the Senate passed the Deficiency Ap¬ 
propriation Bill; also, the Fortification Amend¬ 
ment Bill. 
The House passed a bill to allow mileage to 
mem bets of Congress who art* elected after the 
duy fixed for the first meeting of Congress. 
CLAIMS OF LOYAL CITIZENS. 
The House passed a bill to provide for a board 
of three commissioners tor the examination of 
claims of loyal citizens of the lute rebel States 
for stores or supplies taken or furnished during 
the rebellion for the use of the army, including 
the use and loss of vessels or boats while em¬ 
ployed in the military service of the United 
States. The commission is to exist for two years, 
and is to take testimony and to report its opin¬ 
ion in writing in each cose, aud certify the 
amount and value of property taken, furnished 
or used. The Commissioners are not to be resi¬ 
dents of Southern States. They are to hold 
their sessions at Washington, and to have au¬ 
thority to adjourn to meet for tlio farther pros¬ 
ecution of their duties at such time and place 
within the Southern States us they shall them¬ 
selves appoint. They’ are to make a report of 
their proceedings at the com men cement or each 
session ot Congress to the Speaker of the House, 
who is to lay the same before Congress for con¬ 
sideration. The Commissioners arc Lo be paid 
$5,000 a year, and are to be allowed a clerk and a 
short-hand reporter at $2,500 each, and a messen¬ 
ger at $1,300, w ho are to accompany the Board. 
The necessary and actual expenses of travel are 
to be nllowed, and pnid on vouchers as other ju¬ 
dicial expenses are. 
March 1, the House passed the following Sen¬ 
Captaxn Temple, the commander of the 
steamer Tennessee, is the hero of the following: 
When at Fort Fisher, his ship took fire from a 
shell iu the room next tho magazine, and a mes¬ 
senger tug boat came near. Captain Temple 
hailed her. “ We are on fire,” said lie, “ next to 
our powder magazine, and I thought, it might 
possibly interest you to know that w«o are likely 
to blow up in about three minutes unless wo 
get the fire under.” The tug got out of the way 
in short order, but tlie gallant captain was not 
blown up. 
An Appeal to tlie Women of America 
-What to Contribute. 
LADIES .-Can wo remain indifferent or idle, know¬ 
ing, ns we do, that them are more than n million of 
wretchedly destitute men, women and children who 
are suffering from 0"Iil and hunger. 
Put up all your own cast-off cb'tlilue, and Solicit 
from your lrtends theirs. Beareely unytliing enn be 
so old or warn hut the skillful nceille-women of 
France will he Ohio to innkoit useful, it you live in 
tlio city, furnish me with ymir address, and t will 
take the articles from your bouse. If yon live out 
of the city, yen can send by express or railway. All 
the great express amt railway cuiupumea have gen¬ 
erously offered to convoy, free of charge, all pack¬ 
ages addressed to my cure which are marked, " ltrllef 
of the Destitute French.” You have only t" add to 
this my name. Othilik BoUSSoN. 
No. 800 Broadway, cor. Seventeenth St,, N. Y. 
