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Show i GENERAL. "Washington ws. ' W asb;ng:on, 2o. A rumor is current cur-rent here that Judge Otto, assistant secretary of the interior, will sevn oe ' removed, aad tha: the Pi esident has! ; tendered the position to Pennsylvania ceiiat 'is Sce'tt aui Cameron are press- i , ing the name of Major D. 11. B. No-' i vin, who, they say. is a siaum-n Ke- paolican. an able lawj-er. and a rt;an ol 1 j great executive abihty. lie has also a : I brilliant war record, and was confined 1 for a time in Lioby prison in lM'2. i A statement telegraphed in regard 1 to tne reopening of the A'-abjina j claims, attracts a great deal of attention atten-tion and is uiuch cou-inemed upon. The steps taken by Thornton and f ish - are considered a successful diplomatic scciet, and . hence its publication I has created a decided sensation among j persons having a knowledge of it. Sum-j Sum-j ner says he has not expressed hostihty to any treaty which might be negotia-i negotia-i ted by the administration on the ques-I ques-I tiou, lie Joes not, however, deny the fact that the Alabama claims qucstiou is in process of settlement at the pres-1 pres-1 ent time ; but whether a treaty will be J negotiated on the basts prcposed oan-I oan-I not yet be predicted, tt is certain, hj'.fcvei-. that the terms now under j consideration include the abau JeUmjeut 1 of certain positions heretofore takeu : by the Tinted States : and, if reports I arc correct, the most uiiporiaut is the ) question of the recognition of Confed-I Confed-I crate belligerency ty Great Britain ; j and another is that the L'uited States ' shall make no claim for vessels destroyed des-troyed by rebel ruateers uther than the Al'il'hfiK uicauiuk the Fluriiii, ! Sh'iutn'dualii (i'.viita aud Xunit'r. i Heavy Snow St6im. New York, Jan. 2i". A very heavy ' snow stotni set in at an caily hour this . moiiiiug. Travel is greatly impeded, the sirect eai- r. almost eutiroly , stopped, and the r.vcr is filled with iee. Stopptvge- o( tlio Snlc of Arnii. WasliingtL'ii, Jan. 2'"'. In regard to the action of the President, directing the secretary of war to suspend the siaic of oidiiaiiec and tmtnitins of Mar. in order to conciliate the Gernians.it is stated that Baron on Gcieiit called upon the secretary of war at the time the proposition was made to dispose of a larae number of arms, aud asked that no sale should be made until the Piu-sian government could make a propo-i ion to purchase the entire iot offend The secretary of war, in re'ly, said the Government would not, under any circumstance", sell to foreign governments. The right to dispose of arms to its own citizens had not been disputed, also more, the right of private pri-vate companies to fulfil their contracts; and that the s,ale of ai ms should go on as before the war, Sale and Shipment of Armi, Cincinnati, 20. A large meeting of Germans was held last n'eht to pro tejt against the sale and shipment of arms from the L nitcd States to the Fieneh government. '1 ho speeches took a bold stand against th action of our goveinmei" ri,utKin thereto ; au Tt'.'-uiutiuiis were ab'ptcd saying that the war has been prolonged by the send, tig of arm- and ammunition from this cuntry. Cont est Dri'ppt'l. The llepuhdeau executive committee commit-tee ot Montgomery county, Ohio, have determined to di.-coiitiuue pruceedings in the contest wth Campbell fir the seat in the next Congress from the od district, the necessity, they say, having cca-r j by rea-on of Sehenek s foreign appointment. j San Francisco .'ew. I Sail Frai.eisc 2'i. TUj Weather b I magnificent, the tlnru.ooi"ttr at n .on I standing at seventy. lJoul If thcosua. aumui t -f v. iieat is b.n p.jtiK-J. Tl:c m;.m.vr- r.f the cti ' -n vall.-d ' the Cal lb-1. ;.i I,i :.l A -oo..:l jn, f-io-po-ing f di-;ribu'c bv loft rv a hotel 1 in New J-r-'-y. an 1 i c- in Sju Irnn-sis,'-.i and Oakland, have i-"-n arn.'t'-d an l be J to I t v.v.a'i- u of tL 1 at.i-i'-t cry ,aw. 1 Fatal AtrM'i'l fi"m Hray Mifl" C;n-::in ol. '. A re" 10. fa w rO.rni -et in ! ,-t n:.'b' an 1 ii i- J t;.i- ;norn inr I h t'oor r sh' d "t Lane I'.a 1 !ey s iae'ory li 1 beneath tne w. :;-t,t " .-n'-w and l . an 1 t n-;c i ' n is.- n it t :,e i a. n- . - i - ; ; o-a .;. ; ;i j un d ati-i t ';. v r.-'- " ii '-ire i I'.a.l li.'.- .' ' la-!. ' t;o d,st.r.aai-beJ - f" c i ' - .'"i 1 a. '' e i. .0 - T ri " I IiM.ad' N-w i .-. k A :.-!-.- - i w- -:'.?; h i- (" b r-."..; u ::,r , . t : .. - - . ; i.. s ! r." ' ' "' ' v H Ntiftrlcui ihoril.'Hiii. Vw V -w . -T: '-. 1 '" M A. - ' " " 1 : '''- '': 'y--J:i -.- : t : nr. J'.'-' ' - i .1 I- : L .. -'. '' ! " ': ir.. i.t : .? a ' j'i.e ;a is-' V -. J-r,': - '' aal'i fci n.ii. i- c v :.-: v.i-, v.i-, r n.f'- t. -in mc 'T- |