The nomination was referred *to the Com mittee on Foreign Relations.
Hon. John Bigelow, who was appointed, ad interim, Minister to France, has been nomi nated by the President for confirmation.
Secretery Stanton is at the War Department to-day. Isaiah Pascoe, formerly plumker at the Phila delphia navy-yard, recently convicted and sen tenced to eighteen months' imprisonment, has been pardoned by the President.
The United States Treasurer here is pre pared to pay the interest on the registered bonds.
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