The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1845-03-13
FROM WASHINGTON,

, FROM WASHINGTON.
On Wednesday the 5lh the Prcsider
nominated to the Senate.
JAMES BUCHANAN, Secretary c
! State.
ROBERT ]. WALKER, Secretary @
the Treasury
F WILLIAM l.. MARCY, Secrctar
of War.
GEORGE BANCROFT, secrctar,
of the Navy.
JOHN Y. MASON, Attorney Gen
eral.
CAVE JOHNSON, Postmaster Gen
eral.
These nominations were all acted or
and confirmed, except that ofMr Ban
croft, which was put otf'till Thursday, by
request.
The late U. S. Senate, on Monday
night, Sd, passed resolve directing the
allowance to the Hon. w. p. Mangum,
President Of the Senate since the death
of President Harrison, of compensation
equal to that which the Vice President
had he remained in office to discharge the
duties OF that station, would have rcceiv-
ed. The customary vote of thanks to Mr.
Mangum was moved by Mr. Benton.
The neoc postage laoo comes into opera.
ton on the first of July next. The points
which concern the public most are the
Gollowing:-
All single letters are to be charged
tee cents for transmission under 300
miles, land ten cents for over that distance.
Double letters pay double price; triple
letters triple price, SC. Letters weigh
ing less than haitian ounce are to be
accounted single, and every additional
half ounce is to be charged additional sin
gle postage. Drop letters are to pay two
cents, and letters advertised are to pay
the cost of advertisement.
Newspapers of 1900 square inches or
less go free within thirty miles of where
they are printed; for greater distances
they are subject to the rates of the law of
1926: and newspapers of greater size are
to pay the rates charged upon magazines
and pamphlets,
Circulars, handbills, &C., printed on
single cap paper, or no larger, and I'M
sealed, pay tpo cents each, whatever dis
lance they may be sent; pamphlets, mag
azines, Sc, pay tvo and half cents per
copy ofan ounce weight, and one cent ad-
dtional for each additional ounce, what.
ever be the distance: and the fractional
access over an ounce, of not less than
half an ounce, are to be charged as full
ounces.
Nominations lOSt.-The National Intel
lgencer says the Senate held no execu-
tive session on Monday, so that a large
number of nominations to office made by
the late President, remaining Enacted
upon at the close Of the session, have
fallen to the ground Among them were
the lollowing:-
John NJ. Read, Esq, of Philadelp hia,
Judge of the Supreme Cour; VIM. p.
Hallett, Esq, Consul to Liverpool; P.
NJ. Wetmore, Esq, Navy Agent, New
York; H. C. Atwood, Surveyor, New
York; MIR Pickett, Consul to Havre;
Thomas Cooper, Philadelphia, Surveyor,
(father-in-law of Robert Tyler;) Mr.
Abel, Postmaster, Chicago; George
Roberts, Naval Officer, Boston; Mr. Pond
Marshal of the Northern District, N. Y;
Charles Welles, Esq, Philadelphia, Pur-
ser in the U. S. Navy; Mr. Uinman, Col
lector at N. Haven, Ct; Mr. Jarvis. Col
Iector at belfast; Mr. Everett, Commissioner
to China.
Among the miscellaneous items in the
civil appropriation bill passed by Con-
gress on Monday, is an appropriation of
P98, 900 for paving Pennsylvania avenue
in Washington city.
On motion of Hon. Daniel Webster,
James w. Marcy, Esq. of Boston, Mass.
was admitted to practice in the U. S. Su-
preme Court, March Sd.
March 5, 1916, 5 P. NJ.
The Senate met this morning at 70
0 o'clock, and was called to order by
GEORGE M. DALLAS, Vice President of
he United States and President of the
Senate. There was full Senate, with
he exception of Mr. Bates, of Mass,
who continues quite unwell, and who has
been dangerously ill since Saturday last.
Mr. Woodbury. offered resolution
that committee of two be appointed to
wait upon the President of the United
States, and to notify him that the Senate
and ready to receive any
communication it might be his pleasure
to make, which was adopted.
On motion of Mr. McDuffie, the Sem
tie, at ten minutes past 10 o'clock, pro-
ceeded to the consideration of Execu-
tive business, and remained in session till
2 o'clock, Adjourned.