The Portland daily press., 1866-01-16

United States,-an appeal from the District
Court for the Northern District of New York.
The Supreme Court held that the District
Court has exclusive Jurisdiction in cases OF
prize, and affirmed the decree OF the Court be-
low. sE g-.s- 0L--
A statement is made, derived from an Off
ciaI source. that during the Mexican wars the
loss by paynasters in the army was $1,000,
while during the war with Great Britain, when
as much more was expended as in the Next
can war, the loss through paymasters was two
millions of dollars, and during the rebellion,
although the disbursements amounted to
81 100000, the loss will be less than half a
million. -
A remonstrance has been addressed to Con-
gress by the American Home Labor League
the petition signed by officers of the Free
Trade League. . ..s
A snow-storm commenced here about two
o'clock this afternoon. There is good sleigh
ing now 10 o'clock), and snow and hail Still
continues falling.
The Senate to-day confirmed the following
appointments as United States District Attor-
neys: Lawrence Weldon for the Southern Dis
trict of Illinois; A. L. Keasley for the District
Southern District OF New York; Augustus ID.
Griswold for the Western District Of Michi-
gan; Caleb Baldwin for the District of Iowa;
William j. Jones for the District of Maryland;
j. d. ID. Coggswell for the District of Wiscon-
sin; Wimgate Hays for the District of Rhode
Island; r. b. Carnahan for the Western Dis
trct OF Pennsylvania; ID. G. Dennison for the
District of Vermont; Hiram Wiley for the
District of Connecticut; John Hanna for
the District of Indiana; e. G. Bradford for the
District of Delaware; Charles w. Rand for
District New Hampshire; George F. Talbot
for the District of Maine; Richard I'll. Dana
for the District of Massachusetts; P. G. FL
nakner for the Eastern District of Pennsyl-
vania. II r II III d5i7 I,5lr,laara 5l.4,1a l.saf
To be United States Marshals: 3. J. Spoon
er for the District of Indiana; j. Dickey for
the Eastern District Michigan; David S. Good
ing for the District of Columbia; Charles
Clark for the District of Maine; Joseph r.
Jones for the Northern District of Illinois;
Daniel R, Goodler for the District of North
Carolina. .rssaes IS ssU eaass1
Also, Robert R. Mitchell, of Kansas, to be
Governor of the Territory of New Mexico;
George p Este, of Ohio, to be Secretary of
New Mexico; William HI. Gale, of New York,
to be Associate Justice of Colorado Territory !;
Milto Kelley to be Associate Justice of Idaho !;
William Kelley, of Illinois, to be Chief JUS
tlce of Nebraska; David L. Phillips, Of Hi
nois, TO be United States Marshal for the
Southern District of Illinois; Edmund Brick
Of New Jersey, Consul at Valencia, Spain.
10 De DepuJy NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. HdW
at Fall River, Mass: Abijah M. Idle at Taun-
ton, Mass. @ ~
Secretary McCulloch to-day addressed the
following circular to Collectors of Customs:
Sirs II have been informed that the ship
Sandusky recently arrived at Fayal, from Bris-
tol for New York. is laden in part with hides
said to have been taken from cattle that have
died from the disease now prevalent in England
and known as the cattle plague. Customs Of
fcers cannot exercise too much vigilance in
guarding against the introduction of this ter
rible disease, and will permit no foreign hides
to be landed without first reporting in each
case, and receiving instructions from the De-
partment allowing them to enter.
Ry direction of Maj. Gen. Hancock the mil
itary district of Western Maryland, Pennsyl-
vania, Delaware, Eastern shore, and the dis
trict of Western Virginia have been discontin-
ued Il Halpers Ferry has been maintained as
| an independent post.
Maj. Gen. J. II. Wilson has been assigned
| temporarily to the command of the department
of Georgia. ,..o.al ~ a8l
/ Col. P. P. Brown, of the 7th regiment of
veteran volunteers, has been ordered to assume
command of the port of Philadelphia and de-
tachments Immediately adjacent thereto.