The Portland daily press., 1868-07-28
WASHINGTON.
CONVERSATIONS AND REFLECTIONS BY THE
SENATE. .sI. AaF ft

CONTRIBUTIONS AND REFLECTIONS BY THI
SENATE. f,N Ag
WAsHINGToN, July N.-The Senate, in exc
.cnsive session tins forenoon, confirmed the fol
lowing nominations: :-Chas. G. Wilson, Of Hi
nois to be Chief Justice of the Supreme COur
of Utah; Stephen Cobnrn, Deputy Postmaster
at Skowhegan, Me-; Zrphaniah S. Spaldine
to be Consol at Honolulu; VIM s. Rosecrans
to be Minister to Mexico; I. l.. Dickey to be
Assistant Attorney General; Charles N Eel
ton to be Treasurer at the Branch Mint at san
francisco: Enos d. Hoge to be Assistant jus
lice OF the Supreme Court of Utahi Chas. M.
Alexander to be Postmaster at washington,
ID. c.. The nomination of VIM. ID. Storm, Of
New York, for Consul at Leeds, was rejected.
THE LAST HOURS OF CONGRESS. sH
The nomination Of Alexander Cummings to
be Commissioner of Internal Revenue, was
not reached ON the calendar for want OF time.
Secretary Seward informed Senator that
there would be no called executive session.
All the bills which passed both Houses and
were prese 1ted to the President received his
signature, with the exception of the funding
BILL 1t is held, however, that he can sign it
any time during the day.
The President and Cabinet came to the cap
1tol this morning, and in the Presidents room
transacted business in connection with con-
gressional matters AMI nominations to office.
GENERAL BUTLER's SPEECH. .{s
WAsHINGToN, July 27.-The speech which
oOhCiai DutiCE oDtstlHcu leaV6 10 pTlut III U0e
House to-day in reply to Senator Henderson's
charges, he charged the Senator with chpsine
the sabbath for his speech forytbe reason that
he (Butler) bad gone home SO there would be
no reply. He lButler) had, however, bee
detained by an accident ffh ffEsAa
The Commissioner had made no charges
+. against the Senator they only carefully de-
tailed the evidence before them This evidence
Butler summarizes and says it is the inference
from these which seem to SO enrsge the Sena-
tor. " hen fowler Shoots at blackbird or
any other winged vermin in a thicket says
Mr. Butler, he can always tell by the futter-
ing in the bushes whether the shot has told
the Senator fops. He (Butler) should treat
the Senate as uncle Toby did the f1y which he
caught buzzing about his ears. Carrying it
to the window, he let it out of his hands, and
he plteously said, $50, poor devil, there is room
enough in the world for both thee and me-"
TRADE WITH THE PROVINCES.
WASHINGTON, July N.-The Committee on
Ways and Means have agreed upon a report
upon the question of the trade with the British
provinces, which it was intended to have pre-
sented to the House to-day, but for the
consumption of time in the fillibustering
movements upon the copper resolution. The
report of the Committee states that the qucs-
tion of trade with the prQSinces includes also
sds 9 tho OF the enc and the
matters are questions er which the British
government and the p{6vinces exercise con-
troll, and therefore the proper course to pursue
10 to open negotiations,With that government
and ascertain what confession Great Britain
is willing to offer for LIBERALIZATION of trade be-
tween Canada and fhe United States, and
which will cover all matters of commerce and
navigation and the 6slRries.
Mr.. Seward informed the Commission that
he should consideR This report as ample
port viii be So bi(sed Immediately up lp
on re-assemblingyG Congress 1t is sta
ted that it is prdysble Mr. Seward may con-
slider the conclusions<pf the Committee suff-
cient, and will nod lait for formal presenta-
tion of this report. s..
THE FUNDING BILL NOT YET SIGNED.
The President at 10 o'clock tonight had
not signed the funding bill. 1t is now claimed
that he has ten days in which to do SO should
he think proper. ,sa@- ssf y'sassisa ktsH
aREPoRT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ALLEGED
s.f4e III is7sz. FRAUDS. .s prra5 if fst y
The following is conclusion Of the reports
of the select Committee .sRpoipted by the
House to Investigate the s1u| lbf the alleged
frauds in the pay departmenf.w While irregur
larities are found, your Committee have found
no evidence of fraud against any individual
in either department. named, or against any
agent doing business with the same. 3
MEMBERS LEAVING FOR HOME.
A large number of members of Congress
have left for their homes.