The Portland daily press., 1869-04-13
WASHINGTON.

ANOTHER CONTRIBUTION TO THE CONSCIENCE
FUND.
WASHINGTON April 1O.-Another conscience
stricken individual to-day transmitted from
Boston to the Treasury Department the sum
of 800.
NoMINATIoNs BY THE PRESIDENT
The following nominations were sent to the
Senate to-day; J. Lothrop Motley to be min
lister to England; Leopold Markbery, of Ohio,
to be minister resident to Bolivia; James r.
Partridge, of Maryland, to be minister to Mic
aragua; VIM. A. Pile, of Missouri, to be min
lister to Venezuela: j. Russell Jones, of Ohio,
to be minister to Belgium; John s. Carlisle, of
West Virginia, to be minister to Stockholm,
Sweden; j. r. Clay, of Louisiana, to be min
lister resident and consul general to Liberia;
X. q. Kirk, of Ohio, to be minister resident to
the Argentine Republic; Stephen A. Hurl-
burt to be minister resident to Bogota; Silas
A. Hudson (colored), of Iowa, to be minister
resident to Guatemala; Ebenezer ID. Bassett
(colOred) of Pennsylvania, to be minister resi-
dent and consul general to Hayti; Andrew G.
Curtin, of Pennsylvania, to be minister to Rus
sia; and John Jay, of New York, to be minis
ter to Austria: l.. P. Evans, U. s. Marshal for
eastern district of Tennessee; Peter R. CARL.
U. 5. Marshal for eastern district of Connecti-
cut; Orange Jacobs and james j. Kennedy TO
be Associate Justices of the Supreme Court,
Washington Territory; James G. Adams, u.
3. Attorney for the southern district of Missis-
sippi; VIM. G. Whipple, attorney for the east
ern district OF Arkansas. Assessors of Internal
Revenue, Samuel A. HALEY, first district of
Hampshire; Chas b. III. Fessenden first dis
trict of Massachusetts. Collectors of Internal
Revenue, Andrew H. Young, first district of
New Hampshire; Foster Hooper, first district
Of Massachusetts,. Collector of Customs Cv-
rus Northrup, New Haven, Connecticut. Post
masters, John w. Clark, Montpelier, VT; a.
II, Bingham Philadelphia and many others.
IMPORTANT DECISION BY THE SUPREME COURT
Chief Justice Chase to-day rendered the de-
cision of the United States Supreme Court in
the case of the State of Texas vs. Geo. White
John Chiles, John A. Hardenburgh and
others. The original suit was brought by the
State of Texas to restrain defendants from, re-
ceiving payment from the National Govern
ment for certain five per cent. Texas indemni-
ty bonds of the United States which the plain
tiffs claim as belonging to the State These
bonds, 1t is alleged, were sold in 1866 and 1856
by authority OF the insurgent Legislature of
Texas, and the reconstructed Government of
the State now seeks to prevent the payment of
the value of the bonds to the holders deriving
title through said insurgent Legislature The
opinion of the Court, which is very long and
able, concludes as follows:-"On the whole
case, therefore, our conclusion is that the State
of Texas is entitled to the relief sought by her
bill, and decree must be made accordingly"
The main point of the decision is that Texas is
and ever has been q State since its first admis-
sion to the Union.
Associate Justice Grier dissented as to the
jurisdiction and merits of the case, he holding
that Texas is not State in the Union in point
of fact, and, therefore, could not bring suit
in this Court any more than could the District
of Columbia. Associate Justices Swayne and
Miller dissented as to the question of jurisdic-
ton only.
ORDER FROM COMMISSIONER DELANo.
Commissioner Delano has issued the fellow
ing order, viz:-That all commissions of inter
nal revenue detectives appointed prior to
March 10, 1869, which do not by their terms
expire before the 30th of April, 1869, shall ter
inmate on said 30th of April.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
The Senate confirmed no nominations to-
day. The session was spent in consideration
of naturalization interests between the United
States and Belgium, Baden, Wurtemberg and
several other German States. The Darien
canal treaty was discussed, but no action had
been taken upon it.