New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-24
MILITARY OPERATIONS AT PARIS
FIRE OF THE PRUssIANs. SILENT
THE NEW KING OF SPAIN
COLD WEATHER IN ILLINOIS
NITRO GLYCERmE EXPLOSION
WASHINGTON.

Full Cabinet Meeting-Fred, Douglass aSan
Domingo COmmissioner-Est&blis .
Enooedeat.
WASHINGTON, December 23-There was
q full cabinet meeting to-day, except Aker-
man and Robeson. There will not be
another, unless emergency requires 1t, until
January B.
The Star believes that tho President will
appoint Fred Douglass San Domingo
commissioner.
Ex-revenue collector Dr.. Andrew Lewis,
of Indiana, has been arrested for alleged
embeEslement Of government funds.
The departments will be closed on Mon
day, and at noon during next week.
Several days ago acting Attorney General
Bristow was consulted by Louisiana SEN
ator. and, in response to an inquiry, gave
an informal opinion, but without thoroughly
examining the question, that the with
drswal of Presidential nomination to the
Senate, in place Of an officer suspended,
would, to a certain extent, confirm the sus-
peneiOn, and release the bondsmen Of the
person sought to be removed. Therefore,
Yesterday. after brief discussion, the Sem
ate declined compliance, with request OF
the President, to withdraw the name Of
Blanchard, nominated for Postmaster at
New Orleans, in place Of Lowell, suspended,
for the purpose Of fixing precedent BY the
passage of resolution. that under the
tenure Of Office law, in case of the rejection
of axlOrninee, tho old incumbent remained
without filing new bond until successor
shall be appointed by and with the consent
Of the Senate. 1t was thought the preoe-
dent could only be established in the man
ner herein stated, in the absence Of any dis
respect whatever to the President. :.
Mir SChenck's commission has been signed
Tha Nnu, Vnrk Ti.;huuc of fO-14V discUGS-
ing the San Domingo furry, says one lesson
of the recent outburst at Washington is not
far to seek. The President must select for
commissioners under the Senate's resclt-
ton, should it pass the House, men whom
the whole country know and will trust
We cannot afford any more doubts about
this matter. The report Of the commission
must be so clear, and the men who make It
must stand 80 high, that their verdict will
be accepted with uuGuestioning readiness
a. An end of strife.
The resolution itself is clumSy and YER
bose, and 1t calls for investigation enough
to keep two or three commissions OF sclen-
tifc men, politicians and diplomats, if bent
on thorough work, busy for year or two.
Alluding to the debate, and specially re-
ferring to Mr. Sumner, it says doubtless
he had been imprudent, bitter and un-
just, but at least he was senatorial. Some
Of his antagonists appear TO have behaved
like 'Bowory boys at Tan,many primary
These Senators may forget themselves as
the public will in time forget them, but
| neitheir their insolence nor his own mis-
takes can now permanently affect the sure
place of Charles Sumner in the esteem o:
| his fellow citizens and the history of the
| country
All reports from the North represent the
weather as very severe.
All ouet.in political circles to-day.
A large number Of Congressman have left
| for homo to spend the holidays. There will
be q general observance in all the govern
| ment departments.