The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-12-07

O
atorial caucus this morning appointed the fol-
lowing committee to report the changes in the
standing committees: Messrs. Buckingham,
Sawyer, Pomeroy, Frelinghuysen and Ferry
The opinion prevails that the only changes will
be in placing Morton chairman of Foreign
Relations, and transferring Cameron to Elec-
lions and Privileges
THE FIsH-CATACAZY CORRESPONDENCE.
The Fish and Catacazy correspondence was
sent to the Senate to-day. A letter of Mr. Fish
to Minister Curtin, dated Nov. 10th, states that
on his arrival at Washington Mr. Catacazy
gave promise of being useful and very accept
able Minister, and made an agreeable impress
sion. Soon, however, he began to make HIM
self very otficlous: interfering in questions not
appropriately connected with his legation and
in those pending before Congress; importuning
Senators and Representatives, and resortng to
personal interviews and solicitations, unusual
on the part of the representatives of other pow
ers accredited to this government, and annoying
to the legislators, thus indecorously approached
and tending to embarrass the free course of leg
islotion on subjects, with respect to which his
interference was obtruded. He did not hesitate
to use newspapers to influence public opinion
upon questions pending before the government,
and INDUCED in much license in his denuncia-
ton of measures and individuals. Iu his con-
versation he was even more severe and unre-
stricted, and employed abuse and vituperative
language toward many persons, including seve
raj in public positions enjoying the respest and
confidence of the community. The improprie-
ty of foreign minister thus attempting to in
fluence and misdirect the public opinion of the
country, it must be admitted, is sufficient
ground for his ceasing to be proper agent be-
tween the government which he represents and
that to which he is accredited. The correspon-
dence contains proofs showing the truth of the
statements of the Secretary and other matters
| of public interest.
NOMINATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT.
The President sent the following nominations
IN tod nf
| Frederick Drew for district of Puget Sound,
| George A. Edes for Alaska, William Silvery for
Newark, n. j., Thaddeus G. Defriez for Nam
| tucket, Mass, and Ches ter A. Arthur for New
York; for Assessors of Internal Revenue, Ca
leb B. Lord for the first district of Maine B.
! *. Darrall as appraiser of merchandise at Bos-
ton; Thomas w. Bennett of Indiana, Governor
of Idaho; Marsh Giddings of Michigan, Gov
ernor of New Mexico; Frederick Watts of
Pennsylvania, commissioner of agriculture
Lewis H. Douglass, member of the Council of
Legislative Assembly of the District of Column
bia; George Bancroft of New York, Envoy Ex-
traordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarX to the
German Empire; Thomas Biddell of Pennsyl-
vania, Minister resident at San Salvador; Geo.
| III. Baker of Pennsylvania, Minister resident to
| Turkey; Richard @. Shannon, Secretary of Lee
cation at Brazil; d. NJ. Armstrong, Consul
General at Rome; A I. A. Torbet of Delaware,
W. Goddard, at Portland; William Steward, at
Hyde Park, Mass; E. A. Hough, at Collins
wood, Conn. " as
KU-KLUX COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Stevenson of Ohio Republican) offered
a resolution in the Ku-Klux Committee to-day
for the removal of all disabilities and to extend
the time in which the habeas corpus may be sus-
pended, and to make every Ku-Klux and every
member of any other reasonable conspiracy
responsible, civilly and criminally, for the acts
OF his fellow members. The resolution was
laid over for future consideration.
The American and British Commission to-
day altered the first rules so to read as follows
In addition to the representation of his claim
and the proofs in support thereof which shall
have been presented to the government, the
claimant shall file in the office of the Commits
sion statement of his claim in the form of &
memorial addressed to the Commission The
Commission then adjourned until Saturday.