The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-12-15
WASHINGTON.
ACKERMAN DISCARDED.

WASHINGTON, Dec, 1.-THE Prcsi.
dent has accepted tho resignation Of
Ackerman, and will probably, to-day, send
to the Senate the name of Geo. IL. Viii
liams, of Oregon, US Attorney General in
his place.
Gen. Charles Z. Browne has been
nominated for Pension Agent at CinCin.
natl, vice VIM. L. Davis 10 DO removed.
The President sent TO the Senate to-day
the names Of Joseph NJ. Cary, to be AssO-
CiatO Justice OF the supreme Court OF
Wyoming; Benz. j. Sweet, Of Illinois, 10
be First Deputy Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue.
The House Committee OH Commerce
this morning gave hearing TO the dele
CATION OF steambOatmen,
Tho War Department, In General Or
ders, announce to the army the death of
Brig. Gen. RObt. Anderson, Of Fort Sum.
ter memory, and pays handsome COM
pliment TO his military services and pri-
Vatc character. On the arrival Of his re.
mains on the ship.of.war Guerrier, proper
orders will DO issued to do them honor.
The British bark Chance and Howaian
bark Arctic, the vessels which saved and
brought TO Honolulu tho wrecked seamGn
OF the whaling fleet recently broken up by
tho ice in the North Pacific, have pre-
sented this government a claim for ser
vices rendered TO the amount Of $3.50.
SOUTHERN CLAIMS.
The Southern Claims Commission made
areport to Congress to-day. They say that
voluntary residence in an insurrectiOnary
State during the war is priDd ,tlcie eVl.
denCe Of disloyalty, aud must be rebutted
by satisfactory evidence. Claims have
come from those who served In the rebel
army, and tho Commissioners hold that
such service Is proof of dislOyalty. Tho
whole number OF claims presented up tO
tho end Of November Is .l0,O0O, and the
entire amount $2O,50O,00O. The Com.
misslOners have examined $50 cases, In
which OF the amount claimed, 81 ,050,351,
they allowed $34G, ,lGS. Y
NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL
The Senate In Executive session to-day
took up the nomination Of Geo. II. VII
liams, to be Attorney General of the
United States, and unanimously confirmed
1t without reference to committee. This
was in accordance with usage and Cour.
tesy In every case where nominee had
been member OF the Senate, his Charac-
ter being sufficiently known without re.
quiring formal inquiry,
The Senate in an extra session con-
flrmGd the following nominations. George
II. Baker, Of Pa, Minister resident at Con.
stanllnople; Thomas w. Bennett, Of Ind,
Governor of IdahO Marsh Giddings, Of
Mich, Governor Of New Mexico; David b.
NeviEs, OF Pa, Pension Agent for the
widows agency at Philadelphia; lIoratlo
G. Slckles, Pension Agent Tor invalid pen.
siOn0rs ut Philadelphia, vice William A.
Forbes, suspended under tho Tenure.Of'
OllCe law.
The stGambOatmen had an interview
this morning with the House Committee
on Commerce, and are To liave another
audience with the committee on Saturday
next. Several more delegates have ar
rived and taken their seats In the ConVrn.
ton, which will continue inBGssion until
Saturday night.
The Committees on Appropriation and
Public Buildings of the House held a con.
sultatiOn to-day. The former will report
in favor Of $4000,000 for tho pOstOillce
building in Chicago, which will answer
for oil the government offices.
A pamphlet was laid on the desks OF oil
the members OF Congress to-day advoca.
ting plan Of government aid toward the
rebuilding Of Chicago by the issue Of
money to owners Of real estate there, SC.
cured 1t long dates on the property.
The American and British Commission
to-day decided that the United States are
not liable for the payment Of debts con.
traCtGd Ivy the rebel authorities.