Worcester daily spy., 1872-12-06
Especial DISPATCH To THE WORCESTER SPY
WASHINGTON, Dec. >.

WAsHINGToN, Dec 8.
Several hundred nominations were sent to the
senate by the president to-day Most of them
were of appointments made during the recess.
New ones of importance were Hon. Ward Hunt
for the supreme bench, and james L. Orr of
South Carolina for minister to Russia Orr
was speaker of the thirty-fifth congress, and was
senator in the confederate congress. He hon
estly and heartily accepted the result of the
war. He was also candidate for permanent
president of the Philadelphia convention last
spring. This appointment is taken to indicate
settled policy toward the south in the matter
of patronage.
Judge Poland has called a meeting of the
credit noJaier committee tomorrow, when
Gen. Banks is expected back from New York.
large delegation was again before the ways
aud means committee to-day to urge the pass
age of the bill to abolish the offices of assessor
and assistant assessor OF the internal revenue
service
MIR. Dawes will report bill to the house to-
morrow, and hopes to pass it; if so, it will 90 to
the senate Monday next 1t must pass both
'tsahNhSo VI SOISltSS ueNG Week IN OrQef 10
relieve the commissioner from executing the
law which goes into effect Jan. l.. There is no
doubt the law will pass.
MIR. Sumner, in the senate to-day, asked to be
excused from serving this session on any COM
mittee. This he said he did by advice of his
physician, but with great regret and reluctance.
The resolution offered by Mr. Anthony, SINH
lar to one that has prevailed in former sessions
in reference to going through the calender of
unfinished business and passing such bills as
met with no opposition, was adopted to-day 1t
will be done next week, and the successful work
ing Of the order heretofore indicates that great
deal of necessary and important business will be
transacted very rapidly.
| The bill to build new vessels for the navy
passed the house to-day. Some important
amendments were made, principally of the fol-
| lowing nature: Number reduced from 10 to 6; /;
three to be built in private yards; models to be
procured by competition among marine archi-
tects in public and private, and no contracts to
be made until estimates have been submitted to
congress by the navy department and appropri-
ationS made. The vote on the passage of the
amended bill was 104 to 81.
There was an increase of expense in public
printing this year, due to extraordinary work,
like printing census reports and so on There
has been retrenchment in the same directions.
For instance, Secretary Boutwell, states that the
expense of printing blanks for the New York
custom house was formerly greater than at
present
The delegation appointed by Gov Lewis of
Alabama, under joint resolution of both houses
of the legislature of that state in session in the
court house, arrived this evening, to consult
with the president in reference to Alabama poll
tics. The delegation is composed Of ex-Gov
VIM, II. Smith, eX-Auditor X. NJ. Reynolds and
eX-Congressman Norris. What is supposed TO
be another delegation recently appointed by
the legislature sitting in the state house, ar
rived this morning. 1t consists of Judge Byrd
and State Senator Peter Hamilton. Hamilton
had an interview to day with the attorney gen
eral.
There was considerable wrangng in the
caucus this morning, composed of democratic
aud liberal leaders. After much discussion and
bargaining, Casserly volunteered to resign his
position on the foreign relations committee to
allow SchurZ to remain. Trumbull is placed on
the important committee of privileges and cleo
tons; Fenton on retrenchment; Stevens on ap-
preparation; Frank Blair on military affairs;
Stockton on the navy; Thurman on the judi
cary
The democrats will have two of the non.polit-
ical ommittees-engrossed bills, Casserly chair
man, and private land claims, Thurman chair
man. The republican caucus was held this
afternoon, and the report of the committee be-
fore appointed to arrange committees was heard
and adopted. The election will be made in the
senate in the usual manner tomorrow.