The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-12-06
WASHINGTON.
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS.

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EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS.
WARRINGTON, December 6.-The Presi.
dent to-day sent to the Senate the follow.
ing nominations: Ward Hunt, Of New
York, Associate Justice Of the Supreme
Court; ]. Lorr, Of North Carolina, Minis.
ter TO Russia. The President has also ap.
pointed B. F. Gill, Of Iowa, Pension Agent
at Des Moines, Iowa.
THE SENATE COMMITTEES.
The committee appointed by the caucus
Of Republican Senators to report re-
vised list Of committees are not ready to
report It's understood that after the ad.
jOurnment Of the Senate Republican
caucus will be held, to which the Com.
mittee on the Revision OF Committees will
report. Its now certain that the Liberal
Republicans will have no committee posi-.
ton assigned them, but will be left to ar.
range with tho Democrats, who shall fill
the minority vacancies.
The Committee OF Ways and Means
heard Commissioner Douglass in support
Of his proposed internal revenue bill.
The Credit Mobilier Investigation Com.
mlttee have not yet met, owing to the alb.
sence OF Gen. Banks. The Committee on
Appropriations this morning heard Gov.
Cooke and A. R. Shepherd concerning
the reimbursement Of street improve.
ments.
The President to-day sent the Senate
. large number of nominations. Various
civil and military officers were appointed
during the recess, of which the following
are the most important: s. F. Phillips,
Solicitor General, rice Bristow; G. W.
Fairmain, Postmaster of Philadelphia, pice
Bingham; Lucien HowIey, Supervisor Of
Internal Revenue OF New York; Briga-
der General Irwin Mcdowell will be
made Major General; Fl. Knowles Justice
ot the Supreme Court Of Montana Terri.
tory; United States District Attorney, N.
Tansler for the Western District OF Indi.
ana, VIM. Patrick, Eastern District OF
Missouri, Vim. Pound of Dakota Terri.
tory; United States Marshal, ]. Il. Bur.
dick Of Dakota Territory.
The Liberal Republicans ore caucusing
to determine what course to pursue in re.
gard to the minority representation on the
Senate Committees. Democratic Sena.
tors are also caucusing. The majority
leave only one vacancy on Foreign Rela.
ton Committee The Democratic and
Liberal Republican Senators have
agreed among themselves 10 name
Schurz as the minority representative on
Foreign Relations Committee; Thurman
on the Judiciary and Bayard on the Fl.
nance, Casserly, Trumbull and Fenton
retiring from these committees respect
lively. As the majority leave only one va
cancy in each Of them, they will be filled
as heretofore by the opposition. The Re.
publican caucus will meet tomorrow
and ratity the reports Of its own
committee together with those of
the minority's selection, and the
list will then be submitted 10 the
open Senate for adoption. Edmuuds
will become Chairman Of the Judiciary
Committee, vice Trumbull; Hamlin,
Chairman OF the Mining Committee,
vice Rice; and Carpenter, Chairman of
the Committee on Contingent Expenses,
vice Fenton. Casserly gets of Foreign
Relations Voluntarily, in order TO allow
Schurz remain on the committee. Fem
ton, who goes of Finance, Is nominated
BY the opposition for place on the Com.
mittee on Territories, and Trumbull, who
Is deposed by the majority from the
chairmanship Of the Judiciary Commit.
tee, Is named by the opposition to repre-
sent them on the Committee on Privileges
and Elections, vice Thurman, who goes
of that committee but remains on the
Judiciary. Casserly Is to be made a
member of the Committee on the Pacific
Railroads.
Mir. Thurman will be made Chairman Of
the Committee on Private Land Claims,
and Casserly Of the Committee on En-.
crossed Bills. Window succeeds Car
penter as Chairman of Committee on En-
rolled Bills. Pratt probably succeeds
Edmunds as Chairman of Committee on
Pensions; Morton, Brooks as Chairman OF
the Committee on Privileges and Elec-
tions.
Secretary Boutwell, was before the
Committee Of Ways and Means to-day,
and informed them that unless the House
took action in expressing their disap.
proval OF his fund operations under the
late Syndicate, he would proceed in like
manner to negotiate the remainder Of the
loans.
Committees representing both branches
Of the Alabama Legislature, are here.
That representing Governor LOWS and
the Court House body, to-day asked an
interview Of the President, and he an.
swered that he preferred they first confer
with the Attorney General. They conse.
quently confer with Judge Williams To-.
morrow. The Committee representing
the Capital branch will make statement
OF their case on Saturday. While the
Attorney General will give full attention
to every matter presented by these Com.
mittees, he will not render any opinion
or take any action thereon, and the fixed
determination of the Government is, not
to interfere in the condition Of the politi.
cal affairs in Alabama unless something
should arise under the Constitution of the
United States which shall render such in.
reference necessary.
Barney Wood, the murderer OF Mr.,
Cheeseman, Is to DO executed tomorrow.
The prisoner Is in q complete collapse,
and It Is feared will have 10 be carried on
chair to the scafold.