The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-12-06
WASHINGTON.
Nominations.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The President to-day
sent to the Senate the following nominations
Ward Hunt, of New York. for Associate JUS
tce of the Supreme Court of the United States,
to succeed Judge Nelson, resigned; j. l.. Orr,
of South Carolina, for Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia; i.
Phillips, for Solicitor General, vice Bristow;-
G. w. Fairman, for Postmaster at Philadel-
phia; Lucien Hawley, for Supervisor of Int T.
nal Revenue for New York; and General Irwin
Mcdowell, for Major General.
The Caucus Committee.
The committee appointed by the caucus of
Republican Senators to report on the revised
list of the committees, was not ready to report
this morning
SENATE Committees.
The Democratic and Liberal Republican Sem
ators have agreed to name Schurz as the mi
nority representative on the Foreign Relations
Committee; Thurman on the Judiciary and
Bayard on the Finance; Messrs. Casserly,
Trumbull and Fenton retiring from these COM
mittees, respectively as the majority leave only
one vacancy on each of them to be filed as
heretofore by the opposition.
The Republican caucus will meet tomorrow
and ratify the reports OF its own committee to-
gether with the minority selections, and the list
will then be submitted to the open Senate for
adoption. Mr.. Edmunds will become chair
man of the Judiciary Committee vice Trum
bull; Mr. Hamlin, chairman of Mining Com
mittee vice Rice, and Carpenter, chairman of
the Committee on Contingent expenses vice
Fenton. Mr.. Casserly goes off the Foreign Re-
lations Committee voluntarily to allow Mr..
Schurz to remain. Mr. Fenton is nominated
by the opposition for place on the Committee
on Territories, and Mr.. Trumbuil, who is de-
posed by the majority from the chairmanship
of the Judiciary Committee, is named by the
opposition to represent them on the Privileges
and Election Committee vice Thurman, who
goes off that committee, but remains on the
Judiciary, Mr.. Casserly is to be a member of
the Committee on Pacific Railroad. Mr.. Thur
man Dem will be made chairman OF the Com
mittee on Private land claims, and Mr.. Casserly
Dem.) of the Committee on engrossed bills
Mr. Window succeeds Mr.. Carpenter as chair
man of the Committee on Enrolled Bills. Mr..
Pratt will probably succeed Mr.. Edmupds as
the Committee on Pensions. Mr.. Morton be-
comes chairman of the Committee on Privileges
and Elections.
Secretary Boutwell, on the Loan.
Secretary Boutwell, was before the Commit
tee of Ways and Means to-day and informed
them that unless the House took action in ex-
pressing disapproval of his funding operations
under the late syndicate, he would proceed in
like manner to negotiate the remainder of the
loans.
An Officer Justified.
The coroner's jury in the case of James Bur-
nett killed yesterday by officer Auldridge, re-
turned verdict that the shot was fired by the
officer in performance Of his duty and in self
defence.
The Situation of Barney Wood.
Barney Wood, the murderer OF Mr. Cheese
man, will be executed tomorrow The prison.
er is in condition of complete collapse and it
is feared will have to be carried on a chair to
the scaffold.
The Alabama Middle.
Committees representing both branches of
the Alabama Legislature are here That rep
resenting Governor Lewis and the Court House
body to-day asked an interview of the President
and were answered that he preferred they first
confer with the Attorney General. They con-
sequently confer with Judge Williams to-mor-
row. The committee representing the capitol
branch will make statement of their case Sat-
,irday, While the Attorney General will give
full attention to every matter presented by
these committees, he will not render any opin-
ion or take any other action thereon and the
fixed purpose of the government is, not to in
terfere in the condition Of the political affairs
in Alabama unless something should arise I'M
der the constitution of the United States which
shall render necessary the intervention of fed
eral authority.
Senator Pool Urged for the Cabinet.
NEW YORK, Dec 5.-A Washington despatch
states that Southern Republicans are urging
Of Cor