The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-03-11

| naHt ~ HiA ipAp80taaOn.
Many OF them were scoompsnied by the
lsdies Of their families. Several ladies
OF the Cabinet officers households were
present. and nearly ALL the members of
the Cabinet we're In .,htienAanoe. After
the usual formalities between the Presi
dent and the foreign representatives.
BiacQue Bey made the following address
PRRsIDANT: have the honor to offer
you the Congratulations OF the diplomatic
oorps upon this She occasion OF your re-
inauguration. feel both pleased and
dAttetea, that the duty has 'deyolved
upon me to express to you the sincere
wishes ot my colleagues and myself Tor
the preservation OF your life. and the
consequent success of your administra-
To this the President replied:
MR. DEAN: Lleoeivo with, senaibility
the congratulations whioh you offer. on
behalf OF yonf colleagues. socredited to
this iGpveramsa.. ~ intercourse With
you AL has hitherto been: agreeable, and
trust may 30 co6tihue. II isSnny wish,
and shall be my purpose in the future,
as in the past, to keep up with tho conn
tries which you represent tho social and
friendly relations which are essential to
| general prosperity and happiness.
The Comptroller of the Ourrenoy. in
the statements which have just been sent
out. has abbreviated, to q considerable
extent, the schedules which accompany
the reports, and required the banks to re-
port the average daily reserve for the
preceding thirty days. and the highest
rate of; Interest tIon daily, balances. The
reports OF the: Comptroller of the. Cur
rehcy, of the National Bank Examiner
upon the condition of the Freedhan's
Savings and Trust ComPany, was in
tended to furnish Congress informality
With refefence to technical violation OF
the law, under which the institution was
orgehized.. The. security upon which
the loans were made is considered bv
the Comptroller and the Examiner, with
few exceptions, as G ood for the amount
loaned. There is nothing in the reports
which convey the impression that the
bank caunot respond to the demands of
Ethe depositors. The Examiner states
that tue executive officers are, in his
opinion, men OF the most uudoubted in
tegrity OF character, devoted to the best
lnterests OF the institution, who have
educated themselves to practical know
ledge, OF the business of the institution.
Whloh promises prospectus in future
Tor the institution The Comptroller of
the Currency states. that the bank will be
able to correct the mistakes already
made. and continue a business of great
usefulness to the class OF depositors for
whose benefit the institution was organ.
lied.
| The Republicans met in caucus. after
the adjournment of the Senate. this
afternoon, to consider the demand Of
the Democrats for increased minority
representation on the oom mittees. and
after some discussion, the matter wa, re-
ferred to sub committee of five. for
report at an adjourned meeting to.
morrow. The subcommittee consists
OF Stewart, Conkling, Scott, Wright
and West. The caucus rsoousidered
Saturdays vote, regarding the case OF
Patterson, and decided not to take it
up Tor consideration in the Senate-no
action being possible, for the reason
that Patterson is no longer O member of
the party.
imposing taxes, for it has been held in
this Court that a State has the power to
bind itself in relinquishing the taxing
power, and such provision of exemp.
tion is a contract which the State may
not subsequently impair. The cases in
volving same principle were decided in
favor of anti-tnx.
Nominations-John G. Clark, Post.
master at Savannah, Ga,; Edward
Belcher, Postmaster at Macon, Ga; Jas.
Z. Dunning, Postmaster at Atlanta, Go. !;
Il. s. Taylor. Postmaster at Athens.
l4a.; ". W. Holden. Postmaster at RI.
leigh, N. G.; Elizabeth VauLew, Post
mistress at Richmond, Va; VIM. L.
Scruggs, Jr.. Minister to Colombia.
Conhrmations-Nels Nelson Platt, Collect
or OF Corpus Christi; Nicholas V. Beard,
Postmaster at Marshall. Texas; -
Hughes, Attorney of the Middle District
OF Tennessee; VIM. 81. Smyth, Marshal
for Georgia; Col. Parker, Surveyor of
Customs OF New Orleans; - Goss.
Collector of Customs at st. Augustine.
General Don't, for the past four yoars
in charge of the reception room at the
White House. has been ordered to his
regiment. w. a. Crook succeeds Don't.
In the Senate, Caldwell's case was dis.
oussed, but no action had.
Probabilities Tuesday, the areas
OF lowest barometer will move Eastward
over the lakes and the Ohio Valley:
South east winds, cloudy and threaten.
ing weather will prevail from the Middle
States and lower lakes to Tennessee:
Southerly winds, with threatening woa-