Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-18
District Affairs fn Congress.
MEETING OF THE sRsArE corMIrrgl

The Senate Committee on District Affair
this morning considered the petition OF mer-
chants, millers, shippers of coal, -four, and
other produce, and citizens OF Georgetown, ID.
C., praying the passage OF bill III. Z. 3iI2) in
relation TO the bridge across the Potomac river
used by the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
company. Also, petition OF captains and mas
ters of vessels trading between George wn, ID.
c. and other ports on the same subject. Messrs
Ray, Tenny. Lyon and Bell appeared b7fore
the committee TO urge the passage Of the resO
luton upon which these petitions were 1sed
The whole subject was referred TO a sUb-cOm-
mittee, composed OF Messrs. Spencer aud Hitch
cock.
The nomination of S. Calvert Ford to be in
spector OF gas and meters. and Joshua q. Eat.
wisle to be assistant inspector, were laid before
the Senate District Committee this morning.
and referred TO Mr.. Lewis.
The nomination OF John II. Ketchum, OF
New York, to be Commissioner for the District
OF Columbia under the act approved June 70,
1874, vice Alex. G. Cattell, declined, was con
sIdered by the Senate District Committee this
morning and reported favoraoly.
Senate bill to incorporate the Mutual Protec-
ton Fire Insurance company, OF the District OF
Columbia, was before the Senate committee
this morning, and referred to Mr.. Hamilton.
Also, Senate bill to establish the Inventors In
stitute and Patent Emporium and Patent Com
pany, in the District of Columbia, which was
referred to Mr.. Hitchcock.
CoNFIRHATIoEs To-DAY-The Senate in
Executive session to-day confirmed the follow
ing nominations: james W. Marshall, First As
sistsnt Postmaster General; VIM. Burnett, su-
pervising inspector general Of steamboats,.
Frederic BOrcherdt, Of Wis, cohsul at Leghorn.
James Scott, of Ohio, consul st Honolulu. L.
F. Shepard, Of no., consul at Swstow. Henry
Clay Wright, appraiser OF merchandise, at st.
Louis, Mo. John w. Fuller, collector or Gus
toms, district OF Miami, Ohio. VIM. X. Thrall,
United States marshal, southern district, Ohio.
Public Land Oficers-En Gilbert, receiver
Arkaneas Valley, district Kansas; Thomas W.
Pugb, receiver, Fargo, Dakota territory; Jos
E. Knowlton, receiver, Duluth. Mimi; Justin
A. Moulton, receiver, Worthington, Mimi; W.
Adley, receiver, Alexandria, Mimi; Mariana
Mcdonald, receiver. Shasta, Cal; Charles h
ChsmberlID, receiver, San Francisco, Cal; Pc
ter Mantor, register, Bismarck, Dakota; Luther
NJ. Eggers, register, Western land dist, Kan.
Charles A. Morris, register, Arkansas Valley
district; Laurence La Point, register, La Me.
sills, New Mexico; John S. Ward, register,
SusaRville, Cal; David b. Wilson, pension
agent, Fairfield, Iowa; John Il. clements, PEN
SION agent, Macon, Mo. Also, large number
Of postmssters. John II. Retchsm, OF N. Y,
Commissioner for District of Columbia. VIM.
w. Bowers, collector of customs, San Diego,
CAL; Jacob Parmerter, collector OF customs,
Champlain, N Y.
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