The Portland daily press., 1874-01-06
WASHINGTON.
Nomination..

Nominations.
WASHINGTON, Jan. g. The President sent
the following nominations to the Senate to-day
Caleb Cushing to be Minister Envoy extraOrdi-
nary and plenipotentiary to Spain, (he is esig
mated as from Virginla); j. G. Caldwell OF
Maine. as minister resident to Uruguay; Eben-
ezer Knowlton of Maine Consul at Valparaiso;
Edward L. Baker of Illinois. as Consul at
Bueuos Ayres
Treasury Balances.
The following are the Treasury balances to-
day :-Currency, 81, 294 ,939; special deposit OF
deposit S37, 5400O0; coin, $50, 161 2SS, Including
coin certificates SsS, 2S9 700; outstanding legal
tenders, $379,O2O7O0.
All About Salaries.
The compliance with the Senate resolution
calling for certain informal ton concerning Sala-
ries of Senators, the Secretary of the Senate
has prepared a statement from the records OF
his office which was laid before the Senate to-
day. 1t exhibits the various rates of compensa-
ton for Senators and Representatives fixed at
various times, and shows that the following
acts increasing the rates of compensation were
retroactive, namely The act OF Sep. I'D, 1o69,
was retroactive for months and lS days; the
act of March 10TH 1876, was retroactive TOR q
days; the act of March 10, 1916, retroactive Tor
one year and Is days; the act of Jan. ed. 1878,
was retroactive for SO days; the act of Aug. 10,
1855, was retroactive for one year,5 months and
II days; the act of Ju y 2S 1866, was retroactive
extending back one year, months and a days
the act of March Sd, 1873, was retroactive two
years. The total average compensation and al
lowances of Senators for mileage, newspapers
and stationery under the act of July 18th,
1866. from March A, 1871 to March 8, 1872, was
S5625.55. Under the same act from March 4,
1872 to March 3, 1873, duriug which year Sena-
m For nffn a
session, the average total compensation and al
lowance was S5922. 49, The average total COM
pensation and allowance of Senators under the
acs of March Sd, 1873. is estimated at $500.
There is nc record in the office of the Secre-
tary of the Senate showing that any Senator
covered into the Treasury any money to which
he was entitled by retroactive acts previous to
1873
The following Senators have covered in their
extra COMPENSATION under the law of 1873
Anthony, Buckingham, Fenton, Frelinghuy-
sen, Hamlin, Morton. Pratt, Ramsey, Schurz,
Sherman, Scott, Sumner, Thurman, Wilson,
Wright.
The Secretary says quite number of Sena
tors have expressed their intention not to draw
their back pay and thus let it lapse into the
treasury.
The Senate Bankruptcy Bill.
The substitute for the House bill repeating
the bankruptcy act, recommended by the Sc u
The first section provides that the court up
on sufficient cause shall take possession of
properly and carry on the business of debtor,
which, in its judgment, the interest estate as
well as creditors, will be promoted thereby, but
not for longer period than nine months from
the time che debtor is declared bankrupt
The second section authorize an assignee to
sell the property OF the bankrupt real CT per-
sonal, at auction in such manner as will pro
duce the greatest amount with least expenses,
krxrc Lotto
over such sales, and at its discretion, may or
der the real estate to be sold one-fourth in cash
and the balance in three equal payments, not
more than six months between any two pay
ments, properly secured.
Sect on three adds to section twenty-siX the
words, SIN all causes arising under this act the
alleged bankrt pit and any party thereto, shall
be competent Witness"
Section four provides that in cases of compul-
sorry or involuntary bankruptcy, the provision
of the law requiring the paymentof percen-
tage of Indebtedness on consent of a portion of
the creditors shall not apply: but complete
discharge shall be given in all cases.
Section five provides that in case of involun-
tary bankruptcy, the term of four mouths men,
toned in section thirty five old laws be chang
ed to two months this provision not to take eff
feet for tvs months after the adoption, and a
period of six months therein named be changed
to thr months, to take effect three mouths
after the adoption.
Section seven alters section thirty-nine of the
old law providing that any abscOnding party or
debtor transferring property with intent to
defrand creditors may be declared bankrupt on
the petition of one-fourth in number of the
creditors whose claims aggregate one-third of
the total Indebtedness; provided the petition is
brought within six months after such act of
bankruptcy is committed. This provision shall
amply to such cases begun since 1873, prior to
the assaee of this act.
Section nine alters section forty lone SO as to
provide III case dissatisfaction IS given to credi-
tors, proceedings can be stopped by consent of
the court after proper investigation.
Section ten provides that in all cases now
pending, as well as hereafter instituted, that
majority of the creditors, after due notice meet
ing under the direction of the court, may ac-
cept the terms of composition roposed by the
debtor in full satisfaction, the resolution of ac-
ceptance to be biudng upon the signature of a
majority in number ard three-fourths the val
ues of the debts represented at such meeting
After SAID resolution has been recorded, such
composition shall not be binding upon nor effec
the rights of unrepresented creditors.
Section eleven reduces fees one-half
The Civn Rights Bill.
According to the present indications at the
close of the ebate on the civil rights bill to-
morrow after noon a motion will be made
by a prominent Republican to recommend a
bill! which it carried, may have the effect OF
indefinitely postponing action upon the meas
ure.
Relief of the sufferers at Louisiana.
Bishop Wilmer of Louisiana, called upon the
Presi dent to day and represented to him that
many persons were starving in that State. The
President accom- panied by the Bishop proceed
ed to the capitol and after having entered the
Presidents room, sent for Speaker Blaine and
members OF the Louisiana delegation. The re-
suit of the conference is reported to be that to-
morrow, Representative Sypher will introduce