The New York herald., 1874-12-16

bers objected TO examining any one In advance OF
the main witness.
After waiting some forty-nve minutes Tor
rwln's appearance, the hour for the meeting OF
the House arrived, and the committee adjourned
to meet tomorrow morning at ten O'CLOCK, unless
sooner called together by the chairman, who said
he should MAKE the call whenever the Sergeant
alarms arrived with the witness.
sergeant-at-Arms ordway returned to rhe Capt.
tol at quarter past twelve O'Clock aud reported
that he left Mr.. irwin at his lodgings apparently
too Ill TO appear before the committee to- day.
Mr.. Ordwav reported as above to Chairman
Dawes and recommended that Twins physician
be sent for 10 give the committee professional in
formation on the subject.
The committee was accordingly again convened.
william p. Johnson, Mr.. Irwin's physician, testt-
fed before the Committee on Ways and Means this
afternoon tnat Mr.. Irwin was greatly prostrated.
suffering rom headacne and pressure on the
brain; but thought that perhaps tomorrow he
might be able to appear before the committee.
Modification of the Obnoxious Pro-
visions of the Civil Rights Bill.
The sub-JudicIary Committee, consisting Of
Messrs Butler, Poland and White, reported to the
full committee to-day in favor OF amending the
Civil Rights bill SO as to omit the mixed schools
provision and require merely that equally good
educational facilities shall be provided Tor both
races. The subcommittee also recommended that
the penalty OF $500 fine imposed by the bill for the
violation OF any or Its provisions be omitted,
leaving the pecunlary punishment OF Offenders TO
consist In their liability to be mulcted In $500
damages at the suit OF any individual who Is de-
MED equality or accommodation, &c. There was
general discussion OF the subject but no definite
action was taken, there being q wide difference Of
views
Salaries OF Postmasters In Large Cities.
The House Committee on Post Olices and Post
Roads to-day agI eed to recommend the passage OF
the bill introduced last February by Mr.. Piatt Of
New York, providing that from and after the 1st
day OF next January the annual salaries Of the va
rious postmasrers shall be as folows:-At New
York, $1,000; at Philadelphia, Chicago and St.
Louis, $4,000 each, ana at Brooklyn, Baltimore,
Cincinnati san Francisco, 900 each provided
that such salaries shall be paid from the moneys
received at the Post O1ces at said cities from box
rents sales OF postage stamps and from other
sources In excess OF the expenditures allowed and
made thereat for rent, cerK hire fuel, lights, furn-
ture, stationery, printing and necessary inclden-
tals. 1t VIII be noticed that the amounts fixed BY
the committee are respectively $1,000 or $1,000
less than those named in the bill as introduced.
Prize Money Claimed by Admiral WOr-
den and His Crew for tho Capture OF
the Merrimac.
Admiral Worden was heard to-day by the House
Naval Committee in advocacy OF the bill to pay
him and the on1cers and crew OF the Monitor who
participated IN the action with the Confederate
iron-clad Merrlmac such sum as shall be duly
found to have been the actual value OF the Merri-
mac and her armament at the date OF the action,
the value to De fixed by commission OF three
naval officers, be appointed by the Secretary Of
the Navy, to be distributed to the officers and
crew attached 10 the Monitor on the 9th OF March,
1862 according TO the payroll OF the SHIPS to be
in lieu OF the bounty authorized by the act regu-
lating prize proceedings, approved June, 1854.
The Roll of the Forty-fourth Cong
The Clerk OF the House OF representatives is
preparing the roll Of members elected to the
Forty-fourth Congress, with their post olce ad-
dress and he requests members residing in the
States in witch the Governors do not issue
prOclamatiOns to forward their individual certif-
Gates OF election.
Diploma atism OF the Navojoes.
The delegation OF the Navajo Indians, OF Mexico,
in taking leave of the President to-day, presented
him with rich and variegated blanket OF their
own man ufacture.
Appointment OF Indian Agent for
The President to day appointed James Brown,
widely known as "One-armed Brown" to be
indian Agent lOr tne rowing DanJS OI luOlauS III
Oregon, with a salary or $4,000 annually.
Nominations by the President.
The President sent to the Senate the following
nominations To-day
James W. Marshall, to be First Assistant Post
master General, being q reappointment; 3. b.
Axtell, 10 be Governor OF Utah Territory; George
A. Black. to be Secretary Of Utan Territory /
Charles II. Chamberlln, to be Receiver OF Pubic
Moneys at san Francisco; Charles Mcdonald, to be
Receiver OF Public Moneys at shasta, Cal John s.
Ward, 10 be Register In the Land ONCE at susan
at Fairfield, Iowa: jacob Parmenter, TO be COllec-
tor Oh Customs in the district OF Champlain, N. Y |;
George b. Patterson, to be United States AttOr-
ney Tor the Southern district OF Florida; Francis
Ii. Goodwin, to be Marshal Tor Arizona. To be Con-
suls-Robert j. SAKE, or Vermont, at st. Johns,
Quebec; Robert Y. Holley, at Bar rbad0es, and
Augustus Van Cleef, at Laguayra.
Confirmation OF Nominations by the
The Senate, in executive session to-day, con-
frmed the following nomlnations:-
Marshall Jewell. OF Connecticut, TO be Postmaster
General; Charles F. Conant Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury; BENJAMIN Moran, at present
Secretary OF the Legation IN London, to be Minister
resident to Portugal, vice Charles IL. Lewis, re-
signed; David Thompson, oil ONO, Interpreter to
the Lega ion IN Japan Thomas Hlllhouse, Assistant
Treasurer, New York; W. F. Bonzano, Superin-
tendent OF the Mint at New Orleans; Wcknam
Hoffman, Secretary OF Legation at London /;
Robert K Hit, OF illinois, Secretary OF Legation
at Paris.
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