Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-06-06
" ASHINGTON.

Washington, ). The President has sent
the following nominations to the Senate to-
day;
James j, Cooper of Penn, for corenl at
Seville.
Second Lieut.. Robert G. Almstrons " be
First Lieut..
First Lieut.. john J.. johnson to be Captain
in the Army.
Commodore James Il Mullany to be Rear
Admiral
Captains George II. Cooper and George II.
Preble to be Commodores.
Commanders Ralph Chandler and W. W.
Queen to be Captains.
Lieut.. Commanders f. l.. Walker and W.
Whitehead to be Commanders
Masters L. s. Brine and Charles Seymour
to be Lieuts.
Engineers S. l.. Graham and Thomas c.
Spencer to be Masters.
Dispatches from Gen. Stanley and the In
dian agent at Cheyenne agency show that the
Indians are no longer controllable by their
agent and have taken the war path in formd-
able numbers. The alleged pretext Of their
excursion namely, to attack the Rees, is sim
ply a subterfuge. Every white man on the
frontier is an object Of their ho;ility.
despatch from Agent Bingham. dated at
Cheyenne river agency, May u, reports the
number which have left the agency at about
400. They are unlikely to be amenable to
soft words and you had better use powder and
lead at once.
Gen. Custer, in despatch dated Fort Lin
coin, May 20, says:
"Cntil the war party develops itself or we
can discover its whereabouts, nothing deci-
sive can be accomplished. | do not deem it
prudent to push my force far west of this
place, lest ] give them an opportunity to
strike here during my absence. propose to
keep scouts on the alert and allow the war
party time to get here if this is their obiec-
tive point or to pass us on their wav to Ber-
thold. Should the latter be their object then
to move the cavalry up the valley of Heart
river, examining closely until we find the
truil This will place US between the Indians
and their reservation and | think we can over
haul them before they reach the Rees"
Gen. Custer will take ten days rations and
one company of infantry, the latter to guard
the wagons whenever it becomes necessary
tol the cavalry to move rapidly.
The Internal Revenue receipts to-day, we're
$328,217.
The Attorney General has decided that ir-
respective of time or places of marriage or
residence of the parties, white woman
married to a citizen of this country is to be
taken and deemed a citizen CT the United
States.
In two hours session of the Cabinet to day
there were no intimations of any important
business.
The Post Office Committee agreed to report
an amendment to the statutes fixing and pre-
scribing the method of adjusting the salaries
Of pOstmasters.
The committee also agreed to report a bill
to insure better execution of mail contracts.
II provides. among other things, that before
the bond of bidder is approved it must be
shown the sureties are the holders of real es-
tate worth a sum double the amount of the
bond. If any regular contractor shall fail or
refuse to perform service, the Postmaster
General shall proceed to contract with the
next lowest bidder, unless the bid be consd-
cred too high, and in such event the Postmas-
ter General may contract with any OF the next
lowest bidders. Temporary contracts may be
made in certain cases for not exceeding six
months, until letting under the advertise
ment can take place.
Secretary Robson left to-day on brief
trip to Norfolk.
Rear Admiral Fabins Stanley was retired
yesterday.
Representative Luttrell made further ar
gument before the House committee on Paci-
fic railroads to-day, urging an investigation
into the affairs of the Central Pacific railroad
and contract and finance companies.
The bill passed by the Senate amenaatory
of the act relating to the survey of lands
granted to the Northern Pacific r. Il. Co,
proposes to release sail company from the
requirement that it shall pay the cost of sur
yeying and conveying said lands.
The bill which passed the Senate, for the
better government of the navy, provides that
any officer promoted in the course to fill
vacancy shall be entitled to the pay of the
grade to which he is promoted at the date he
takes the rank, if it be subsequent to the va
cancy he is appointed to fill. The bill also
limits the number of cadet engineers that
may be appointed annually to %.
The amendment proposed by the Senate
appropriation commit &c to the post office ap-
preparation bill provides that the postage on
all mailablc matter shall hereafter be prepaid
a. the time OF mailing, to restrict the free de-
livery system to cities having population of
not less than 10000, instead of 10000, as
fixed by the House, and to strike out the
House provision that the department OF agri
culture reports shall pass free through the
mails.
Mr.. Dalla Costa, the newly appointed en-
yoy extraordinary and minister plenipoten-
tary of Nenezuele to the L. s. was to-day
presented to the President by the Secretary
of State.
Mr.. Bernard, for some time minister resi-
dent of Nicaragua, has been promoted to the
rank of envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary and was toe day presented to
the President by the Secretary Of State in his
new capacity.