Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-12-10
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Nominations.

Washington, December 9. The President sent
10 the Senate to-day large number of nomina-
tions. almost all the appointments being made
during the recess. Among them are tine follow
ing Zach. Chandler. secretary of the interior
Edward Pienepont, attorney general; Ayres L.
Merrill, minister to Belgium; Richard Gibbs,
minister to Peru; Christian Willweber, minister
to Ecuador; John {. New, treasurer of the L. ).
Curtis F. Burnham, assistant secretary OF treasury
IL. A. Lockwood commissioner of customs; II.
Duel commissioner Of patents; John @. Smith
of Ohio, commissioner OF Indian affairs; Edward
s. Tobey, postmaster at Boston; Mej. r. MeFee-
lev commissary general of subsistence.
Geo W. Emery of Tenn. Gov. OF Utah S Il.
Aytell Of Cal, Gov. of New Mexico; John Tatie,
sec'y of Col. territory; Wm. Sanborn, Sec,y Of
Arizona: Edward {. DAVID, surveyor OF the
treasury.
For collectors of customs-Wm. c. Marshall,
at Belfast, Maine; Moses Lovett, Saco.
Consuls-So.omon SteinbeIger of y. y, al
Minatlan; Eda Pennington of \. u, at Valencia
w. i. Newithen of y. Y, at Osaka and Ilago !;
l.. Z. Dyer of Tenn, at Odessa; Chas. X. Doug
lass of Dist. OF Columbia, at Puerto Plata; Ben
dix Koprse. at Bogota; Joseph Knott of Iowa, at
Chihuahua; Chas. L. Lincoln OF Miss, at Can
ton; Lewis Richmond of Il. l., at Cork: George
Howen of VT, at Messina; Y. n. Smith Of Ark,
at ST. Thomas VIM. j. Riley of Va, at Zanzi-
bar; A. G.. Webster, at Hobartown; ID. c. Van
Remondt at St. Martins; Danl Richardson of
Cal. to be secretary OF the legation in Mexico; G.
Washburne, TO be secretary of the legation at
St. Petersburg; Eugene Schuyler to be secretary
of the legation to Turkey and consul general at
Cons,antlnople; Henry Niguand, ID secretary of
the legation at Parls.
Postmasters-C W. Goddard, at Portland, Me. :;
together with maGy others for posofices of less
Importance. which appointments wcrc made dur
Ing the recess.
Geneva Awards.
The bill introduced by Senator sherman, relat-
ing to the Geneva awards, provides for amending
the act OF June 23d 1874, so to make it include
oil claims directly resulting from damage caused
by the so-called insurgcnt cruisers Shenandoah
before her departure from Melbourne, on Feb. IS,
1859, Chicamauga, Georgia, Nashville, Retrlbu-
ton, Sumter and Tallahassee, respectively, that
they may be presented to the court of commits
soners Of Alabama claims within six months after
the passage Of this amendatoIy act The bill pro-
ceeds to declare that all such claims shall be re-
ceived adjudicated and paid to the same extent
and effect, and in the same manner and out of the
same fund that is provided in the act of Jund %,
1874, for claims resulting from damage caused by
acts of the Alabama, FLORIDA and Shenandoah, at
ter their departure from Melbourne. The ID Sec
ton provides that the commissioners shall soon
as practicable, report to the secretary of the
treasury each OF the several judgments which
have or may be hereafter rendered by them for
loss or damage caused by the Alabama and Flor
ida and their tenders from Melbourne, and the
secretary Of the treasury shall, soon as may be
practicable after either of said judgments are re-
ported, pay the same, with interest from date Of
loss, as certified. The bill finally provides that
the duration and powers of said court shall be ex-
tended to the 22d day of Jan, 1877, and author
ICES the president, by proclamation, to further ex-
tend said time and powers for period not ex-
ceedng one year thereafter.
Railroad Matters.
Senator ingalls, bill to amend the Pacific rail-
road act of July %, 1861 provides that the failure
or omission of either of the Pacific railroad COM