The Portland daily press., 1875-12-10
WASHINGTON.


appointments VI tHC AEesAOcuu.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-The President sent to
the Seuate Today, large number of nomina-
tions, most all the appointments being made
during the recess. Among them are the fol-
lowing:
Zachariah Chandler to be Secretary of the
Interior.
Edwards Pierrepont to be Attorney General.
Aver 2. Merrill to be Minister resident at
Belgium.
Richard Gibbs, Minister to Peru.
Christian Willweber, Minister to Ecuador.
John A. New to be Treasurer of the United
States.
Curtis f. Burthom to be Assistant Secretary
OF the Treasury.
Henry A. Lockwood to be Commissioner of
Customs
r. Holland Duell to be Commissioner of
Patents.
John A. Smith of Ohio, to be Commissioner
of Indian affairs.
Edward S. Tobey, Postmaster of Boston,
Mass.
Major Robert MacFreeley to be Commissary
General of Subsistence with the rank of Brga-
der Gener Al.
r, Col Mckee Dunn to be Judge Advocate
General with rank of Brigadier.
George w. Emery of Tennessee, Governor
of Utah.
d. B. Axtell of California, Governor of New
Mexico.
John Taffee, Secretary of Colorado Terri
tory.
VIM Sanborn Secretary of Arizona
Edward c. David, Surveyor of the Treasury.
For Collectors of Customs-Wm. C. Mar
shall at Belfast, Me-; Moses Lowell at Saco.
For Consuls-Solomon Steinberger of New
York, at Minitatlan; Ed. A. Pennington Of
New York, at Osaka and Hiago; L. E. Dyer OF
Tennessee at Odessa; Chas. w. Daughters of
the District of Columbia, at Puerto Plata
Bendix Hoppe at Bogota; John Knots of
Iowa, at Chichuaha; Charles P. Lincoln of Mis-
sissippi, at Canton; Lewis Richmond of Rhode
Island, at Cork; Geo. Howen of Vermont, at
Messina; V. N. Smith of Arkansas at ST.
Thomas; VIM. j. Riley of Virginia, at Zanzi-
bar; A. G. Webster at Hobarttown; D. G. Van
Remandt at st. Martins; Daniel S. Richard
son of California, to be Secretary of the Lega-
ton in Mexico; Gratiat Washburne to be Sec
rotary of the Legation at St. Petersburg; Eu-
gene Schuyler to be Secretary Of the Legation
at Turkey and Consul at Constantinope; Hen
~ vignaude to be second Secretary of the Lee
CATION at Paris
Postmasters-C. w. Goddard at Portland,
Me-, together with many others for postcffices
of less Importance, for which appointments
were made during the recess.
The Alabama Claims Bill.
The bill introduced by Senator Sherman re-
latDg to the Geneva awards provides for amend
ing the act of June %, 1874, SO as to make it
include all claims directly resulting from dam
ages caused BY the so-called insurgent cruisers
Shenandoah, (before her departure from Mel
bourne Feb. IS, 1861 Chickamauga, Georgia,
Nashville, Retribution, Sumter and Tallahas-
see, respectively. That they may be presented
to the Court OF Commissioners of Alabama
claims within six months after the passage of
the amendatory 1t. The bill proceeds to de.
clare all such claims shall be received, adjudi.
Gated and paid to the same extent aud effect,
and in the same manner and out of the same
fnnd that is provided in the act of June %,
1874, for claims resulting from damage caused
by acts of the Alabama, Florida and Shenan-
doah after their departure from Melbourne.
The second section provides that the Commits
sioners shall as soon as practicable, report to
the Secretary of the Treasury each of the seve.
raj judgments which have or mag be hereafter
rendered by them by loss or damage caused by
the Alabama and Florida and their tenders
from Melbourne, and the Secretary of the
Treasury shall, as soon as may be practicable
after either of said judgments are reported,
pay the same with interest from the date of
loss as certified.
The bill finally provides that the duration
and powers Ut said court shall be extended to
the 22d day of January, 1877, and authorizes
the President by proclamation to further ex-
tend said time and powers for period not ex-
ceeding one year thereafter.
The Bill Relating to Pacific Railroads
Senator Iugalls bill to amend the Pacific
Railroad act OF July ID, 1864, provides that the
failure or omission of either of the Pacific
Railroad Co.'S to pay the cost of surveying the
lands to which they are entitled under Con-
gressiopal grants or to take patents for them
shall not except such lands from the local tax
alton, but they shall be subject to taxation by
the states and territories upon the evidence of
lists which it is hereby made the duty of the
commissioner of the general land Office to pre-
pare and furnish to the government of any
state or territory that may apply for same,
showing what lands pertain to the respective
state or territorial limits.