The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-03-27
WASHINGTON.
The Vacant Louisiana } udgeship.

WASHINGTON, March 26-Ata Cabinet meet
ing to day the question arose as to the power of
the President to appoint Judge for the vacant
judicial district in Louisiana to which Pardee
had been nominated, but which nomination
tailed of being confirmed. The President re-
liams, who gave an opinion that the vacant
judgeship cannot be filled till the next session
of Congress.
Sealed Cars to be Passed mt the Island
Pond Custom House.
The Secretary of the Treasury decides that
merchandise arriving at Island Pord, Vt, from
Canada, sealed and not appearing by invoice or
manifest to be intended for immediate exporta-
ton may be allowed to pass as heretofore. pro-
vided it shall distinctly appear by the sworn
declaration of the shipper or owner of the mer-
chandise that the same is destined for port IN
the United States as an Importation, and not
as goods in transit for a foreign port.
1t is also decided that the day on which a
vessel receiving goods in foreign country is
fully laden and cleared for departure is the
day defined as the day on which goods are act
ually on shipboard bound to the United States.
Treasury Balances.
The following are the Treasury balances for
to-day:-Currency, S. 40, 400. 90 special deposit
of legal tenders for redemption of certificates of
deposit $4S, 1925 900; coin, $780, 500, 261, including
coin certificates, 1914, 034 900; outstanding legal
tenders, $3.50, 714,900.
New Banks.
The Comptroller of the Currency has author
lied the following banks to commence bust
pess viz: Second National Bank of Nashua,
N H., capital 100000; First National Bank
of Auburn, Indiana, capital $4,000; Manufac-
turers' National Bank of Amsterdam, N. Y,
capital 100000.
Savings Bank Robbed.
A sort;e of gang of thieves on the Peoples
Savings Bank this morning resulted in the loss
of papers valued at $4,000 but which are of
no avail to the thieves.
Various Matters.
The argument before the Court of Claims in
the famous Boston bank cases begun last Mon
day, were concluded yesterday afternoon.
The President will leave next week for a
brief visit to New York with members of his
family.
On the recommendation of President Bar
nard, of Columbia College, New York, the Sec
rotary of the Interior has appointed Walter p.
Jenny as geologst for the exploration of the
Black Hills country.
Black Hawk and another chief, representing
vagabond Winuebagos of Wisconsin, had an
interview with Commissioner Smith of the In
dian Bureau, TO day, requesting some pecuniary
assistance from the government to enable them
to successfully avail themselves of the Indian
homestead provisions enacted last session on
the deficiency bill. They want money to buy
some stock and agricultural implements. The
Commissioner took the matter under advise
ment.
The Alert, one of the eight new sloops of
war authorized by the act of 1873 will be the
first prepared for sea at Chester, Pa, orders
having been given to have her ready by the first
of June for the purpose of taking the class of
cadet engineers from the Naval Academy on
their annual practice cruise this summer. The
other two iron sloops, Alliance and the Rang
er, will also be prepared for sea at Chester, Pa,
where they are built by contract Wooden
sloops authorized to be constructed by same
act are the Adams and Essex at Boston, the
Enterprise at Portsmouth and Huron at Nor.
folk, and it is expected all of them will be
ready for service by next fall. The Trenton,
which is the largest one of the class now on
the stocks at New York, will not be ready for a
year or more. The Tennessee, the new ship of
the Asiatic station, being nearly ready for sea,
Rear Admiral Reynolds the new commandant
of that station, is preparing to sail for Singa-
PORE where he will relieve Rear Admiral Pen
mock of the command of the American feet Ia
those waters: Upon being rss'heved ADMIRAL
Pennock will sail 4f5f FOR the United States in the
Hartford,T1fIs flagship. Capt. L. A. Kimberly
has been ordered to the com nand of the Mo-
nongahela, ON the South Atlantic coast in
place of Capt. Thornton, who was thrown from
his chair by sudden lurch of the ship short
time since and seriously injured.
The Attorney General has decided that he
has no authority to order the trial of Indians
for murder committed in the Indian country,
and so Informs the Secretary of War, the latter
having referred the question to the Attorney
General upon request of Gen. Terry, who has
three Indians in charge who murdered another
Indian.
There will be about one hundred vacancies
amopg the cadet midshpmen at the Naval
Academy, to be filled at the annual examina-
ton in June Members of the House whose
districts are not represented at the academy
are making their nominations to the Secretary
of the Navy.
1t is reported tonight on. good authority that
George B. McCartee, chief of the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing of the Treasury De-
partment, will shortly retire from his position.