The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-01-13
WASHINGTON.
Favorable to n Single Term of Six
Years.

WASHINGTON, January 1.-THE House
Committee on Judiciary to-day consider.
ed the proposed amendment to the Con.
stitution limiting the Presidential term.
The majority Of the committee seem TO
favor one term only Of six years with in
eligibility for reelection. The Committee
took test vote on fixing the Presidcn-
tial term at six years with incligibility
OF reelection. The vote was six to five in
favor.
Charles E. Brown has been nominated
by the President for PcnsionAgent at Gin
cinnati.
MILITARY AFFAIRS.
The Senate Committee on Military Al.
fairs met to-day, Senator Logan presiding,
for the first time this session. This COM
mittee has agreed to report favorably on
u number ofexecutive nominations, in
Guiding that Of Maj. Robert MacFeely, to
be Commissary General OF subsistence.
Ex-senator Henderson, OF Missouri,
had q long consultation with Attorney
General Pierrepont this afternoon.
NOMINATION WITHDRAWN.
The nomination Of Mr.. Marston, of
Missouri, to succeed G. W. Ingalls, as
agent for the FIVE civilized tribes in the
Cherokee country, has been Withdrawn
from the Senate. The grounds for the
removal of Ingalls, are tina. he was found
inefficient.
SENATOR SPENCER.
The Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections to-day took up the resolu.
ton recently offered by Senator Spencer,
directing that the Committee inquire
whether any corrupt means had been used
to secure his election to the Senate, but
postponed its consideration for the pres
ent for the reason that no formal charges
as yet have been preferred against Mr..
Spencer, and they have no basis upon
which to found an investigation.
NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED.
The Senate confirmed the following
nominations A.G. Gaylord, Michigan.
Assistant Attorney General; Henry n.
Blake, Associate Justice, Montana. U.
s. Attorneys, Grey W. Hazleton, Eastern
District, Wisconsin; Charles S. Varian,
Nevada. U. s. Marshals, II. W. Letting
we'll, Eastern Missouri; James n. Kerns,
Eastern Kansas; Edward R. Roe. South
ern Illinois. Thomas c. Woodward, Iowa,
Examiner.in. Chief OF the Patent Office;
Surveyor General, E. c. David, Wyom.
ing. Registers Of the Land Office, Ed.
Browning, indianapolis; J. c. Hileman,
Vancouver, ". T. Receivers Of Public |
Money, q. NJ. Ballard, Indianapolis; R.
G. Stuart, Olympia, W. T.; J. II. Wind,
Bayfield,, Wisconsin; G. N. Black, Spring |
field, Illinois; John NJ. Peck, Dardonelle,
Arkansas. Postmasters, Z. n. McAllis-
ter, Champaign, illinois; W. Parks, Ocon.
omewoc, Wis; E. S. Chase, Eauclare,
Wisconsin; D. K. Noyes, Barbour, Wis
consin; Bo8ler Cravath, Whitewater, Wis
consin; Wm. Wilder, Iowa Falls, Iowa;
Hiram Perkins, Rochester, Minnesota.
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
To-day delegation of Cherokecs, Choc.
tows, Creeks and Seminoles called upon
President Grant to pay their respects and
to talk OF affairs in the Indian Territory,
which they represented TO be in pros
porous condition, with abundant crops.
They took occasion to express their OPP
position to the proposed territorial gov.
ernment In their country, when the Pres.
ident informed them that no bill paSsed
by Congress for that purpose would re.
ceive his approval without the consent Of
the Indians.
Secretary Chandler to-day sent a com.
TO the House on the subject Of
to the Sioux Indians ut Red
Cloud and Whitestone agencies. Extra.
ordinary issues are now required in con-
sequence OF the exhaustion Of supplies.