The Portland daily press., 1876-01-13
WASHINGTON.
Nomiua,io ms bv the gsres;aen,

Nomination s by the President.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE President sent
the following nominations to the Senate to-
day:
f. NJ Drew, Pension Agent at Augusta,
Maine.
Consus James Il. Williams of Maine, at
Sydnsy; Edward M. Smith of New York. at
Mannheim, and John c. Myers of Nebr aska,
Consul General at Shanghae.
Nominations CONFIRMED.
The Senate confirmed the following nomina-
tons:
A. G. Gaylord of Michigan, Assistant Attor-
ney General vice Walter H. Smith, resigned :;
Edwin B. Smith of Maine. Assistant Attorney
General, vice G. I'll. HILL esigned Henry n
Blake, Assistant Justice in Montana; Virgil d.
Stockbridge of Maine, to be examiner-in chief
in the Patent Office.
The Military Academy Bill.
In the military academy appropriation bill
which if adopted for the army officers stationed
at West Point, will probably be in the army APP
preparation bill when it comes up. The Ion
gevlty Gay now proposed to be cut off has been
allowed for nearly 40 years, and forage for off,
GERS private horses was authorized Sy law from
the formation of the army
provided, and it is hereby declared and en-
acted that the pay herein allowed and given
shall be in full of all other pay, allowance,
forage, rations or Communication, except for
quoAtCtC3 iuCl ouu duu bud1 ll6 pay lOf
other professors. instructors and assistants. be-
ing officers OF the army, when detailed and as
signed to service at the military academy, shall
be only their army pay, without increase for
the term OF service, without allowance for for
age, rationS or Communication, except for quar-
tiers, fuel and light
Capital Punishment.
Senator Wright's bill proposes to abolish
capital punishment for any crime committed
against the laws of the United States or the
District of Columbia, and also for any offence
hereafter committed by any United States SOL
der or mariner triable by military or naval
tribunals, except in the time of actual war. 1t
provides that punishment for all crimes here
after committed, which are now by law pun
ishable by death, shall be life Imprisonment.
Equalization OF Esounties.
The bill introduced by Senator Harvey to
equalize bounties is copy of the bill passed
by the House of Representatives at the last
Congress, Feb. IL, 1875, but which failed in the
Senate. 1t proposes to make the total boun-
ties received or receivable by each honorably
discharged soldier and sailor equal to an
amount of $83 per month for the whole time of
his service. In cass of death it is to be made
to the widow or children of each beneficiary
AnIndian Delegation.
To-day delegation OF Cherokees, Choc-
laws, Creeks and Seninoles called upon the
President to pay their respects and talk of the
affairs in the Indian Territory, which they rep
resented as in peaceful and prosperous cond-
ton with abundant crops. They took occasion
to express their opposition TO the proposed ter
ritoral government in their country, when the
President informed them that no bill passed by
Congress would receive his approval without
the consent of the indians.
The Presidential Term.
The House Committee on Judiciary at their
meeting to day considered the proposed amend
ment to the constitution limiting the Presden-
tal term. The majority of the committee
favor one term only, of six years, with inelegi-
biity for reelection. The vote was to in
favor.
Payment of AIa5ama Claims.
The HonSe Judiciary Committee has agreed
to report Mr.. Frye's bin providing for pay
n1euL OF judgrn9 nts-of- tAe-eosst- of-eona
soners of Alabama claims as soon after the I'D
of July, 1876, as may be possible. About $780,
600 will be paid out under the provisions of this
bill.
Various Matters
Secretary Chandler to-day sent a communi-
cation to the House on the subsistence of the
Sioux indians at Red Cloud and Whitstone
agencies. Extraordinary issues are now re
quired in consequence Of the exhaustio of sup
plies at the conference held by the rate COM
mission to treat for the cession of the Black
Hills. The Secretary asks an appropriation of
1926, 600.
The distribution of troops in Alabama, Mis-
sissippi, Arkansas and Louisiana on the first of
December last was as follows: In Alabama 5
companies; Mississippi 6; at Little Rock
Ark, 2; Louisiana 49, Total 80 companies $.
comprising 1241 men,