Daily Kennebec journal., 1877-03-16
WASHINGTON.
Nominations,

WAsHINGToN, March 10. The president sent
the following nominations TO the senate to day :
Frederick Douglass, United States Marshall of
District OF Columbia; Geo. S. Boutwell,, of Mass
chusetts. to be commissioner for the purpose CT
preparing a new edition Of the revised statutes
under act approved March 3D. 1877; Hoyt U
Wheeler, to be United States District Judge for
Vermont.
Office Seeking.
Several applications have been made to Doug.
lass already for positions, not few oe the app-
cants being white persons.
Louisiana.
Pinchbsck, who had an interview with the
President yesterday, is quoted as having said to
the President that justice to the whites and mercy
TO the blacks alike protested against the recopu-
ton Of the Packard government, to which the
President is said to have replied, be soon will open
way to peace in Louisiana, and contentment TO
people of that State.
Collector Morrill,.
The commission of Morrill, as collector of the
customs at Portland was signed by the President
to-day.
A Conference.
A close conference is going on at the treasury
to-day, between Secretary Sherman and several
gentlemen of prominence in political circles. 1t
is intimated that several changes in the internal
revenue collectorshps will take place.
Financial.
There will be call for ten millions of 5-2Os to-
day, one half million registered, and two and one
half million coupon bonds.
Political Gossip.
Vice President W ilson is to take part in the
cabinet meetings and have a voice in shaping the
policy of the administration.
Col. Robert G.. lngersoll lectured in New York
yesterday, and praised the policy mapped out by
President In the course of the lecture he said :
There must be peace between the North and the
South, the president has taken proper and noble
means for bringing about unity and friendship.
Assurances of q most binding nature have been
given BY democrats that when troops are taken
from the state houses in New Orleans and Co.
umbia, there shall be no violence or outbreak of
any kind. The understanding at Washington is
that troops will certainly be ordered from the
state houses into the barrack at no very distant
day.
President Hayes does not favor the plan for a
new election in Louisiana and South Carolina, and
thinks that instead of allaying public passion it
would tend to continue it,.
The president received q number of business
callers this evening, the pressure upon him being
kept up until quite late hour.
Ihe nominations OF about fifty postma sters have
been prepared this afternoon and evening, for
transmission to the senate to marrow.
There is goon reason to believe that very few if
any diplomatic changes will be made at present.
None Of very important character seem to be
now contemplated.
1t is positively determined that no nominations
will be sent TO the senate during its present ses-
SION to NIL the vacancies on the supreme bench
The most influential recommendations from the
south for this position said to be about equally
divided between Hersche " johnson aud eI-sen-
ator Joshua Hill of Georgia, but it is yet entirely
uncertain whether OF not a southern man will be
chosen.
A report is in circulation tonight that the ap-
pointment of public printer will be given TO
northwestern newspaper publisher whose name is
not stated but he is said to reside in Iowa.
Appointment.
The president has determined to appoint First
Lieutenant Green Clay Goodloe, paymsster of the
marine corps, in place of Msjor Cash, who has
died.
This morning the store Of Fulder Masruder,
near the Benings station on the Baltimore 4 Po-
tomac railroad was burned. The bodies of two
men, Ebenezer Large and his son John, who slept
In the store, were discovered in the ruins burned
almost beyond recognition. The first person at
the scene discovered the body of one of the men
on the rafters with his skull crushed in and there
is but little doubt that both men were murdered
and the store robbed and burned.
Cabinet Meeting.
A special cabinet meeting of comparatively
short duration was held this afternoon. 1t was
entirely devoted TO the consideration of appoint
ments to offices in cases where the commissions
have expired or are about to expire. No diplo-
matte or other appointments of general interest
were under consideration, and there was no refer.
ence whatever TO southern matters.
Interior Department
Secretary Schurz has notified oil the heads of
bureaus Of the interior department, that during
his administration Of its affairs there will be
no removals of clerks or other employees except
FOR cause" and no promotions except "for merit"
1t be stated there are at present alb outely no
vacancies of any kind 10 be filed.