The New York herald., 1877-03-17
WASHINGTON DISPATCHES.
GENERAL

WAsHSGroS March 16. 1877
THE NATTER OF APPOINTMENTS BEFORE THE
cABINET-c1vIL SERVICE REFORM INAuau-
RATED.
Tomorrow there will be continuance of the Cabinet
meetings that have been held at the Executive Man
sion during tho present week and for the san,o
purpose, that being tho consideration OF appointments
In accordance with the rule already determined upon
of filling only the places in which comm ssions have
expired about TO expire and where the President
convinced that the public interest actually demands
a change This at present seems to be the main and
in fact tho only subject receiving Cabinet consdera.
t,on. 1t not yet appear that there has any
consultation at these meetings upon the subject Of
foreign appointments What is to DO dono in those
cases will bc attended after the adjournment OF tho
Senate
There also very we'll grounded intimations that
tho Cabinet will early next week enter thoroughly
upon a discussion ana determination Of the It
IS necessary for the government take in relation
the State governments OF Louisiana and South Caro-
lima. This subject has not yet been seriously
sdered any OF tho councils held during tho present
administration.
There has been general conversation to-day regard
ing tho civil SERVICE but series of rules have
definitely adopted IL Is given out, however, that
they will cmoody denuncation Of Congressional
interference In Executive appointments and the
removal of competent officials to further the
political ends of any party. Qualifications for Office
are to be, on the part Of those appointed, good
moral character, ability to discharge tho duties and
the requirement that oniccholdcrs shall discharge
their functions with eye singy to the public good.
Tho OF olceholders for political purposes
is hereafter to be prohibited
NoS-coMMITTAL LETTER FROM GOVERNOR
Chamberlain.
Tho following received here this afcrnoon:--
COLUMBIA, s. c., March 16, 1871
President HAYES, Washington. ID. Z. =
In vicw OF iecsraphic reports, consider Il proper
to that the proposition Tor election hero Is
wholly new to me. SO FAR as know, no one hero has
proposed or considered such plan.
D. II. CHAMBERLAIN.
FAST WAGON MAIL sEEvICE-How THE DE-
MANDs OF A RAILROAD ARE AVOIDED.
The Post Omco Department has issued orders for tho
establishment OF fast wagon servce TO carry the
mails between Philadelphia aud Lamokin Junction,
destined Tor points the Baltimore Central Railroad
between Lamokn, Pa. and Fort Deposit, Md. This
extraordinary conveyance of mails by express wagons
distance Of fourteen miles alongside OF a rail-
road Ia ordered by Second Assistant Postmaster Gen.
cra Brady preference to yielding TO the demands Of
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
Company for special for the over
this portion OF the in addition tho now
paid by the department for the general service over
the whole of tho direct line between Philadelphia and
Baltimore The amount Of this particular claim for
''iap SERVICES is not large but General Brady is
strongly dsincIncd to yield tho point In controversy
the underlying question involves several hundred
thousand dollars in tho aggregate of smilar cnscs
throughout the country.
NOMINATIONS by THE PRESIDENT AND coNrrR-
NATIONS by THE SENATE.
The President sent the following nominations to tho
Senate to-day :-Frcdcrick W. Seward, OF New York
to be Assistant Secretary OF State j. NJ Tyncr OF In.
diana, to be First Assistant Postmaster General;
Thomas I. James TO be Postmaster a, New York city,
AT tho executive session OF tho Senate this alter
noon these appointments confirmed.
The Senate, iu executive session to-day, also con.
hrmcd the following nominations:-
Hoyt II. Wheeler To be United States Judge for the
district OF Vermont; Ihihp II. Emerson, Associate
Justice OF the supreme Court OF Utah; Asa o. Adds
OF Vermont james h. Howell of Indiana and Orange
Fcrriss 10 be southern Claims Comm ssioners; Jesse
II. Moore Pension Agent at springfield. III; Charles
II. Soaring Indian Agent for the lawncc Indian Ter
Un,ied States attorneys John C. Lee, tor the North
crn district ol ono George NJ Duskin, Tor the South
Reccrcrs cf Pubtc Moneys.-Otis Perrin, for stock.
ton, Cal James NJ wilklnson Tor Marquette, Mich.
John NJ Farland, tor Detroit, Mich; Solomon Coopcr
for Humboldt CAR Frank b. StcrIing for Helena,
N. T.
AN INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF sERIcuLru-
RISTS.
Information has recently boon received Mt the Do
partmcnt OF State from tho Minister Of the United
Satcs Paris thot the next aud sixth international
Congress OF sericulturs,s, which last met Milan IN
September of 1885, will be held at Paris 1878 con.
nccon with International Exposition at that place
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON, March 10. 1874
Tho VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the rcso
hv Nr Int Xcr