The Portland daily press., 1877-10-18
WASHINGTON.
pemocra,ic Senatorial Caucus.

DennocrdtAc senatorial caucus.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-THE Democratic
to do all in their power to push the question of
the Louisiana contested seats to speedy de-
cision by the Senate.
Senator's Pa,terson,s Case,
The case of S-nator Patterson, arrested ten
days ago on requisiti0n from the Governor of
South Crrolina, Gas before Judge humphreys
today on a writ of hdbeds corpus and the argu.
ment was adjourned till the 31st.
No AcuOn on the Nominations.
The Senate in executive session this after
noon referred the nominations received TODAY
to the appropriate committees without taking
up any OF them for other action The addi-
tlonal list OF appointments made during the re-
cess of the Senate will be sent to that body by
toe President tomorrow. Those transmitted
today are only about one-half of the total num-
ber.
The San Francisco Mint and Custom
House siisatIou.
The report of 81. r. Lindermau, IT.. Low
and ID. II. Dodge, the commission appointed by
the Secretary of the Treasury to investigate the
San Francisco mint and custom house is made
pu6lic. The commission unanimously report
that tue Gus oms service at San Francisco is
lntelligently and efficiently performed, that no
further reduction in the force is practicable
without impair!ng its efficiency, aud on the
whole the revenue is honestly and economical
ly collected.
The commission report in regard to the mint
that it's bullion and coming operations are
faithfully and efficiently conducted, and that
in bringing them into the present high state of
efficiency superintendent Lagrange has per-
formed the full share of bis dGty and is entitled
to credit therefor.
Nominations by the President.
The President sent the following nomina.
tions to the Senate today:
John M. Harlan, associate Justice of the o.
s. Supreme Court
To be ENJOYS extraordinary and ministers
peni ipotentiary of the United States-Edwin
+. Noyes of Ohio to France; James Russell
Lowell of Massachusetts to Spain; John A.
Osborn OF Kansas to Chill; Henry W. Hlliard
of Georgia to Brazil.
Ministers residents of the United States
John L. Stevens of Maine to Sweden and Nor
way; james M. Comfy of Ohio to the Hawai-
Islands; John M. Langston, District of Coum
bia, to tue republic of Hayti Alfred E. Lee O
Ohio, consul general at Frankfort.
Alopzo Bell of New York, Assistant Secreta
| ~ of the Interior; e. A. Hoyt, New York
Commissioner of Indian Affairs; Henry B
Bates, examiner in chief of the patent Office
John 2. Hoyt, Michigan, governor of Arizona
Kenneth Rayor. solicitor of the U. S. Treasury
Jack" Wharton, U S. Marshal for Louisi an a
A. ID. Hazen. Pennsylvania, third Assistan
Postmaster General; VIM. G. Leduc, Minne
sofa. Commissioner of Agriculture; Richard
| Mccormick. Assistant Secretary of the Treasu
| ry; James Glfillan. Treasurer of the Unite,
States; VIM Upton. second comptroller of tn
| Treasury; Albert w. Wyman, Assistant Treas
| urer of the United States; Frank Gilbert, As
| sistant Treasurer of the United States at CHI
| cago.
| For collectors of customs-John A. Tibbetts
| New London, Ct; Frederick A. Pratt, New
| port, r. [. /; Daniel Hall, naval officer at Bos
| ton; Sidney Perham, appraiser of merchandis
| at Portland, Me.
| Also large nnmber of Indian and pens o
| agents, registers of the land Office. u. s. mar
shals, judges of territorial courts, collectors am
| surveyors Of customs, etc.