The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-10-20
General Harlan, OF Kentucky,
Nominated fer the Supreme
Bench.
Taa Presidents Message gonaaed to
appropriations Tor the Array, Navy,
eoarGs aud Repairing OF TUE
IateTior Department..
Ex Minister Washhurn psdges Civil Service
Reform aBd the Southern Policy, but
Sings Heavy Base against the
Southern Pacific Railroad.

congregational Preees<,Iuss Rasasy
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En ssss aae,r Rssst So SEATS Referred.
WAsBrsGToS, October l5--Generai
John VI. Harlan. Of Kentucky, has
ueen Nominated OF the supreme
oeueh.
T. b. Washbaru. ex-minister to
France, IL speech At Galena, IN an-
zwaf to his wetcomu hons, took oeca-
sion 10 jeuounee unspafipgiy the sub
SHY schemes, past aud present, max
ing special reference 80 the Southern
P.sciiic railroad.
IDe report of the commission TO in.
vestigste The operations sud conducs
81 The san Francisco nirt and custom.
house ia made pablo. The eommis-
sion unanimously report "a theresult
u their Investigation that The oastoms
service al The port of san Francisco is
sateiiisenily and efficiently performed,
ana on ike whole the revenue is hoa
estiy and economically collected.
the commission report in regard To
tie mint that its bullion and coming
operations are faithfully and efficiently
conducted, aGd that III bringing them
toto their present. high state OF eff
elency superintendent Lagrange has,
performed his full share oi duty, asss
is entitled 70 credit therefor.
fhey say, however, that while clerks
have generally been found ooinpetelst
ana fniciont, il is believed that "A ,.uIsl :
aer VI Incompetent AID Inefficient
/ pegsoas have received appointments Il,
10 thb geaersl depat tnIent of the nliI:o
aud nsse Seen retaiHed through polit-
ieai or other considerations, eat not OF
+ a p, euAiAl } character.
IL regard 10 rise charges made ~
Ar. Phianey against Me. LaGrsssee
eouoerninlng alleged fraads on The
government in the sale Of old rnaleri>
ais, etc, they say that Phiuney waa,
by his OWE testimony an socoinplBcs
IN the crime, if any were committed,
tsHt he secured money and that 40
portion OF it has boon traced by any
evidence except Phinney's into the
hands of LaGn.age.
They report, however, la regard to
ttess aliegsd traasactIons, and con-
cerning certain others In which il is,
/ proved that government money wss
nlisappropriated, that it was the duty
., tA.. er, ars,, t.,,,,.of r., r,rntaat tbc IL,
terest 81 the government and to exer-
else the utmest vigilance ever hIs sub.
ordiuates. especially in respsct to the
disbursement Of puUiic funds.
I This it appears plainly ne did not do,
and be is therefore personally respon-
siJle for these frauds upon the treasury
aud legally responsible for such sums
SIS testimony Establishes as having been
paid by Settlers to Phinney for unde-
iivered supplies snd for sales of old
materials not accounted.
The president cent the following
nominations 20 the senate to-day, to-
gether win several hundred other APP
ppintnlents, which heretofore have
beer mad public. The envoys extre-
ord!nsry and ministers p!enipoten-
tar of the United States are Edward
T. Goyes, France James Russell
Lowell, Spsin; John A. kasson, Aus.
tcia; Thomas A. Osborn, Chill; Henry
w Willard, Brazil; minister resi-
dents of the United States, John l.
Stevens, Sweden and Norway; JAS. NJ.
Comfy, Hawaiian Islands. and John
III. iangston, Liberia.
The ease Of Senator John j. Patter-
spa was before Judge Humphreys to-
| day, and adjourned till the 3lst.