The Portland daily press., 1878-12-21
WASHINGTON
Nominatio ms bv the President,

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WASHINGTON, Dec 20.-The President toda
of the Supreme Court of Washington territory,
and John P. Hoyt of Michigan, Associate
Justice in Washington territory.
A forthcoming Silver Circular.
The Secretary of the Treasury will on the 1st
of January reissue bstantially The circular
relative to the manner in which standard sill
YER dollars may ba obtained which was pre-
muIgated the 81 of September last bat subse.
quently revoked.
The G slsid Dollar>
At the request of Mr.. Stephens, chairman of
the coinage committee, Dr. W. W. Hubb-ll
has handed that committee number of sp-ci-
mems of the goloid metric dollar received this
morning from the Philadelphia mint. This
dollar contains 70 centgrammes OF pure gold !,
II grammas 70 milligrsmmes pure silver, 1
xramme 425 millgrammes pure copp-r. 1t
weighs 144 grammes, little less than 22O
graius. 1t IS slightly larger in diameter. bat
cot so thick as silver half dollar and iocapa-
Bile of being split. It is the exact equivalent of
the present silver dollar in Intrinsic value, that
Is to say two dollars of this metric goloid dol
lars would be the exact equivalent in its in
trinsio value of one dollar in gold and one dol
lar in silver of our present coin. The raverse of
the metric dollar is orDamented by the words
"United States of America, 100 cents. Within
the outer circumference q chain of 38 stars
to rep eseut the states of the U mon, within
which are inscribed the words "Goloid metric,
erammes IA 25" Ga the reverse are IL ars
'E Pluribus Unum'' and finely cus figure
head of Liberty sod the figures "1S78"
The A Per Cent, Loan.
The Secretary of the Treasury on January
1st issues circular calling the attention of the
public to tho per cent loan, in which all the
ostional banks will be invited to become the
financial agents of the government for their
disposal on the terms heretofor published.
Extension OF the Postal Service.
The Postmaster General today arranged TO.
placing the postal servc- upon ab)ut 400 miles
of newly constructed ro Id 10 various parts OF
the country.
Cabinet Meeting.
At the cabinet meeting today there was some
discussion upon financial topics with particular
reference to the early resumption of sDecie
payments. The Secretary of the Treasury
gave expression to his views Ga that subject
but in no way different from his opinions al.
ready published
No action whatever was taken with regard
to the mission to Berlin, as it was not thought
respectful by the cabinet to consider any sug-
g4stiOns relative to this mission at period so
immediate to the decease Of Minister Bayard
Taylor.
The consul generalship at the city of Mex
ico, vacated by the death of Justin Coiburn,
was not all1ded to-
Tho Blaine COmmittec.
The select com mittee of the Seuate ap.
pointed yesterday in pursuance of the Blaine
resolution had q meeting immedi tsly after
the adjournment of the Senate today. The
Republican members present we're Messrs
Teller, chairman, Cam eron of Wis, and Kirk
wo I'd, the Democratic members being Mtssrs.
Bayard, Bailey and Garland, making SIX 10
ali. Mr.. Bayard off red a resolution to the
effect that the Persistent of the Uoited S S.ates
bs requested to frward to the committee
copies of documents and named of witnesses
uDon which he based his reference to the
alleged election frauds mentioned in his
annual message in order that the committee
might summon witnesses and proceed with the
Investigation they are charged with. The
resolution was lost by strict party vote,
namely, yeas 8 nays 8
was sdoD;ed, calling upon Mr.. Blame to furn.
sh specifications upou which the com mittee
might base their inquiry and carry out the in-
structlops embraced in the resolution as offered
by that gentleman.
Without trAnsscting further business an adj
journment was taken until tomorrow morn
ing.
Nominations Confirmed.
The Senate to-day confirmed the following:
G. M Lamberton, U. s. attorney for Nebraska;
Joshua B. Hill, marshal for the eastern dis
trict of North Carolina; Washington G. VIM
gard Of Washington Territory, associate
justice of the Supreme court of the states for
nat territ0.v; Augustus j. Cassard OF New
Orleans consul at 1am0ico.
Chas q Sides has sued the city of Ports
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