Daily globe., 1878-12-13
miscellaneous.
NOMINATIONS.

NOMINATIONS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12-President's nomiaa-
tions: Jere Murphy, Of Alabama, to be United
States marshal for the northern district of Ala
bama. Col. Randolph, B. Mercy, inspector
general, to be inspector general, with the rank
of brigadier general.
THE HEARING CLOSED.
The joint commission on the proposed trans
fer of the Indian bureau, from the interior to
the war department., has closed the hearing of
evidence.
THE POTTER COMMITTEE.
The Potter committee will meet Tuesday
next, unless the chairman in the meantime
otherwise advises.
SUGAR DUTIES.
The committee on ways and means to-day
adopted resolution inviting the secretary of
the treasury and other officials to appear Tues
day next with reference to the duties upon
sugar, and appointed a sub committee, Gibson
Phelps and Garfield, to collect information on
the subject for the full committee on the first
day after the reassembling of Congress. The
committee will hear all persons concerned in
the ques tion.
THE NEW YORK NOMINATIONS.
The committee on commerce of the Senate
has deferred till Thursday next consideration
of the New York custom house nominations
THE PENSION BILL.
The bill for payment Of invalid and other
pensions for the next fiscal year as it passed
the House to-day appropriates 500, ,366,O00, be-
ing $3.50, ,00O less than the amount estimated
and $5, 800 less than the appropriation for the
present fiscal year. The bill contains proviso
that any unexpended balances from former ap-
propriatiens may be expended for similar OBJ
jects in the present bill The bill as reported
yesterday was in precise accordance with the
estimates, but it having been found that there
was an unexpended balance the committee on
appropriations accordingly prepared substr-
tute for that bill, making the apparent reduc-
tlon as above noted.
CONFIRMED.
The Senate confirmed Thomas Hillhouse, of
New York, United States assistant treasurer at
New York; Sidney w. Barnes, Ark, United
States attorney for the district of New Mexico;
D. @. Moody: Dakota, associate justice of the
supreme court of the United States for the ter
ritory of Dakota. New Orleans mint-Martin
Y. Davis, Penn, coiner; Joseph Albrecht. La,
masters-Chas. A. Noyes, Geneva, Wis; James
w. Mack, Holden. No.; Judson Il. Steffe,
Georgetown, KY; Miss Matte D. Todd, Cynthi-
ana, Ky. Capt. Richard Il. Law, Ind, chief
Of bureau Of yards and docks, with relative
rank of commodore in the United States navy;
medical director j. Winthrop Taylor, N. j.,
chief Of bureau Of medicine and surgery and
surgeon general with relative rank of commo-
dore.
THE WHEAT CROP.
The October returns of the departure of ag-
riculture did not materially change the aspect
of the wheat crop as foreshadowed by the
Coth hlv ~f To ,har
returns, including estimates of the yield per
acre, confirm and somewhat enlarge previous
estimates. A compilation from all the returns
show the aggregate crop to be about 425, 900, 900
bushels.
DEvENs WON'T RETIRE.
| It can now be stated positively that there is
at least present probability of Attorney
General Devens retiring from the cabinet. The
President and other members of the cabinet
consider it to the advantage of the government
| that no change shall at present, and
while Gen. Devens has had offered to him the
position of first circuit judgeship, he will defer
! his own wishes in regard thereto and remain in
his present Office
THE FUNDS.
The secretary of the treasury has sent to the
House report responding to the resolution in
troduced by Mr.. Kelly the 4th inst. The secre
tary says there was no funds belonging to tht
4 treasury in his possession or in custody of an,
4 State bank or private banker in the United
States or the States mentioned Sept. 80 ant
Nov. 80, 1873. or in any national bank excep
those especially designated as United State
repositories.
u Juvenile festival at Merrilrs to-day.