The New York herald., 1878-12-05
general WASHINGTON DISPATCHES.

wAs1soToS, Dec. 4; 1873.
NOMINATIONS By THE PRESIDENT
The President sent the following nominations to
the Senate to-day. OF them being for conhrma
ton Of appointments during the OF Con-
gress:--
Halbert +. Paine. OF Wisconsin. Commissioner of
Patents.
Lewis Wallace Of Indiana, Governor Of New Mexico.
Captain Richard L. Law. chief Of tho Bureau of
Yards and Docks, Navy Department.
Captain Earl English, chief OF the Bureau of Equip
Medical Director J. Winthrop Taylor to be surgeon
general and chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Sur
Robert G. Walker. Of Montana. to be paymaster in
William L. Foulk to be captain in the Sixth cavalry
Sergeants Leroy F. Sebree and James A. Swift to be
Second Lieutentants in the Signal Corps
James s. Wclfe Collector of Internal Revenue for
Colorado.
Myron F. n. Howell, Of Michigan to be principal
clerk Of public lands in tho General Land Once
Walter r. Irwin of Illinois. principal clerk of
private land claims General Land Office.
verl s'stes lndan a. OF
King. of Minnesota. Leech Lake Agency. Minnesota
Henry O. Linn, of Kansas, Kansas Agency. Kansas
Henry Rndd, OF Arkansas. Hoopa Agency, California: :
L. NJ. McKcrson. of Oregon. Klamath Agency. Oregon
7: M. Kelley. Of Illinois. Los Pines Agency. Colorado
kota; Joseph A. stephan. of Indiana. Standing
Rock Agency. Dakota; Augustus p. Keller. Of
Ohio, Crow Agency. Montana; wyman L. Lincoln.
H. Webb, Of Illinois, Fort Peck Agency. Montana
John o. Keane, of Washington Territory Tulalip
Agency, Washington Territory; Phileman b. Hunt of
Kentucky. Kiowa. Comanchc and Wichita Agency.
Indian Territory; Laban J. Miles, of Iowa, Osage
Agency: Indian Territory. and r r. Mallory. Of New
Registers OF Land Ofices-Denns Eagrn of Florida,
Gainesville Fla. Thomas NJ. Helm of Kansas. Kirwin
Island. Neb; Simon W. switzer Nebraska, Bloom
ington. Ncb., and John B. Neil. Utah. Salt Lake
Receivers Of Public Moneys-Daniel J. Lewis,
Louisiana, at Monroe. La; William II. G. Mitchell.
Michigan Reed City. Mich; George H. Watson. Ken
lucky. Toreks Kan. n. G. Osborn. California Bodic,
Cal. and Alexander Reed, Ohio, walls walla Wash
ington Territory.
TRADE DoLIAHs-oYFER OF MILLION TO SEC
RYTABY SHERMAN AND HIS RESPONSE.
Secretary sherman has received from San Francisco
offer of 100000 trade dollars, deliverable there
from China within sixty days, and replied that
trade dollars will be bought bullion upon bids
each Wednesday. and that preference will be given
to trade dollars over other bullion. The Secretary
says
There is strong speculative feeling springing up
To give silver bullion, in tho form OF trade dollars
value greater than other bullion thus discriminating
in favor of bullion held in China against bullion in
the hands of miners. The total amount or trato
dollars coined is $3S 3G: the amount exported i
$35 5S15,9 $50, and the Chinese returning home est
mated to have taken s5,ooo0o which would leave in
the United states $5.l43f1o. Those in domestic
circulation were coined like the Others for exports-
tion but put in circulation after they ceased to
Dc u lcRAi tcnucr, Dy the Dull1on owners.
THE JURISDICTION OF UNITED STATES COURTS
BILL INTRODUCED by SENATOR GARLAND
The bill introduced to-day by senator Garland, .ro
amend the Judiciary act % suits against certain
corporations, proposes to amend the act of March
1875. defining the Jurisdiction Of United state. cir
ciit courts and regulating the removal OF causes
from state courts. follows Insert after the first
section OF this oct aproyiso that city, town. vii
lage, county other municipal corporation shall bs
sued in the courts OF tho United States and at the
end Of section insert these words INSURANCE COM
panics existing organized In state, but doing
business in another STATE IL sued the courts of the
latter shall not have the privilege of removing tho
case 20 the United States courts
The bill was referred to the Committee on the Ju.
dietary.
TIE COUNTING OF THE ELECTORAL VOTE
Representative sou,hard, of Ohio. intends at the
first opportunity 10 report for action by the House
bill TO regulate the counting of the electoral votes for
President and Vice President, the main features of
which agreed upon last session by the select
committee Of which he is chairman. The bill Is
based upon the principle that the vercation OF the
electoral votes is the duty and prerogatyc OF the
two houses Of Congress IL provides that when
there is only return from a state. this return
shall no. be rejected except by the Affirmative votes
Of both Houses. and when there two or moro r.
turns that one only shall be received and counted
which is sfrmaively agreed upon by the two Houses
acting separately. Thecommittee Is empowered to,