The New York herald., 1878-12-04
GENERAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES.

wsHNGroS. Dec. s. 1878.
NOMINATIONS BIT THE PRESIDENT AND THEIR
REFERENCE NJ THE SENATE.
The President sent the following nominations to
the Senate to-day
At New York. Edwin A. Merritt to be Collector OF
Customs; Charles X Graham. to be Surveyor Of Gus
Hillhouse to he United States Assistant Treasurer:
Samuel X. Davis. to be Surveyor of Customs at Port
To be United States Consuls-Andrew Cohen. Of
Pennsylvania at Pernambuco; Henry Dilhmar, OF
New York at Breslau; George w. Fish, of Michigan,
Tunis; John l.. Frise, of Michigan. Rio Grande.
Brazil John $. Mosby. Of Virginia, at Hong Kong;
Asa O. Prindie New York at Para: Henry ltngsles,
| York. at Birmingham William Thomson, OF the Dis
| trict OF Columbia. at southampton
John e. White, OF Illinois to be Secretary OF LeGa-
! ton in Brazil.
$. Newton pettis, Of PENNSYLVANIA, to be Minister
| Resident and Consul General at Bolivia.
g. Morris Heap. Of Pennsylvania, to be Consul Gen
| eral at Copstantilople.
at tho New Orleans srint-Henry s. Foote Of
Mississippi. to be Superintendent; Maximilian Fer
| dnand Bonzano, of Louisiana. to be refner; James
Albrecht. of Louisiana. TO be assayer; Martin V.
Davis. of Pennsylvania to be coner.
To be Collectors OF Customs.-.ohn W. Fuller. Of
Ohio for the district of Miami. Ohio; Harrison Gray
Otis of CALIFORNIA; for the district of San Diego call
Samuel NJ. Johnson. OF Texas for the district of
Corpus Christi Texas; Isaiah Hacker of Oregon for
| the Southern district Of Oregon.
/ Collectors of Internal Revenue-Flemng W. Robb,
Of Nebraska, for the district OF Nebraska; John L.
Pennington, of Dakots, for the district Of Dakota.
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| charge of the Assay Office. Helena. Montana.
John w. Collins to be chief engineer United States
| revenue service.
Joseph A. severns TO be chief engineer United States
| revenue service.
In the Brief executive session Of the Senate to-day
no business transacted except to refer the Prcs
dents nominations to the appropriate committees.
| THE RESUMPTION ACT--ACTIoN OF THE BANKING
| AND CURRENCY COMMITTEE.
The House Committee on Banking and Currency
held meeting to-day, 1t which it determined to
oppose the adoption of tho Senate substitute for tho
| House bill to repeal the Specie Resumption act
| which bill, together with the Senate amend
ment. left the Speakers table at the
close of the last session. and the chairman was
thcrcupon authorized to its reference to the
committee whenever It is reached the calendar Of
business the Speakers table The Senate substi-
tute provides for the reception Of United States
par for customs dues and our per cent bonds from
and after the first day of last October. and for
the reissue and maintenance, with full legal tender
Of all United States notes redeemed in coin
and after the first day Of January next.
| THE COMMITTEES OF WAYS AND MEANS.
| The Committee Of Ways and Means held meeting
to-day but transacted business. In the general
interchange Of views it appeared that the committee
will confne itself principally to current business
without considering measures for change of tariff
kn0re0 Inc testimony taken with regard
to reform in the New York Custom House has been
printed. and will at tho next mcetng-on Tuesday
! next--come up for consideration.
! GERMAN-AMER1cAN CITIZENS IN THEIR NATIVE
| CouNTnY-PRoposIT1oN TO TERMINATE THE
| BANCROFT TREATY.
The joint resolution introduced to-day by Repre-
sentative Springer of Illinois requests the President
to give notice to the government OF Germany that
croft Treaty. viii be terminated by this government
| at the end Of twelve months after giving the
notice. A similar proposition was introduced by Mr..
Cox. Of New York. Tho objectionable part Of
/! tho treaty is the last clanse OF tha fourth
article which provides with reference 10 naturalia-
tio that "the intent not to return Ito ones adopted
country may be held to exist when the person nat
uraizcd in the one country resides more than two
| years in the other country Under this provision
Of the treaty naturalzed Gcrman-American citizens
who have returned to Germany for business
| or pleasure and have remained two years
| are regarded by the German government
as having renounced their naturalization, and
treated German citizens and forced to per
/ form military duty and other acts Of citizenship
In this way much hardship has beon occasioned and
there is very general and earnest demand from
German Americans for the modification or termina-
tion OF tho treaty. II the Bancroft treaty be
terminated the rights of citizens of either country
residing in the other will be determined by the treaty
of 1925 which recognizes the equal rights Of native
and naturalized citizens to sojourn the territories
of each government.
THE PUBLIC MISREPRESENTATION or
THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
The report Of the National Academy Of Sciences on
the scientific surveys OF the territories Of the United
States was communicated to the House to-day.
After careful consideration Of the facilities at the
disposal the several existing organizations engaged
in this work, the Academy believe that tho coast
and geodec survey is. practically, the best prepared
TO execute the entire mcnsuration system required
within the public domain. Tho dominant interest of
tho United States is centcrcd in the public lands
which remain to be surveyed and sold The admins
tration OF these lands consisting OF l101 107 1888
acres. is necessarily within the Department Of tho
Interior while the coast and geodctic survey having
been originally naugurate to meet the wants of COM
merce has been hitherto under the Treasury Depart
ment.
In view Of the paramount importance Of the public
lands, The Academy recommends that the Coast and
Geodetic Survey be transferred from the Treasury
Department to the Department Of the Interior re-
tanning its original field OF operations. and assuming
also. the entire mcnsuration of tho public domain
and that. modified and extended. It thereafter be
known as the United States Coast and Interior
! Survey. This organization would then embrace, in
addition to its former work. geodetic survey Of the
whole public domain; typographical survey COM
prising detailed Typographical work aud rapid recon-
naissance and land parccllng surveys. Tho Superin
tendent Of the coas. and Interior Survey should bo
appointed by the President and should report di
rectly to the Secretary of the Interior.
JAPANESE EXPORTS AND IMPORTS
The United States Minister to Japan reports to the
Department Of State that the value Of the imports
into that country during the month Of July last was
SATISFIES, whc the exports Of native goods for the
Same time amounted to only 81 .5ol, show owing a
balance of trade against tho country Of $so3 2 The
export OF gold and silver coinage during the samc
month amounted to $4Tsoo being an excess over the
imports Of $442.0O0.