Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-04
The New York Nominations Com
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END or TIE sTRrGGLE1N TIE SEN

Tie consideration OF the nominations of Ed
win A. Merritt. to be collector Of customs, and
Slas W. Burt, to be naval officer, for the port of
New York, was resumed by the Senate in exec
utiye session yesterday at o'clock p. m Sen
atOr Rayard submitted motion that the doors
be reoTeLed. and that all proceedings be con-
Quoted in public. senator EdnundS objected
to the present consideration Of this motion. and
II went over under the rules. Mr.. Bayard then
took the floor and made a speech OF cOnSidera
bic length and much earneStness in favor of
conllmlng the nominations. Senator Edmund>
followed in speech In defense OF Gen. Arthur's
administration. After speeches by Senator,
voorhees,, Eernan and Howe, in opposition t.
the confirmation OF General Merritt, Mr. Cocy-
er1ll. OF Missouri. said the only proper way To
deal with the subject would be TO reconnf, the
domination to the committee on commerce.
with the power to send for persons and papers.
ard make a thorough Investigation OF the cuS
tom house affairs. &C. under Gen Arthur's al
miniStratiOn. He therefore submitted a motion
to that effect. After a long discussion, Mr.
ss SohkDg ~ ao2a 5le igor t2 close the debate. &c
MN OF the 1irSt instant, in reply to Secretary
ShefmanS last communication. and after il had
m neen read TO the Senate Mr.. Conkling proceeded
10 make an hours speech, very earnestly on
posing continuation, and going over the whole
ground OF the charges against MeSsrS Arthur
ana CorLell, to show that they had been thor
Oughly refuted. vote wa; then taken on the
molten Tor recommittal and 1t was lost by seven
or eight majority.
The roll being next called on the question of
IL I'LL
vote resulted yeas S3, nays "a, as follows:
leas-MeSSrs- Bailey. Bayard, Beck, Burnside
Cameron wis }, Coke, Conover. Davis (W Va }.
Dawes Dennis Ferry. Gordon Grover. Harris
Hereford. Eill Hoar Johnston. Klrkwood Me
tIeery, Mcmillan, Matthews, Morgan. Morrill,,
oglesby. Randolph. RANSOM Salisbury, Saun-
dels Shields, Whyte, Window and Wthers-:3.
Nays-Nessrs Allison. Anthony. Blaine. Booth.
Bruce, Chaffee, COckuell, COnkling. Davis Oily.
Eaton, Garland, IIamn. Howe, Jones (Neyl.
heloEg. Mcdonald. Mitchell, Paddock Patter-
inf T-..Tg
leeS-24.
MeSsrs Butler Chrfstiancy, Lamar, Merrlmoa
Plumb, Thurman and Wallace, who would have
voted 'yea," were paired with NeSSrs Rarnn,n
Edmunds, Mcpherson. Ingalls,. sharon. Dorsey,
ana cameron pa }, who would nave voted may
Messrs Herman. Jones (FIa.), Maxey and Wad-
tish, lnoush present and not paired, did not
vote, and Mr. EuStiS. making the seventy-sIyth
member Of the Senate was absent without
pair.
The nomination of slas w. Burt was then
dispoS ed of by confirmation without debate the
vote standing as follows:
1eas-Messrs. Bailey, Bayard, Beck. Burnside.
cameron (Nfs.), Coke, Conover Davis wv Va)
Dawes, Dennis, Ferry, Gordon, Grover Harris
Hereford, Hoar. Johnston. Kirkwood. McCreery.
Mcmillan. Matthew'S Morgan. Morrill, OyIeS-
by: Randolph, Ransom, salisbury, Saunders,
shields, WhSte, WindG.h--3i.
NayS-MeSSrS. Allison. Ant hony Blaine Booth
Bluce Chafee, Conllling, Davis Iu), Eaton.
GariaId. Howe, Jones New. Kellogg, McDon-
a'a' MllcEen Rollins. Spencer, Voorhees-l9.
Gen Merlitts nomination shows that q demo-
Gratis and IS republicans favored confirmation,
ana ana - IepubllcanS and democrats were OPP
voted against confirmation four democrats who
were present refraiEed from voting. and oae
democrat was absent without pair.
ANOTHER COBB CAsE-An Infatuated Womnn
Charged tcfth Poisoning Whole Edn.iIu-A tele-
gram to the NY. Herald from Buffalo, NY, Feb
luaiy 2, say 5: '.ihe young woman, Anna Cox.
t1nv 20 Il
chhdfen OF John Taft, OF Clarence, in this
county. had an examination at that place yes
teiday. aid was held to await the action of the
grand jury. This morning Constable Morris
W. Underwood brought Miss Cox to this city
and lodged her in Jail. The prisoner is quite un-
pfepossesslng; her face IS thin and sallOw, her
Hame small and spare and her hair short and
grizzly. She IS perfectly sef-p0ssessed and
very ieticent She denies having written the
letter which contained the six powders of arse
nic. and denies having had ANYTHING to do With
the act. The testimony of Mrs. Taft and her
son show that the person who delivered the
letter at the house Oh the evening Of Sunday
was Miss Cox, whom they recognized by her
voice. Mr.. Taft, who was arrested as an ac-
complce was discharged from custody, but
letters now in the possession OF the district at
1orney prove concusively that joan TAFT and
MISS COX were in correspondence, and that she
was infatuated. The belief is quite general
that the plan OF poisoning the whole family
was concccted by these parties and had it not
been that there was an overdose in each powder
TIE 1our persons who took the powders would
have died. They are still quite sick and it is
lot improbable that the two little girls will die
Ilere Is great excitement in the village
POLITICAL CHANGES IN FRANCE.-Additiona
returns from the supplementary elections in
France, Sunday, for members OF the chamber
OF deputies have come to hand NJ. De Fourtou
ard Baron Reille, both conservatives, have
been reelected. Count De Nun, conservative.
was defeated by NJ: Maguet, republican. Mar
quis De La Rochejaquelein, conservative, was
Gefeated by NJ. Jouffraut. republican. NJ
Fleury, republican, Is probably elected, vice
Baron de Bourgoing. who declined to stand
ire returns are not all in yet. NJ. NJ. LIE Royer
and De Bons. republicans, have been elected for
Montmedy and TorbeS respectively. Second
bailots are necessary at Uzes and Ysingeaux
1t Is expected the cabinet will be reconstructed
to-day with only two or three members. N.
Teisserenc de Bort will certainly retire The
Temps says besides NJ. WaddingtOn, the follow
Marcere, Freycinet and Leon Say, General GreS
ley and Admiral POthuan.
RESUMPTION OF WoRK.-The Hudson River Fur
New York, resumed work Yesterday, giving en-
ployment to fifty men, with payroll of 81. coo
per month: Fuller, Warren & Company's stove
works, at Troy, New York, also resumed en-
ploying two hundred men. BuSey, Mcleod &
Company'S stove works at Troy, N. Y, will re-
sumo on Thursday, and employ the same mum
ber. Burdens water mill, near Troy, which
has been idle for three years, owing to the re-
mOval of the works to more advantageous To-
cation, started yesterday. Other mills are una
bic to fill their orders. Holly steam heating
company has been formed In Troy, with a ca pi-
tai OF $15O.O00, work to be begun early in tue
spring. Business prospects for 1879 are very ELL
cOuIagiDg. Five furnaces in the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad COmpany's pudding mill and two
in its rolling mill at Cumberland were to 90
into operation yesterday.
LAST OF THE CADwALADERs - Gen George
CadWalader, brother OF the late Judge Cad
walader, and the last of the five sons of rhoma,
Cadwalader, died in Philadelphia yesterday
aged q years. He was apparently in good
health up to Sunday evening, when he was
seized With apOpleXy and remained unconscious
until MS death. During the Mexican war he
was military governor Of Tolusca. During the
late civil war he commanded the department
OF Annapolis, and afterwards commanded the
second and sixth divisions OF the Army OF West
tennessee. subsequently he became COM
mandant OF the Loyal League of the United
States.
In New York yesterday. Several witnesses
atOr Wagstaf said that while his district was
NANNY republican he thought that many dem
Ocratlc votes were lost by DavenpOrt'S course.
commissioner Davenport opened his defense
aIter recess. He examined large number or
chief, special and deputy marshais on duty on
election day, all Of whom testified positively
that there was no discrimination whatever
made on election day between voters as to what
party they belonged to. republican, democrat
or anti-Tammany, and that while the majority
or cd dam