Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-14
WASHINGTON.
Miscellaneous News from the Na,-
tiOnal Capital

GAOAA>NA SckJ1LcaA.
WASHINGTON, May 13 The Re-,
publican Senators held a caucus this
morning for the purpose Of individu-
ally reporting to each other what
progress, If any, has been III ,de in
the effort of the memnera of the
caucus to harmonic the differences
in regard to the contested nOmlna~
tions. No definite plan appears to
have been agreed upon, but several
Senators say they were encouraged
by the conference this morning to
h p that satisfactory adjustment
may yet be effected.
No motion was entered at to>days
executive session, as it was rUmcred
there would be, for q reconsideration
of the vote by which ex-senator
Matthew's was yesterday conhrmt 4
as associate justice Of the Sapreme
Court.
During the conference, at entjon
was called to the fact, which has
quite generally been lost sight Of,
that the action taken by the caucus
last week, III regard TO the contested
cases, extended no further than to
provide that they should Let be
brought before the Senate until after
the clearing Of the docket Of the un-
contested business, and various Sem
ators to-day announced that from
and after the time when this clear
anc9 shall be effected, which is ap-
parently very near at hand,
they viii not enter lnto any agree,
ment or understanding IN regard to
any contested nomination, but will
hold themselves free to move for
prompt action upon I'LL such cases in
accordance with their individual
judgments, and restricted only by
the rales of the Senate Ia view Of
these announcements, ii IS consider
ed improbable that any attempt
will be made to obtain Caucus action
on the subject, and unless the con-
troversey IL regard to E0bertson's 8
nomination be avtrted by some other
means, it will doubtless be brought
before the Senate soon after the III
tervening business shall have been
disposed Of. The caucus today ad-
iourned subject to the call OF the
chairman.
The Senate, in executive session
this afternoon, confirmed tie nomi-
nation of Don a Pardea, to be CIR.
cult Judge for the filth judicial
district, and Geo. X. Giimer, to be
postmaster at Richmond, Va; w.
". Lambert, postmaster at Brack-
ettsville, Tex.
The President sent message tc
the Senate to-day withdrawing the
nomination of Lewis Wallace as
charge d affAirs at Paraguay ano
Uruguay, at his own request.
The President sent the following
nominations to the Senate to-day
Postmasters, F. B Pratt, at Canton
Miss; Eiizar Harrison, at Fuyette
vile, Ark. Charles Il. Henry, O
Ohio, to be United States marsha
for the District Of Columbia, vice
Frederick Douglass, nominated al
recorder of deeds: Frederick D ,ug
lass, of the District Of C0iumbia, to be
recorder OF deeds In tie District VI
Columbia, vice George A Sheri>
den, re-igned; Frank Thompson, ol
Loulsiana, to he a chaplain In the
Navy.
The Treasury Department to-da,
received more SZl,OO0,000 Of reg,
lstered 5 per cent. bonds to be con
tlnued at 81 per cent. There art
now less than 920,O0O,0Q0 Of 6 pei
cents. outstanding, and when the
transactions in Europe are com
pIeted, it is thought few, il ely, u il
be left for redemption.