Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-10-17
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The Senate SaGurday-The Demo.
cratic Caucus Called for To-day
Nominations and Combinations.

WASHINGTON, October 15-In the Senate
to day, Mr.. Morgan, OF Alabama, imme-
diately after the reading Of the jour
nal, offered resolution authorizing the
printing of $500 copies for the use of the
Senate Of the recent report of the Depart
ment of State upon the cotton goods trade
OF the world. He commented upon the i'm
portance of the information contained in
the report to the spinners, manufacturers,
merchants and producers, showing, as it
did, the tariff placed upon cotton goods by
the various nations of the world reduced to
American money, the quantity of goods
manufactured by each, and the exports and
imports of every country in the matter
of cotton goods. The report, he said,
also shows the description of goods
suited to every market in the world.
On the whole, he characterized the report
as the most instructive and useful publica-
tion that had ever issued from the Ameri-
can press on the subject of this great indus
try.
Senator Morgan referred to the very i'm
portant collection OF samples Of textiles and
fabrics which the State Department will
soon have on exhibition at Atlanta, and
characterized it as the most important COL
lection ever made. His resolution was re-
ferred to the Committee on Printing, and at
the close of the executive session, before
the doors were opened, It was reported on
favorably by the committee and adopted by
the Senate.
When the doors were reOpened the Senate
adjourned until Monday.
A DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS CALLED.
A caucus'of Democratic Senators has been
of Ton
TO consider the Secretaryship question. The
Senate will take recess from Monday next
until II O'Clock Friday, to attend the York
town Centennial ceremonies. The Senators
will leave here for Yorktown at four p. m.
on Monday, on the steamer Excelsior ac-
companied by the Yorktown Commission.
NOMINATIONS.
Among the nominations sent to the Sen
ate to-day was the following: d. Newton
Thompson to be United States Attorney for
the Western District of North Carolina.
COMBINATIONS.
The Senate in executive session to day
confirmed the nomination OF Noah Q. Nc
Farlapd, of Kansas, to be Commissioner of
the General Land Office James w. Siler, of
Indiana, United States Consul at Capetown,
and large number of Postmasters. Among
the latter are John D. Finney, at VIcksburg,
MISS. OtO. n POOte, al OdchSOHY 16uu. ,
John d. Lewis, at Pulaski, Tenn; John d.
DeGress, at Austin, Texas Henry d. John
SOD, at Houston, Texas Henry M. Ryan,
at COrsicans, Texas; Amasa w. Lessen,
at Dallas, Texas; Lieutenant Colonel Robt
Williams, Assistant Adjutant General, to be
Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General;
Major Thomas M. Vincent, Assistant Adiu-
tant General, TO be Lieutenant Colonel and
Assistant Adiutant General; Capt. Van Blu
ren Hubbard, Assistant Surgeon, to be Ma
jor and Surgeon; Major Cyrus B. Comstock,
Corps OF Engineers, to be Lieutenant Colo
mel of Engineers; Capt. James W. Cuvler,
Corps OF Engineers, TO be Major of Engi-
neers, and large number of other army
promotions.
CoNsULs RECOGNIZED.
The President has recognized Luis Mari
mas de Lawaggi as Vice Consul of Spain
at Savannah, Manuel Williams Merry as
Vice Consul of Spain at New Orleans.