The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-12
WASHINGTON,
A SHORT SESSION OF THE SENATE.
Republican Senators I'm Caucus In
Regard TO Executive Business-
Combinations STANLEY Mat
thews' Case-NOminatiOns
Withdrawn by the Pres
ident, Etc, Etc.
SENATE.

SENATE.
Washington, May 1O.-The vics-presdent
laid before the senate the unfinished business,
being the resolution for the election of
senate officers.
Mr.. Pendleton moved to 90 into executive
session, which motion was, at 1870, agreed
to. When the doors were reopened, at 1880
p. M, the senate adjourned till tomorrow.
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
Immediately after the adjournment of the
senate tho republican senators assembled in
caucus for the purpose of continuing yesler,,
days discussion in regard to the contested
executive business. 1t is expected that a
decision in the matter in controversy viii be
reached during the afternoon.
CONFIRM ATIoNs.
The senate in executive session to-day
confirmed the following nominations: james
T. Longstreet to be United States marshal
for Georgia; Absalom Blythe to be United
States marshal for South Carolina; Samuel
w. Melton to be United States attorney for
South Carolina.
STANLEY MATTHEW'S.
The Stanley Matthews case was not taken
up to-day, but will probably be concurred in
tomorrow.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The judiciary committee this morning
agreed to recommend the continuation OF
Don A. Parda, as United States circuit judge
for the fifth circuit, and subsequently the
nomination favorably to the senate
of Michael j. Crsmer, now charge
no; % rly fn
d'sffairs to Switzerland, was reported favora-
bly from the foreign legations committee
during the executive session this afternoon.
The judiciary committee reached the nomna-
ton of William Chandler as solicitor general
at their meeting to-day, but laid 1t aside for
consideration at another special meeting TO
be held probably tomorrow.
The president withdrew from. the senate
the nomination of William Jesse Grant, as
rostr,asler at Terrell, Texas, and John
Grant to be postmaster at Brackettsville
Texas.
1t is believed by the treasury officials that
substantially all of the 6 per cent bonds due
will be presented for continuance at 30 per
cent interest. Over $l50000O00 have
already been presented.
Orders were issued to day from the post
office department to discontinue steamboat
mail service on the following routes in tie
south and southwest Memphis, Tennessee,
to Wittsburg, Arkansas, 140 miles; Camden,
Arkansas, to New Orleans, GIL miles. Service
in on the following routes will be discontin-
ued after August 1st next: Elizabeth City
to williamson, North Carolina, 120 miles;
Point Clear to Gasque, Alabams,
l4O miles; Mobile to Selma, Ala"
bama, 100 miles. It is stated at the
department that this step is taken because the
postmaster general has ascsrtained that the
service for nearly oil intermediate offices on
these routes is performed jointly by steam
Boat and inland star route contractors, and
thst the entire service can be satisfactorily
performed over the star routes by
simply extending them in few particular
localities. These extensions can be made,
too, in every instance at a very slight expense
compared with the cost of the present ser
vice, which will be discontinued, thus reduc-
ing the expenses ofcarrying the mails. 9th
er and larger reductions and discontiueuces
of what the department regards as unnecesss--
ry routes in various sections of the United
States may be expected from time to time.