Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-10-28
WASHINGTON.
News From the National Capital.


President Arthur to day remarked
to a prominent Senator that he felt
confident that the Senate would be
enabled to adjourn tomorrow OF
Friday at least. This remark was
communicated to the Senator during
the executive session this afternoon,
and was understood to signify that
the new nomination for the secretary
ship of treasury will be sent in to-
morrow. Most of the Senators have
become very impatient at the
prolongation of the session, and,
while doors were closed to day, O
resolution was offered for immediate
adjournment sine die, but in conse~
quence of the above mentioned
statement, the mover was induced to
withdraw it.
The seventh annual convention of
the Southern Railway and Steamship
Association assembled here to-day.
United States Senator Jos. E. Brown,
of Georgia, president of the associa-
flor, officiated. as chairman. About
70 delegates, representing Southern
| transportation companies, were pres
ent. Nothing but routine business,
such as the appointment Of commits
tees and the election of officers, was
transacted The meeting then adj
| iourned until to morrow. The fol
lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing year: Jos. E. Brown, of At
lanta president; Virgil Powers, of
Macon, Georgia, general commits
sioner, and Charles A. Sindale, of
Macon, secretary.
WASHINGTON, d. c., October 81
The signal corps station, Delaware
Breakwater, reports the schooner.
Williams and Broadman, Capt. Rich,
ardson, six in crew, from Cedar Keys,
Fla, for New York, cargo pine lum-
Der, was run into off Barnegat, on
the night of the 26th instant, by an
unknown schooner, which carried
away her cut-water bowsprit and iib-
boom. The schooneris leaking badly.
The President sent the following
nominations to the Senate to-day ::
Charles j. Folger, of New York;
Secretary of the Treasury; Thomas
L. James, of New York, Postmaster
General; Frank Patton, of Iowa,
First Assistant Postmaster-General;
Chas. Kahlo, of Iowa, Consul of q.
S. at Sydney, Australia Geo. W.
Ross Evelt, of Pennsylvania, Consul
of q. S. at Bordeaux; j. A. Leonard,
of Minnesota, Consul of U. S. at
Tripoli; Volney V. Smith, or Ark,
Consul General at ST. Thomas; VIM
P. Pierce, of Georgia, Consul Gen,
eral at Cienfugos, and Clarence F.
Norment, Postmaster at Suffolk,
Va.
It is expected that the Democrats
will oppose an attempt to swear in
Window as Senator, his credentials
not having arrived.
Secretary Blaine does not expect
to remain in the Cabinet after De
cember 1st, unless to oblige Presi>
dent Arthur until new Secretary of
State is selected.
In the Senate, to-day, after the
reading of the Journal, the President
pro tenn laid before that body com
munication from Governor Colquitt,
of Georgia, extending to the members
of the Senate cordial invitation to
i visit the Exposition now being hssd
IN Atlanta. But little other busi-
ness was transacted; and at 1925
the Senate went into and remained
in Executive session until $50 D. m
The Senate, in executive session
) to o-day, promptly confirmed the
nominations of Folger, to be Secre-
, tary of the Treasurey; James, to be
Postmaster. General, and also that o1
Frank Hatton, to succeed Tyner, as
First Ass stant Postmaster>Genera
VIM, P. Jones was also confirmed as
, postmaster at Nashville. The greater
part of the executive session was
occupied in discussion over the
nomination of Statham to succeed
} Wilson as postmaster at Lynchburg,
but without taking decided action
the Senate adjourned. The case will
come up again Tomorrow.
! The Senate to-day confirmed Chas.
W. Seaton, of New York, to be Su-
perintendent of the Census.