Daily globe., 1882-04-12
location of the Oregon Short line company's
grant, subject to the right of the Union Paci-
tic and Oregon & Wyoming railroad com.
pany.
General Capital Ne,cs.

| WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE senate com.
mittee on commerce will rot take action upon
the nomination of Worthington for collector
OF Boston for few days, as both the Massa-
| chusetts senator's who opposed the appoint
| ment OF Worthipgton are absent.
MANAGERS OF SOLDIERS HOSPITAL.
The board of managers of homes for disa-
| bled volunteer soldiers elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: President, W. B.
Franklin; first vice presidant, Col. l.. A. Har-
ris- second vice president, Col. J. A. Martin;
secretary, General MacMahon. President Ar.
thur and Secretary Lincoln were present and
will accompany the members on a visit to
HAMPTON, Va, where they will be Joined by
Gen. Geo. B. Mcclellan. The party will en-
bark on the revenue steamer Chester A. Ar
thur tomorrow and expect to return Friday
next.
PRESIDENTIAL RECEPTION.
The presidents reception tonight to the
army and navy was brilliant affair. In ad-
dition to officers of the land and sea forces
there were present many members of the dip
lomatic corps, cabinet officers and distin-
gulshed persons in civil and political life. The
president was assisted in receiving by Mrs.
Frelinghuysen, Miss Folger, Mrs. Secretary
Hunt, and Mrs. Attorney General Brewster,
the lntroductions being by Col. Rockwell.
LINCOLN STAYS LITTLE LONGER.
The Critic says Secretary Lincoln, the only
present member of the cabinet who was ap-
pointed by President Garfield, will remain for
a short time longer and then be superseded by
some one more in accord with President
AithHr's administration.
COMBINATIONS.
The senate confirmed: Sterling P. Rounds,
States consul at Port Erie; s. C. Wright, re-
cever Of public moneys at Carson City, New.
Thomas Cartin, at Pierce City, Mo-; Harry c.
Taylor, Lyons, Kan; E. W. Willard, Will
mington, Ills.
EXPORT REBATE on FLOUR.
Members of the house committee on ways
and means say it is quite likely that they will
agNe upon bill granting manufacturers of
flour for exports rebate.
FAyoRABLY REPoRTEp.
The nominations of VIM E. Chandler, sec
retary of the navy, and cretary Hunt, min
lister to Russia, were reported back from the
senate foreign relations committee with their
recommendation for confirmation.
NOMINATIONS.
J. r. T. Pitkins, to be marshal for the east
ern district of louisiana Samuel NJ. Jackson,
collector of internal revenue for the Twenty
third district of Pennsylvania; Edward F.
Burton, superintendent at San Francisco, Cal;
Stephen W. Duncombe, of Michigan, to be
register of the land office at Aberdeen, Dakota;
Thomas s. Allen, of Wisconsin, receiver of
public moneys at Aberdeen, Dakota; John F.
Convey, of Ohio, register of the land office at
Olympia, Washington territory; Vincent w.
Boyles, of Wisconsin, receiver of public moneys
at Eau Claire, Wis.
BREvITIES.
The nomination of Lewis Buckncr, as col
lector at Louisville, will be favorably re-
ported.
All the members of the cabinet were present
at the meeting to day. The Fitz John Por-
ter case is again under consideration. -
Secretary Teller enters upon the duties of
the interior department Monday. Important
changes are rumored.
The house committee on banking and cur
rency adopts the adverse report of the sub
committee on the bill authorizing the taxation
by states of greenbacks.
Col. Flint, of the Fourth infantry, is placed
on the retired list.