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OK the thirteenth day of the Senate special
session the following nominations were re-
ceived from tho President: John D. G.. At
kins, Of Tennessee, to be commissioner Of In
dian affairs; James D. Porter, of Tennessee,
to be assistant secretary Of State. Mr. At
kins was in Congress several terms and undor
Speaker Randall was chairman Of the appro-
priations committee. General Porter was
governor OF Tennessee from 1873 to 1873, hay
ing served two terms.
THE Senate in executive session on tho Goth
confirmed the following nominations Mar
tin V. Montgomery, of Michigan, to be com.
kentucky, to be first comptroller Of the
treasury ; Malcolm Hay, OF l on~nsylvania, to
be first assistant postnaster-general Joseph
r.. Ryan, of Nevada, to be colner OF the mint
at Carson City, New; William Garrard, OF
Nevada, to be superintendent of the mint at
Carson City, New; ]. d. c. Atkins, OF len
nessee, to I've commissioner OF Indian affairs ;
James D. Porter, Of Tennessee, to 10 an as
sistant secretary Of state.
ArroRNEy-GENERAL GARLAND has reduced
the force Of examiners in the department. Oh
Justice from seven to four, and Postmaster
General Villas has made n reduction III the
number of postofice inspectors.
THE newly elected representativ from
Tennessee, ]. B. Richardson, has secured the
first appointment made by Postlnaster.CIen-
eral Villas. Upon his solicitation j: y. lay
lor has been appointed postmaster at Lynch
burg, Tenn, to fill a vacancy.
The President sent the following impor-
amt nominations to the Senate on tho 2Ti:
To be ENJOYS extraordinary anu ministers
uleniporentinry Of tho United States: Ed
ward J.. Phelps, of Vermont, professor Of law
in Yale college, to Great Britain; Governor
| Robert NJ. McLane, Of Maryland, to France;
George H. Pendleton, of Ohio, to Germany;
| Soon after their reception all the nominations
were confirmed by the Senate.
THE United States supreme court has for
mally affirmed tho constitutionality CT tho
Edmunds anti Mormon act. This decision
grew out of q series OF five cases brought by
Mormons, and it declares that Congress has
the right to disqualify p0lygalnists from Vot-
ing or holding Office in the ! erritory OF Utah,
as is done by tho Edmunds law, passed in
1885,.
BESIDE tho m Of seventeen army Off.
GERS who arc to be promote one grade each
to fill vacancies, tho President on tho 18th
sent to the Senase the following nominations:
Henry l.. Muldrow, Of Mississippi, to be as
sistant secretary OF the interior, as successor
to the late f. ID. Clarke; William A. 81
Sparks, of Illinois, commissioner OF the gen.
eral land office; collectors OF circumstances
B. Torrey, Of Maine, district OF Bath, Maine,
and John r. Donworth, OF Maine, district OF
Aroostook, Maine; Daniel McConville, oil
Ohio, TO be auditor Of the treasury for thc
postofico department.
THE expenses of President Cleveland's In
auguration were S4G,50O, and the receipts
5000, leaving n deficit Of 500.
FOLLOWING is n list Of tho nominations
sent to the Senate by tho President on tho
18th; Samuel S. Cox, of Now York. to- be ell
yoy extraordinary and minister pleniloten'
tiary of the United States to Turkey; Cap
tain David b. Harmony, OF New York, to DC
chief of bureau of yards and docks i'll tho de-
partment Of the navy with relative rank o.
commodore; to 10 postmasters-Samuel j
Gerrisb, at Portsmouth, n. H.: Orson u
Couch, at Amherst, Mass; William Burns
at plymouth, Mass. Nicholas hathaway. a.
Fall River, Mass; William j.. Kennedy, al
Taunton, Mass; Ransom r. Grant. at Piatts
burgh, N. Y; James r. Wiley, ut Elizabeth
N. j.; Henry c. Shannon, at Erie, rem;
George T. Gross, at Allentown, Penn; WI
liam T. Iglehart. at Annapolis, ma.
Mrs. Elizabeth s.. Herbert, ut New
berry G.. H., s. c.: Donald J. Aud
Mt Sumter C.. H., South Caro-
lima; ". D. Wclchel, at GAINESVILLE, Ga; }
r. McCollum, at Newman, Ga l.: Hensle.
Grubbs, at Decatur, Ala. Wm. A. Wartham
at Sulpher Springs. Texas: Robert .. Den
on, at Gainesville, Texas; Henry c. Cassidy