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Show WA'miXi-TOX. j Appointment and Nominn-! tiou.i 1 lie XcVHtl Coinage, Washington, 14.--King Kalakaua is better to-day, but will remain indoors until to-morrow, when he will call on the president. The president to. day r.rnvid a large number of callers, in- hiding, many congressmen. The president ha-i nominated Alexander Martin inciter and miner of the mint at San Frapciscn, and James Crawford supfrintcti'lcul ot the mint at Caoon city, Nevada. J)r. I.inderman. director of the mint, who has been inquiring as to the probable prod ik". ion of gold and aiver during the coining ye ir, with a view of regulating the -oinag, announces an-nounces aa Hie result that Irom the Comstock lode alone a ield of forty millions is anticipated. Tho production produc-tion will apparently be only limited by tho milling facilities during the next two years. Part of the mixed bullion from Nevada will have to be refined at tho ofsayer's ofliee at New York, th refining capacity of. the Pacific coaat not being sufficient, aud therefore there-fore arrangements will bo made lor that purpose. The present demand for trade dollars it at the rate of SoOO.OOO a month, nud constantly increasing. in-creasing. The president has nominated D. R. Pardee United Slates district judge for Louisiana, vice Durell, resigned, and J. H. Beekwith United States attorney f.ir the District of Columhia. 1 The president has nominated Wm. C. Hopping postmaster -of Sacramento. Sacra-mento. Sargent's bili fixing the minimum ' price upon certain restored lands in-! in-! California, relates to the lands orig-3 orig-3 livillv withdrawn for the benefit 0 1 the Central Pacih -ulroad and after wards reserved for i Southern Pacific Pa-cific railroad, bul since restored to the public domain. The bill pro-vid" pro-vid" that oven numbered sections shah ue subject to t:ie homestead and pre-emption entry a; $1.2-3 per acre. Hie same as odd numbered sections which have been restored and thrown open at that minimum prico by tne decision of the interior department. Settlers on the evon numbered sections sec-tions are compelled to pay twice as much. Sargent also introduced a general bill extending the above remedial provision to all restored : lands throughout the country. i The president has telegraphed to General Sherman inviting him to come here and assist in the entertainment entertain-ment of King Kalakaua. He will be here Wednesday morning. David Pardee, nominated for district dis-trict judge of Louisiana, was originally origin-ally from Ohio, but is now a resident of Louisiana. 'Ihe commissioners of the frecd-men's frecd-men's Bavings and tiust company, will present a report to congress tomorrow. to-morrow. It willshowa greatly mixed and confused condition in the accounts ac-counts of the institution and its branches and a considerable deficiency defi-ciency in the cash nccouut. Col". Thos. A. Scott made an argument argu-ment to-day before the senate Pacific railroad committee in support of the Texas Pacific railroad. The cotton product of 1574 is estimated esti-mated by cotton crofters in returns to the department of agriculture somewhat some-what in excess of 3,500,000 bales. |