Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-05
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verest storm Of the season il prevailing
along the entire Pacific coast. There
have been no stages across the Sierrl
I Nevada for two weeks.
1 WASHINGTON, March Am the sen
/ ate, Sunday evening, the Indian bureau
conference reported that they were
unable to agree.
The conference report Of the fortifca.
/ ton appropriation bill was agreed to.
The joint resolution relative to the
water power for the Rock Island arsenal,
was passed
The house reassembled at eight O'Clock
last evening.
Stevens made a personal explanation,
denying that there was any truth in the
recent publication regarding the eonYer-
sation between Ashley, Bingham and
himself, wherein Gen. Grants name had
been involved.
The judiciary committee has reported
the impeachment preamble and resolu.
tions under which impeachment was
ordered, saying if the final Investigations
had even approached completeness, the
committee would not feel authorized to
present the result 70 the house at this
late period of the session unless the
charges had been so entirely negative as
committee think is not the case. No
affirmative report could be properly con
sideFed in the expiring hours of this con-
gress. All charges not having been
fairly investigated against the president,
it is deemed exUedient to submit beyond
the statement, sufficient testimony not
being addueed to justify the demand for
further prosecution. The investigation
committee regret the inability to def
nitely dispose of the subject.
The house committee on public lands
reported adversely on the memorial Of
the Kansas legislature for a grant Of
land for a freedmenis university, and
also on a memorial of the governor and
legislative assembly of Utah for dona-
ton to aid the common school fund.
The senate amendments to the def
cheney bill were not Concqrred in. A
conference is asked.
Rogers, on a minority impeachment
report, says there is not a particle Of evil
dence before the committee to sustain
any of the charges which the house
charged the committee to investigate,
and the ease is wholly without particle
Of evidence whereupon the Impeachment
could be founded Rogers says that
most of the evidence taken il Of a
character, such as would not !
be admitted in any court Of justice, and I
he sees no good in continuing the investi- I
CATION. (
The judiciary committee, in regard to .
the Surratt case, says that due deliber- .
ance in his pursuit and arrest was not .
exercised by the executive department. F..
This senate confirmed q large number
1f appointments-names notgiven.
yfCgy-a Mr. Malh hr7rv,
appropriation conference.
made report and agreed to the presi.
lents message received relative to the
'emOval OF the Protestant church from
Rome.
a joint resolution was passed refund
ng certain national bank taxes Illegally
collected
BALTIMORE, March A defaleatiou
# 100000 has been discovered in the
Merchants national bank of this city.
samuel J. Wentz, book-keeper, aged
hirty- five, and John H. Rogers, paying
eller, aged twenty-five, were arrested,
lut were released on giving bail for SI0,-
90 each. The frauds run through
'eriod of twenty-seVen Yeas. The Eank
will meet its liabilities.
Boston, March 4.-MilIer, Ward &
%. failure amounts to nearly one mil
ion dollars.
The First national bank of Newton
lille has suspended loss, two hundred
thousand dollars. Nearly double its
apital money was lost in stocks. julius
:. Hartwell, cashier of the suhytfeasuTy,
oneerned in these transactions, has re
lgned. The government losses are
Orhing. Smith, cashier of the State
ank, has resigned.
Minister King denies that an American
hapel had been removed by the uapaI
authorities outside Of tie walls, and that
he minister had hired the villa for hold
1g their services.
In the senate, a communication was
resented stating that the total amount
eceived from captured and abandoned
roperty was S34, 1000, whereof S25,-
0O,OO0 remain as net proceeds. Agents
olding such have been ordered to re-
tore any uulawfully taken private prop
rty upon due proof thereof
w ASHINGTOZ, March t. - COWans'
omination as minister to Austria was
abled.
SenGte.-A bill to prevent the perver-
ion Of the mails to fraudulent purposes
assed.
a joint resolution Of thanks to Cyrus
" Field was passed.
A resolution was passed for the paying
( Tennessee senators from the COM
nencemept of the thirty-ninth con-
ress.
A resolution was passed directing Gen.
Toward to report to the senate what
mount is necessary to relieve the desti-
ute in Ele south.
H0ase-The senate bill establishing
lail service between the United States
nd the HiawsDin islands was passed.
The senate's joint resolution for the
lrvey and construction OF an inter-
ceanic canal through the isthmus of
larien, was passed.
Maynard's report on southern railroads
incomplete, and it was proposed to
efer it to the next congress.
New YORK, March "A Mexican cor
says that MirsmOn told some
entlemen that the Southern Confede-
ites were yet hand in hand with ehe
nperialists, and that Gen. Hindmau
as corresponding with them, that the
go establishments might work success
lily together.
WASHINGTON, March 4.-The pres
lent will sign the bankrupt bill.
Dix's nomination as minister to France
as confirmed by over two-thirds of the
'nators present, but Cowan's was so
ercely assailed that BuckaIew was
reed to have it tabled.