Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-16
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Special Dispatch TO the st. Louis Republican
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE follow
ing is The first act passed by the forfeit
congress and signed to-day by the presi
] dent:
It enacted, etc., That the sum o
$50, 900 be appropriated out of any none!
of the treasury, not otherwise appro
priated, to pay the expenses of the com
missioners sent by the president to tn,
Indian country.
The president to-day sent to the sen
the nomination of George G. Batesf o
I Chicago, as governor of Idaho. No &c
ton was taken on it.
Representative MOOrehead, Of Penn
~sylvania, introduced in the house to-day
the tariff bill which failed in the las.
congress. 1t was ordered to be printed
and viii be referred to the ways and
means committee when appointed.
The president has nominated Henry
Barnard, of Hartford, Conn, as commits.
sioner Of the department OF education.
Ex-senator Harris, Of New York, desired
the place.
1t turns out that no appropriation Of
money was made for the department by
the last congress, and Mr. ScofieId en-
deavored in the house this afternoon to
obtain money necessary for its expenses,
but failed. Doubtless when the COM
mittee on appropriation is convened it
will report an appropriation for this de-
partment.
Another senate caucus this morning
agreed not to touch the house adjourn
ment resolution for the present. It is
considered unwise to fix q time till after
the supplemental reconstruction bill is
upon the statute book. 1fahe president
viii sign or veto it promptly, congress
can and viii adjourn early next week.
Mr.. Schenck, Of Ohio, made an inef-
fectual attempt in the house to instruct
the speaker to announce the standing
committees. He proposes that the
speaker be permitted to leave one or two
vacancies in each committee till after
the spring elections, but Mr.. Colfax
to the house that it would greatly
embsrrass him, and Mr.. Schenck with
It.
The house passed the supplemental re-
construction bill to-day. The senate will
take it up tomorrow, and If senators can
resist the tendency to talk il will speedily
become a law. It provides for the resto-
ration of voters under the direction Of
the commander Of military districts, and
was passed by a party vote.
The senate this afternoon, after some
debate, laid on the table a series of reso-
offered by Mr.. Sumner declaring
that certain further guarantees are neces-
SsTy for the restoration Of the southern
The vote On laying it on the Ia
bic, was 80 to 10.
The negatives were, senator's Cole,
Morton, Pomeroy, Sumner, Tha-
yer, Upton, Wade, Wilson and Yates.
The president was literally over
to-day with ofice-seekers.
rhe ante-room at one time was densely
crowded, It Ns$found impossible for
president to see one-tenth of those
audience.
The president has appointed Col. Sulli-
7an, formerly Of the forty-eight Ohio
'egiment, as minister to B0gOta.
Two hundred and thirty-one patents
will be issued from the patent Office for
be week ending on Tuesday, March
9th.
Gen. Grant had an interview with the
resident to-day relative to the assign
neDt Of generals to the five military dis
riots Of the south.
The Virginia delegation, who have
cen here to see what course they shall
ursue ON the reconstruction question,
ave returned home in view Of the fact
bat congress has inRugurated supple
lental legislation TO carry out the de-
scts ia the reconstruction law, for which
hey came to solicit a remedy.
John Quincy Adams, as naval officer
Boston, was reported on adversely in
be executive session Of the senate to-
ay.