Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-26
FROM WASHINGTON.

THE ARMY BILL-l,HE SEIZURE OF
THE STEAMER 4lsPINwALL-THE
IsTHATUs OF DARIEN-NoAINA-
TIONs CONFERENCE.-THE CASE OF
THE DELINQUENT BAILEY-TIE
SAN DOMINGO TREATY-BEAsT BUT
LER AFTER THE NEW YORK COR
RESPONDENTS.
WASHINGTON, March Ex-senator
Wilson, Chairman of the Senate Mill
tary Committee, requested General
Sherman to give his views upon the
army bill passed recently in the
House and now before the Senate Mil
itary Committee. The General re-
spends in a long letter, in which he
opposes the bill with emphasis in
nearly all its features.
Secretary Fish had further CORE
spondence with the Spanish aulhori-
ties in reference to the seizure of the
steamer AspinWall The Spanish
Minister states that his government
Is making a judicial Investigation of
the matter, while our Secretary Of
State has insisted that the investiga-
tion shall be speedily brought to
close and satisfactory explanation
made to this Government.
The Government has been success
ful in making a treaty with the Re
public Of Colombia Tor the right of
way for a canal acrOsls the Isthmus of
Darien, the surveys for which are now
being made. The Secretary of State
informed the President that the Otfi-
cial copy OF the treaty Is expected at
the State Department in day or two.
There is a good deal OF talk about
the Investigation in relation to news
paper correspondents, which General
Butler Is prosecuting. Thus far It has
been directed to the premature publ
cation in the New Work Times of the
gold investigation testimony, but it is
pretty generally suspected that some
thing much more interesting will fol-
low when the Ieral question Of
the jobbery OF newspaper correspond
entS is reached.
Senator Morton is still speaking on
the San Domingo treaty. The PreSi-
dent requested 8 friend of the treaty
that if IL was likely TO be defeated to
move to recOmmit to the committee
in order that the investigation might
be had concerning the amount in
vOlved In it.
The Senate to-day confirmed the
following nominations George II.
Sharpe, Y. S. Marshal southern Dis
trict of New York; Joseph Pinkham,
U. S. Marshal Tor Idaho; Charles II. |
HemPsuead, Attorney General for
Utah; John l.. Stever, of Maine, !
Minister Resident to Uruguay; +. P. |
Meigs, of Tennessee, Consul 10 Mon |
teviedo; Thomas D. Hamilton, of |
Mississippi, Consul to Rio Janeiro,
Brazil.
The Senate then resumed the con- /
sideratiOn of the san Domingo treaty. |
The following nominations were sent |
in to-day: Allen rutherford, Third |
Auditor of the Treasury Michael |
Vida, of Louisiana, Consul at Tripoli; |
L. Nj. Burger, Of South CarOlina, Con- |
sui at Algiers; w. E. Jones, OF Ala
bama, Consul. at 3rinaise; John /
Haines, of Pennsylvania, Consul at
Venice; Horace /. Pike OF North
Carolina, Consul at TampicS.
Deputy Commissioner Douglas tele-
graphs that thus far Baileys defalca-
tiOns reach St2l, go, and thst the de-
felt In his discussing account Of about
$1,000 or $1,000 will be added.
Vice President COlIaX and General |
Howard tonight speak at the Acad-
emy of Music, In Philadelphia, on the
occasion of the 18th anniversary of the
Friendship Division.