Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-19

y Dill mas DGtn lNiIOGItHu III LkAt
j House providing that the District
Courts of the United States for the
Northern District Of Mississippi, re-
quired to be held at Oxford, shall here
after be held in the city OF COrinth in
said State.
POSTAGE.
I Mr.. Wells, Of Missouri, has intro
duced q bill In the House providing
that newspaper manuscripts and cor
rected proofs passing between authors
and correspondents OF newspapers
shall be placed on the same footing as
/ book manuscripts, and may pass in
the mails at the rate Of private matter.
/ GEORGIA.
There are no important advices
from the Georgia Legislature. The
{ President and General Sherman have
. left everything To the discretion Of
/ General Terry. Some Of the friends
! Of Governor Bullock are actually tele-
/ graphing, however, to some members
/ OF the House for further Congressional
/ interference.
HOAR,
/ 1t is now known that Attorney
/ General HOar's nomination viii not
D &c ACNdAANAAF tAlA4 AA-tAN LAAC AFNt4oe-N " al
/ have to decide on his con trmatiOn or
/ rejection. Neither Mr. HO8r nor the
/ President look at the question from
I personal standpoint, but cons ider that
/ a grave Constitutional question under
lies the result. If rejected, Mr.. Hoar
will certainly retain his place i'll the
Cabinet.
MISSISSIPPI.
The President hopes this week to
send TO Congress the full official re-
turns Of the Mississippi election, to-
gethar with q certified copy Of the
adopted constitution. \ bill in du-
plicate of that which passed tha4
/ House a Friday In the Virginia case,
/ has been drawn UP for the admission
Of Mississippi. a member OF the Re
/ construction Committee says it viii
20 through the House without Objec-
ton or debate.
POSTAL REFCRAs.
The caucus OF p05IInaster5 is going
/ to recommend that legislation be had
to authorize all distributing pOs5ohices
TO have a sworn clerk to open all let /
1 ters which are dead letters by reason
OF not having postage fully paid, aud
return 10 the writers, without having
to 20 first to Washington. Sir. Cress-
well has decided 10 have az letters
gathered by carriers stamped On the
back with the hour Of delivery and (
Iue kGpr of being sent on their des-
tinatiOar
ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS.
The estimates submitted by the va
IiOus departments for appropriations I
for the next fiscal year are most eX- /
travagant ia ViaW Of the professions |
Of economy which have been held By I
members of the administration. They /
foot up now iDrty-niue millions of dol /
lars more than the estimates submit I
ted during the last fiscal year by An /
drew JOhusOn's administration. The |
Committee on Appropriation are en- |
dedvoriBg to Gnt these sums down,
but do net find it very easy matter, /
AID TO THE COLONIES.
Senator Morton has prepared an i'm |
pOTtant bill which will virtually de- /
clare that the United States Govern /
ment viii not in future prevent the /
supply Ofarms or munitions OF war to /
any colony on this continent which |
may endeavOr to emansipate itself /
hOAA4 AAAC Vic VI t1AtN AAAA fE1AtA AfDfFEA.
This, il enacted, viii be a step toward /
the freedom of the colonies of Great 4
Britain and Spain ia this section, but |
is intended really to aid Cuba, as the |
! speech he made in support Of it viii !
snow.
CONTESTED ELECTIONS. /
There are about twenty contested |
election cases TO be decided by the |
House. As q general rule [probably |
there will be no exception, the Radi 4
Gals will be seated. The committee /
having these matters IN charge as for 1
merlv organized, was bad enough in |
all conscience; but the new chairman /
is even more prgvdiced and unscru- (
pulOu5 than his predecessor, Mr.. /
Dawes. Honest John C0TOGa viii /
,I,,rlts tstless, beadmitted over his clearly (
eIected cqmr@titor, Mr.. Foster.
ECEA.
The Cuban Officials II Washington
>taFln that they h9ye still 2 large
: " is the field, and that they are
ara : spupIying that army with am
t5ally weapons aud medical I,
Uuos'i0Ti c IN, ,,se supplies, they state, a.
stores. st,,ies, I'd in sIc@l quantities fronl
.Sa,'.sdS : qrts aIpunG TUBA, 80 as to
CoS5SI .',oid III, q any l&Ege i 0''lti'y ~
aNoII 5,-''l'l IlsAIus s Then sons pl lhG
sIngle VehtutN '~pOsed parties to6Sra
east LaEoIaOly q : EUbaus haE9 ~
Cuba admit that th> a under arras.
900 or 1900 men stA- 4aanf-aied or
though they are not CO. Sur,lbers al
gathered in considerable 4 : 51 the
any one point. The Spaniaru. .ssY5.
other hand, including the voiuu.
are said 70 number at least SO ,000. 4
TIE FREED9IEN's BUREAU.
1t is barely possible that the law au- +
-horiZiDg the establishment of the
Bureau viii be nOminally J
repealed this session. But another,
equally as Ubiquitous, viii be inaugu-
rated in its place. The new Bureau
IS to be styled the Department Of Ed
lcaIion." The oili introduced Tor TINS
purpose provides that 1t shall exercise
the same powers ia cooperating with
benevolent societies, or bodies lncot-
porated for educational purposes, as
those heretofore deyolving Upon the !
Bureau, ana extend TO
state and municipal authorities for
similar pcrpose-, provided shat the
aid Includes Indians IS well az r9it-
gees, freedmen and theIr dcsceud- 1
ants.
OF DUTIEsI on SUGAR AND
LUMBER.
5Ir. Davis, a sugar eiluer OF Phila-
ielphia, had a loug interview with
The Committee Of Ways and Means
morning on the subject Of
sugars and making yet
more refined qualification. The eonl-
plant is that partially rs lined sugars
from the West Indies are imported ~ /
raw sugars, thus coming into eompsd- !
ton with American sugars 10 the det-
riment of our manufacturers There I
seems TO be an inclination in the conl- 1
miiee to reduce the duties on ali SUI /
gars. The committee have agreed 70 /
change the dnties on lumber from al |
UGJore8 TO specific duties, retain Ing
the present duty. Ihe
will pr ooably not report
the tariff blu for a month - Gomez
NEW YORK TO BE REcoSsTRUc1,ED.
It IS runlored that Senator Sumner
will on Monday INTRODUCE II joint Ee5o-
luton, instFuctin z the joint comatttee
on reconstruction TO iuSIuire whether
the government Of the State of New
York Is Republican X form, and
any Rgisistion is necessary
to secure to the loyal CT tiEens OF that
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