Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-01-12

| WASHINGTON, January ] THE re
| ductiOn of the number Of assistan
. / assessors to this date. for the purpost
of consolidation, is 543-nearly tWen
ty-f0Ur per cent. Of the whole number
in the service October ], 1870. This
viii effect a saving to the Government
of over $500, 900 per aunum. 1t is es
timated that a future reduction o
quite 200 assistant assessors will be
made before the work Of cOnsoIida.
ton is completed.
REVENUE.
A comparative statement of the re
4 Ceipts from the several sources Of rev.
cnue for the first five months Of the
fiscal year, ending June 80, 1870
shows a loss Of s., ,436, 80.
ANOTHER CASE or HEART DISEASE
/ Perry Fuller died suddenly early
this morning at his residence In this
city, Of paralysis Of the heart. lie
was in cheerful spirits last night while
visiting some friends. He was forty
/ four years of age.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN CONGRESS.
The House Judiciary Committee
this morning heard the arguments OF
Victoria G. Woodruff and others,
claiming the right Of woman suffrage
under the Fifteenth Amendment. The
! committee took no action.
GEORGIA SENATORIAL CONTEST.
! The Senate Judiciary Committee to-
day gave a hearing to DR.. Miller and
| Joshua Hill, one claiming a seat as
| Senator from GeOrgia-term expiring
on the 4th of March next-and the
/ other the term ending March 4, 1873.
Henry 2. Farren, who, with Whit
! ley, contests their seats, is also before
the Committee, with whom the case
now rests.
NEW AMERICAN STEAMSHIPS.
The Senate Committee on Post
! offices and POst-rOads agreed at a
| meeting to-day to report favOrably
upon the bill to establish a line Of
/ American steamships between San
fFrancisCO and Australia, stopping at
/ Honolulu and one or two other ports /;
and grant an annual subsidy for
twelve years Of $500, 600, with the
: consideration that thirteen trips be
made each year.
ENLARGEMENT OF ERIE CANAL.
/ At a meeting, yesterday, the Com
nerce Committee authorized Mr.. Ben
nett TO report bill, as a substitute
| for the one previously offered by him.
concerning the protection of the north
| eru frontier. The bill authorizes the
Secretary of the Treasury to issue
coupon OF registered bonds TO the
amount Of $500. 900, redeemabIa in
D ~ rl uHrI d HHrs Il .r
[ fifty years, at A per cent. interest. in
coin. Before the bonds are to be de-
livered. the New York State Legisla-
ture shall pledge that the work shall
be begun By eulaTgiug one tier of the
locks on the Erie ana OsWegO canals
% a sufficient capacity to pass vessels
Of war of twenty-five feet beam and
two hundred feet in length, and also
merchant vessels of six hundred tons,
by such deepening and widening a.
may be necessary. All munitions of
war, stores or supplies Tor the general
Government are 10 be passed free.
The President, under the provisions
of the bin, is 20 appoint three COM
missiCuers TO supervise the work on
the canals.
SAN DOMINGO.
CORES sp0rdenc5 Baltimore Gazette
WASHINGTON, January S. ISL
Tomorrow promises to be a great
day n both Houses Of Congress. The
President viii communicate copies Of
the Motley correspondence TO the
senate. in response 10 a call intro
dUced by Mr.. Sumner; and Mr.. Banks
wIlI, as ne has given notice, begin the
San Domingo dance in the House at I
the earliest practicable moment.
Ii is understood that Mr.. Sumner is |
fully prepared, and may possibly at /
once eiab0rately deuOunCe the whole /
shilly-shaIly foreign policy of the /
Government; but this is hardly pos /
sible. The correspondence, ." which /
is represented to be exceedingly spi- |
cy, will, in all likelihood, be referred |
TO the appropriate committee (Mr. |
Sumuer's), and perhaps without a /
word Of comment upon its merits. /
This Is the usual course iWsuCh cases. /
An effort may possibly be made, /
however, to refer to q special commit 4
tee, and if so, a notable debate may /
be expected.
Mr. Banks expressed himself to- 4
day (as 1 learn quite sure Of a two
thirds vote In the House upon the 4
Morton resolutions tomorrow, and 4
relies upon the previous question"
10 carry them through, without scarce
ly q word Of explanation. But the
Democrats viii hardly stand such
tactics, and it is in their power, by |
dictatOry motives, to prevent their
success. / have never doubted, as
previous letters viii show, of the final
passage Of these resolutions. But hopes
are entertained that the exodus Of the
commission" to be appointed under
them may be delayed, 50 that its re- /
port viii not be received in time to
insure the passage Of the projected
iOiDt resolutions Of annexation during
this session. If this can be effected,
there is a posi- 5ility of defeating the
sWindle altogether.
There can be no better proof Of the
tremendous cohesive power Of public
plunder" these days, than Is afforded
by the facts connected with this Do
minican job AT the last session of
this very Congress a joint resolution
for annexation could no more have re-
ceived a majority in either branch of
Congress than the annexation of Ire
land at the instance Of the Fenians
imprisoned in our own bastile5. Not
an iOta of favorable evidence has been
adduced. Yet the sublime imOu-
deuce Of General Grant, in effect ad-
mittiny the pure iCbbery Of the treaty,
and boldly iiDging its rasc8lities in
the face Of Congress as a party test,
has united the Radical leaders almost
as one man. The Presidents de6ni-
ton of q "Darty test is simply this:
One good turn deserves another.
/ have a job on hand, with money in
it, which L demand Of Congress to
help me realize, as well as Whitewash
the whole affair. have also abun-
dance Of patronage, and likewise hold
in my individual hand the veto
power. Now, not a man who votes
against my JOB shall ever receive a
iarthiDg's worth of official drippings
from me; and ] viii veto every bill in
which my personal enemies have a
single cents worth of interest"
This military way OF dealing
81 brought down " both houses. And |
well it might. For, as party wide
the sudden turn of Greeley, the Rad
ic8ls at large cannot afford, at least as
vet to attack their darling represen-
tative man; and as individuals, men,
bers OF Congress can bynO means part (
with their bread and butter-especi-
ally at this working session"
Who wonders, then, at the extra
ordinary zeal, in many recent con-
verts to this " San Domingo" piece
of statesmansbip? The more zeal the
more reward Williams should have /
made a splurge in this direction, in
stead of relying upon a large and /
enthusiastic delegation from the
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