The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-12-05
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WASHINGTON.
sCEEDlSGs IN THE SENATE YES.
TERDAH.
APPOINTMENT OF STANDING CON.
MlTTEES.
WHY ATTORNEY. GENERAL WI.
LASS WAS APPOINTED.
NOTHING NEW IN THE vIRGINIUS
NATTER.

WAsuINoros, December AIR. Ferry
of Michigan, moved to take up tbe ssso.
luton offered by him on Monday, to pro-
vido for the settlement Of the financial d.
rangemsnt.
lie advocated the adoption Of tho reso.
luton, speaking for . considerable length
Of time. concluding - follows:
Can there be hssitalion The gravitv
Of The si,ustioa denaads moss ,nn
words 1t challenges action. Over D
1 ment. Al low average OF wages, this
million dollars lost daily. Prolonged
| for . year, the count swslls TO hundreds
Of millions, and tells its fsarful story.
The s,raights and sufYsrings entailsd nsed
no words to tell their distressing wants.
Whoever can dismiss action, cannot e.
cspo the responsibility Is bears with il.
The appeal 10 to Congress; let us acti
Mr.. Ferry asksd that The resolution be
referred to the committee ON nnancs when
appointed.
BoREMAN's BILL.
Mr.. Borsmans bill to complete .
water highway from The tide water on the
James River ~ the Ohio River, directs
the Secretary Of War to lay out, con.
struct, enlarge and improve . water high.
way from Tide water on the James River,
at Richmond, Virgins, 70 the Ohio River
At the mouth Of tns kanAwhA River, in
West Virgins, by way Of the james
| River and kanAwhA canal, the James
Jackson, Grsenbriar, New and Kanawba
rivers, by canal, slackv water, sluicss or open
river navigation, not less than seventy
feet vide and seven feet deep, with locks
not less than one hundred and twenty
feet long and twenty feet wide, and with
Q capacity for vessels Of a. least two hun.
dred and eigh tons burden. Tbs States
Of Virginia and West Virginia are
70 convey to the United States their
interest in property Of franchise OF any
corporation having claim 70 . continuous
line OF water communication, projected
and in part completed BY the state Of Vir.
glnia, and the cost Of the work TO b dc.
frayed by the issuance and sale Of Uaited
States tsn-ffty four and half per cent.
bonds, TO amount to eight millions OF dol
lars. Provision 10 also made for the pur-
chase BY the secretary Of war Of private
stock in the James river and Kanawha com.
pany at prices not exceeding twenty "
dollars per share, and also for the ap.
pointmsnt Of . commission TO equip,
maintaiA and manage tho water way when
completed. each 10 be appointed from the
states Of ennsylvania, Wisconsin, Iowa,
Missouri, indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Ken.
lucky, West Virginia.
TEE CHIEF JUsTIcEsHlP.
The nomination of George II. Williams
to the chief justiceship was to-day refer.
red TO tho Committee on judiciary, but
! no further action was taken on the subject
in executive session.
1t 10 stated that the president from the
beginning made up his mind not TO appoint
. successor TO Chief Justice Chase, from
the supreme court bench and that no did
| not tender the appointment to Senator
wished to appoint Caleb Cushing, and 70.
tain Attorney General Williams in the
cabinet until near the expiration OF the
presidential term. calculating that by
that time Gushing would retire by reason
Of age, and in that event he would ap.
point Williams. The proposed appoint
ment Of Cushing not being considered ex-
pedient by the cabinet, fastened the
presidents purpose TO appoint Williams.
THE vIRoINIUs AFFAIR.
The Department Of State has no infor-
nation concerning arrangements for the
surrender Of the FirginiuS and her sur.
viving passengers and crew to the United
States naval forces, nothing having been
received up TO late hour this evening to
cause rpprehsnsions that that part Of the
protocol will not DO carried into effect.
The statement is unreservedly made that
the Spanish officials ire acting in good
faith
SENATE.