Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-03-12
WASHINGTON.
Senate PrOceedlBgs-A Clayton Job De-
fested-GeHeral Shsridan's Move
ments-An0ther Call for Bonds.
Commissions Signed-Alabama Court oil
Commission - C0nflrmatI0ns - The
Hawaiian Tresty-MOvements
OF Generals.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.

WASHINGTON, March 11.-SenatoI
Clayton asked for decision on a point
| Of order on the resolution for the ap-
pOintment of committee to visit the
| Indian Territory during the recess,
Senators Clayton, Morton, Howe, and
Sherman argued that the resolution was
in order.
Senators Hsmlin Me ] and Thurman
! cOntended that it was not. Finally Sen
ator Anthony moved to lay the whole
subject on the table; agreed tO-yeas 80,
nays p. The senate then at fOrty-five
minutes past one o'clock proceeded to
executive business, and after an hour
and a half in executive session, Sd-
jOuTned.
LITTLE PHIL.
General Sheridan left Washington to.
day, returning to New Orleans by way
of Chicago. His conduct in the late
troubles in that city was approved by
| the President. When the pending
Louisiana compromise shall be fully
! cOnslmmated, a portion of the troops
will be Withdrawn from New Orleans.
Late private advices from that city
show that while few ultra. politicians
on both sides are not inclined to a settle
ment on the proposed basis, large ma
jority Of the people, including the mer-
chants and planters, are willing for
peace on almost any terms, as their
material interests are seriously injured
by continual political connections.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED.
The President to-day signed the COM
missions Of Orth, minister to Austria /;
Maynard, minister to Turkey, and Law
renee and Dodge, centennial commits
siOners for Arkansas.
ALABAMA COURT OF COMMISSION.
General Sheldon, appointed as
States before the court OF com.
proceed TO New Orleans and take charge
Of the business for that part of the coun-
try.
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
The Republican senators held a caucus,
the ballot resulted in JOhl L. French,
the present sergeant .at-arms receiving
q votes, against 19 scattered among G.
Kennedy, J. J. Christy and Cap
tain Ashley. The CAUCUS also voted to
retain Rev. DR.. Sunderland as chaplain.
ANOTHER CALL FOR BONDS,
The secretary of the treasury will is.
sue a call for $50, 900, 900 OF bonds on &C.
count Of the sinking fund. This even
ing after the close Of business hours, the
amounts contemplated are coupon bonds
| S25, ,O63 759; registered, So 936, ,250.
The following is the call for bonds III
detail. They are under the act OF Feb
ruaTy 20, 1862. The coupon bonds are
of the fourth series: Coupon bonds ol
$50, No. 10,0Ol to No. Is, 400, both IN,
| elusive; 500, No. 27'501 to No. 40, 0,0G0
| both inclusive; $500, No. 13, ,60I to No,
20 600, both inAuaive; $1,000, No. 39,00l
to No sc, 900, both inclusive; total, $24,
| O63, $50. Registered bonds of $50, No.
2OOl to No. 2l25, both inclusive; 500,
No. 15, 551 to No. 16, 743, both inclusive;
| $500, No. 1851 to No. 9l54, both inclu.
sive; $4,000 dollars, No. II, 60l to No. 12,,
800, both inclusive; $4,000, No. Is, 50l
| to No. Is, ,34l, both inclusive; total, So
| 925, $50. Grand total, $50, 600, 900. The
call natures three months from to-day,
| when the interest will cease. The bonds
| will be paid on presentation at any time
| previous to the maturity Of the call
either at the treasury here or by the as.
| sistant treasurer at New York, with in.
terest up to date of payment. 1t ia now
ascertained that Secretary Bristow has
! all along considered himself without
| discretion in the matter Of the call anC
! bound by law to call the bonds in, II
! the order OF their issue. The act o.
March 8, 1875, which authorizes this
| call, provides that it shall be made ir
| compliance with section 1897 Of the re-
vised statutes, and that section expressly
directs that bonds shall be called in tht
order Of their number and issue.
COMBINATIONS.
The senate confirmed the following
nominations: Charles G. Sheats, Of Ala
bamS, sixth auditor of the treasury; d
Lyon, surveyor of customs at Dubuque
| Iowa; J. &. AbecrOmbie, surveyor o
| customs at Burlington, Iowa; w.
Smith, surveyor of customs at Memphis
John Uirich, receiver of public money
at Lacrosse, Wisconsin; Fred. FleischeT
register at Lacrosse, Wisconsin; w. 2
Bartlett, register at Euclaire, Wisconsin
John T. Edgar, of Nebraska, consul a
Beirut; VIM. 7. Burt, postmaster q
land, Kentucky; Robert Love, postmas
ter at Trenton, Tennessee; NJ. w. COul
ter, postmaster at Baxter Springs, Kan
sas.
THE HAWAIIAN TREATY.
/ lu6 ECIdlC OAl ACAo
tiOns this afternoon reported the Hs
Waiian reciprocity treaty, with 8
amendment providing that permissio
shall not be given to any other nation t
acquire any naval or cOsling stations j
these islands, and recommended the raj
ifications made by the attorney general
decides that the duties imposed by tn
first section of the tariff act Of 1875 &C
crUe on importations made On the eight
of February, the day the act became
law,
ARMY MOVEMENTS.
General Augur goes to New Orlean
to succeed General Emory; General Or
to San Antonio to succeed General Au
CUR; General Cook to the department {
the Platte to succeed General Ord; Ger
eral KOuntz takes command il ArizC
ma. These changes Indicate the retire
ment of General Emory, at present Il
! command in Louisiana.
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Brigham TOanE iH Prison.