Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-04-05


his name st thu adj ltant generals ofioe
IS now required, and IN a1iilion ed.
dress letter TO tae sGtutaUt general ol
the army Tecitibg the purpose Of and
time that will be eo bssced in his visit
aud the sUtDority under which he is sb.
| se.st nom his command or station; the
purpose or CLi Ct so recittd will Be the
| strict guide of the ot.ile- during h'h stay.
| Gsloral Custer Proceeded to say ttas
Z this Ordef closed the months Of eli army
Cheers with regard 70 the abuse Ii at ex-
/ isted on the frontier. The eff seus knew
! that ifthey sent complaints to congress-
men thrcUgh The secretary of war they
would be pigeon.hc!ed, and the officers
would probably be zig .Cn-holed, too. Il
| wss generally understood in the artnr
! that violation OF this order Would be
sn. 10 cauEe an CfficeT ID lose his COM
mission. General Custer said he was
ta.isfied that the oil ct Of the order was
TO cover up the dOiDgs os the seeretsrg
OF war.
The Emma-Mine Scandal.
WASHINGTON, april 4-Jsmes 4 M.
O'y te3tifled before me Committee on
io.eigl SHsirs this DIofhing. He was
interested in The Emma niue property
rem Sep;enber, 1858, to July, 1871.
lie owGEd one-se venth which he sold
to L. w. Psrk st the rate Of ons and q half
million dolizTs FOR tbs entire PROPERTY,
be was advised 10 cell oct by his nephew
and by Mathews, superintendent OF tae
mine, no new deyeI0pt1ents having
been hsde at the time. In J4rugrY.
1911, p5r.ies from California wanted 10
Guy the mine, {, r which the owners then
ssked. ona million two hundred thou
ssnd Collars, William NJ. Lent b:ou ILt |
with him mining expert, who reported |
unfavorRhly, when tie undivided hslf I
OF the propei ty rasssh into the hands Of |
Psrk rad Baxter, giving them c0ntrI. !
he decided to sell cut for that reason,
and NOS beia1se he had any fer CT the
mine. 1t had always Eesn his practice
to have nothing 10 d. with mining prop
erty he could not jntrol. Witness had
20 knowledge or convincing Fssson 10
believe that there vac any Systematic
attempt 10 iDpgs3 S ffsulu ent estimate
o. the mine upon the public. At the
time he sold his Interest 10 tho mine &
was worth, as mining Venture, owing
10 ths f2TSf ltls surrounding clfcum.
stances, tFo and h8B milton dollars.
Witness had no knowledge that ne had
teen summoned st the instance of Gem
raj ScheHck or aoy Of his friends; ne
I'D not know Genersl SGheEcB. The
adjourned till tomorrow.
Heavy or the AdBsinisfes.
N0Bs
WAsHfNGToN, April 1 G .re-sl Hen
lers0n, OF s. Louis, vas examined to-
lay by the committee on the whisky
rails in regard to his connection viii |
he trials Of M'DJn6ld and Avery in
hat city. His opinion having bean
sked concerning the effect produced by
he circular letter of Attorney General
'ierreD0nt TO ths district attorneys Of
y. Louis. Cincinnati and Milwaukee,
le said that he would prefer not to give
lis opinion, bec8u5e, having stated The
acts, the commit ZEE could form as lust
conclusion as he did himself; but being
ressed to give his opinion, he said the
fleet of that letter wss perniciOus, as it
1Ould naturally inumidate or alarm.
Witness having been iDteTrOgated con-
erning bis removal as special council
j the st L3uis CASES, he said he did
OF TO this day certainly know the cause.
lie believed, however, that he WAS re-
loved ostens bly, on the ground of !
I'll -ci0ns on the President in mis- ad- !
ress TO the court in the Avery case. !
eparste parts OF his address might
lsdfy sucn conclusion, but taken al
,getner there was really no ref sction {
q the President. He was funmsrily Z
lsmi SD without an examination into
le facts. General HeLdsrson expressed :
attire confidence in the integrity OF !
Dyorand his assistant,
al IN the ability OF Mr. Broadhead.
Reciprocity. q
WASHINGTON, April 4.-The COM i
littCe on commerce to-day voted to I
port adversely to the house on Repre- 8
,atative Elijah Wards joint reso. .UIion f
questiDg the President to appoint q
lree commissioners by and with the t
Twice and consent OF the senate to con- G
r with other commissioners duly au- /
lOrizsd by the government Of Great 1
itain 10 investigate aud ascer ain on t
hat basis treaty Of reciprocal trade I
II the mutual ben, fl If the people Of +
he United States and The dominica OF 8
tDaia can be negotiated. The vote b
OUd: Yess-WaId, Pierce and Kelr; t
ays-Hereford, Durand, Piper, Reagan, C
elton, Hunter, Ross and DunneIl. d
Bills before Congress. I
WASHINGTON, ApliI The house !
III in regard TO the local taxation of I
ads, as reported fIom the senate COM l
.ittee to, day, provides that no existing :
w shall be SO construed as to EXEMPT
ON taxstian by State authorities lands z
grants Of railroad or Wsgon-roRd COM =
aDies by The construction Of their Tosd4 !.
parts thereof, provided they have been i
;cepted by the Uni.ed States in the .
snner prescribed by Law, and the tax +
hereafter assessed shsu be valid as
,ainst the title remaining in the United 7
.stes il such laLds, on account of nom =
lyment Of costs of surveying and
es. The second section provides :
lst the purchaser of any such lands at \
x sale may pSy taxes aud fees due the
lvernmenJ upon them, and thereupon Y
lch lands shall be patented to the COM y
apy, but subject to lien of legal rights =
the title OF the t4x-sale purchaser.
he bill introduced by Senator Steven Q
m to-day concerning corporations en- =
aged in the business OF distitliEg, pro. y
des, SIS its main feature, that each
unless shown to be inno-
mt of any participation in, or guilty =
Of the ofense charged to have
zen committed by the corporation en- y
aged in aid business, shall lie held in. !
subject to the penalties, for l
lIOtCSI hLCSi VI ALI LApllsJhLAO4G JAO- n
ded by law fJr Eu3h Cffsnse. The bill :
troduced by Senator Harvey, to pro- :
cite immigration and protect immi- {
ants On their passage 10 the United =
-stes, IS co2y Of the measure hereto !
re introduced by Representative Con. :,
n. =
of BeIknap's Impeach- I
ment.
The following parts have been assign. !
to the managers in the Impeachment
ial of w. w. Beiknap before the SEN
e: On Iules, Representatives Lord, =
ynde, .Jsnks aud H0ar; on plesdiDgs, !,
representatives. Knott, M'Mahon aad L
-nks; on jurisdiction OF the senate, :
representatives. Lord, Knott aud Hosr
be opening will be by Representative
yDde. On the preparation fJr trisl Of
ct and examination of witnesses, Rep O.
sentatives NJ 'MRhon, Lynde ana Lap >
am; on questions OF law on tIisl of