Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-06-22
Heroic needs ReWarded.

! 20, 1874, of three life saving medals OF
| the first class to three brothers named
Hubbard, residing at Marblehead, Ohio,
who on the first of May, 1875. at great
| peril to their own lives, rescued ten men
| from the maintopmast rigging of q
| schooner, which In terrible g ale had
sunk off Marblehead, Lake Erie. The
action Of the HubbaIds is one of the
most heroic on record.
The Treasury and Specie Resumption.
WASHINGTON, June 21.-Mr. New,
this morning, sent the President his re.
signation as treasurer. Assistant. Secre-
tary Conant is acting secretary of the
treasury. The President has nominated
Senator Morrill,, of Maine, for the Office.
The committee on Ranking and cur
reDcy had under consideration to-day a
bill for the repeal Of the specie resump-
ton act. Two amendments will be ST.
lowed to be offered in the house; one for
the accumulation of coin in the trea u
ry preparatory to the resumption of spe-
Gle payments, and the other proVidip q
for the funding Of the greenbacks. The
committee were evenly divided SIS to re-
porting to-day, one member being abb
sent, and the meeting is to be held to-
morrow.
The Josiah Caldwell Dispatch.
WASHINGTON, June 21.-The man
Sger Of the Western Union telegraph
com paDy st Philadelphia was examined
to-day before the Judiciary committee.
He pro iuced, after the usual protest in
behalf Of the company, the three origi-
nal dispatches already testified to. Two
of them were addressed to Favo, Lon
don, without signature, and the third
was addressed to Josiah Caldwell, Lon.
don, over the signature OF "Scott." The
latter, he said, had been left at the Office
by Colonel ScOtt's messenger. He
did not know who left the
excepting Scott" AS to the third dis
patch, telling Favo to send the tele-
gram to the chairman of the judiciary
Committee, the witness knew that It had
been brought to the Office by gentle
man, who, when the clerk asked him
to leave his address, said that that was
not necessary. The clerk said that fifty
seven dollars and seventy'two cents
in gold had been paid forit. They would
like to have an address to which to send
the answer. The gentleman repeated
that it was not necessary, and smilingly
left the name of "John Smith,"
Morrill,, of Maine, AppOinted.Secretar
of the Treasury. EJ
WASHINGTON, June 21.-The nomi.
nstion and confirmation of Senator
Morrill, as secretary of the treasury took
place while he was absent from the SEN
ate in committee, and without his hav-
ing notified the President that he would
accept the appointment. The news
that the nomination had been received
and confirmed by the Senate was sur
prise to him, as he still held the
offer Of the appointment under consid-
Grafton. He informed his fiiends this
evening that he had not yet decided
whether or not he will accept the
position, but that in case he
arrives at an affirmative conclusion, he
will not enter upen the duties of his Of
fee until after the pending sppropria-
ton bills shall have been finally passed
by congress. His colleagues on the sp.
propriation committee, OF which he is
cnsirmRn, and large number OF prom
inent senators, earnestly desire that he
should remain with them until at least
that time. The commission of Senator
Morrill, as secretary Of the treasury, was
signed by the President at hslf-past two
O'Clock this afternoon, This Is noted as
being one OF the quickest executive ac-
tions Of the character that. has ever been
contaminated.