Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-04-04
The Morrison Tariir-The American
Tract SOciety-Dyer's Additional
Testimony and Departure.
Morton and MississippE-The Fifteenth
Amendment - The Real Estate
POOl-A Man who Paid
NOthing-Etc.
The Presidents Health.

keeps his room, receiving no VlsltoIs.
Some Of his intimate friends ssy that
his sickness Is owing to a return Of Ie-
riodical neuralgia. Rev. DR.. Newman
to day prayed for his recovery.
General MeIgs so Testify.
General Meigs, who has been in Wash
ington week, will be summoned before
the house committee on military affairs
t. testify relative to the tombstone con-
tracts.
Ihe Morrison Tariff.
The committee on ways and mears
Yesterday completed its action in the
clauses Of the Morrison tariff bill, relat-
ing t. iron and steel, the only amend
ments to which are the following: The
insertion after pig iron Of the words
spiegel Eisen iron. But the committee
has not yet fixed the duty. Squares Of
iron and steel, three cents per pound;
Wuo1-screWs, less than two inches and
more than one inch in length, Elk cents;
and one inch or less 10 length, eight
cents pound. The duty on wood
screws, two inches or over in length,
has been changed from five to four cents
a pound. No amendments have been
made in lead. On Tuesday the COM
mittee will consider the copper pro-
visit n.
The American Tract Society.
Judge Bradley, Of the supreme court,
presided at the annual meeting OF the
American tract society this evening.
Secretary Shearer made statement OF
the sOCiety's operations, and addresses
were delivered by Hon. J. d. Seeiye,
Prof Edward w. Clark, late OF japan,
and Rev. DR.. Chamberlain, Of India.
m. nd Icun.
c;es exceed one hundred thousand dol.
lars, and ftom the ssEeJ Of books, tracts
sui periodicals over three hundred and
fifty thousand dollars. The grants Of
tracts average one million five hundred
thousand pages. About two hundred
colgorUeurs have been employed, chiefly
in the south and west, and Texas, Utah,
and the Pacific coast are represented as
very hopeful.
Dyer's Testimony.
The special committee on the 30. called
whisky flauds in Missuri examined, yes
terday, Colonel Dyer, UGited States dis
trict attorney at st. Louis. The eXsmi-
nation lasted about three hOurs, and was
exhaustive. 1t was, however, rather
disappointing to the com mitteep ss Mr..
Dyer seems to think that all the suspi-
c!ons he frankly admits st one time he
eutert3i OF everybody st Washing
ton except Secretary BristOw and Solici-
tor Wilson, were groundies1. The testi-
mony taken by the grand jury was given
to the defense by juror named Fox,
one of the two who sfterward came here
and gave the testimony away, getting,
in some way, his con 6n appointment t9
some office. Colonel Dyer left for ST.
Louis last evening. Mr.. X mott informed
him thst he would bs needed again in q
week or ten days.
Morton and Mississippi.
Governor Morton to-day II tceived the
| full text Of the resolution Of the Repub-
| licsn State convention of Missi5sippi re-
ferring to himself, as follows:
L" ReSoLUed, That, i'll behsli of those
we represent, we tender our gratitude to
| Senator Morton for the interest he has
manifested in the protection of southern
! Republicans in their personal freedom
and in the sacred right of free speech
| and free ballot, and that he il entitled
! to our thanks and our gratitude for his
devotion to these principles"
The Fifteenth Amendment
The house committee on public lands
| will probably send a sub-cCm mittee to
| California after the present session Of
! congress to inquire into the alleged frauds
in the California lard offices.
Senator Morton will tomorrow intro
| duce q bill to snerd the act to enfOrC e
! the fifteenth amendment to the cOnsti-
| tuition, and remove he objections to the
! act set forth in the late decision Of the
| supreme court.
| Lyons Testimony.
The cross-examinaIion of James E.
| Lyon was continued to-day before the
committee on foreign aff.irs iDquiTiDg
| into the Emma mine transaction.
The Indian Bureau.
The house committee on military sf-
fairs unanimously adopted a report
this morning transferring the Indian
bureau from The interior department to
the war department.
The Real Estate Pool
The statement that the committee on
the real estate pool examined no wit
nesses on Saturday because all desired
to be excused, is aH error. Charles A
Eldridge applied Friday to be examined
Saturday, but was told that he would
not be needed. Eldridge informed the
! committee thst he knew al about the
pool, being one Of it3 five members.
| Mr.. HilIyer, one IF the firm Of Sander
liz, Hillyer & Stewart, whose purchase
OF property is specially alluded to in the
subpoena duceS teculR served on Messrs.
K'lbourue and Latta, also requested
to be heard. In his note to the commit.
tee, HillVer saws: g l will state to you
generally, that this property, consisting
OF unimpTOve1 lots in the northwest
part of the city, and OF which the pur.
chase price was about six hundred and
fifty thousand dol arr, belongs eXclu.
sively to Mr.. Sanderlin and myself, and
no one else has ever, directly or indir
rectly, had an interest in it, or connec
tion with us, except the small interest
oncs held by Ex-senator Stewart, as ex.
planned by him to the investigating com
mittee OF the last congress. The title tC
this property was placed in Mr.. Latts't
hands as trustee. simply for the sake o.
convenience. Neither of US had any
connection with the pool in which Jay
Cooke was interested, or with any othel
pool or partners whatever"
A Man who has not Paid for a Post
leadership.
The committee on expenditures in the
war department to-day examined jobs
s. Collins. The chairman said the com.
mittee would only remain ia session
! uuTlUR lUc DuOIulnS HulLI DcCduSe OI k!le
desire to be present when the articles OF
impeachment were presented for action.
Collins is pOst-trader at Fort Laramie
appointed through the influence OF Pres.
ident Grant. Witness was for many
years resident Of GSl9ns. His father
and the President were formerly in busi.
ness together. He understood in 1875
there YVES to be some change at the Lar
annie post. He was living in Omaha,
aud came to Washington TO get the post
He got simple letter OF introduction
from Orville Grant, in Chicago, TO Gen.
eral Dent, who was usher st the White
house. He had known Orville Grant
since his hoyhOod. He saw Dent, and
was kindly treated by him; saw the
President, and got letter OF recon-.
mendation from him y the secretary o.
war, who said Q wis Q the Presidel
had ordered the appointment and re-
lieved him OF some embarrassment, be,
bause there were 50 many applicants foI
the post. He waited to see what tine
secretary Of war proposed to do about il
and in the meantime the President wen