Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-09-05

the opinion formed while here
Mr.. Young said that to the mayor OF
Memphis, the chamber Of commerce,
and the city press, he was indebted for
aid In passiOg this bill, the only one out
of forty that passed during the session.
He claimed no credit for the success OF
the bill which was due to combination
of circumstances. Another till of i'm
portant interest to Memphis that passed
congress was the, compulsory pilOtsge
bill, He received number OF letters
from the chamber OF commerce, calling
attention to the features OF the bill.
From these letters he obtained his ideas
thereon, and offered several amend.
ments, all of which were accepted, and
the bill passed without opposition, but
was defeated In the senate. At ports
OF entry where the entrance Ia difficult,
as at New Orleans and He'll Gaze, New
York, q custom somewhat sanctioned
by long usage and In the
obtained by which masters of vessels are
compelled to accept the services Of pilots
educated in such waters. Should the
master refuse to employ such pilot, he
has to pay one-hslf OF the sum demand
ed for services. On this question being
| vexed by the Pilots associations OF rev
Orleans, Beaufort and elsewhere, and
resisted by masters OF vessels, the Dill
failed to pace. Another Dill OF CONNER
cial and agricultural, as we'll "a OF ny
gienic Importance, was tnst looking 10
the increase of the signal service. he
received the petitions sent rom Mem
phis and waited on General Meyers, VINO
said that with the present appropriations
he was unable to increase the slgnal
service, nor could he hope to retain lls
present usefulness at sll OF the stations.
Thereupon he Young asked CT con-
gress for three hundred thousand DOL
lars, and waited upon the committee
with the petition. With the ASSISTANCE
of General Adkins, OF the elgnth as
trict, Tennessee thus got the aPp5oPria'
ton of three hundred tnousahu uoiiaIs,
as fixed by the commi tee, rslseu 10 louT
hundred thousand dollars. General
Mevtrs saws he will endesvor to increase
the SIGNAL service as much as possible in
the agricultural sections, especially In
the cotton States. Before leaving Men,
phis his attention had been directed 10
the injury being done to our WnarI ana
landing by the river. 10 oDVlate Ihis,
he Introduced q bill that the secretary of
the navy send competent engineer
here to survey the wharf and landing,
and determine and report what measures
are necessary to protect the same. This
he did to prevent the delay incident to
the routine course pursued by all b lis
referred to the committee on commerce.
The law requiring that estimate be
made, and the cost reported to
ho hQOnn
compelled the withdrawal of the bill and
referring to the committee on commerce;
He went before the committee, and
agreed to include the bill In the river
and habor bill, providing for as much
money as he had asked for In his bill.
This bill passed the house, but was strick-
en- out in the senate. He got his amend
ment Jolly in again, and it was again
stricken out in the senate. He finally
secured it by compromising with thirty
thousand dollars with which to make 8
survey and estimates necessary for the
measure to protect the wharf and land
ing. He asked Mr.. Cameron to let him
have the sum of fifty thousand dollars
for the survey. Mr.. Cameron said he
had no objection, but would have to con-
suit the President. He has the assn.
survey shall be made and reported at the
next congress. Since leaving Washington
had written to Mr.. Cameron and also to
General Humphreys, the engineer, to
have the survey made as soon as possi-
Bile. Another bill which interested the
people of Memphis was the levee bill.
As a member of the house he submitted
his report, and in order to get the statis-
NJ hnfOF0
the people, he took occasion to address
congress upon the subject, making it
national enterprise to reclaim the land.
he felt confident that at no distant day,
with the overcoming of the difficulties
attending national legislation, this
question will recommend itself so strong
~ to the people and to congress, as to
be irresistible. General Humphreys,
who is a friend to the Mississippi valley,
and is very much interested in its inn
provement, has made an estimate, and
says that forty.five million of dol.
lars will complete the levees from
Cairo to New Orleans sufficient
to reclaim all Of the land. Pursuant to
bill providing for revenue and the pay
ment of the public debt, under the opera
lions of this law and lis amendments,
large amounts of land were sold by the
government and bought by private par
ties. A good deal of this land was ia the
southern States, and particularly in
Memphis. The government still holds
these lands without dispossessing the
occupants, the time in 1873 being ex-
tended two years from the date the suits
were instituted. He introduced bill for
the relief of these parties, as no evidence
bod hoo,, do hare Of anu Gala mr.
change of title in the proper
ty. He did this in order to extend
the time two years hence. This bill
was defeated, and he introduced another
bill to extend the operations of the ex-
isting law aud its amendments to Feb
ruary l, 1877. Before that time he would
assuredly have no difficulty in passing
bill more just and equitable in its pro-
visions. Mr. Young thanked the cham
Der of commerce for listening to his re-
marks and the invitation they had given
him.
Mr.. Goodwin offered the following,
which was unanimously adopted and
the meeting adjourned: .r
RESOLUTION OF THANKS.
Resolved, That the thanks of this
chamber are due and heartily tender red
to Hon. Casey Young for the able, ener-
getic and faithful manner in which he
has urged upon the attention Of congress
the various matters o: interest to this
business community and section, and
for his efforts in securing an
appropriation of four hundred thousand
dollars for the building of United
States custemhouse in Memphis, the
enactment of q law postponing the con.
fscation of land sold for non-psyment
Of taxes, the proposed improvement of
our levee system, and the movement by
him looking to governmental aid in re-
pairing the damage to our river front.
.. STATE FINANCES.