Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-01-27

have the most singular faculty for COM
municating knowledge. That gentle
man, with so long continued service, ana
by his diligence in well-doing, was enti-
tied to forty.five hundred dollars a year,
which the committee on appropriations
now proposed to cut down, Thst COM
mittee, which had the whole Of the in
teresis Of the United States committed
to ita charge could not possibly be ex.
pected to know the direct things 1t was
acting uyon. Laughter He (Hurloutl
looked upon the law fixing the pay OF
army officers as among the contracts
of the nation. When a man was
Induced to leave active service in the
army, in which he was sure of promo
ton, and to settle down for life in the
greater but more quiet task Of educating
the youth OF the nation, it had pledged
its faith to him, and it was bad faith,
unsound economy, and equally unsound
policy to attempt to violate that con-
tract. He was glad that the proposition
TO do so came from where it had come.
God forbid that any man who had oorne
arms on either side should Disgrace him.
self by upsetting the calculations OF
lifetime, and disturbing the honorable
dream which these gentlemen had
right to indulge in, relying on the prom:
ise of the government. be spoke OF
this now because looming events
cast their shadows before" This little,
i'll considered, ignorant attack on West
Point was only mere skirmisher OF the
main point to be directed against that
great Institution, of which West Point
was the nursery, and of which the ma
ton was proud. The people did not
4 - n kI,o ~ tho notinn and
the school of soldiers and the dignity Of
the professor struck at, as tney were IN
this bill.
Without action on the bill, the COM
mittee rose, and the house adjourned.
SENATE.
In the senate, yesterday, Senator
West presented a memorial signed by
several hundred citizens of Louisiana, in
reference to the credentials of Mr. Eustis,
claiming his seat in that body. The
memorial was referred, as requested, to
the committee on credentials. In re-
sponse to the senate resolution of the
twentieth instant, the secretary Of the
treasury presented q communication
relative to the collection OF money due
the United States by the Pacific railroad.
House bill transferring the custody OF
certain Indian trust funds from the Sec
retary of the interior to the treasurer Of
the United States passed. House bill to
amend the revised naturalization stst-
utes was favorably reported on. The
sint resolution providing appropriations
to meet the government obligations fall
ing due February lst will be called up
to-day. The house joint resolution, d.
recting the commissioners Of the Dis
trict of Columbia 10 pay inter. st on the
3.65 bonds under the act Of June 20, 1874,
will be reported with amendment.
The resolution of Senator West calling
on the secretary Of the treasury to sub.
NIT copies of any proposition received
from the Pacific railroad company for
the redemption of government mort
cages, etc, was agreed to. TIE senate
rejected Mr.. Christiancy's motion TO re-
fer to the judiciary the bill to confirm
pre-emption and homestead entries OF
public lands within the limits OF rail-
road grants, in cases where such entries
have been made under the regulations
of the land department. Mr.. Howe
submitted an amendment providing that
nothing in the act shall affect the title
which Wisconsin or its assigns may
have to land granted that State to aid
in constructing railroads in that State
by act of June 8, 1856, and acts amend
story thereof. On motion Of Mr.. Howe
senate went into executive session, and
soon after adjourned.