Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-16
BILLs SIGNED.

lied sdenial Of the tsport tnat the COM
mittee had requested the President to
withdraw his nomination.
BILLS SIGNED.
The President has signed the bill to
provide for the pBrehRse Of material md
fJr the continuation of the work on the
building for the customhouse and post
Office at st. Louis; also the act author
izIng the purchase of additional grounds
for the cBsteHnhotss at Nashville.
RAILWAY EX PORTION TO BE EsTOPPED.
The house committee on the Pacific
railroad to-day agreed to report and re-
commend the passage Of bill to COM
pei the reduction by the Union Pacific
railroad company Of the present charges
OF fifty cents per PASSENGER and ten dol.
lars per carload for transportation over
the Omaha bridge.
THE BILL TO REDEEM FRACTIONAL
CURRENCY.
Secretary Bristow and, Mint Director
LindsrthaR we're; By initiation, before
the house appropriation committee to-
day to furnish further information con-
cerning the readiness Of the treasury
department to begin the redemption of
frsetiopsl ct1uen"y in silver coin. After
hearing their statements the committee
voted to report the bill for this object
back again to the house tomorrow, and
ask its immediate consideration.
THE BLACK HILLS BILL.
The bill reported from the senate
committee on Indian affairs o;day pro-
viding fot an agreement with the Sioux
Nation for the relinquishn e1t of the
Black Hills, is, with few amendments,
the measure introduced by Senator AL
lison.
THE BILL TO PREVENT STRAW BIDDING
FOR POSTAL ROUTES.
The house committee on postoffices
and pcst-rOads has authorized Mr.. Lut-
tIell to report for pc ssage bill designed
to prevent straw bidding, the main fea.
lures OF which are these: 1t provides that
in cases Of failure of bidders or con.
tractors, the postme 3ter-general shall
not be obliged to run up the list of bid
ders until he fines some one able and
willing to perform the service, but after
giving the second lowest bidder the pref
erence, if his bid Is not considered too
high, the department may offer the con-
tract to any outside party at q price not
xceeding the next to the lowest bid on
the list. The bill will also provide that
no bonus shall bs accepted which do not
explicitly embody satisfactory answers
to the various prescribed interrogatories
relating to the location, value and free
dom from membranes Of the real es-
tate alleged to bs owned by bOndsmen.
GRANTS CABINET.
New York Worldl
The cabinet selected and maintained
by Grant has been the worst, and 10
some respects the most ridiculous,
known in any country in modern times.
1t has included:
Cresl0eH, the hero of the Ch0rpenning
contract and other jobs;
Williams, the attorney-general from
Oregon, whose use OF the public money
in providing his wife with q private
Iandaulet and misapplication of the
funds Of his department for electioneer-
ing uses In the southern States COM
PEELED the people to demsnd his resig-
nation;
DeldnO, who was forced to retire by
unrt fIted charges Of corruption In con-
nection with the Indian supplies;
BOutIOeU, the Groton grocer, and as
Anticipated meddler with finance as
we read Of;
Richardson, Boutwell's scandalous sac-
cessor, who was rewarded for his COM
PEELED resignation by an appointment as
Judge of the court Of claims;
Borie, the good .natured old French.
man, who found himself too much out
Of his depth and comfort to stick in the
navy department, even to please Grant;
Robson, who succeeded Borie, and
whose malRdministr8tiOn of the navy
and navy-yards has occasiened contln-
ued series Of ugly charges and constant
public discomfort;
Mizzer Chandler, of Michigan; and
BELKNAP!
The only man of established character
except MIR. Fish, who has been appoint
ed by Grant to the cabinet was Cox, Of
Ohio, who, early perceiving that the re-
forms he was disposed to start were
stoutly and shamelessly opposed in the
very heart Of the dminis.ratiOn, re-
signed In sorrow and disgust. Bristow
and Pierrepont are still on trial. The
ugliest reports are aflOat concerning the
action Of Judge Pierrepont in respect to
the Babcock case. He will have to dis
pose clearly OF the charge Of assisting
the Presidents military secretary in his
defense before he can be rid in the pub
lie nostriIs of the taint OF Grantism.
EMUSIC IN THE AIR"
From the Special Correspondent Of the Ap-
peal.]
WASHINGTON, March 13.-The air In
Washington is so thick with the Bel.
KNAPP and kindred scandals that even
such important legislation as the con-
clusion Of the long Pinchback serial is
passed by, almost without notice; and
yet its Importance as q precedent and
principle In this final settlement, ad-
VeFsely to the claimant, can hardly be
overestimated For three long years
this now historic bronze adventurer, with
his bogus credentials, hes been hanging
on the ticklish verge of the highest leg
islative body on the planet, and he was
prevented from effecting an entrance
only through q coalition Of handful Of
Republican senators with the Demo-
cratic minority, most prominent among
whom wss Zach Chandler's worthy sue
cessor, Senator Christiancy, of Michi-
gan. This State, by the way, seems
anything but friendly to the notorious
claimant; his fate had no sooner been
decided by adverse vote than
Senator Ferry, of Michigan, the
Vice-President, gave orders to the
00OrReepSIb JU6L uS SuUulu uO longer Dc
admitted upon the floor. In taking
fiual leave Of Plnchback we see depart
perhaps the smsrtest mulatto that hes
ever appeared iI American politics,
Fred Douglass not excepted. He may
not have been in any sense q great man,
perhaps never would have developed
into a statesman; but he had the talent,
energy, courage, and sublime eg0tism
which elicit the admiration of men, and
half blind them to his faults and the
barTenness OF his cause. cleft making
threats to appear again with new papers
and a more powerful backing, but it is
too late; he will have 10 confine his am
bition to local State politics, OF
retire upon his fortune, which Ii
at least s quarter Of million,
Rumor is loud in reference to expo
sures o! fraud and corruption In the diff
ferent departments, and your core
spOndent has the b5st of authority + !
saying that the investigations now pend
ing are every day bringing to light theft