The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-04-14
WASHING TON.
The South Carolina Matter
Discussed by Patterson
and the President,
Patterson not so Rampant as he
Was, and Willing to Accept
champion.
Minor Eotc. aud capital Gossip

WASHINGTON, April Ex-senator Pat
erson OF South Carolina Informed the
President yesterday that he Thought he
| 1.-THE President) had made a mistake III
! his course toward that state.
The president replied it was an expert.
lneut. From representations received
and pledges made 10y Governor lamp.
Vas reason 10 believe it would be sue
cessful.
The senator said he would as soon have
Hampton as Chamberlain for governor,
provided his accession to that office
should bring prosperity to the state and
Hampton should treat all citizens alike
aud provide means tor fair election as
ne promised to do. In conversation to-
day Senator Patterson remarked that not
as a Republican but believ-
ing in the rights of instruction,
it the Legislature of South Carolina
should instruct him to vote in favor OF
the admission of Butler or any other
Democrat to the Senate he would do so
and besides he would vote for the admis-
SION Democratic senators from Louisi.
ana. This would interfere with his Re
publicanism but his action would be
based on the ground that state ought
to be represented according to the
wishes OF the people az represented In
their state government.
No BARGAIN.
1t can be stated on authority that the
president made no bargain whatever, or
promised to, with Chamberlain as con-
dition of his retirement from the gov
, ernorship.
| NOT SUBJECT TO L. 5. NyIGATIoN LAWS.
The treasury department decided that
vessels engaged in trading upon waters
wholly within the limits of the state and
having a nayigable outlet are not subjec,
to the navigation laws OF the Unltes
States.
INDIAN MATTERS.
Orders have been issued by the Indian
bureau 10 provide rations for the iifteel
thousand hostile Indians rccentlybrough
in by Spotted Tail, These Indians cam,
, in on the same terms as others OF the hos
tiles. Their arms and horses will b,
taken from them, but in other respect;
they will be treated the same as the
!. indians who lave remained at the
4 agency.
: An IMrRACIICABLE SCHEME,
a The secretary OF the treasury has in
structcd Assistant secretary French t.
make "A list vi twenty customs agents To-
assignment to duty III various portions o
:, the country under his immediate control
: From this it would seem that the secre
tary has abandoned the idea OF consoli
vice force OF the treasury and the inter
nal revenue agents into one Organization
Assistant Secretary French, 10 whom
this proposition was referred, reported
that il would he highly ineXpedient to
adopt It, The Number OF customs agents
was reduced by the last congress from
flty-threc to twenty as the maximum.
orr FOR ENGLAND.
Charles L. Conant, ex-assistant secre.
tary of the treasury, and John Bigelow,
who is to be his assistant in London in
the transaction OF government business
with the syndicate, left tonight from
New York ell route for England.
TREASURY OFFICERS REINsTA1ED.
Messrs. w. III. Hale. of Mass; c. c.
Adams, of Ky, and T.. +. jennings, of
Ala, formerly special agents of the
treasury department, have been rein.
stated, the record of their services being
OF a character to assure the secretary that
there was no just reason tor their re-
moval at all.
Captain Adams was formerly chief Of
the bureau, but was reduced to a lower
position and subsequently removed by
the influence OF Supervising Agent
Moore, because of his adams friend
ship for Secretary Bristow. Secretary
Sherman considers that this was no
good reason and consequently directed
his restoration TO the service.
GOOD DERTB,
| Mr.. Ddnneli MINI has been appointed
assistant superintendent OF public build
hgs at Memphis.
SHORT AND SWEET.
Al the thirteenth anniversary oil the
National Deaf College, President
Hayes made short and delicious
address.
The board of engineers appointed to
investigate the suiliciency OF the founda-
ton of the Washington monument have
completed their report. There is author.
~ tor stating that the report will con-
denim the foundation as insufficient to
warrent the completion of the monu-
ment on the present site.