Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-05-17
WASHINGTON.
which he is Emphatically Defiant OF
Amy Consequences the Investiga-
tiOn May Bring About.
The Democratic Caucus Advisory Com
mittee Decide that the ssPreyiOus
Question" Should be Adhered
to. without Amendments
Prof. Henry's FuDe-
raj, Etc.

| WASHINGTON, May 16.-The senate pos
| al committee decided to report as amend
| ments to the annual post route bill sex
| eral measures heretofore agreed upon a
senarste bills providing for a ne,
tration of newspapers admitted 10 one poen
| rates of postage, and regulating the compen
sation for railway mail transportation on tn
basis of car space and the speed of trains.
The subcommittee of the house judiciar
committee reports upon the claims of tn
French bondholders to the ownership of tn
Memphis and Ell Paso railroad, that the It'll
of the road rests in the Texas and Pacific rail
road company.
sHERMAN's TALK ABOUT THE POTTER RES
OLUTfdN.
The National Republican to-day publishe
the following interview with Secretary Sher
man relative to the pending Potter ipvestigat
ing resolution. In reply to the question as t
what he thought was the real purpos,
of the resolution, the secretary replied tina
it looked very much as if the Democrats wert
engaged in the work of manufacturing ammu
milton for the fall campaign, irrespective O
a due regard for the character of the n1ateria
used, after which the interview proceeds as
follows:
Question-Do you think this movement
aimed at the Presidents title? Answer-No
at all, for that is irrefarigably established by
the authority of law which must be abro.
gated before the title can be approached. Be
assured that it does not really point in that
direction, but is make shift for Democratic
capital for campaign purposes.
Ques.-The newspapers say that it is aimed
at you and Governor Noyes and other states
men who visited louisiana and Florida,
rou1ino tho alaotOra1 oount in those ar
with the view of bringing you into public
disrepute. Ans.-Yes, | know the papers
say SO; but none of these things move me. ]
visited tine south at that critical period in the
nation history, in the interest of right and
justice. 1t was generally understood that
the Democrats had determined to capture
both Louisiana and Florida, and thus count
in Tilden. was convinced that fair count
would give both those States to Hayes, and
having deep interest in the proper, Just
and wise adjustment Of the question that was
exciting the public mind to fever-heat
throughout the length and breadth of the
country, went to louisiana. to supervise the
counting of the votes, solely with the view, if
possible, to secure an honest count and just
result. l devoted much time and careful at
tention to the subject, and am firm in the
conviction that the result, as declared III
Louisiana, falls short of doing justice to the
Republican ticket. Oar majority in that
State, under free and fair election in the
several parishes and precincts, some of which
were terribly bulldozed, would have been
much larger than was determined by the
count as presented by the returning board.
Ques.-Well, what can they do with you
under this resolution? Ans.-Nothing. The
Democrats can pass their resolution and then
they can do their worst SO far as am con-
cerned. do not fear them; on the contrary,
| shall defy them: My action in the south
on and The pubic %efteo h az cc66eng
the closest scrutiny into my purposes and
acts while was in that section pending the
of the vote.
Ques.-Then you do not scare? Ans.-Not
at all; the Democrats are heartily welcome to
do their worst. My intentions and actions
were upright, and have not the slightest fear
of any consequences that may fall upon my
self under this resolution, should it pass, as
it probably will after the Republicans have
shown their opponents that 1t is not the east
est thing in the world to have their own way
when they attempt to perform an act incon-
sistent with the public peace and welfare, and
for which there is no public necessity.
THE DEMOCRATS WILL STAND UP FOR THE
POTTER RESOLUTION.
The select Democratic caucus advisory
committee met, Immediately after the adj
of the house, to take into consld-
Grafton the present condition OF the Potter
investigation resolution, and decided that the
Democrats should adhere to their determine
ton to admit no amendments to the resolu-
ton, and to persevere in their present course
until the resolution shall ibe adopted; and,
further, that no public business be transacted
The President has nominated Amos Smith,
jr., of Cincinnati, collector of internal reve-
nue. for the first district of Ohio, Uice Weitzel,
to be removed; Gustavus st. Gem, surveyor
of customs at st. Louis, and John H. Smyth,
of North Carolina, to be minister resident
and consul-general at Liberia.
PROFESSOR HENRY's FUNERAL.
At the funeral of Prof. Joseph Henry, to-
day, were many beautiful floral tributes to
the ,memoryiof the deceased After briefreli-
gious service IN the part of the building where
the deceased resided, the body was removed
to the hearse by twelve soldiers, the pail
bearers being Associate Justice Strong, w.
W. Corcoran, Admiral Rodgers, General
Humphreys, Heorge w. Childs, Admiral Jo-
seph Patterson, of Philadelphia; Surgeon
General Barnes, Captain Carlisle, ?. Patter-
SON. superintendent of the coast survey;
Prof. Guyot, Prof. Newcomb, General Poe
and Prof c. Willing The procession moved
to New York avenue church, where the flu
neral services were conducted by Rev. DIR.
Mitchell. There were present, In addition to
the family and the immediate friends OF the
deceased, the board of regents of the Smith
sonlan Institute, the President and Vice
President of the United States, representa-
tives of the executive departments, members
of congress, the supreme court of the United
States, judiciary of the District of Columbia,
the court of claims, Sir Edward Thornton,
the Japanese minister, and others of the Dip
lomatic corps. the Academy of national sci
ences, the Philosophical society of Washing
ton, and the Alumni association of Princeton
college, officers of the army and navy, and
of the Washington monument society, and a
large concourse of citizens. Among the
prominent gentlemen were: Prof. Asa
Gray, of Harvard college; Profs. Guyot and
Stephen Alexander, Of Princeton: Prof
Marsh, of Yale college; Firman Rogers, and
Prof. M. c. Lane, formerly president of
Princeton college, and who, when vice presi-
dent of that institution, forty years ago, in
vited Mr.. Henry to professorship. The re-
mains were inferred in Oak Hill cemetery.
"He Abused My Hl M.1e' and L Killed
CHICAGO, May 16.-About midnight last
night, Michael Dewitt, aged thirty-seven,
an Irish laborer, was shot FIVE times, one
shot penetrating the heart, by Joseph Sparks
young Bohemian laborer. The bloody deed
was committed on the corner of Fourteenth
and Canal streets, and Sparks was captured
while trying to make his escape. He con.
fessed that he had done the shooting, and
said that Dewitt deserved to be shot, be-
cause he had abused hisS[Sparks's wife, and
he expressed qualification when he heard
that he had killed him. Dewitt has been
living in Sparks's house, and Sparks claims
that he has made himself odIous, and has re-
fused to pay rent. A countryman of Sparks
named Joseph Wernberger, was arrested
while hurting heavy stones on the dead body
of Dewitt.
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