River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-12-18
THE WEEKS WORK.
Selected From Every Source.
WASHINGTON.


to that office on the morning of the 18th
JoHn HOY, of Ohio. was confirmed bS
the senate on the 18th inst as assislan
secretary of state; and Henry Harmon
Of II. H., as second auditor of the treas
ury.
A DISPATCH of the Sth says Congress,
man lay, of Missouri, died in this city
this morning. He has been in feeble
health for some time, but the immediate
cause of his death was paralysis.
THE president, on the 10th of Deem
her, sent the nomination of Alexander
Ramsay, of Minnesota, to the senate, as
secretary of war, vice MeCrary resigned
The nomination was unanimously con,
ffrmed by the senate at once, without
debate.
A DISPATCH of Dee. 18th says there
viii not be any farther testimony taken
by the senate committse ON privileges
and elections, before the holiday recess.
No additional witnesses have yet been
subp9naed, and several members OF the
committee are of the opinion that none
will be asked for. The report will be
submitted probably in January.
THE president sent to the senate on
Monday the Sth the following nomina
tions. Owen n. Dennis, of Oregon
consul general at Shanghai; JohnHay, OF
Ohio, assistant secretary of state; Elihu
A. White, collector of internal revenue
first district of New York; John Stone
man. of Indiana, member of the board OF
Indian commissioners.
The senate finance committee, says a
dispatch of Dec. II, has postponed until
after the Christmas recess, the Warner
silver bill, the trade dollar bill and Bay
ards resolution concerning the green
backs. on the ground that those subjects
require more attention than can be given
them in the brief time intervening be-
fore tie holidays.
REPRESENTATIVES, of the national
board of trade, in session in Washing
ton, appeared before the house committee
on conference, Dec. IL, and made ST. {" r
arguments in favor OF congress regu.at
ing freight charges on RAILROADS, and in
favor of a permanent commission to su
pervise matters relating thereto.
A WASHINGTON telegram of Dec. 6tiI
saws the following is the answer } tins
demand of the commission, just tcliv,,f-
ed by Ouray: We will deliver 70 IL al
Douglas and those Indians engage in
the massacre Of Meeker and his IN
ployes. provided they are tried at Wesis
ington. The people of Colorado aletc
friendly, and fair trial here or in NcE
Mexico is not to be expected. Rum Il
have just started, by order of Ouray,
bring in these Indians called for by t
commission
REPRESENTATIVE Clatflin, of Mas
chusetts, says a Washington special o,
Dec. 18th, is confident that eX-Govarn0
Bullock can have the English mission
he wants it. The president brought tn
subject up at a recent interview, When
Governor Clafflin urged him to ende
the appointment to Governor Bul.ock, q
being eminently fitted for the place. / b.
position is at Governor Bullock's com
mand If he will accept it
A WASHINGTON dispatch of Dec. Sth
says Lieut. Birnie, of the ordnance corps,
will b. married the 30th of December to
Miss Gum, of Springfield, Mass. Miss
Gum was the only child of very wealthy
people. Her mother died several years
ago, and she has presided over her IA
theirs house ever since. About one
month ago her father died, leaving his
immense fortune to her. She has an ell
egant residence in Springfield After
the wedding, IN December, Mr.. Birnie
and his pride will sail for Europe, he
having been granted leave of absence
for six months, with permission to ex-
tend il to year if he so desires.
SECRETARY SCHURZ sent the following
telegram to the Ute commission on the
10th inst:
To Gen. Hatch, Ute Commissioner, Los Pj-
nos agency:
Receive a surrender of the Indians
designated by your commission, with
the understanding that they will be
guaranteed a fair trial by military com
mission outsiG of Colorado and New
Mexico; infol. Ouray that he will be
received here " h four or five Uncom
pagras, tire q theTn Utes and three
White Rlv I Take care that good
and influe "a be selected from the
White RIvcl u. It will probably be
desirable to have ack here. Take pos
session of the prisoners with military
guard, and convey them in the first place
to Fit. Leavenworth.
(Sigaed) G.. SCHURz, Sec'y.
IT was reported in political circles i'll
Washington, on the 10th OF december,
that the president has rendered TO Sena-
tor Edmunds, of Vermont, a seat on the
bench of the supreme court, whenever
the resignation of Judge Hunt, of New
York, shall create a vacancy. There is
no dor bt that Senator Edmunds will ac-
cept the office, and that, when Judge
Hunts resignation is received, Ed
munds' nomination will be Immediately
sent To the senate. The circuit over
which Mr.. Justice Edmunds will preside
embraces the judicial districts of Yer
mont, Connecticut, and Northern, South
ern, and Eastern New York. Judge Hunt,
although permanent disabled for fur
Their judicial service, is not quite old
enough, neither has he been on the bench
long enough, to entitle him to pay for
life, but congress will undoubtedly pass
bill placing him on the retired list.
OF the confirmation of Senator Edmunds
there cannot be much doubt
THE attorney general, says q Wash
ingtou dispatch of Dec. 18th, rem
dered an opinion upon certain inquiries
submitted by the secretary OF the in
terror, touching the authority of the latter
to issue patents to the state of Minnesota
for the benefit of the Southern Mime
sofa Railroad company, for certain lands
within the limits of the grant by the act
Vi uA3 +. ACUO tlC uSShiCA AAA C1N u pm
the fact that the road, or a portion of If,
was constructed after the period pre-
scribed by the granting act and upon a
line different from that adopted
as the definite location. The
attorney general holds that the
state is entitled to the lands,
Notwithstanding the road was built after
the time fixed for its completion had ex-
pired, because no action, either legisla-
tive or judicial, has been taken to rem
vest the United States with the title.
On the second point he holds that def
mite location by the company prior to ac-
ceptance by the state of the grant was not
binding on either the state or govern
ment, and that as the state had, byre-
peated legislation, required the COM
pany to build TO certain points several
miles distant from the line, as fixed by
definite location, the government must
accept that It'll on a different route from
the one formerly adopted by the com
pany, and upon which the limits Of the
grant have been adjusted. The secretary
has adopted the attorney generals
opinion.
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.