Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-02-27
shermau's Opinion n 20 the Contents
OF Oar Big Safe-The Presidents
Views Oh the Chinese Sill a NyS-
teTy-The New Census Bill
Nominations
The COUkIing Burnside Brush 49, BON
Piatt Assaulted in the Senate Lobby
appropriations III the Senate
and the Census Bill III the
Householder &atters,

WAsuIxGroz, February 23.-The COM !
1nittea Of conference on the internal revenue !
bill agreed to- report reConcllng the disagree
ment between the two houses. Inc senate
recedes from the clause relating to recubers,
aad the house from the proposed abolition OF
the tax On matches. A compromise is
Effected on the savings bank section by pro-
vlding that it shall not apply to national
banks.
CHANGES or CORRUPTION IN THE PENSION
OFFICE.
S. Todd perey, Of the Erie railroad, was
before the committee OF the house to-day
m .Ii,,- an argument to show he mismaTage-
mant aud general corruption IN the business
of tha raus.on office. Before the argument
wss concluded the committee adjourned.
EDMUNDss kEw ELECTORAL Projection
ELL.
The bin reported by Senator Edmunds TO-
day from the committee on the judiciary I'd
protect the constitutional rights OF cItiz5hs'
puaisues yTllh fine and imprisonment any
person or persons VINO seek, by Intimidation
unlawful menace or any otner hhid"Iui
! means 10 Prevent the peaceful Assem- ollng OF
/ citizens f0r the purpose Of petIdoolAg con
/ orgSs fOr a redress OF grievances, or consul
e-iD,s tie subject Of the Nomination or cholce
/ @. any per on to % IA member or delegate OF
/ the house of representatives, or VINO snail
/ break up or disturb any such assemoiaEeS' or
/ rf.,vent any cit n from exercising the ', SiiV
! OF suffrage; and any persons or oncsts
! CIR rged with any duty under tins act, VINO
! shall refuse or knowingly omit to give Iuil
| effect TO their duty, shall forfeit five hundred
| dollars to the agErieved party. Every per
/ son VINO shall cast an unlawful vote or ballot
! Is 70 be punished by tine OF i've thousand
dollars, or by imprisonment Tor nog more
! than tive years, or both. assault kihIhE5
and bribery are to be visited with a Inc OF
not more than two years, or both PERSONS
I convicted OF any Of these Ctteuses are 70 De
disqualified forever from holding aoy cIhc5
| or honor, trust or profit under tae OnlLea
States.
WHAT SHERMAN KNOWS ABOUT THE CON
TENTS OF THE NATIONAL TREASURY.
In answer to a letter OF Il preventative
Wood, asking To be Informed as 70 TIE ca7n
balance IN the treasury on the 18th instant
/ how ruurb Of the amount IS held Tor resun1 D.
! i.sa PURPOSES ana how much tor other put-
,.,sat: also how much IN cOiB, United States
| r.fas' and other available cash resources,
. Secretary Sherman says: - nave 10 lnloinl
p | ,e,, that from the larest returns received
; | there was Ia general assets OF the treasury,
upon the date mentioned, OF goid coin aLu
bullion si33 1891; OF silver com , aad oai-
, lion, : - 500 ABS; in all, SI6S, O42 iUJ. AIlef
/ Fn5ustinrr the amount OF current HGo!htie7
from tne amount Of the entire assets, the
q balance available for resumption a. the same
! date was &l56 467 .26t; but 40 separate oes'
: ignaticn cf particular moneys for tins purpose
0 has been kept, nor mas 1t YET Deen deIeill
r ! whether the resumption fund can be conslu-
+. cred as money in the treasury not Cther|lse
f ! appropriated.
= DOUBTS ABOUT TIE PRESIDENT COURSE
5 WITH THE CHINESE BILL.
e Senator Grover and Representatives Lut
d troll WIgginton and Patterson tO-day urgeI
D. lie President 10 sign the anti Chinese bill
d and presented arguments ana reasons iot 5
IS doing The Presidents answer was s'mlla
Z, to that given the Republican congress dele
p cation Yesterday. The Democrats, ike tn
l. Republicans, left the White House WITH tn
-e immersion thai the President viii not sisl
j. THE NEW CENSUS BILL.
- The census bill as it passed the house pro
-, viles that the enumeration snail commelC
y on the first Monday IN June, and the return
= ebaI lie forwarded 10 the supervisors on @
~ before July l, 1880; and Ia any city haViu
= owe, ten thousand inhabitants the enumeTa
Ia fioa shall ue taken within two weeks iroi
" fine frat Monday in June. The President, b
- | and with the consent Of the senate Is
~, lsb4ye the appointment OF the superV
nc .s0rs of the census, whose number
90 limited to one hundred and fifty and who az
~ / torecsive a CONDENSATION of i've hundred 90
- lars each. The sum Of three million dollar
a., two hundred and fifty thousand dollars
ha | which is hereby Appropriated, Is AALl7SA 80
-; maximum cost OF the census.
-FOUR PER CENT DEALINGS.
ia The subscriptions to the four per cent los
in si1.e yesterday are 33,I9o 2oO.
u EoSINATIONs.
en L. S. Metcalf, appraiser Of merchandise
1 90 Walter 5. Cox, Of Washington, associa
ms. Justice of the supreme court OF the DStnct
by Peter A. Williams, United States marsh
m for the southern district OF Florida.
IA: Dennis Eagau, collector OF Internal reven
20 for Florida.
80 NATIONAL BANK DIVIDEND.
u The COMPTROLLER OF the currency has
- cIased dividend OF i've per cent. IN favor
80 the creditors OF the City national BANK
~. Chicago. making total TO Its creditcEs
~ fifty per cent.
est CHARGED WITH TRIcKEltf.
the The Washington correspondent oil me =
sen. csro Tribune, writing under date TWEEN
cry trsra relates the following exciting lnc.de
m ! sS.aat0- ConkhHg, II executive session )
AIN. ! ssrSav. BEGAN 81 unosiled for attack On Ser
Of to- RIrrslde. VINO was o. nis feet III reg
ant | IN Rhode Island nomlplbco. cAkH
in rose and charged Burnsgoe with trhAsIs
ard committee. The latter was much 5orPi1s
lEe INT c0pt4nted himself With saying tnat
TO staten mt was not correct Conkhng ILstH
for gseted his assertions, and appealed To the s
ave stf7rs n sustain hia.. At this Spen
l-rs. irmued NJ and declared ina. ConstipE
just STATING the ruth. Burnside a5 length 42t
m ts necessity TO use very decided language
On protect LimseIf, and at last declared e[n pa
-otes lcaLy that J4uklng was lying. 0en'
re as Hoar, In tee chair, attempted % stop
{ re raUus1 to order, and directed him 10
down. but Burnside, feeling himself lAs;ia-
took occasion TO eEPress . terTent wish
H>s' ne mad the tongue Of a i5eine, IN order
4 to - rl,gI.t make q fitting reply 10 &c sen:
Ere - New York. TINS a,iusion to the
avs lLo- ron ,,-.,>,al attack Of Blaine on C5nk!
ugs. - '.-1,se in 1866 was r keen thrust +
wing R,-os;55 Who went on further to 1eclar
-o5s, the senate. ta2t, Ia his experience; ne
m 49, known such dupheity ana IA
-i-ss God crowded into any ease as had
;r--.c+ea into this one by Mr.. C0nkAi9E
ia-ier was tassn considerably a0ack at
-r ,,- The yi7or ac2 courage OF Burnside
y !; | t7r1 ssrgkgs. After some tlma of tle
a uu rrssan!y confusion, Burnside took "iI
Csr." AID lett the chamber. There Is general
ct-n' deuc. 10 the effect that General burn
-' bggs himself With more for0eai lnes
OO- -cu!d b. expected, and only used uis et'
set English when 1t became entFely Jas
BILE to employ T.
"a A PERSONAL ALTERCATION.
~ A httrs.-J.on occurred Ia the senate i
Alyu1 t,,4 ,en O'CLOCK ,o--:sht between !
Inrad Pistt and VIM. - GArrighan ~,i-~-l. ~
80 If va-y brief duration, :esulted IN +
!. being badly punished about the mead