Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-04-15
GENERAL CAPITAL NEWS.
PROMOTION.

TREASURY PROMOTION.
WASHINGTON, April 14.-Secretary Sher-
man has appointed George N. Lamphire,
of Cincinnati, appointment clerk of the
treasury department in place of Wilson j.
Vance, resigned. Lamphire has been assist
ant appointment clerk since 1875.
THE MIXED JURY CASES.
With consent of counsel the hearing of
argument upon the petition of Virginia for
writs of manaamus, habeas corpus and Ger
tiorari in the Rives mixed jury cases has
been postponed until the first Tuesday of
the next term, or until full bench of JUS
tices is present The attorney general de-
sires that the argument should be heard by
full bench. A case from Tennessee in
volving similar questions will be argued at
the same time.
APPOINTMENT.
The President has nominated Francis l..
Van Wyke, of Illinois, consul at Turks isl
and.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GEAR.
Secretary Evarts has telegraphed the Unit
ed States minister to Russia to convey to the
car President Hayes congratulations upon
his escape from assassination.
REPORTED INDIAN UPRISING DENIED.
The commissioner of Indian affairs to-day
received telegram from Fort Sill, saying
there is not the slightest foundation for the
report of Cheyenne outbreak.
CONFIRMED.
,n. @1uSenate confirmed Arthur L. Thomas,
! Pittsburgh. secretary of Utah Territory.
Postmasters: w. w. Smith, Cedar Rapids,
Iowa; NJ. r. Billings, Carrollton, Mo.
SILVER MINE PRODUCTION.
Referring to Representative Buckner's
proposed bill for the coinage of $6,OO0,OoO
silver bullion monthly, the director of the
mint says this amount is not only beyond
the present capacity of the mint but largely
in excess of the production of the mines of
the country, which are estimated at $780,
O00, 900, from which should be deducted
100000 used in the arts and manufac-
lures, which would leave $25,OOO,OOO to be
imported under Buckner's bill.
SUPREME COURT DECISION.
No. 2O3. The Wheeling, Parkersburg &
Cincinnati Transportation Co., plaintiff in
error, vs.. the City of Wheeling, in error to
the supreme court of appeals of West
Virginia. This is an action for recovery of
taxes paid under protest, by plaintiff in
error, to the city of Wheeling upon four
the Ohio river between Wheeling and Gin
cinnati. The plaintiff in error denied the
right of the State to impose taxes upon such
vessels, and argued that such tax
alton was violation of the constitutional
provision that no State shall levy duty on
tonnage. This court holds that taxes levied
in this case are not duties on tonnage with.
, in the meaning of the constitution, and that
. the enrolment of ship or vessel under thu
laws of the United States does not exempt its
owner from taxation thereupon as persona
property. Judgment of the lower court i.
affirmed with costs.
3 RADICAL RoUr.
The following bills were filed under tn
head of petitions in the Honse of Reprssen
tatives to-day.
By Mr.. Vance-Providing for free coin
age of the standard silver dollar 41215 grain
q Troy of standard value, the same to be lega
tender at its nominal value for all debts an,
= dues, public and private, except where other
e wise provided by contract; and further, tina
any owner of silver bullion may deposit tn
a same at any United States coinage mint o
assay office to be coined under existing laws
8 By Mr.. Springer authorizing an act re
# quiring the secretary of the treasury to pur
! chase from time to time, silver bullion a
d the market price thereof, to the amount Q
i, such bullion as may be offered, provides
:, such bullion is the product of any min
within the jurisdiction of the United States
d He shall cause the bullion so purchased to b
i int or nd oil, ILL II.
l. capacity of the mints in connection wit
other coinage. He is also required to issu
8, silver certificates in denominations CORES
n pondlng with the denominations of Unite,
r. States treasury notes to the amour
70 of silver bullion purchased, as pre-
b vided by the bill; such certificate
d shall be deposited in the treasury and sha
be deemed part of the current revenue {
0, the United States, and shall be legal tende
d. at their nominal value. They shall be II
deemed by the United States ON demand i
silver bullion by standard silver dollars
the option of the government, and q
amount of such bullion and coin equal to tt
outstanding silver certificates shall be +,
tanned in the treasury for such redemptio,
1t authorizes the secretary of the treasul
and director of the mint to make such ree1
lations for carrying this act into effect {
will best protect the interests of the Unite
:. States, and sum sufficient to purchase tn
bullion authorized as appropriated.
A petition signed by Warner, Alberto,
Geddes, Ohio, Manning, Maxey, Muldro,
Miss, Ladd, Me-, Steele, N. G., Speer, Ga
and Young, Tenn, was filed, embracing
bill authorizing the owners of silver bullic
to have it coined into standard silver dollar
the provisions of which are substantially Il
same as those contained in the petition
Mr.. Springer.
A petition embracing bill was presents
by Al. Warner. Ohio, asking that the /
vised statutes relating to coinage be amen
ed so as to admit silver to coinage on Il
same conditions with gold.
All the above measures were referred
the committee on coinage, weights and mes
ures, who, under the rules recently adopt,
BY the House, have leave to report at al
time,
S., NoRrHFoLK, N. Y, April IA distin