The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-02-05
NEWS SUMMARY.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

meeting in Boston on the night of the 18th.
The Senate Committee on Finance, by n
tie vote of 4 to 4, on the 14th, refused to rec
Ommend the passage of Senator Thurman's
resolution repeating the legal-tender quality
Of greenbacks. Senator Jones, the absent
member of the committee, being known to
be opposed to the resolution, at the sugges-
tion of Senator Bayard it was thereupOn
agreed by common consent that the commit
tee should report adversely thereon. Those
voting for the report of the resolution were:
Messrs. Bayard, Herman, Wallace and Nor
rill; against a report: Messrs. Beck, Voor-
hees, Ferry and Allison.
Among recent nominations made by the
President are: E. B. Pomeroy, United
States Attorney for the Territory of Arizona;
Henry NJ. Atkinson, United States Surveyor
General, New Mexico.
A bill has been introduced into the New
York Legislature providing for choosing
Presidential Electors by Congressional Dis
tricts, with two Electors at Large.
The House Committee on Elections, in the
contested case of McCabe VS.. Orth, Ninth
Indiana District, has granted the petition of
contestant to go on and take testimony.
Gambetta, Republican, has been re- elected
President of the French Chamber of Depu-
ties.
Senator Lamar had a stroke of paralysis at
his home in jackson, Miss, on the 18th. His
condition, although declared not dangerous
by his physicians, was such as to give his
friends grave apprehension.
The Sub Committee of the House ApprO-
priation Committee, charged with the in
vestigadOn of what are denominated the
d" "star''' route contracts in the mail
service, examined Gen. Brady, Second
Assistant Postmaster General, during
several days. The purpose of the in
quiry was to ascertain what caused
the deficiency of 100000 of appropriation
/ for the current fiscal year. Gen. Brady was
put through a course of pretty severe ques-
tioning concerning the contracts made by
| him. He defended his acts by saying that he
| felt justified in building up the service, and
had felt assured that Congress would grant
the necessary extra appropriations to con-
tinue the service upon the basis to which he
! had extended it.
Prof. Samuel Gardiner, formerly Govern
ment Electrician, and well known inventor,
died suddenly at Buffalo on the 18th.
The House Committee on Agriculture ap-
pointed the following sub committee to con-
duct the investigation into the administration
of the affairs of the Agricultural Department:
Anderson, McGowan and DibbrelI. The
investigation is the consequence of a resolu-
tion introduced in the House by Mr.. LIE
| Fevre, and adopted some days since. The
committee have power to send for persons
and papers, and will commence its labors al
once.
The House Committee on Indian Affairs
on the 10th began an investigation into the
causes of the recent Ute outbreak. Gen
Adams and Miss Meeker were the first wit
nesses called. The testimony is not made
public.
Lane Emmons, Treasurer of the Town O.
Everett, Mass, is a defaulter to the amoun
of $4,000 and has absconded. 1t is said tina
other officials are implicated.
The Senate Committee on Territories hav
ing referred to subcommittee, composed
of Senators Vest, Butler and Logan, tn
question of the organization of the Indial
Territory into a Territorial Government, tn
latter, after several sessions, have directet
Senator Vest to prepare a bill providing fo
the establishment of the Territory of Ol1laho
ma, and the appointment by the President o
the usualTerritOrial officers. The Legislativ
: branch of the proposed Territorial Govern
, ment is to consist of the Council of Is mem
! bers and the House of 26. Representative
Z
: according to the number of qualified voters
r Any male Indian 81 years of age, who ha
adopted the customs of civilized life, will b
( entitled to vote. Lands are to be surveyed
I and each person who is a member of a tribe
- occupying a reservation within tn
e limits of the Territory is to be emit
Y tied to a homestead of 16O acres. Th
e bill repeals all acts granting lands in tn
D | Territory to railroads upon the eXtinguish
= ment of the Indian title, and Sections 16 an
; SO are reserved for school purposes. TIL
5 committee, it is said, are very doubtful as
5 the right of Congress to dispossess the Ind
n ans of their lands, and they viii endeavor
: so frame the bill as to prevent those obiet
t tions which the Indian tribes within IL
: Territory have hitherto made against the o.
e ganiZatiOn of a Territorial form of govern
+ ment, and will endeavor to protect them
: their rights by every means within IL
is power of Congress.
!, Rev. Albert Bushnell, the first America
e missionary to the western coast of Afric
it died at Sierra Leone on Dec , last. NJ
is Bushnell was a native of Rome, OneiC
If County, n. Y, and went out as a missions
ry in 1S43. He was very influential in pr
1t curing the abolition of the slave trade al
ameliorizing the condition of the natives.
The House Committee on Military Affai
have agreed upon a report in the Fitz Jol
Porter case. The majority report, signed
a all the Democrats of the Committee, will re
as ommend that Porter's disqualifications
removed, that he be restored to his form
p rank and privileges, and that /
a sum Of $4,000 be awarded him
e lieu of back pay. The minority repo
ne signed by the Republicans of the Committ
=,
ny stored to his former rank, but without a
he compensation for back pay, and also d
IS, agrees with the assertion of the major
,et that injustice was done him through the
roneous finding of the Court martial
ce which he was tried.
be The President has nominated James RI
sell Lowell, Massachusetts, Envoy Ext
ch ordinary and Minister PIenipotentiary
England; John w. Foster, Indiana, Minis
ts Russia; Lucius Fairchild, Visions
Minister to Spain; Philip II. Morgan, TX
isiana, Minister to Mexico.
er- The Republican Executive Committee
ew Bergen County, n. J., have adopted re
of luton requesting Hon. c. II. Voorhis, Ne
in Der of Congress from the Fifth Congressio
rst District, to resign. Mr.. Voorhis was Pre-
ng dent of the First National Bank of Hack
,rd sack and the Hackensack Savin
in bank, which recently failed, W
ne liabilities Of over 100000
m nominal assets. Mr.. VOorhis has b
ck- indicted for embezzlement and misapp
)v priation of funds and also stands char
lid with the crime of forgery. His reply TO
bic committee is that he is innocent Of all cr
7as inal intent or action and viii make good
'ed defense before a proper legal tribunal.
ere The following additional nominations
The been made by the President: Eli II. MUIR
zOr Kent,,cl-x, Governor Of Tr..1 r., 49, u