Daily globe., 1880-02-10
ENERAL CAPITAL NEWS.
CONFIRMED,

CONFIRMED.
WASHINGTON, Feb 9-The Senate confirmed
Geo. ID. Bocoman register of the land Office at
La Messila, New Mexico, Sam. w. Sherfed,
receiver of public monies at the same place,
and Chas. E. Barney, postmaster at Harrison
vile, Missouri.
RELIEF OF GEORGIA.
Representative Hammond introduced bill
to day for relief of the State IF Georgia. 1t
directs the secretary of state to pay Georgia
the proceeds of all the cotton taken from her
possession by agents of the United States which
may be asccTtained to be in the treasury of the
United States.
ADVERSE REPORT.
The House committee on war claims decided
to report adversely on the cluim Cf Burbadge
& Co., amounting to $4,000 for sugar and
molasses and rum scquestra,ed by Gen. B. F.
Butler at New Orleans.
SHERMAN AND BJYNToN.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-The following has been
furnished for publications.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-To the Agent of the
Associated Press: My. private correspondence
shows that some persons actually believe that
Gen. II. V. Boynton, correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Gazette, has begun some sort of p5o-
ceedings against me for slander in civil or
military court. So far rs l know up to the
present instant of time, he has done nothing of
the kind except in the newspapers.
(Sisned) W. T. SHERMAN.
DEATH OF GEN. SYKES
Col. George Sykes, Twentieth infantry, died
at Brownsville, Texas, to-day. The report of
the agent of the first auditors Office, treasury
department, who was sent to investigate the
books and papers of Thos. Ambrose, late clerk
of the United States court for the southern
district of Ohio has been received. 1t shows
that Ambrose earned from the United States
and from individual costs and fees over and
above his maximum compensation and ex-
penses of clerk hire, and that he didn't credit
all his earnings in his emoluments accounts for
the years 1872 to 1875 inclusive. The excess
during that time being $50 2S7 1t was found
also that he charged for final records largely IN
excess of the actual number of folios, and for
copies of papers for the district attorney, ag-
gregatiug several thousand dollars.
Major Reno having learned of the approval
of the sentence of the court martial dismissing
him from service, has telegraphed the Presi-
dent to be allowed to resign. The President
has the request under consideration, and or
ders of the war department in Reno's case are
delayed for decision.
RIVER PILOTS.
The session of the board of supervising in
spectors of steam vessels adjourned to-day.
The following business of Importance has been
transacted: The pilot rules of western rivers
were changed as to give descending vessels
the absolute right of way. The form of all
certificates of inspection of passenger, ferry
and towing was changed by striking from the
backs thereof the memorandum of in
spection and transferring to the full
certificate so much as was deemed essential.
Rule "A was amended SO as to require an extra
man to be in OF near the pilot house on pas
senger and ferry steamers at all times. The
former rule only required an extra man on
night routes. All ferry steamers will hereafter
be required to carry the same lights as passen-
ger steamers navigating the same waters. Ali
steamers navigating rough waters are to have
one life raft TO every two life boats required
All iron used for marine boilers of
45,U0O tensile strain and under
to show twenty-five per cent.
contraction or over and one per cent. additional
contraction for each additional one thousand
pounds tensile strain up to and including
Do, ,00O pounds. All pilots are to be examined
for color blindness. The rule requiring all
life boats to be clinker built, was repealed
REroETED on ADVERSELY
In executive session this afternoon the census
committee reported back adversely additional
installments of nominations of census supervis-
ors including number of these appointments
for the Southern States.
THE EXODUS COMMITTEE.
The Senate exodus committee examined two
colored witnesses to-day, their testimony being
mainly oorroborative of that previously given
by other colored witnesses, concerning the