The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-01-20
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Jan 19.-The Public
Lands Committee has agreed to repor
favorably the bill introduced by Repre-
sentative Sapp. to grant to corporate auth.
critics of the city of Conncil Bluffs, Iowa
for the public uses, a certain lake situated
near said city.
The President has made the followins
nominations for Census Supervisors:
Illinois-1st District, James g. Wright
I'd. David H. Sunderland; Sd, John W
Bailey; 4th. Henry I'll. Mcdowell; 5th
Edward j. Waddell; 9th, John H. Chest
mutt; 7th, VIM. A Northcote; 8th VIM
Z. Brown.
Iowa-lst District, John NJ Rowsey
%. James I Metcalt; Sd, j Ohm s. Stridger;
4th, Ichabad n kidder.
Minnesota-lst District, Albert A Gran
dali; I'd, Charles W johnson; Sd, Chris,
G Andrews
The Senate has confirmed the following
nominations E Conger, Illinois, AS
sociate Justice of the Supreme Court OF
Montrna: Postmasters Illinois-W n
Smith, Englewood; L II Post, De Kalb;
s Walker. Darbondaie; Augustus Nash.
United States Marshal, District of Nevada;
De Forest Porte, Arizona, Associate JUS
tice of the Supreme Court of Arizona
Jacob p Blair, Wyoming, Associate JUS
tice of the Supreme Court of Wyoming !;
Melville c Brown. Wyoming, United
States Attorney tor Wyoming; Postmas-
ters, VIM Wilson, Iowa Fails. Iowa
Secretary Schurz said to-day: 1t has
never been held by the De 2artment OF the
interior that if an individual member of
the Ute nation committee a crime, that the
whole nation should be held responsible
and punished therefor, tut under the pros
visions Of the treaty Il 1868. If certain
offenses are committed oy the Utes against
the whites. the Ute patton is bound 10 sur
render the offenders, and this fact is fully
recognized by Ouray. Ii peaceful settle
nlent can be made with the Utes, there is
no one in this Department that desires to
deprive them Of their reservation without
allowing them most liberal compensation
Ii ls thought by some members OF the
delegation, now in this city, that a good
many Indians will be willing to settle
down IN severalty upon agricultural land
o1 their present reservation, and to yield
the balance OF land to the government,
and that those who will not do this will go
peaceably to the Untiah reservation.
After some further remarks, the Secretary
said, L deem it my duty to do al! | can
toward settling the present difficulties
Injustice to any one"
The solicitor Of the Treasury to DAY
rendered an official opinion CHASING the
so-called educational toy money" with
counterfeit money.
Thd Senate com mittee, consisting of
Voorhees,, Vance, Pendleton, Window and
Blair, appointed to investigate the cause
of the exodus Of the colored people from
the States, commenced taking testimony
to-day The first witnesses examined
were Rev. j. E. Rankin. pastor of the
Congregational Church of this city. and
Thomas Tuliock, Assistant Postmaster of
Washington, both of whom testified that
they had no personal knowledge of the
causes of the exodus and knew nothing of
the widely scattered circular to which
their names were appended, appealing to
the people of the United States for money
to assist the freedmen in finding a refugee
from persecution, etc, except that they
had promised to serve as members of a
board of audit for the emigraut aid society
therein referred to.