Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-15
General Capital Ne,pS.

GRADUATED COMPENSATION.
WASHINGTON, March H.-Senator Edmunds
introduced a bill in the senate to promote the
efficiency of the army by retirement of officers
voluntarily or otherwise after certain period
of service. 1t provides, among other things
that hereafter all officers of the army, who BY
reason of reduction of the army, or at his
request or by direction of the president may
be retired, shall be entitled to graduated com.
pensation for their services.
GEN. RGsECRAN6.
General Rosecrans has submitted long in.
terview to be published in local paper to.
morrow supon the Garfield letters. He speaks
more in sorrow than anger upon what he
terms breach of faith of his chief of staff
and defends his campaign as worthy of the
thanks of congress received at the instance OF
Gen. Garfield. Members of the army of the
Cumberland express much regret at the open.
ing of such a controversy,
BREvITIEs.
The house judiciary committee to-day took
up Cobb's bill, to forfeit to the government all
railroad land grants, the terms of which have
not been complied with, but no action was
reached.
Amemorial was presented from the Wis
consln legislature in favor of the improve.
ment of the Mississippi river and tributaries,
in connection with the great lakes.
WASHINGTON, March 4-The senate foreign
relations committee have agreed to report IA
vorably the nominations Of G. A. Logan and
j. Russell Young, United States ministers re.
spectively to Chill and China.
Commissioner Raum authorizes a reward
of $500 each for the arrest Of the men en-.
gagged in the assassination of Collector Davis,
Of Tennessee, and the expenditure of $500 for
the names of the conspirators.
Senator Pendleton has declined the invita-.
ton to speak at LaSalle bi-centennial celebra-
lion at New Orleans on the ground of the ac-
emulation of duties during his long absence
by reason of death in his family and his owl
illness.
The house committee will report favorably
McCord's resolution calling upon the secretary
of war for information in regard to the ne.
cessity for government dry dock at Des
Moines rapids canal on the Mississippi river.
The house committee on public lands to-day
devoted the entire session to hearing argu-
ment by Hit, state agent for Illinois, In advo-
cacy of the passage of Representatives Cannon
bill, which proposes an extension OF the act OF
1876 for the relief OF purchasers and locaters
of swamp and overfowed lands.
It is probable that Ministers Morton,
France, Hurlbdt, Peru, and Adams. Bolivar,
will be requested to appear before the Chilli
Peru investigating committee.
The senators chosen to cooperate with a
similar committee of the house, az q Demo-
cratic congressional campaign committee are:
Harris, Tennessee; Farley, California; McPher-
son, New Jersey; Morgan, Alabama; Davis,
West Virginia; Coke, Texas; German, Mary
land.
John L. Dickson, formerly postmaster at
Grassy Creek, North Carolins, sentenced to
one year in the state prison, on the charge OF
embe zzlement, has been pardoned. Dickinson
is understood to have plead guilty to save his
wife from imprisonment.
In view of the recent supreme court decis-
ion the secretary of the treasury announced
duties will be hereafter collected on the appar-
emit color of sugar as imported acquired in the
process of manufacture. The secretary OF
war telegraphed General Beckwith at st. Louis
about sending army officers to various points
in Louisiana to make detail reports of the
restitution. He has also instructed the COM
missary general to have 10000 rations Efor-
warded to commissioners for Illinois for the
relief of Shawneotown:
immigrants arrived during eight months
ending February 28th were SIC, O9l.
Judge w. A. Woodwork, counsel for the
defense in the star route cases, recently tried
at Lincoln, Neb., arrived tonight to secure, II
possible, the abandonment of further prosecu-
ton of these already acquitted at Lincoln on
one to six indictments.
Nominations-Unite States Consul at Am.
herstburg, Canada, Josiah Turner, Michigan;
Jacob V. Carter, Kansas, agent for the Indian
territory.