Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-02

/ possible to protect the remains from body
| sDatchers. They would have far more in
centive to steal his remains than those Of A.
I I. Stewart. And If his remains can be made
to subserve some worthy philan,hrophy it
seems TO be far better to dispose Of them in
| this way"
| Scoville says be has received few small
/ contributions in answer to his appeal. 1t Is
the general opinion that Scoville will aban-
| don the case If his motion il denied by
| Judge Cox Friday.
| The Associated Press reporter asked Dis
| trict-Attorney Corkhif if the government
would take control of Guiteau's body after
the execution. lie replied: II can't answer
that question" But asked the reporter,
Gas a question of Law, will the government
have a right to dispose of the body?" Cork
hill replied: II will not answer that either.
You can say l decline to answer all questions
on the subject, as / intend to speak on il Fri
day. You must hear my speech If you want
TO know about it"
Lawyers outside OF the case say the gov
eminent will have authority over the body.
The superstition is that the body will be de-
livered to the family, if they request it.
Charles Reed, OF Chicago, who assisted in
the defense of Guiteau, says the proposition
to publicly exhibit his body is monstrous
and an outrage upon common decency. He
says such thing would not be allowed; that
the D6isOu EttklDS 10 MAKE SUCH an cAHlDl-
ton would be liable to arrest and punish
ment as public nuisance. Reed condemns
the proposition in unmeasured terms, and
says it is Infamous.
Capital Briefs.
The Senate confirmed Samuel J. Burpee
postmaster at Marshall, Michigan.
Coinage,at the minis during January, S10,-
450, 900, of which g, 100000 were standard
dollars.
Mr.. Brown, OF Illinois, and Mr.. Nicely, Of
Evansville, Indiana, are candidates for the
Office of public printer.
The treasury department to-day begun
payment of the quarterly interest on contin-
ued fives, amounting to about S., 50S,O0O.
The straw-bond Star-route cases were up
again to-day, and most OF the time was occu-
pied by argument concerning the production
in court of certain bids and contracts.
Senator Hill, Of Colorado, entertained
President Arthur at a dinner at the senator's
residence last evening. The British minister
and number of senators and their wives
were among the guests.
The commissioner of internal revenue re-
ports that the quantity of spirits in distillery
warehouses January lst was seventy-three
million eight hundred and six thousand nine
hundred and fourteen taxable gallons, which
is about forty million gallons in excess of
last year.
The naval board report that the death of
Thomas Duncan, carpenter and caulker, by
a fall from the rigging of the United States
steamer Portsmouth, was purely accidental.
Naval officers favor the construction eof
small, light war vessels rather than unwieldy
armed vessels and six and eight-inch guns
rather than guns of large caliber.
Senator Saunders, chairman of the Senate |
Committee on Territories, has decided TO
report a separate bill for the division of |
Dakota Territory, and keep that measure
apart from the question of admitting the |
southern portion of the Territory into the |
union. The question of the admission of
the new State will be brought up after the
matter OF division shall have been dis |
Dosed Of