Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-04-14
A Dreary Day In the. Two
Houses.
The Senate Considers a Sixty
Eight Year Old Claim.
Conference Committee on the Post
Office Bill.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 12.-
The President, Secretary of War and
the board of managers of the soldiers
homes left here this morning for 8
visit to the Soldiers Home, III Hamp
ton, Va.
The House committee on com
merce has concurred in the plan sub
mitted by the Mississippi River
commission for this work. The sum Of
S4123,0 has been agreed upon
100000 of which is to be used
above the mouth of the Ohio River.
This action of the committee is in
corporated in the river and harbol
appropriation bill.
The Senate confirmed VIM. E
Chandler as Secretary of the Navy
by vote of twenty~eight against sixs
teen. The Senate also confirmed
Secretary Hunt as minister to Russia
j. r. Partridge. of Maryland, minis
ter to Peru; John Fl. Smyth, oi
North Carolina, minister to Liberia
William Williams, charge de affairs
to Paraguay and Uruguay John Jay
Knox, of Minnesota, comptroller Of
the currency; Commodore Pierce
Crosby, rear admiral, and Capt. A.
| A. Semmes, commodore.
The comptroller of the currency
has authorized a Mechanics National
Bank at Knoxville, Tenn, with q
capital of one hundred thousand
dollars, upon which to commence
business.
The President to-day nominated
George Manay, of Tennessee, to be
minister resident and consul gen.
eral to Bolivia; VIM. l.. Scruggs,
of Georgia, minister resident to the
United States of Columbia and the
following postmasters L. G.
Byron, Terrell, Texas; Josephine
Hopkins, Glen Allen, Va; S. B
Lumpkin, Chester, c. H., S. G;
j. FL. Houston, Uniontown, Ala.
Mrs. S. G. McLemore, Lafayette,
Ala; ]. B. Allgood, Macon, Miss.
A delegation of ministers of the
African NJ. e.. Church, headed by
Bishop Brown, and accompanied by
Frederick Douglass, called upon
Attorney.General Brewster to-day
and made complaint against the
United States Attorney for the North
ern District of Florida for his failure
to enfore the provisions of the civil
rights bill. The particular case re-
ferred to was that of Bishop Paine
who was put off a railroad train a
midnight, several miles from the
nearest station, after having pur
chased a frst-class ticket. It was
represented that all applications tt
the district attorney for legal re-
dress, were of no avail. The attor-
ney general promised that the
matter should be investigated.
When the foreign relations com
mittee assembled to>day to continu
the examination of Mr., Shipherd, tn
latter who had been in a room befor
the committee and had passed ava
time by examining a printed copy c
the official report of the proceeding
and called attention to many error
in the report. The members of th
committee in the examination agree
with Shipherd, errors being SO nu
merous and SO palpable that grea
dissatisfaction was expressed
As the official reporter who was re
Gently appointed by the Speaker
supeycede Mr.. Hayes desired
make statement and explain that
was out of practice on assuming th
duties of official reporter, and ha
engaged an assistant who would re
lieve him during the morning.
The chairman inquired if the gel
> tleman whom he had engaged was a
official reporter, and upon receivin
negative reply turned to Hayes, WI
I was present to report the proceed
: ings to the Associated Press, an
g requested him to make an offici
report. Hayes declined, for tt
: reasons that he was not under oat
and was moreover engaged for Il
5 Associated Press.
/ The examination was then &C
$ journed.
WASHINGTON, d. c., April l3.-M
n Andrew Devine, one of the tV
t official stenographers of the Hou
of Representatives for the eommi
T. tees, received to night letter fro
e the Speaker of the House, similar
one recently received by the 9th
. official stenographer for the Hou
Al committees, Mr.. Hayes, informil
70 him that for "good and sufficie
y cause he had been dismissed, al
. that his services would no longer
: required. Divine has been a
'e sent from the House for Sc
10 eral days on sick lea,
r. and was In bed this morning VIII
b the Speakers letter was handed hi
e. It is understood that the dismissal
D. Messrs. Hayes and Devine will
at brought up in the House for discl
IN sion.
The refusal of the foreign relati
committee to proceed with busin
yesterday, on the discovery that
gs official reporters notes OF the pl
of ceedings already had in the Shiph'
IT. investigation, were inaccurate 9
in practically valueless, is made a text
" sharp editorials in several New Y
j. papers this morning.
! a To-day another stenographer,
fetal stenokrapher to some OF