Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-04-25
GENERAL WASHINGTON NOTES.


Among the bills introduced and referred
in the House to-day was one by Ford Mo.
(by r, r,quest) for the improvement OF the
Mississippi, Missouri and OHIO rivers and
their tributaries. Il authorizes the appoint
ment of mississippi River Commission, -
to consist OF seven members, who shall devise
the means and manner of Improvement, aud
directs the secretary of the treasury 10 issue
$4,000, 900 in treasury notes, to be expended
by the commission as follows: $4,000, 900
for the Improvement of the Mississippi river
between Cairo and the mouth of the river,
and S25, 100000 for the improvement of the
Mississippi and Missouri rivers above Cairo.
and the Ohio river between Cairo and Pitts
burg.
Secretary FoIser Onnosed TO the Carlisle
Bill.
Secretary Foiger's letter in opposition TO
the Carlisle bill was laid before the Senate
Finance Committee this morning and fully
discussed, but no action was taken. The
committee adjourned till 10 O'Clock tomorrow
morning, when the matter will be resumed
Secretary Folger strongly opposes the in
definite extension of the bonded period for
whisky, and considers the leakage al
lowed as excessive and does not approve of
the liberty given for distillers to transport
to any bonded warehouse within the same
district the products of their stills. He
holds that it would enable the disliller to
take advantage of the government in the
event of a panic or great depreciation in
value in whisky by leaving it indefinitely in
the hands of the government.
The Jumbo, OF the seRate.
President pro tenn. Davis, of the Senate,
had, on Saturday afternoon, his third break
down since he became member of that
body. The trouble with the Illisois senator
is that he forgeis an ordinary chair cannot
sustain the 400-pound mass of flesh which
belongs to him. He ought to follow the
example of the late Senator Dixon H. Lewis,
and only use chairs specially constructed to
stand the strain. Judge Davis, who had put
another senator in the big, strongly -braced
chair which he occupies as pre- siding officer
of the Senate, had been strolling around the
chamber to stretch his legs. and passing by
the chair which belongs to Senator Brown,
of Georgia, and is abundantly able 10 hold
his weight of 125 pounds, he took a notion to
rest himself. He sank into the chair, and
the chair sank to the fosr in broken pieces,
which we're strewed all over the Judge as he
lay Eprawling. AS he scrambled to his feet
with sense of injured dignity fresh upon
him, he saw that Senator Butler, of South
Carolina, who occupied the next seat, was
smiling broadly, and his ear caught the
whisper OF some one on the other eide styling
him the Jumbo" of the Senate. He was so
indignant that he stalked around the Senate
chamber several times. and then, becoming
a little more composed, he selected another
chair after critical inspection and deposited
himself in it. Senator Butler went over to
him for Modifying purposes, but the jud ge
waved him on and declined to listen TO him.
On the last occasion that he bursted through
a chair Mr.. ConSlipg, who was then in the
Senate, chuckled audibly, and he would not
take any notice of him for week after.
Minor Mention.
The President nominated James Burton
marshal of the United States for the Western
district of Pennsylvania; William Warner,
attorney of the United States for the Western
district of Missouri.
Berdell, one of the parties of the Star
route cases who was discharged by Judge
Wylie because of a misnomer, was re-
arrsigned in the Police Court to-day Bond
Tor $1,000 was given, and the case went over
until tomorrow.
A DELICIOUS medicine is DE- Lsslie's Qui-
nine Wine. Can be taken by children and
others, where quinine cannot
Cotton Belt Bulletin.
MEMPHIS. TENN, April %. 1852. pm