Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-16
COTTON STATISTICS.
Report OF the Bureau OF Agriculture
Giving the State Percentages Of
Last Years Crop.
Report Of the Cattle Plague Commission
Funeral of the Late A. VI. SateIdo
-StaT-ROute Cases.

Funeral Of the Late A. VI. Sateldo
: -Star-Route Cases.
WAsHISGroS, February I5.-The trial 0
Sergeant Mason Will begin Monday.
Ocean steamship subsidy.
The advocates Of the ocean steamship sub
sidy are preparing TO press this question be
fore the present Congress vigorously. i oil
is being drafted to be reported to the Hous,
which the friends of the measure say viii
not be amenable to the objections raised t
the bills of the past.
Postal Regulation Revok ed.
4 Postmaster-General Howe has revoked sc
much Of the postal regulations requires
-four 10 be inclosed in sealed envelopes before
| being put into metal boxes for transmission
in the mails, and flour is declared not to be
| included among the articles which, if not
| properly secured, might damage other con-
tents of the mails
The ChristIaacy Divorce Case.
In fhe Ghristiency divorce suit to-day. The
counsel for the ex-mi mister 6led a motion
asking for the appointment of special ex-
amiuer to take further testimony il New
/ York, IN rebuttal to that put in by the de-
PENDANT in answer to the origi nal bill. A.
| letter purporting to have been written by
| Giro was also offered as evidence. The court
reserved its decision on the motion.
Nomfnated By the President.
The President has sent the following nom
| nations to the Senate United States Con-
suls Branz Tzchuck, Nebraska, Vera
lumbia, Nantes; George Clifford, Maine,
LaRochelle. United States Marshal Henry
/ R. Denny, district of Minnesota. Post
masters Jacob Hammond, RushYille, H.
linois; Virgil A. Stuart, Fairmoni, Ne
braska; Charles II. Paul, Hastings, Ne
brsska.
strRw-Bond Siar-ROute Cases.
Argument in the straw bond Stlr-route
cases closed to-day. Colonel Bliss commended
that all that was necessary TO be established
was the existence of such facts as would JUS
| tify magistrate in sending cases to a jury.
| Hines, of counsel for the defense, in the
course of his remarks, intimated that the
prosecution of his clients BY the government
was the outgrowth of private malice. The
Court announced that the decision would be
rendered tomorrow.
Cotton Statistics.
The department OF agriculture gives the
following the State percentages of last
years cotton crop: North Carolina, 50; South
Caroline, so; Georgia, Sc; Florida, go; Ala
bama, Sc; Mississippi, 80; Louisiana, IS;
Texas rs; Arkansas, SO; Tennessee, 60. The
returns of the acreage make the increase
of acreage in 1881 about five per cent, and
the total acreage about 16,500,000. The re-
turns OF the losses by the cotton caterpillar
indicate an aggregate loss Of 100000 bales.
Funeral Of the Late n. NJ. sateIdO.
The funeral of A. NJ. Sateldo, jr., took
place this afternoon from his late residence
on Iowa Circle. Every available space in
the larger part of the house was occupied
and many were compelled TO remain outside
Many costly and beautiful floral emblems
were appropriately arranged about the
casket. A large column and cross from the
Baltimore AmericaR, with which journal
Sateldo was formerly connected, attracted
special notice. Besides the professional as
sociates of Sateldo-nearly every Washing
ton bureau being represented-there were
number of representatives in Congress and
other prominent government officers present.
The services were conducted by the Rev.
Father Hughes. The remains were deposited
in the receiving vault in Mount Olivet Gene
terry. The final interment will be in Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
An Amended Dakota Bill.
An amended bill favoring the admission
of Dakota will be tavorably reported to the
House. 1t provides that the new State sh all
consist of all the territory included within
the following bound aries: Commencing at
point on the west line of the State of Mime
sofa, where the forty-sixth degree OF north lat
itude intersects the same; thence south along
the west boundary lines of Minnesota and
Iowa to the point of Intersection with the
northern boundary line of the State of Ne
braska; thence westerly along the northern
boundary line of the State of Nebraska TO
the wenty-seventh meridian of longitude
west from Washington; thence north along
the said twenty seventh meridian to the
forty -sixth degree of north latitude; thence
east along the fortieth degree of latitude to
the place of beginning. The bill also pro-
vides for the organization of State govern
ment.
The Philadelphia Mint.
Snowden, of the Philadelphia mint, was
before the House committee again to-day
in reference to the extension of that mint,
and in the course of discussion upon coinage
severally he recommended that instead of
establishing branch minis the superintend-
ents of assayI offices be authorized by the
government to issue bullion certificates for
bullion deposited there. His recommenda-
ton was that superintendents Of assay
offices be employed TO receive both gold and
silver bullion on deposit and issue to deposit
ors certificates in amounts of ten dollars and
upwards therefor, payable to bearer; and
that these certificates hall at once enter the
general circulation of the country. SHowden
said this would be much cheaper than 10 es-
tablish branch minis, and would serve sub
stantially the same purpose. This sugges-
ton met with decided favor in the minds of
the committee. Snowden was asked if he
did not think that the issuance of those Ger
tificates would not tend to bring silver up to
par with gold, and he replied in the afirma-
tive. The committee will give this subject
due attention.
The Cattle Plague.
The secretary of the treasury to-day sent
to the Senate the manuscript of the report
of the commission on the cattle plague. 1t
is very voluminous document, covering
hundreds of pages of foolscap, and is also a
most exhaustive history of the plague and
consideration of its causes and treatment.
For the extinguishment of the lung plague
the commission.consider it necessary that the
authority entrusted with the work should be
clothed with the following powers, by law:
To abolish or regulate the markets and store
cattle in the infected districts; to enjoin the
slaughter at the markets in infected dis
tricts of all fat cattle entering those mar
kets; fat cattle for slaughter elsewhere can
be obtained at the bonded market; to pro-
hibit all movement OF cattle in infected dis
tricts, except under special license; 10 in
spect all cattle in suspected districts; to
slaughter all infected cattle, aud in excep-
tional cases, those that have been exposed to
infection; TO have the condemned cattle APP
to prohibit all exposure of cattle on highways
in unfenced or insecurity fenced places in
Infected districts, or Of suspected cattle on
lots adjoining one occupied by healthy cattle,
or bordering on highway; to prohibit the
pasturage OF more than one herd on one
pasture, unless under special license; to
disinfect all premises, fodder and other
articles that have been presumably exposed
to infection; to institute and enforce such
minor rules as shall be demanded by the
peculiar conditions in the particular dis
iricts. In order to carry out these sugges-
tions, the commission recommend liberal
appropriation by Congress, TO be disbursed
by come designated Federal officer. In case
the work is delegated TO the different States,
the commission advise that liberal appro-
priation Be made from the Federal exchequer,
sufficient TO cover the greater part OF the out
lay, aud that this be paid over TO the execu-
tive officer of the United States on approval
by the veterin Try sanitary organization desig-
mated for the purpose. The commission con
sisted of James Law, E. F. Thayer and J. II.
; inders.
Bold Bank Robbery.