Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-04-21
GENERAL WASHINGTON NOTES.


GENERAL WASHINGTON NOTES.
Another Bond Call soon to be Made.
Secretary Folger will soon make another
bond call.
Sargent ON His Way TO Berlin.
Minister Sargent received his instructions
to-day and started for Berlin.
Rescue of the Crew of the n odgers.
The revenue steamer Csrwin will be sent
to the rescue of the crew of the Rodgers.
Sergeant Mason's Case
The case OF Sergeant Mason will not come
before the Supreme Court until Monday.
Kilbourne VS.. Thompson.
The Hallet Kilbourne case was resumed
this morning. The trial will last several
days.
The senAte's Bible stolen.
The Bible used in the Senate for swearing
senators has been stolen. Il has been in use
for fifty-three years, and every senator
admitted in that period was sworn in upon
that Bible, and had kissed it, The supposi-
ton is that it was taken by somebody a
relic.
eakening ON Chalmers.
There are indications that the Democrats
in the House will not make a very stubborn
fight to retain Chalmers in his seat Some
of the Democr ats have favored filibustering
to prevent his being turned out, but the
other Democrats are not inclined to go that
far.
Deficiency for the Government Printing
ONCE.
The Senate Committee on Appropriations
this morning agreed TO report 10 the House
a joint resolution appropriating S465,000
deficiency tor the government printing Office.
Public Printer Rounds and his assistants
were before the committee, and explained
that the money was actually net ded to enable
any printing to be done.
Congregational Convention.
At the Congregational Convention to-day
the Rev. E. ]. Holmes delivered an address
in behalf of the Congregationalist publish
ing societies; the Rev. H. G. Hayden, secre-
tary of the American Board, detailed the
operations of the board the past year, and
earnestly appealed for help to sustain for
egn missions, and DIR. Strictly spoke on the
work of the American Missionary Society.
Democratic Congregational Committee.
The Democratic Congressional Committee
has appointed on the Board OF Control Rep
resentatives Flower, New York; Rosecrans,
Alabama; Cobb, Indiana, and Randall, Penn
sylvania; Senators Davis, West Virginia;
German, Maryland, and Aessrs. J. r. Nc
Lean, Ohio; G. @. Baldwin, New York, and
J. p Stockton, New Jersey. Several new
members were added to the general COM
mittee and subcommittee appointed on
finance.
Nominations.
The President nominated to-day, among
others, Alphsnso Taft, of Ohio, envoy extra
ordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the
United States to Austria; VIM. l.. Dayton, of
New Jersey, misister resident of the United
States to the Netherlands; Nicholas Fish, of
New York, minister resident to Belgium, Jno.
NJ. Francis, of New York, charge d afdires to
Portugal; j. p. Wickersham, of Pennsyl-
vania, charge d d6aires to Denmark; Adam
Bodeau, of New York, consul-general at
Havana.
The star-ROute Cases
Judge Wylie overruled the motion made
by the defendants in the Star-route cases to
compel the prosecution to furnish full bill
| of particulars as to the overt acts charged
in the indictments. Mr.. Wilson, for the de-
Tense. noted an exception to the decision. He
asked that the plea of mot guilty" entered
by the court in the Turner case, be with
! drawn, and be be allowed to enter motion
to quash. This request, the Court said, it
would hold under consideration until Satur-
day next. Adjourned.
Dissafisaed Creditors.
Some of the Republicans of the House are
criticising the management of the election
cases, and say that the moral effect OF this
mornings work in allowing the cases to go
over after they had been called is disadvsn-
tsgeous. Those who are finding fault say
these cases demand sharp and determined
| handling and tn st the least yielding gives the
Democrats more or less advantage. They
say that those in charge of the cases should
not have called them up until they were sure
everything was ready and in shape.
| boundary Between the United States
and Mexico.
The President has transmitted to Congress
! letter addressed BY the minister
plenipotentiary of Mexico to the sec
| rotary of state proposing the conclu-
sion of convention between the two
countries Tor defining the boundary be-
tween the United States and Mexico from the
Rio Grande to the Pacific ocean by the cree
ton of durable monuments. He also lays
before Congress letter on the same subject
with lis accompaniment from the secretary
of war, to whom the proposition was referred
BY the secretary of state for an expression OF
his views thereon. The President states that
he deems it important that the boundary
line between the two countries, as defined by
existing treaties, and already once surveyed
should be run anew aud defined by suitable
permanent monuments, and says that by so
doing uncertainty will be prevented as 10
jurisdiction in criminal affair.". more
over, conceive willing and speedy assent
by the government of the United States tc
the proposal thus to determine the existing
stipulated boundary with permanence and
precision will be in some sense an as,
surance TO Mexico that the unauthorized
suspicion, which of late years seems to have
gained some credence in that republic, that
the United States covets and seeks to annex
the neighboring territory, is without founda
ton That which the United States seeks
and which definite settlement of the bound
AIRY in the proposed manner will promote, il
confding and friendly feeling between the
two nations, leading to advantageous com
merce and closer commercial relations.
have to suggest that in accepting this pro