Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-15


it is believed that action will be taken
toward having it reopeDed. All The mefn-
bers were present excepting the attorney
general.
The nomination to-day of Jno. c. New, Of
Indiana, 10 be assistant secretary oil the
treasury, was a general surprise. 1t is said
that New could have had a foreign mission,
but he preferred place in this country. 1t
is now rumored that Filley, OF 81. Louis, will
soon be provided with good place.
The sfar-ROute Cases.
John NJ. Trew, of Durango, Colorado, was
examined as a witness before the grand jury
to-day in the Star-route cases. He was in
strucled to bring all the letters received by
him from S. w. Dorsey, J. W. Dorsey, J. L.
Minor, NJ. A. Berdell or any one of them, in
relation TO the mail service in Colorado since
July l, 1878.
Increased Pay for Letfer-Garriers.
The House Committee on Postoffices and
Postroads agreed to report favorably Bing-
hams bill increasing the pay Of auxiliary
letter-carriers from $500 to $500, and provid
ing for subsequent advance upon promotion
to $500 and $1,000 The regular carriers are
to come from this class, new men serving
first as auxiliaries.
Carr's Case Dropped.
The President has refused to entertain the
charges preferred by General Wilcox against
General Carr, whe has accordingly been re-
leased from arrest. While the President de-
cIined to order a cOurt-martisl, it il under
stood he nevertheless disapproved OF certain
utterances OF General Carr as insu5ordinate
No further action will be taken in the case.
4 Lengthy Petition.
A memorial is here which is more than
five thousand feet long, and is signed by
merchants, manufacturers, mechanics, far
merz, taxpayers and others, of nearly every
State in the Union. and which bill will De
presented to the Ways ond Means Commit
tee. 1t asks that the tax on bank deposits
and the two-cent stamp on checks and
drafts be abolished.
Looking Into His Record.
The Senate Military Affairs Committee
this morning began an investigation of the
charges against Major Rochester upon which
his nomination as psymaster-general of the
army was recOmmitted for further Consldera-
ton. Several witnesses were examined, and
the indications appear to be that the com
mittee will adhere to their former report in
favor of Major Rochester's confirmation.
Tribute 10 the Late a. N. saaeidO.
The friends and professional associates Of
the late A. NJ Sateldo, jr, resolved tonight
"that in our relations with A. NJ. Sateldo, jr.,
as a journalist, we remember him as cour-
teous, paiDstaking and worthy gentleman.
We bear cordial testimony to his talent,
fidelity and honorable purposes, and to his
brave and generous character; and We ten
der to his afflicted family ana to all his
friends the assurances of our sincere SYM
paths y
Letters from Liberia announce the arrival,
on the 18th ultimo OF the bark Monrovia,
from New York, with emigrants sent by the
American Colonization Society. They
landed safe and well at Monrovia, and con-
tinued on their way to Brewersville. The
Rev. DR.. Henry Highland Garnet, minister
resident and consult general from the United
States, had arrived 10 the British mail
steamship Nubia, from Liverpool, and been
warmly received.
Another Indian POw-WOw-
Secretary Kirkwood held a second confer
ence to-day with the Arspahoe Indian chiefs.
Black Coal, the principal chief, asked if they
could have houses like white men, and the
secretary replied that if they would build
them for themselves they would be furnished
with the necessary materials. Secretary
Kirkwood stipulated, however, that they must
erect their tepes in front of their houses, and
not use the latter for stables as had been
asserted of other tribes.
Communication from Secretary FOIger.
Secretary Folger has, in a communication
to the Senate Finance Committee, submitted
his views at length on Senator Beck's bill 20
prevent unlawful certiiicstion of checks by
national banks. The secretary does not think
the passage Of this bill will effect the object
in view. as he says the question of what
constituted unlawful certifcation would still
have TO be submitted to jury There is
already q law on the statute-books to this
effect, and the secretary does not think the
Beck bill can add any specific force to it.
Railroad Land Grants.
The Senate Committee on Public Lands
discussed at length the resolution to instruct
the attorney general to defend the titles to
Western homesteads claimed by railroad
companies to have been included in land
grants to them. This resolution involves
directly the lands includ, d in the recent de-
cision of Judge Miller at Omaha, but indi-
rectly it touches the titles OF many other
homesteads. The question is whether the
entries made upon land included in railroad
grants before that land was formally and
finally Withdrawn by the government are
good or not. Senator Plumb stated that he
knew at least five hundred cases where this
question entered into Il title, and that there
were hundr de of other cases. The commit
tee did not come to any conclusion. N
Nominated by the President.
The President has sent the following nom
nations to the Senate: John c. New, of In
Edwin Fl. Nevin, jr., surveyor Of customs
for the district oil Philadelphia Benjamin
Fiagler, collector of customs for the district
of Niagara, New York; Joseph r Jolly,
collector of customs for the district of Teche,
louisiana; L. r. Duyerge, OF Maryland,
United States consul az St. Paul de Ljands
Augustus s. Seymour, GIited States district
Judge for the Eastern district of North Caro-
lima; William F. Poston, United States at
torney for the Western district Of Tennessee;
Andrew McClain, United Stats district at
torney for the Middle district OF Tennessee;
Moses NJ. Drew, United States marshal, Cali
fornia; Hiram NJ. Nanarman, # California,
secretary OF the Territory OF Arizona.
Weiss Beer.
The House Committee on Appropriations
agree to substitute for Representative Hard
enbergh's bill to regulate the COLLECT on of
the tax on weiss beer, and instructed Repre-
sentative Carlisle to report it to the House
with recommendation for its passage. The
bill provides that brewers OF weiss beer ex-
clusively may bottle that liquor upon the
premises where the same is brewed or made,
in bottles containing not more than one quart
each; and such bottled liquor may be re-
moved from the brewery for consump-
ton or sale, upon the payment q
the tax, in boxes containing either two
doz N half pint bottles, two dozen pint bot
ties or one dozen quart bottles, and not
otherwise. 1t prescribes the method OF afhx-
ing stamps, and imposes fine Tor non
compliance with the provisions OF the bill.
Bottlers of weiss beer, not brewers, are inhib-
tied from packing in boxes similar to those
of brewers. The rate of tax on weiss beer is
fixed at three cents per gallon, Without any
allowance or deduction whatever.
House POlyEamy Bill.
REPRESENTATIVE Willetts 1Mici.7 today
a.
agreed upon by the House judiciary Com
mittee TO prevent persons living u bigamy
or polygauy from holding any CIV Office Of
trust or profit in any OF the Territoies Of the
United States, and from beng desgates in
Congress. Accompanying the bill la report
which declares that no person shss under
the authority Of Congress, hold ofse who
violates this statute, which is justfAd and