Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-12-27
CAPITAL POINTS.


WASHINGTON, December 26.-The wife
OF Gen. Rosecrans died to-day, after lin
gering illness.
Issue of silver dollars last week, S415,-
500.
Secretary Folger has recovered his health
and resumed his duties.
The House Committee on Appropria-
tions held its first meeting this morning,
and decided to prepare, if possible, the
pension, fortifcation, consular and mill
tarv academy appropriation bills during
the recess, so they can be presented to the
House when Congress assemblies.
Mr.. Bland chairman of the Committee
on Coinage, Weights and Measures, favors
recoining trade dollars into standards, and
thinks the issuing of the latter should not
be stopped. Mr.. Bland is of the opinion
that the mint ought to be established in
the Mississippi Valley, and because of the
advantage offered by st. Louis, favors that
city.
AT the Proteus Court, Gen. Hazen sub
mitted a number of kilograms sent by him
from Washington Territory last Septem-
Der, to the acting chief of the Signal Office.
The loss OF the Proteus and the return OF
the Darlington party was Just then made
known. The object of the kilograms was
| to have a sledging party sent from Uper-
nayik to meet Greedy at Littletop Island.
Adjourned.
The funeral oil Ex-Gov. Lowe took
place to-day from his late residence. \
large number of prominent citizens and
distinguished friends of the dead man as
sembled for the last tribute to his NOM
ory. Pall-bearers: Gen. Belknap, Justice
Miller, the Hon. NJ. X. McCord, Col NJ.
Cowie, ii. j. Frost and Gen. Dunn. The
burial took place at Glenwood.
The Secretary of the Interior has ordered
Inspector Benedict, Agent Tuft and Spe-
cal Agent Townsend to proceed at once to
| Muscogee, Ind. Ter, to investigate the
| Creek troubles arising from the recent
| election OF chief, and make arrangements
| looking toward settlement. The recon-
/ Eendation will form the basis for final ac-
| ton OF tho Interior Department. The
| gentlemen above named are instructed to
inform the Creeks that the department
! will, il necessary, enforce the action recon-
! mended.
| Under Il provision of the last postofiice
| appropriation bill, when the compensation
OF any postmaster of the fourth class reaches
! $3.50 for four consecutive quarters, eX-
! clusiye of the commissions on the money
order business, he may be assigned to the
! Presidential grade and placed in the list Of
| Presidential Offices, with salaries OF post
masters as named. Under this provision 3
number of postmasters were so changed
to-day, among them the following: Norris
town, Tenn, $1,000; Jonesborough, Tenn,
I $1,000; Temple, Tex, $l400; Brownwood,
! Tex, sli0a: Atkins, Tenn, $1,000; Hills
borough, Tex, $ig6O; LEling, Tex, $500 +;
Dardanelle, Ark, $1,000; Russeliviile, Ark,
$1,000; Fort Davis, Tex, $1,000.
Gen. Mckenzie, commander OF the De-
| partmept Of Texas, has been temporarily
| relieved from command, on account of
nervous prostration, which disturbed his
mind. The affairs of the department viii
| be directed by Glen. Sehofeld. The con-
| dition of Gen. Mckenzie causes grave ap-
| prehensions on the part of his friends.
Army friends here say he has long been
~ sufferer from neuralgia and nervous
affections, which were aggravated by ex-
posure in the service on the frontier and
| residence in New Mexico. During the
! war he was twice severely wounded, and
| mqClg OF the nervous trouble which has
affected him for ylals is die IA those in-
! juries. His friends fear that should he
recover from his present prostration he
will be incapacitated for active service.