The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-04-02
Washington

lHE senate confirmed the nominations of
Joseph Il. Irish, Of Wisconsin, to be consul
OF the United States at Cognac; Leonard T..
Wales, of Delaware, to I've United States
district Judge for the District OF Delaware,
James n. KernS, Of Pennsylvania, to be
United States marshal for the eastern dis
trict of Pennsylvania.
Born the Senate and House having &C.
cepted the conference report on the military
academy appropriation bill, it went to the
President
Mr. Bliss, late counsel for the govern
ment, appeared before tho Springer commit
tee of investigation and explained his con.
nection with the star route prosecutions. Tie
S ated that in his opinion the Dorsey case was
the strongest OF all with which to 90 Def ore
jury.
THE number OF postofIices In the United
States on March 20 was $685. an increase
of |, 1856 in less than nine months II the
same rate Of increase Is maintained during
the remainder of the fscl year ii is est.
mated that the postofllceS will number
$4,000 on July ! next.
REPRESENTATIVE HOLMAN thinks Con
gre's will DO unable to adjourn before Au-
gust
THE President sent the following nomina.
ton 10 the Sc ate: Sumner Howard, Of Mich.
igan, n be- chief Justice Of the supreme court
Of The Territory Of Arizona, Case Broderick,
Of Kansas, associate Justice Of the supreme
court Of the Territory of Idaho; Jacob Il.
Blair, Of Wyoming, asSosocate Justice of the
supreme court of the Territory Of Wyoming.
SENATOR HAwLEy having introduced n
bill ~ the $ nae authorizing the secretary
of the navy to Offer a reward OF s21OOO for
the rescue or discovery OF the Greedy expe
dition in the Arctic regions, Secretaries
Chandler and LIN oln wrote TO tho President
opposing any such action.
SECRETARY CHANDLER has written 10 Mr.
| S. $. Cox, chairman of the committee
| On naval Affairs. opposing the recent
resolution of the House providing for
appetizer investigation Of the Jean
nctte expedition. lie says tho allegations
made against Lieutenant belong, Engine er
| Melville, the members Of the court Of in
| qury, and the navy department, in behalf Of
| Jerome j. Collins, mete jrologist OF the expedi-
| ton, are untrue and unjust, and objects 10
reopening the inquiry into what, lie says, the
| court Of inquiry correctly termed trivia
| difficulties, such rs occur on shipboard even
under the most favorable circumstances.
THE indian appropriation bill as agreed
upon by the House appropriation committee
nppropriates Sj,A7 ,65, n decrease Of Sl3,
0O2 from the appropriation of last year ar
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Foreign.
HENRY Brown, cOored man, died fey
days ago in Niagara, Ontario, at the al
legged age of III wears lie claimel to re
member George Washington, and said tina
on one occasion he drove that gentleman
from his masters plantation to Wa'hin 'ton
ADMIRAL HEWITT ISSUED proclamatio
Offering a reward Of f2,0JO for the head q
Osman Digna, the rebel chief in the Soudau
but the English war secretary ordered tn
proclamation to be withdrawn. OSma
Dicnn was reported to be still defiant, an
returned with 2,00l followers to his fOrme
encampment He exhorted the people to
religious war, promised them success IN
third battle, and used stern m'a ures towar
his diSatfcctel followers.
A WOMAN who was attacked by two do.
in Quebec was frightened to death.
The French government has decided
occupy Upper Tonquin as far as the Chine
border.
TIE Italian ministry resigned owing tot
smallne.s of the ma '0rity received by u
president of the chamber Of deputies.
ADMIRAL LEsSoFFSXY, the Russian mini
ter of marine aud commander of the Rr
sian squadron which visited tho United Stat
during the civil war, is dead.
TwENTY-SEvEN nihiliSts, among the
four artillery officers, were arrested f.
days since in st. Petersburg.
THE alleged kidnapping Of IN Indian fro
British Columbia, aud his summary exec
ton by party of masked men from the n
jacent United States territory, has been I
, sub,cc of indignant comment in the
l minion parliament.