Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-03-26

SICult ". DuTTOWS,
igan, Solicitor of the Treasury; Col. David
S. Stanley, Twenty-Second Infantry, briga-
dier-general.
Standard Dollars.
The issue of standard silver dollars for
the week ended March 22d, was $2SS, ,495
corresponding period last year, $2lS, ,495.
The Grand vizier's Complaint.
Nothing is known at the Department of
State regarding the alleged complaint of
the Grand Vizier of Turkey against the
recent conduct of United States Minister
Wallace.
The Tobacco Rebate.
The Treasurer of the United States COM
menced preparing drafts for the payment
of claims for rebates of the tobacco tax,
and will forward the drafts as rapidly as
settlements are made by the First Comp
troller.
Point Houmas Plantation.
The House Committee on Private Land
Claims directed favorable report on Rep
resentative Hunts bill to confirm the title
Of j. G.. Cofield to the Point Houmas
plantation, in Louisiana.
Counterfeit silver Certificates.
The Treasury Department is informed
that new counterfeit $40 silver certificates
are being circulated in Ohio and Kentucky.
The countelfeits bear either the Nos.
B, 14S7, Ask, or No. 1407x, and may be
detected in that way.
Tennessee Cotton Case.
The House Committee on Claims di-
rected favorable report ON the claim of
VIM. A. and Adelia Cheatham for S32, ,O74,
with interest from October, 1868. The
claim grows out of the assessment made
by an internal revenue collector on cot
ton raised by claimants, which was paid
under protest. The Cheathams live in
Tennessee, but the cotton was raised in
Louisiana.
The Patent Laws.
Representative Greenleaf introduced
bill to provide for the appointment d
three commissioners by the Presideni,
whose duty it shall be to examine, reyise
and report to Congress- upon the patent
laws of the United States, and provide ior
remedy for infringements of patents
and the internal administration of the
Patent Office. They shall also report fnch
amendments of the patent system a are
expedient.
Presidential P0stomces.
The following postoffices are added to
the Presidential offices with salaies OF
States Bement, III, Sl1OO; Fanklin
Grove, ILL.,, $1,000; South Evanston, ILL.,,
S1100; Wyoming, ILL.,, $1,000; Rock Rapids,
Ia. $1,000; Fulton, KY, $1,000; Somerset,
KY, Sl100; Menden. Mich, $l00q; Spring
Lake, Mich, $1,000; Princeton, Nd, $1,000;
Troy, Mo-, $1,000; Jacksonville, Or, $1,000:
Albany, Tex, $1,000; Mabel, Tex, $l100;
New Braunfels, $1,000; Morg.ntown, W.
Va, Sl100; Auligo, Wis, STl0G Edgerton,
Wis, Sl100; Necedale, Wis, $1,000.
Conhrmations
Consuls: Willis F. Baker, illinois, Rosa
rio, Argentine Republic, Firth Charles
Worth, Beioit, Ks, Fa.chct; Julius
Stapel, Consul General, Shanghai; Archer
Russell Plat, consul, Chefoo, China.
Brewster Cameron, Belsit, KS, receiver
public moneys, Tucson, Ariz.; Jacob B.
Blair, Wyoming, associate justice Supreme
Court of Wyoming; Case Broderick, Kan
sas, associate justice Supreme Court of
Idaho. Postmasters: John ], Clarke,
Temple, \. H; 6. B. Cord, Watsonville,
Cal. Jos. NJ. Corvis, Stockton, Cal G. a.
Silsby, Mitchell, OAK; Hobbert X. Mil
ward, Lexington, KY; John w. Hart,
Terane, Ia; Marcus d. Kirk, Sturgis,
Mich. John P. Craig, Memphis, No.