The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-03-03
The NATIONAL CAPITAL.
BILLS INTRODUCED BY TEN
EESsEE CONGRESSMEN.
The Policy Of the Administration ON
the Silver QuestiOa-Capital
Points.
IsrEcrAL TO TIE APPEAL.l

WASHINGTON, March 2.-The fol-
lowing bills Of interest to the South
were introduced to-day:
BY Mr.. Houk: A bill for the relief
OF John nj. Glass OF Greene county,
Tenn bill granting pens1n to
John Hayden; a bill TO correct the
muster roll OF Nm. Carter, Third Ten
nessee Infantry Volunteers; for the
relief Of Mrs. Charlotte Smith for serv-
ices as hospital nurse; bill for the
relief OF Mrs. Charlotte Smith for serv-
ice in nursing sick and wounded sol
diers.
BY Mr.. Richardson: A bill for the
relief OF w. X. Ransom; bill for the
relief Of N. G. Terry OF Bedford county,
Tenn.
BY Mr.. Neal: 4 bill for the relief of
Mary Caroline Ingram and Elizabeth
l.. Rumage OF McNinn county, Tenn. !;
a'bill to repeal the internal revenue
laws.
By Mr.. John NJ. Taylor: A bill for
the relief of J. d. Mason of Jackson,
Tenn. also, bill for the relief of A.
w. Jones, president of the Memphis
Conference Female Institute, jackson;
also, a bill for the relief of the legal
Representatives OF John X. Aston, de-
ceased also, bill for the relief of
Calvin Spence of Decatur county,
Tenn; a bill IT, remove the charge of
desertion against Thomas Carey of
Henderson county, Tenn, and place
him on the pension roll; also, bill
for the RELIEF of Moses Difiie, late of
HaVdaruata g,r-pftr Tom olgp a XIII
authorizing the Adjutant-General of
the United States to place the name
of Fred b. Barnes on the muster roll;
also, a bin for the relief OF Mrs. +. A.
Lea OF Madison county, Tenn. also,
bill to provide for protecting the nav
igation OF tile Tennessee river by eX-
tending the system of beacon lights to
said river; also, bill for the relief of
Mrs. M. A. Crittenden of Madison
county, Tenn.
By Mr.. Caldwell: For the relief of
Richard Atkinson.
BY Mr. Zach Taylor: A bill to mod
ify and re-enact an act entitled ''an
act to prevent the introduction of con-
tagious or infectious diseases into the
United States" also, a resolution re-
questing information from the Post
master-General in regard to the for
eign mails OF the United States; also,
a bill for the relief of Coronna, Taus-
sig x Co. and others.
THE SUPREME COURT
yesterday affirmed the decision of the
lower court in the case of the North
Carolina Cherokee Indians against the
Cherokee Nation.
COMMISSIONER ATKINS,
who had another conference to-day
with the Southern Utes, thinks that
they should be allowed to remove to
Utah if suitable agricultural lands can
be found.
MR.. CHAS. T.. RINCAID,
of the Louisville Times, who was car
ried on the folders roll of the House
at $40 per year, told the Investigating
Committee yesterday that the position
was not the one promised him, and he
intended to resign. He said he never
did any work as a folder.
TEST VOTE
was taken by the House Committee
on Public lands to-day on the propo-
sition 10 repeal the pre-emption law.
The result was decidedly in favor of
reporting on repeating the measure.
THEIR : ,BILIrrEs REMOVED.
The President to-day approved the
acts removing the disabilities of Alex
ander P. Stewart OF Mississippi, Ed
ward G. w. Butler of Missouri, and
Thomas L. Rosser of Virginia