Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-05
WASHINGTON.
The Pork Packers and Commits
si0ner DeiauO.
Congress to be Stirred up by the
Hog Interest.
The Efforts of The CapiiaI-hOVers
TO be COuRteraCted.
Grants Message TO Discountenance
the Measure.


nue. law, as il now stands, p0rk-pack'
ers We're liable TO be taxed aS manu-
I facturers. POrk-psekers think this
unjust. and the Chambers OF Com
merce of New York, Boston, Cincin-
natl and St. Louis have sent a deleg'i-
ti0n here to protest against II. These
Z gentlemen called upon the CommlS-
/ siOner to-day. That official gave 1t g.
his opinion that the fault was not
with him, but with Congress, and
4 that if they had grievances Congress
was the place to get redress. The
! pork-packers contend that they pHo-
/ duce only the necessaries Of life, and
| have no more right to be taxed as
manufacturers than milleFs have who
/ grind wheat and make Hour. The
/ difference, however, is that the law
/ exempts -four, while pork is not men
I toned. An effort will be made to get
/ the Commissioner to call the attention
( Of Congress to this matter IL his re-
port.
Congressman Eggleston, of Cincin-
natl, who Is one OF the delegates here,
/ saws it was not the intention OF Con
/ gress to tax packers a. manufac-
I Iurers when the Internal Revenue
/ bill was passed.
The effort to counteract the infiu-
I ence Of the agitation Of the Capitol
movers in the West Is beginning to as
sumo a form. \ paper has been pre-
pared to be handed 10 the President,
with the request that he viii take
some cOguizance Of the matter in his
forthcoming annual message, discOun-
/ tenancing the subject of removal, and
use his Executive influence in stop
ping all agitation of the subject.
FROM OUR EXCHANG Es.
WAsHINGTON, November 1.-The
Government has received the decision
of the United States Commissioner at
Wilmington, North Carolina, before
whom twenty-five officers OF the
steamer Hornet were arraigned for
violating the neutrality laws. Ac-
cOrding to the decision, but two acts
were shown 10 have been committed
within a marine league of the United
States, namely, the enlIsting Of one
man by one Of she defendants, named
Gordon, and the taking On Of a cargo
of coal from the James FredmOre.
The evidence showed that when The
Hornet received arms, stores and men
from the Petrol, the Charter Oak, the
Only Son, the Martha Washington,
and the Virginia Seymour, she was
more than three miles rom shore,
and, consequently. without the juriS-
diCtiou of the United States. Capt.
Higgins and fourteen of his officers
were consequently discharged, and
seven were committed TO appear at
the term Of the United States District
Court, which was to meet at Whining
ton to-day. The Government cOGn-
sci moved for the discharge OF the
seven officers held on their own re-
cOgnizance. but FIVE hundred dollars
bail was insisted upon.
Representative OF the Memphis,
Fl PasO and Pacific Railroad deny the
truthfulRess Of the charge IN Chi
cagu paper, that Congress will, at its
next session, be asked by that COM
pany to appropriate several millions
of dollars FOR aid for constructing the
road. They say no appropriation has
been asked or suggested by them, and
all they have heretofore sought, and
all they propose to ask Of Congress at
the coming session, Is the right of way
through the public domain.
\ singular case appeared in the To-
cal courts here to-day, presenting some
of the most remarkable ideas in social
position ever advanced. 1t is the
proposition Of a husband to his wife
that she and her sister, who has been
a member Of his household, should
change their relations, the wife be-
coming the Sister-iu-iaW and the Sis
ter-in-iaw the wife, and at the same
time live together happily The wife
reSistS an application for a divorce.
In the Supreme Court to-day, an
opinion was delivered 10y Chief JUS
tice Chase in the case of IhOrningtOn
vs.. Smith and HLasly, in which the
Court decided a pTOmiss0ry note Civ
en in payment for property purchased
ut Montgomery, Alabama, in 1864,
when the authority of the United
States was excluded from that part Of
the State, and the only currency in
Use was Confederate Treasury notes,
is payable in Confederate notes alone,
and the United States Courts possess
power to enforce the same. The
Court also ruled that contracts Stipu-
lating for payments In that currency
cannot be regarded as made in aid of
foreign invasion, as in the one case, or
Of domestic Instruction in the other
They have no necessary relations 10
the hostile Government, whether in
vading or insurgent. They are trans
actions in the ordinary course of civil
society, and though they may indi-.
recuy and remotely promote the ends
of the unlawful Government, are
without blame, except when proved
10 have been entered into with the ac-
tual intent to further the invasion or
fpsgrrectiou.
The case Of the Government against
the tennessee railroads will come up
on Thursday Of this week, before
Justice SWayue. Stanley Matthews
and Aaron +. Perry will appear for
the United States. Tho cases Of four
roads depend upon the result in the
particular case presented. Their COM
bined Indebtedness is about four mil
lions. IN three of the cases the roads
are abundantly able TO pay, but have
done little more for tNp years past
than pay interest on their debt. The
defense Of the roads i, that Govern
lneut is bound pay them for the use
of the roads during the war, and that
this claim OF theirs is greater than
their indebtedness to the United States.
MIR. Hubbard, Comptroller OF the
Currency, is preparing p st3teW6n}'to
present 10 CCngres5 with his report,
or at an early day after the session,
which viii show every feature 0i the
practical operation OF the National
banking system. Each bank has been
to make a statement of the
number aud amounts OF its loans, the
average rate Of interest and average
length OF time OF loans, and return
of all expenses, including rents, sGia-
ries, State and national taxes, and all
other items gong 10 show the cost OF
operating the banks, the net profits
and average dividends paid.
The Commissioners OF the Union
and Central Pacific Railways have
made their report to the Secretary Of
the Interior, Mr.. Cox. In concluding,
they desire TO state that both c2mpa-
nies are doing a large amount OF work
on their respective roads, and are day
by day bringing them nearer 10 the
standard required By law. This great
line, the value Of which to the oUun-
try is inestimable, and in which every
citizen should feel a pride, has been
built in about half the time allowed
by Congress, and is now good and
reliable means Of communication be-
tween Omaha and Sacramento, well
and fully prepared to carry
freight and passengers with safety and
comparing, in this respect,
iavOrably with majority OF the first
class rOads in the United States.
The arrival of prominent Congress
men brings TO light the fact that strong
efforts will be made at the approaching
session of Congress to modify the eX
isting Internal Revenue laws in many
essential particulars.
There is a general belief that the
present high tariff duties will be
greatly reduced. Nearly every Con-
here fayors q thorough re-
vision ofthe present laws.
There will also be an effort made to
have a resolution passed to print all
suppressed impeachment testi-
mOny, which, it is alleged, shows DAM
ageing evidence against several Sena-
tors, not all Of whom were Democrats.
The reports Of nearly all the heads
of Departments. and Bureau officers
have been sent to the public printer
to be placed in type. Secretary Bout
wells report viii not be completed for
three weeks yet.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.-Public in
terest here to-day has generally CEN