The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-01-23
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Southern States.

Special Despatch to The EUening Telegraph.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-The Select Com
mittee 10 investigate the affairs in the Southern
States met to- day and decided to proceed with
matters in North Carolina. There are large
number of witnesses already here to be ex-
amined. They intend to bring some of the
Ku-KluX parties before them. The Senate
Judiciary Committee reported the
Georgia Senatorial Question.
To-day the ma ority favor Miller and Hill,
and the minority, Stuart and Rice, favor Farrell
and Whitley.
The Ways and Means Committee, at their
meeting to-day took up the
Income Tax
and considered the proposition of Commissioner
Pleasanton FORTS repeal. The committee agreed,
by vote of 6 to 3, to report the bill repeating
that part of the Internnl law which imposes tax
on incomes.
The Pacific Railroad.
The House Appropriation Committee te-day,
took up Mr. Buffers resolution to appoint q
committee to investigate the affairs of the
Pacific Railroad. They propose to merge Mr..
Buffers resolution with Mr.. Lawrence's bill,
which provides for lien of the Government on
all the property of the road to secure the pay
ment OF the interest.
Steamship Line to MexIoe.
The House Commerce Committee heard an
argument to-day from New York parties In
favor of a steamship line from New York to
Mexico.
The House Military Committee has appointed
q subcommittee to Investigate the case of the
COiored Cadet, Smith,
of West Point.
General Logan
was in his seat to-day for the first time since
his election as United States Senator from Hill
nois. He was warmly welcomed by his associates
on the floor.
Special Despatch TO the EUening Telegraph
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-Lieut. Commander
Oscar A. Bachelor and Charles f. Schmitz are
ordered to duty at the Naval Academy, on Feb
l. ChaS. f Hutptina is
to the Naval Observatory; Lieut.. K. B. Bradford
to the Naval Academy; Surgeon Lewis b. Hun
tin TO the Naval Asylum at Philadelphia; Lieu
tenant Commander Edwin White is detached
from the Naval Academy, and ordered to the
receiving ship at Phi!adelphia; Surgeons Thos.
! g. Walters from the Resaca and waiting orders,
and A. Rhoades to duty as a member of Board|
of Examiners.
Army Orders.
Captain E. T.. Bowen, 11th Regiment, aud
| First Lieutenant ID. III. Kelton, 10th Infantry,
are relieved from duty at Newport Barracks,
KY. and ordered to their regiments. Secondj
Lieutenant George F. Borden, 5th Infantry, isl
detailed for duty as Aid to General Halstreck. |
Major John A. Dubois, 9Th Cavalry, is ordered
to his regiment. First Lieutenant James M.
Sanno, 7th infantry, is ordered to duty in War
Department.
Cnptain Halls Arctic Expedition.
Despatch to the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-Captain Hall arrived
here to-day to further arrangements for his
Arctic expedition, and has secured the Peri
winle, formerly tugboat to be fitted for
steam as well as sailing purposes. He will
leave in May.
The programme for the unwilling of Miss
Reams
Statue of Lincoln,
in the rotunda of the Capitol on Wednesday
evening, has been completed. Addresses will
be delivered by Senators Trumbull and Car
penter, and Representatives Banks, Brooks, OF
New York, and Cullom. a..
The Committee on Banking and Ourreucys z
through a subcommittee, consisting of MeN
Cox, Burchard, aud Coburn, have been in COZ
municatiOn with the Secretary of the Treaas
with view of asceTtaning whether the esq
mate of half a million dollars for reprintine
from new plates the $40 and $40 notes Oh
national banks cannot be reduced. There is no
purpose, owing to the circulation of well-exe-
cuted counterfeits of these denominations.
When the
New York Air Line RaiIrOad
bill came up in the House to-day, the Democrats
started to filibuster so as to carry it over the
morning hour and succeeded II cannot come
up again until next Monday.
General Stevens, of the Naval Committee, had
the rules suspended to-day for the purpose of
reporting bill to defne the
Rank of Officers In the Navy,
and commonly called the line aud staff bill. He
will endeayor to get concurrent action on IL at
the present session. 1t will he strongly opposed
by the friends of line officers.
The Fifteenth Amendment.
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary Com
mittee has made forty amendments to the bill
passed at the last session for the enforcement OF
tEc Lt.ceL.A aMcLt4-rL.