Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-03-05
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+" WASH iNaToss. sl, n III Mafrch rel 4.LThe President
has signed the Texas Pacific Railroad
|, l,bill.Tt>f II slII
t THE Senate has passed the Cincinnati
and Southern Railroad bill, All. Aoiq
l. THE House has agreed TO the Conference g,
SpeT e ai ar see p5aer or the D
lief of the Southern loyalists, but accepts
the House bill for the appointment of three
Commissioners Itlalso directs the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to pay the Pacific
Railroad half. rates Instead Of reserving
the whole amount. II
/ AT midnight all the appropriation bills
except the omnibus bin, We're disposed of.
both the old Houses were in session this
morning having taken recess for q few
hpurs at daylight.
T EAll the sappropfiatianl Bills haveubeen
passed.
p EThe statement in an anearlierdispatch that
the Cincinnati and Southern Railroad bill
had passed is incorrect. 1t failed in the
1 The following bills were passed by both
Houses but failed, to receive the Presidents
approval: An act for the relief of pur-
chasers of land sold for direct taxes in the
ihs11ae sthnary States An act i'm relation
| to the Selma, Rene and Dalton ERailroaa
| Company of Alabama; An act relating to
'tslegraphic Communication. between the
United States and foreign countries; A
Joint resolution relating to the rights of
actual settlers upon certain lands; An act
for the relief of Anna nj. Howard; An act
granting a pension to Adam Correll; An
act for the relief of Joseph Ormsby; An
act for the relief of. George Wright: An
ait for the relief of Mary M. Clark, widow
Of Leon Clark. 80.
Five iheiIIbers of the nsmsIfd,ise afpner
groes, only one full blood.
! Among the House bills which failed to
receive the concurrence of the Senate are
the following: To revise, consolidate and
amend the statutes relating to the Postoffice
Department, to aid the execution of laws
in Utah Territory, anti-polygan1y bill, to-
extend time for presentation of claims for
bounty under act, of July 1855. joint reso-
luton in relation to the contest between
Cuba and the Government of Spain, act
to authorize the President to accept the
resignation of the Judges of the United
States Court, act for the better security of
the Agricultural funds, act for the protec-
gtion of the settlers on the public lands of
the United States, act to enable honorably
soldiers and sailors and their
widows and orphans to acquire homesteads
oh public lands, an act to prevent cruelty
I'd animals in travel by railroads, an act in
relation conditional bountias, joint resolu-
tibn to regulate the hours of labor of Gov
eminent workmen, act To amend bank
raptcy act, act to increase all pensions
twenty per cent, act to ehaFteH 3lnclnnatl
aad Southern Railroad CofhpahyJ! About
thirty nominations are left unconfirmed.
Among the confrmations are all for the
District of Columbia, Story, Federal Judge
of the Western District of Arkansas, Bald
win,, Attorney for the Western District
of Texas, Morrill, Assessor Second District,
Louisiana, and some minor Postmasters rs.
! THE bill repeating the duty on coal failed
in the Senate.
The bill appropriating $50, 900 to the Sis
tiers of our Lady of Mercy, of Charleston,
failed in the Senate. "a ....s..s. s.i,..ls ;.
lThe case of Hart against White and
Davis, from the Circuit Court of Louisi-'
ana, about to come off before the Supreme
Court, presents the question of liability on
aInote, the consideration of which was ths
transfer of slave property before emano--s
patton. 1t will be contended by the plain
tiff in error that the court below having
decided. adversely to- the Validity. Of the
paper that ftheC eCsuhseStlent enamel pation
of slave, property did not in any manner
aftion and that the holder ofithe note must,
recover e.sl- '-..e.i- = i:..-' s'tt''' '-~
. 1.-THE Commissioners for the examina-
ton of Quartermaster and. Commissary
claims, and for the use and loss of vessels
wherein Southern 1oyalists were interested,
will hold their.sessions only in Washing
ten, the provision allowing the Commits
to move from point to point in the South
having been rescinded.