Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-04-19
WASHIN CTON.
SENATE Tables Amnesty and Conference ou
hukIuN Bill.

WAsHINToN, April l7.-The High Com
mission, though they give no in
formation, authorize contradiction of the
published statements, and intimate in
directly that there is little or no progress
made. On the other hand each cOnsulta-
ton develops new perplexities.
The Republican Senators, after an
hours caucussing, on motion of Rice of
Arkansas, tabled the amnesty proposition
of Robertson, thus defeating the meas
ure this session by vote of ~ to l6.
The Senate refused to recede from the
Kuklux amendments by vote of II to 80,
and n Committee of Conference was or
dered.
The following Is the Kuklux Confer
ence Committee on the part of the Senate
Edmons, Sherman and Stephenson.
General Dumont, and the Governor of
idaho are dead.
1t is believed that the Conference Com
mittee will modify Sherman's amendment
and reject the irOnclad for jurors, and that
it will pass in this shape. rTfrF
The Conference Committee OH the def
cheney bill has made no progress.
The Senate confirmed Cliff as collector
of the first Georgia district; Manning, of
the first Texas district; Rankin, pension
agent at Vicksburg.
1t is stated that the Senate will convene
in extra session about the middle of May
to act upon the High Commissions propO-
sitions.
Judge Chase was on the bench to-day.
The legal tender case will be argued to-
morrow.
The House Committee on Elections are
authorized TO take testimony regarding the
Mississippi delegation in the House, and
the validity of the election under which
they hold their seats. The Committee has
authority to send for persons and papers.
The bill amending the revenue law tax
ing dealers in leaf tobacco failed.
In the House, Coburn read a dispatch
from the Marshal of Tennessee announcing
that one of his deputies had been assassin
ated and another wounded. Brooks said
the officers were serving process against
a distiller, and charged Coburn with try
ing to create the impression that this was
a political assassination when il was no
such thing.
WASHINGTON, April I2.-The second
session of the Southern Claims Commits
sion met to-day. Several cases We're set
for furter hearing. The Commission con-
sidered the claim of the sixth auditor,
Martin, for articles taken from his planta-
tion, in Alabama, during the war.
The question Of Jurisdiction over claims
for the rent of occupied public buildings in
the South was presented, but the Commits
sion decline to answer until a case involv-
ing the point comes up.
Public notice is given of the desire of
the Commission, to have the petitions adj
dressed TO them for allowance of claims
accompanied by all the written evidence,
of whatever character, in the possession of
the claimants They also decided that
their rules did not require the iron-clad
oath attached to petitions TO be wholly in
writing, but that printed form may be
used. rg...
WAsHINGToN, April 1.-THE House is
occupied with the Deficiency bill.
Brooks said the House should take a
statesmanlike view Of the revenue and re-
sources of the country and its public debt
and reduce the suffering of the taxpayers
to the amount of one hundred millions of
surplus revenue. He had prepared two
bills, one 10 reduce taxation and the other