The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-03-13

roll, Miles Mccullough, Henry Woolck and
Jas. Saunders, Of North Carolina, convicted
Of Ku-klux crimes.
-Contumacious Stewart has been released
in accordance with the vote Of the Honse. He
Arms Of tho House FOR false Imprisonment,
thus bringing the question Of the power Of
Congress before the Supreme Court.
The Senate has passed Home bill relating
to the Portland, Dallas and Salt Lake Rail
road company, with h amendment authoriz-
ing the said company to take from the public
lands timber, stone and other material neces-
sary for constructing Its road.
The COMMITTEES on Public Buildings Of the
House and Senate held joint meeting to de-
eide upon the Fauagut statue, but were UNI
able TO make any choice. The impression pre-
walls Il at the whole matter viii be dropped for
tho present. The House committee voted in
favorof the modsl by Miss Winnie Rea n, INT
the Senate committee were unable to agree
The latter COMMITTEES requested that the
House make a second choice, but they ref ,sed
TO do this.
The public debt has been reduced Ave
millions in February.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has di-
rected the Assistant Treasury at New York to
/ purchase one million bonds an the dfa. S;ld
/ third EedncsdayB and Ave hundred on, the
second and fourth Wednesdays, and to sell
one million Eve hundred thousand coin on
each Tuesday during the current month
/ CAGarcI.)
The COMMITTEES Of Conference on the
/ Geneva award bill ara unable to agree.
L V. BiuggoId has been confirmed by the
/ Senate as postmaster at New Orleans
! Senator Summers health IS materially i'm
proving, and he is now pronounced out OF
danger.
! 1t is reported that vice-President-elect
Wilson is about to be married TO Washington
lady.
President Grant has pardoned Chas. How
ard and James Blank Of Alabama, convicted Of
| Kukiux outrages, and sentenced to imprison-
ment in the Albany penitentiary.
The President end the Attorney-General
/ are very anxious that Congress shall take some
action in regard to Utah matters during the
present session, and are bonding every effort
in that direction. Shey say that with Mormon
isrieH there is no hope OF punishing the Of
fences of Mormons against the United States
| laws The Attoney-Geueral, it is understood,
is not in favor of such rigorous measures as
the President, and he stated to-day that all he
desired was to prevent the Probate or any IN
ferior court from issuing habeas corpus and
the summoning Of jury composed exclusive
! ly Of Mornons. Il was inferred from his con-
yersation that he is in favor OF mixed, or,
at least. any jury in which the Momons have
not absolute control.
The House Committee on Appropriations
have considered the Senate amendments to the
post-oifice appropriation bill, and agreed tc
non concur in the amendment forbidding the
transmission of all free matter, so far as the
same effects exchanges among newspapers
The aggregate OF appropriations by the
time all the appropriation bills shall have pass
cd will probably be $780, 900, 600.
The conference committee on disagreeing
vote OF the two houses, on house bill to eN
tend the act establishing Board Of Commits
rioners for Southern claims, have agreed tC
recommend to their respective houses that q
bill pass extending the time for four years
and limiting the time in which claims shall b'
Gled the third Of March next.
The Senate Committee ON Appropriation
report among amendments to the sundry civi
appropriation bill $4,000 for a road to tho
yellow stone National Park, and s150,000 fol
telegraph lines on ,le rsA15 frontier.
II the statements now current are to b'
believed the proposed investigation into the
cire instances attending the passage Of tho
Pacific hail steamship subsidy in tho Hous'
last spring, viii be the leading sensation eyol
OF this oventful session. It il stated tha
Commodore Garrison. whose brazilian subsid,
scheme failed about the same time that th'
Pacific Mail passed, proposes TO show mp mem
bers who made propositions to him for none,
a. consideration OF their votes.