The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-02-17


Oh finance,
The house passed bills for the relief
Of Albert Yerber, Of Virginia. u, H.
Page, Of louisiana Mark Davis, Of
Petersburg, Va, aud Randall Brown,
Of Nashville,
The bill for the payment Of claims
allowed by the southern claims SOM
misslOners, was reported aud, on u
point Of order, was referred TO the CONF
miltee Of the whole,
DEPARTMENT or JUSTICE,
WAsiIiSdToS, February TO- NO
Hon. James q, lilaine, speaker Of The House
Of Representatives
Sm--l respectfully invite the ntten.
ton Of congress 10 the following cor.
sideratlons with View 10 suitable lrg.
islation on the subject. Claims, TO n
very large amount, for the proceeds OF
cotton seized by the authorities OF the
United States during the late war Of
the rebellion greatly In excess OF The
amount Of the proceeds now IN the
hands OF the government ARE pending
In the treasury department aud before
the court OF claims, suggest That pro-
vision bo made 10y law that when any
claims for the proceeds Of any specific
quantity Of cotton IL dlsallOwed, that
such proceeds be covered into the treas
ury and put beyond the reach Of any
other claim that may be made for the
proceeds of cotton sold, as for exam
pie, one Mitchell brought suit TO recov-
er the proceeds of seven hundred and
thirty-four bales, which had just been
determined by the supreme court nd
versely TO him, on the ground that the
purchase was made In violation Of the
laws Of war, and these proceeds,
amounting To one hundred and twenty
eight thousand ak hundred and ninety
two dollars and twenty-five cents, ]
think ought now to he regarded ~
money belonging to the government,
and should thus be covered into the
treasury. All Of this fund held by the
government will probably beconsumcd
by these claims unless this course
is taken. II seems to me IL IL Of very
little consequence for the government
10 defeat claims for the proceeds of
cotton if they may held to be paid on
other claims that may be eventually
allowed against the government.
Very many of these claims are proba.
bly, fraudulent, as the aggregate IL
greatly in excess of the aggregate
amount Of the proceeds received
by government, but il does not
necessarily follow that because they
are fraudulent, they will not prevail,
IA those who furnish testimony very
often expect to share in the amount of
the recovery. ! am of opinion that
the interest of the government requires
some legislation on this subject. Very
respectfully, your Obedient servant,
GRO. IL. WILLIAMS.
It Is understood that the caucus COM
mittee have modified the bill giving
the president the right to suspend
habeas corpus In certain sections. The
president consents to the modification,
and it is thought that in this shape 1t
will pass.
There was q cabinet meeting to-day.
Only routine business was transacted.
1t adjourned early TO attend Mr.. Hoop
er's funeral.
Captain Norton has been ordered to
the command of the Shawmut at New
Orleans.
In the senate the house bounty bill
was read twice, and referred to the
committee on military affairs.
The judiciary committee reported adj
versely on the bill to adjust cost fees
and allowances in the federal courts.
Mr.. Sargent resumed, but was inter-
rupted by the funeral, for which the
senate took recess and then adjourned.
In the house the post route bill and
the bill for the organization of the
treasury department were passed, and
the river and harbor appropriation bill
was reported from the committee on
commerce and referred to the commit
tee Oh appropriations. The sundry
civil appropriation bill was also report
ed, and made the special order for to-
morrow. 1t appropriates over twenty
three million dollars.
The bill proposing to amend the con-
titution in respect to the election OF
president and vice president OF the
United States was reported from the
on elections, and was under
discussion when it was interrupted by
the funeral ceremonies of the late Rep
resentative Hooper, of Massachusetts.
The senate, supreme court and the
president and cabinet assisted al the
ceremonies, after which the body was
taken to Oak Hill cemetery, in George
town.
The river and harbor bill reported to
the house and referred to the COM
mittee on appropriations gives Mobile
harbor, twenty-six thousand dollars
Cedar Keys, fifteen thousand dollars;
Charleston, ten thousand dollars; Sa-
vanah, seventy thousand dollars Gal.
weston, one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars; Mississippi river, two
hundred thousand dollars; aud Arkan-
sas river. one hundred thousand dol
lars; Mississippi river between the
mouths of the Ohio and Illinois, twen-
ty thousand dollars; Ohio river, three
hundred thousand dollars; improve
ment of the mouth of the Mississippi
river, twenty-five thousand dollars;
Red Fish bar Galveston bay, ten thou
sand two hundred dollars; Red River
raft, twenty thousand dollars Chat
tahootchee and Flint rivers, twenty
five thousand dollars; Opalachlcola,
ten thousand dollars Choctawwatche,
ten thousand dollars Cape Fear river;
one hundred thousand dollars James
river, fifty thousand dollars; channel
of Galveston bay, twenty thousand
dollars; Sabine pass, twenty thousand
dollars: Warrior and Tombigbee riv-
ers, twenty-five thousand dollars.
The secretary of war is directed to have
the work done by contract, to the
lowest bidder, as quick as possible.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, February 16.-
A northern lady, lately deceased, left
Major Thomas @. Jones, OF this place,
a legacy of five hundred dollars for the
.lzrn tho oa,,oo nf mann