The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-01-19

! A. ~ ~ N'!HN W.NNI Nllf lAhllNhllt ul
Pau. objected % tho select COMMITTEES
on Alabama affairs sitting during lhe
session ~ the house unless /. sits with
open oOpra' The republican mem.
befs OF that committee deslre the
statement 10 be made that the com.
mlltee has heretofore Rat with closed
doors on HE suggestion NJ Mr. Ruek,
ier, OF Missouri one OF the demo,
cratic members.
II II understood that MIR, Marshall,
oI ! L., the democratic member
of the committee on Louis.
lana affairs, who had declined 10 ac.
company the republican members,
Hour, Whealer aud Eye, who started
Tor New Orleans this morning, has 10,
considered his action, aud viii leave
Washington fof New Orleans this eve.
ming,
In the senate to-day a bill 10 reduce
the tax on the circulation of state
hanks To IN amount equal 10 that paid
by the national banks, was ndeh
nllely postponed.
Mr. Flanagan, Of Texas, introduced
u bill 10 remove the political dlaabllI.
ties Of John Wllher William Kearney
and j. i. Mlnter, OF Texas. Referred
To the Judiciary committee.
Mr.. Edmunds, from the Judiciary
committee, reported adversely on tho
memorial OF the union republican par
ly of South Carolina In relation to GER
tain allegations contained IN u memo
rial of the taxpayers convention 0fthat
state In respect 10 excessive taxation
by the state government, and the COM
mlttee was discharged from further
consideration of the subject.
Mr.. Spencer, Of Alabama, introduced
bill TO remove the political dl,abill-
ties of j. T.. Slaughter, Of Alabama.
Referred to the Judiciary committee,
AT the expiration Of the morning
hour Vice President Wilson laid before
the senate unfinished business, being
the resolution Of Mr.. Schurz instruct.
Ing the Judiciary committee TO inquire
what legislation Is necessary by con-
gress to secure TO the people of Louisl.
ana the right Of self.government un-
der the constitution.
The senator from Ohio (Sherman).
was entitled to the floor.
Mr.. Sherman said, in pursuance Of
the statements made by him on Satur-
day, he would not stand IN the way Of
the appropriation bills. He would,
therefore, yield to the senator from
Maine tMcrrill), foramotion to take up
the legislative, judiciary and executive
appropriation bill, with the under.
standing when the Louisiana discuss
son should be resumed, Sherman
would be entitled to the floor
Mr.. Morrill, moved to lay aside the
resolution Of Mr. Schurz, and proceed
with the legislative appropriation bill,
Agreed to, and the consideration OF that
bill occupied the remainder of the
day.
In the house, among the bills intro
dUced aud referred, were the follow
ing:
Establishing the. judicial curcnit Of
Georgia, Alabama and Florida 10 CO.
tuhlsh the western district of South
Carolina; authorizing the bridging of
the Mississippi river at Memphis for
the relief Of the Chesapeake aud Ohio
railroad.
business of the district ol Columbia
occupied the balance of the day.
The supreme court rendered the fol-
lowing decisions 10 day IN the case OF
Huycraft W. the United States, ap
pealed from the court OF claims: The
question in chief in this case was
whether one who gave aid and conf
fort to the rebellion can, after the ex-
piratiUn of two years from its sup
dression, maintain an action in the
court of claims for the recovery OF
money in the treasury arising from the
sale of his cotton, seized and sold, or
captured and abandoned property.
The court holds the question to he one
of jurisdiction, and that u sover ign
cannot be sued without consent, and
that, as the law giving the right of ac-
ton prescribed the time within which
it might be brought, two years,
and If it was not brought within that
time, the consent of the sovereign is
considered to be no longer existing
and the action cannot be maintained.
The chief juitice delivered the opinion
Confirmations-E. II. Brink, post
master at Wilmington, North Caro-
LIMA; JIG. Ezkiel, postmaster at Beart'
fort, South Carolinia.
The Judiciary committee of the SEN
ate held no session to day. There is
no change in the situation.
The members of congress from Miss
issippi, Louisiana aud Arkansas had
meeting tonight. They unanimously
agreed to recommended to the presi-
dent, that in presenting the report OF
the levee commission, he send spe-
cial message urging the adoption OF the
measure proposed by the comml ssion.
The meeting appointed a special COM
mittee consisting of: Messrs. Alcorn,
Marni, Sheldon, McGee, Hodges and
Clayton, who will wait on the presl'