The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-02-04
FROM WASHINGTON.

Five of the eleven members of the
house committee on elections are opposed to
the resolution of the majority to exclude Mr..
Cannon, the delegate from Utah, from his
seat on account Of polygamy.
The senate committee on naval affairs
have agreed to the report Of the sub-commt-
tee, recommending that the navy yards at
Washington, Philadelphia and New London be
abolished.
An examination of the cellar of the
navy depa,tm building shows that arrange
ments had been made to burn the building.
Trains of rope and waste paper were laid
about tho floor, connecting with piles of chips,
shavings and broken up kindling wood 1t is
believed the fire Monday was the act of an
incendiary Detectives are at work trying to
ferret out the incendary,
The senate committee on privileges
and elections have decided that the Kellogg
administration shall be recognized as the legal
government Of Louisiana. The vote stood:
ayes-Messrs. Morton, Logan, Anthony, and
Mitchell. Noes-Messrs. Alcorn, Hamilton,
ouu odulbDuly, hu5cII-IhtbSEu. OhTDBnLeT
and Wadleigh Mr.. Alcorn stated in commit
tee that IL this resolution was adopted, he
should vote in the senate to admit Pnchback.
tx The house committee on Indian af.
fairs have before it an act of the Cherokee
Legislature authorizing the Cherokee delega
(: tion to negotiate with the government loan
OF 100000, to be refunded from the proceeds
OF the Cherokee lands west Of Arkansas river
and south Of Kansas. 1t is represented that
this loan is necessary to keep the Cherokee
people from suffering the presen! winter in
consequence Of destruction OF their crops by
Z chincl.bugs and grasshoppers.
4 The secretary of the treasury has no.
titled the attorney general that the central
branch Of Union Pacific Sioux City and Pa
ciiic, Union Pacific, Kansas Pacific and Central
Pacific railroad companies have failed to COM
ply with the demands made by the treasury
department for five per cent. ON their net
earnings after sixty days notice. The attor-
ney-general has commenced preparations for
bringing suit against these companies, but not
yet decided upon the places whore proceedings
will be commenced.
Iu the matter Of the arrest OF White
law Reid, it has been discovered that the su-
preme court OF this district have unanimously
decided that witness in attendance uron q
congressional committee is exempted from
arrest while going to, in attendance upon and
returning from Washington. The decision r.
fers to both civil and criminal suits, but there
Is a limitation on the civil SUITS that service Of
process may be had The court said that a
witness has in this respect exactly the same
privileges as a congressman. According to
this precedent the criminal action against
Reid must fail, but the civil suit may be pros
ecuted. Either suit could have been brought
In New York in the United States courts.
The secretary Of the treasury has sent
the ways and means committee tabulated
statement showing tho increased amounts Of
revenue that could be provided by re-enacting
the import duty on tea and coffee, by repeal.
Ing the ten per cent. horizontal reduction on
sundry articles by the tari{ oct, and by impos-