The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-03-04
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to iDqoirs whether the privileges OF the
House had been violated BY the arysss
OF Whitelaw Reid. witness before .
committee OF the Hoaae. at tha in
stance OF a. II. Shepherd. submitted .
report. and recommended tho passage
OF bill declaring witnesses before
either branch OF Congress, or Q oom
mittee thereof, NOS subj.ot to'the ser.
vice OF any civil process or any claim
or cause OF action arising prior to suoh
appearance while coming to Washing
ton. while 10 such attendance. or until
after q reasonable time 10 return. The
rules were suspended, and the bill
passed by 13l to 33.
| The House. in evening session,
closed the debate on the Arkansas
question. and proceeded to vote. The
substitute offered, declaring Joseph
Brooks Governor. was jsoted-yeas
80; nsys !S3; aud the resolution ot the
special Committee, thut iuterferenoe
with the existing State Government il
not advisable on the part Of any de.
partment OF tho United States Co
vernment, was adopted-yeas 149;
nays 80.
In the Senate, the credentials of
Maxey. of Texas. were presented.
Logan called up the bill to
equalize bounties, and it was
passed by the casting vote of Vice.
President Wilson. It was claimed
during the discussion, that it takes no,
less than S300, ZOO, 900 from the trea.
surY. The river and harbor bill Wan.
reported without amendment or recon !
mepdation. aud put on the calendar :
The political disabilities OF Charles II
Smith. Of Virginia. and Robert II.
Anderson, OF Georgia, were removed.
The Senate IL in session tonight Oh
the tax bill, which was taken from the
table. 80.
| The extra session Of tue Senate,
which meets ON Friday, will not, it i,
supposed. continue more than week
The business will be in secret seusiuL
on the Hawaiian aud Belgian treaties
and sundry nominations. . -
The Star ssya: The President, with
several members of the Cabinet, in
clnding Secretaries Bristow and r..
bertson and Attorney General Will
liams, was at the Capitol to-day, and
while there had a conference with
leading Republican Senators reluilve
to the tax bill laid on the table yestei-
day. The President and members OF
the Cabinet present, urged the i'm
peratiye necessity, of taking the bill
from the table and passing it. and it is
understood that he received the assur-
ance that an effort in that direction
would be made.
Nine steamers we're on the ice L #
Cape Cod, Tuesday, flying signals Of
| distress.
Kenebunk, Me-, has gone Demo
cratic by large majority, for the first
time in eighteen years.
The freshet in East Tennessee il
over, and the railroad trains will be
Running ss usual in few days.
Nearly all the railroads at Detroit
are now running passenger trains, but
the freight trains are suspended.
The Park Hotel, in Baltimore, elost d
its doors, yesterday, to escape incur
ring the penalties of the Civil Rights
Portland. Me-. yesterday, elected q
Democratic Mayor by majority Of
1876. The Republican majority last
year was EO7. . !
| Lewis 3. Norton. Assistant Postmas-
ter at Pi.ts6eld, Me-, was arrested,
yesterday, for robbing the mail, and
confessed the crime.
In tbs'New York N unicipal election,
Yesterday, the Republicans carried
Elmira and Auburn, and the Demo
Gratis Oswego. Newburg and Rome.
The two leading hotels at A!e1au
dria. Va. fearing trouble in couse
quence of the Civil Rights Bill. which
uas just become law. yesterday sur
rendered their licenses and closed.
The miners riots ut Hazleton, Pa. :,
are likely to be more formidable than
is usual, even in that turbulent region
We have the news that the strik ers
stopped the pumps, set frs to the on
gine house and shot one Of the engin-
eers. This is rough days work, yet
the men are gathering and further
trouble is feared.
The BIG WALK.-The great walking
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