The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-02-06

The station at tho wreck of the
steamer Metropol', roports to the
chief signal officers at . o'clock to.
day, that Mr.. NJ II, White, citizen,
buried two men yesterday.
Our Mexican minister Mr., Foster,
meets Mr.. Sohleicher's sub committee
on foreign affairs on Thursday.
The ways and means committee viii
daily after this week to complete the
tariff bllls, The friends of the mens-
are say there IL every probability Of
It's becoming law,
Senate-Mr Eaton spoke in opposi,
ton 10 the silver bill.
There was no executive session.
House Memorials presented, ask.
ing relief for the sufferers by famine
in China, were referred to the COM
mittee on foreign affairs.
The bill authorizing the construc-
ton of bridge across the Mississippi
river, at Memphis, was discussed and
referred to the committee of the
whole.
Mr.. Knott, OF Kentucky, from the
Judiciary committee reported back the
bill introduced yesterday by Mr.. Hook
err Of Mississippi, authorizing thu
holding OF u special term of the United
states circuit court for the southern
district of Mississippi, at Canton, in
Jackson county, Oh the second Mon.
day OF March, for the trial of cases
arising ont of alleged depreciation on
the government timber lands, After
some discussion the bill passed, ayes
1873 to l02 nays.
Mr.. Knott, of Kentucky, IN reporting
back ths bill, explained that the object
parties q speedy, convenient and
cheap trial, which they would not 9TH
wise have. Ii objections were made
that this trial OF the cnses In the inn
mediate vicinity would lead to the EN-.
panel!ing of partial jurors, whose SYM
pathies would be with the defendants,
the answer to this was that the court
might direct the summoning of jurors
from other parts OF the district.
Mr. Hooker, of Mississippi, de
scribed the utter prostration OF bust
ness which had attended the seizure
Of the lumber mills in that region,
the aggregate business of which mills
amounted to some four million dollars
years. They had all been stopped
through the action of the government,
and the vessels engaged in the carry
lug trade had been left idle or had
gone into other business.
Mr.. Ferry, of Maine, member of the
Judiciary committee, advocated the
bill AZ u measure of justice to the goVt
ernment and OF justice to the mill
owners
Mr.. Foster, of New York, opposed
the bill as being in the interest OF tim
Der thieves, They were no better than
other kind of thieves. 1t might az
well be proposed to have the counts OF
whisky thieves removed to their dis
tilleries. There was just as much sense
In this proposition rs in the other.
Mr.. Stephens, OF Georgia, suggested
that the officers Of the government
could not possibly complain of the
bill. They could not ask anything else
than u speedy and fair trial.
Mr.. Townsend, of New York, argued
that it wac not wise legislation to send
causes for trial to the places where
there might be Partially shown.
Mr.. KAott submitted that the simple
question here was not whether the
government could afford to deny to
its own citizens fair, speedy and i'm
partial trial.
Mr.. Reade, Of Maine, asked Mr..
Knott whether it was not universal
principle of law to remove trials from
where excitement existed, and whether
this bill did not, in defiance of that
principle, propose to send these cases
for trial to the very place where the
disturbing influence existed.
Mr.. Knott replied that the United