The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-02-09
WASHINGTON.


- @Ss~s esCoA st8BcI
: nississlppi 10 Be Tried 10 Their 0ss
: District Relief for the FaaIshed
asd SsReriss chissss.
Action Lsekssg g tse Imprs,ss.~.
sss seearssy Sf Aasagasses a.. sh.
Ceasf Of North Casaisss uah .,
n she House ssd sesase-c~sarm rm
r1sas.
The station at the wreck OF IA,
steamer Metropoli+ reports to tn.
chief signal officers at O'Clock TO
day, that Mr.. N II. White, a citizen,
buried two men yesterday.
/ Our Mexican minister. Mr.. Foster
meets Mr.. s,chleicher's sub committ.,
ON foreign affairs on Thur4day.
Tue ways and means com mi,tee will
daily after this week TO complete the
tariff bills The friends Of the mess.
ure ssy there is every probability OF
its becoming q Law.
Senate-Mr. + ,ton spoke In oppasi,
ton to the silver bill.
There was no executive session.
House-Memorials preseoted, ask
ing relief for the sufferers by famine
In Chins, were referrsd TO the com
mittee on foreign affairs.
Mr.. Knott, Of Kentucky, from the
judiciary committee rep ,rted back the
bill introduced yesterday by Mr.. Hook
er, Of Mississippi, authorizing the
holding Of special term Of the United
States circuit court for the southern
district OF Mississippi, at Canton. io
jackson county, Oh the second Mon
day of March, for the trial of cases
arising out Of alleged depreciation on
the government timber lands. After
some discussion the bill passed, ayes
les to lo2 nays.
Mr. Knott, OF Kentucky, in reporting
b ok the bill, explained thai the ohJec,
of the bill was to afford the accu-ed
parties speedy, convenient and
ebeap trial, which they would not 9th
wise have. II objections were made
that this trial Of the cn.es Ia the iln
mediate vicinity would lead 70 the EN-.
paneliiBg Of partial jurors, whose syns
pathies would be with the defendants.
the answer to this was that the court
might direct the sammoning Of jurors
from other parts Of the district.
Mr.. Hooker. Of Mississippi, de-
scribed tie utter prostration OF busi-
ness which had ATTENDED the seizure
Of the lumber mills in tina. region,
the aggregate business of which miils
amounted to some four million dollars
years. They had AlI been stopped
through the action Of the government,
and the vessels engaged In the carry
ing trade had been left idle or had
gone into other business.
Mr.. Ferry, Of Maine, member Of the
judiciary COMMITTEES, advocated the
bill - measure Of Justice to the gov.
ernmrnt .nd OF Justice ts the mill
owners.
Mr.. Foster, Of New York, oppos-d
VIZ etAA - ottbk tu tuc IutfIfel Oh
Der thieves. They were no better than
other kind Of thieves. II might as
well be proposed to have the counts OF
whisky thieves removed to their dis
tiiieries. There wss ju.t - much sense
In this proposition as 10 TIE other.
Mr.. Stephens, OF Georgia, suggested
that the officers of the government
could not possibly complain of the
biii They could not ask any thing ei-e
than speedy aud fair trial.
Mr.. Townsend, of New York, argued
that II was not wise legislaiion to SEND
causes for trial to the places where
there might be psrtiaIity sho~n.
Mf. ksott tubnitted that the simple
question here was not whether the
government could Afford To deny TO
Its own citizens fair, speedy and im-
partial trial.
Mr. Reade, OF Maine, asked Mr..
kuott whether IL vss not q universal
principle Of Law to remove trials from
where excitement existed, and netbe
this bill did not, in defiance Of that
principle, propose to send these ca-e-
for trial 10 the very place where the
disturbing influence eaisted.
Mr.. Knott replied that the United
States circuit court had the right To re-
move the trial Of criminal cases nearer
To the vicinAge Of the crime, aud thai
In several OF the circuits the came right
existed ~ 10 civil csoses.
Mr.. Cooklipg presented Q petition
signed BY . large Bumbes of psomi
nent citizens from New York. In re-
gard to the famine and suffering In
northern China. and suggesting that Q
commission bs appointed from real.
deuts Of Chan To act In connection
with the United States minister In
procuring and Distributing relief. They
also susgest that The unexpeoasd bal,
aDee Of money recstved FROM China In
1858 be used to relieve the suflerers.
Referred 70 the committse ON foreign
relations.
Captain Owen Finpegaa, OF Mobile.
ha, secured the contract fos the semi
weekly mail service from Mobile to
Selma on the Aiabama river, 10 take
effect from the ninth Instant
WAsHrNoroN, February s-The
house, after consuming some time In
the discussiou Of the Wisgin,op- P.ch-o
eontested election case, adjourned
without taking any setion thereon.
6enats-Mr. Ransom. Of North Caro-
lima, submitted the fpliowi0s rssoIu,
tion; Thas the secretary Of the treas-
ury b and hereby u directed TO report,
~ soon - may be, the preseat condi.
ton asd The state Of efiiclency Of the
HE aaviDg service on ths coast Of
North Carolina, and in what sespecs
ths sams, In his judgosas needs In,
crsass Or imps0vemsas 10 order 70
mako the same a The grsassse bsaeai;
thai the secrssasy Of tbs navy - snd
- = hersbg dlresEsd 70 sspsee - soon
= oay b. any ialpsmstioa ssla-
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