The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-03-16

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NAsHINGToS, March l2.-In the
senate, Dir. Thurman, from the com.
mitsee on Judiciary, reported, with
amendment, the senate bill to prohibit
mem bers of congress from becoming
securities on certain bonds, and IL was
| place q on The calendar. He gave nos
lice that he would csii il up for con
sIderation at an early day.
K. ). SpOtioEd made al argument
| before tn. senate railroad committee
on behalf OF the Galveston, Harrisburg
and san Antonio railroad, with It's
eastern terminus at New Orleans, and
| connecting with the proposed exten
sion C1 the Southern Pacific at III Pasc.
This scheme looks 10 a traas.eontinep-
| tai route and Is understood to antago-
| nize the Texas and Pacific.
The committee on ways and means
agreed TO report in favor OF Burehsrd's 8
postal savings bill, for the purpose Of
| reducing the interest on the pational
debt. Deposits not under one dollar
| may be made to bear interest when
the sum Reaches ten dollars.
Secretary Schurz concludes 9 long
statement to Congress on the log uuss-
tion thus: alt must, therefore, be
conceded, | think, that the cutting or
removal of timber of any Kind from
the pabiie lands subject the person
guilty of the oi!ense tn the punishment
prescribed oy the statute, ard am no,
| aware, nor have / yet learned. that
the taking and removing OF timber in
violation of this express statute is any
the less an oifenss than taxing and re.
moving any other kind of property in
violation of some other statute.n
Superintendent Mcpherson, of the
bureau of printing and engraving, is
pushing work on the silver certificates
under the new law. The first will be
for ten dollars, with the head of Robert
Morris. The last will be for 81 Geo.
Tne engravings are proposed tn be
equal in style to IegaI-tender notes.
Con Mashal Shaughnes.
sy, OF mississippi, marshal for Utah /;
j. w. Aibertson, attorney for the east.
ern district of North Carolina; L. C.
Bsinbridge, postmaster at Old Point
Com fort, Virginis.
Nominstions-Peter NJ. Reynolds, of
Alabama, first auditor OF the treasury
Jane Il. James. postmistress st Ash
land, Virginia; James G. Potts, posi-
master at Petersburg, Virginia.
Packard did not go with Kellogg and
Darrell TO the White House yesterday.
He shled of ct the portal.
WASHINGTON, March l3.-In tb.
senate, Window, cf Minnesota, from
the committee ON appropriations. re-,
! ported, without Amendment, the house
Oiii maSiDg appropriations and furtiii-
cations aUd other works done ana
amount thereof during the fiscal yesI
ending June 80, 1879. Placed on tn,
calendar.
Senate-air. Matthews, OF Ohio.
| called up the motioh submitted by
I 1871 -ISNGataE W sl4E
cation OF the secretary OF the interior
ia regard 10 the timber depredatious
to the committee on public lands, anu
have il printed ia the Record. h.
said he asked 10 have ii printed in TIE
Record as matter OF justice, as the
department from which il emansted
had been attacked yesterday ia the
senate.
Mr.. Blaine said he thought II fair
the secretary Of the interior should be.
heard, but at the same time the seua.
tor from Ohio must tie aware of the
fact that he was asking an extraordi
nary privilege TO have this document
80 printed. lie reserved to himself the
right TO reply to it. because the docu-
ment was in reply to what he said in
the senate upon recent occasion.
Mr.. Sargent, OF California, opposed
the printing of the document in the
Record as setting bad precedent, and
because tue contents OF 1t were SO cred.
liable to its author that he feared il.
DE argued that the document was
made up from statements Of spies, xho
followed men into their places of bust.
ness and reported their con nversations.
He referred to the action OF congress
in sboiishing spies in the customs ser-
vice, and said congress then put the
stamp OF condemnation upon using
Fanche's method OF spies.
After some further debate, Mr.. Mat.
thews read the reply of the secretary OF
the interior, as part of his remarks.
| After the communication had been
read. Mr.. Blaine, of Maine, spoke al
length of the action Of the secretary @,
the interior. and during his remarks
said: The secretary did not happen "a
be native of this country. dc could
not help that, and be tMr. Blaine dld
not mention it as reprosch to him
he was born Ia the kingdom Of Prus
sia, which was hundred thousand
square miles less in extect than Mon.
tana, and the secretary, perhaps with
the instinct of his boyhood, applied the
land laws OF Prussia TO Montana, anc
not the land laws which have beer
used In settling the United States, Mr.
Blaine argued that the secretary of III,
interior forgot the magnitude of ou,
country, although he was charged witt
the administration of that depart
meut which he should study carefully
and thai the one dollar per acre ex
. acted by him from the people of Mon
tana was excessive. The wood isns
within sight OF the spire o
Trinity church, New York city, won't.
not bring the stumpage which tn,
secretary Of the interior demanded o
: the people Of Montana. 1t wss . thin,
: conceded by the government that tn
! hardy pioneer who went forward .
: settle the country should hayr the ~
. tsr, the air and the wood free. .Refe,
lang TO the abolition Of the tuiosnss