The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-02-23
Aon1aasaens and Csnnrmasi,n, Of NO
sO0thern or General Importance,

soothern or GenePaa Importance,
WASHINGTON, February Is.-Repre-
Waddell, of North Carolina.
chairman of the house committee on
postoffices sud postroajs, appeared be-
fore the sister committee of the senate.
and presented his report and the bill
which had been passed by his commit
tee, and waits call fer presentation
to the house.
Ii provides for lines between New
Orleans and Brazil and New York and
Brazil, the New Orleans line touching,
going and coming, at Galveston and
such other ports rs the postmaster gen
eral may direct. Ii is understood the
senate committee will adopt the re-
port and bill.
The silver bill, a. passed by the sen
ate, Is on the speakers table, and is
liable to be called up for passage by q
two-thirds vote.
Delegates to the transportation con>
vention, which eonveues to morrow,
are arriving.
The president has approved the joint
resolution that reduction OF the tax
on distilled spirits is expedient.
The postoffice committee ofthe house
to-day. agreed to report the bill for a
steamship mail service between Gal
weston and Vera Cruz.
Mayor Angler, Hon. T. James, COM
missioner of agriculture, Colonel 3. w.
Trobel and E. J. Camp, are here to at
tend the exporters convention. The
attendance promises TO be large and
influential.
The silver caucus to- night resolved
to have the silver bill referred to the
committee on banking and currency,
with authority to report at any time.
General Ewing. chairman OF the COM
inittee, is disposed to adopt the bill la
its present shape.
Misunderstanding confined to dis
| trict affairs.
Senate-Mr. Evsrts introduced bill
to defray the expenses of the mint
and assay office at New Orleans, and
making an appropriation therefor. Re-
ferred to the committee on finance
It appropriates sixty thousand dollars.
| The senate resumed the bill making
the Indians citizens, and without &C.
ton went into executive session.
| The president sent in several nomi-
nations to the senate to-day, of no
southern or general Importance.
Confirmations-Alfre V. Dockery
consul to Leeds; John Q, Smith, con-
sui General to Montreal John I. Col
ltns, collector of customs, Brunswick,
| Georgia. district; also many northern
postmasters.
In the supreme court case No. l59
and four others, Yestman, ct ais, VS..
the New Orleans Savings bank, error
| to circuit court from the district OF
Louisiana. In this case the court sus.
tsins the finding that: The defend
ants In these cases having come into
possession of securities belonging to
the bankrupts In the regular course OF
| business, for valuable consideration,
they are entitled to hold them as
pledges until the obligations they serve
are fully paid. The substance of the
decision Is that the assignee in bank
ruptcy does not by reason of his APP
pointment as such become seized in
entirety as trustee of every article OF
property in which the bankrupt has
any interest, but only of such as is IN
affected by vested rights in others.
The assignee in these cases had ac-
quired special property in the pledges
in their hands, which was not affected
by their refusal, and proved their
claims before the bankruptcy court.
Mr.. Justice Harlan delivered the
opinion.
In the course of debate Mr.. Lamar,
Of mississippi, said: Mr.. president,
having already expressed my deliber-
ate opinions at some length upon this
very important measure now under
consideration, 1 shall not trespsss
upon the attention Of the senate any
further. / have, however, one other
duty to perform, a very painful one /
admit, but one which is none the less
clear. hold ia my hand certain
resolutions OF the legislature of Missis.
sippi, which ask to have read"
Mr.. Lamar then sent to the clerks
desk and had read resolution of the
Mississippi legislature instrueting their
senators to vote for the silver bill.
Mr.. Lamar continuing, said, "Mr.
president between these resolution and
my convictions there is q great gulf.
l cannot pass 1t. OF my love to the
state Of Mississippi l will not speak.
My life alone can alone tell it. My |
gratitude for all the honors her people |
have done me, no words can express. |
| ann best proving 1t by doing to-day
what think their interest and their
,harity require me to do.
During my life in that state. it has
been my privilege to assist the educa.
Ion Of more than one generation of
,er youth, to have given the impulse
o wave after wave OF the young man.
1000 that has passed into the troubled
ea OF her social and political life.
Jpon them have always endeAvored
D impress the belief that the truth
Eas better than falsehood, honesty
'etter than policy, and courage better
han cowardice. To day, my lessons
onfront men. To-day, must be true
Z false. honest ar cunning, faithful or
nfaithfni to my people. and incur in
mis- Lour tie displeasure and disap- ,
ointment of their Legislature. l can
ct vote a. this resolution directs. /
Annot, and will not think the re~pon-
Ibiiity which my petition imposes my
uty ~ / see it. will do, and viii q
ote against this bill When that is {
one, my responsibility IL ended.
y reasons for my vote shah be given >
, my people Then II will be for {
lem to determine If my adherence to .
y honest convictions has disqualified 9
. from representing them, whether RI
difference Of opinion on . diflcult b
ID complicated subject to. which /
i've given patient, lone-continued,
nsoientious study, to which I havs
ought entire honesty and sinaisness A
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