Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-12-15
COnOVer's Completely in the Omission o
the Hot Springs Clause from
the Appropriation Bill or
Last Congress.
French Complainants Against the Texas
Pacific Railway COmpaDy-Her-
chants Rights and Gus
toms DUties-Ap-
preparations.
Treasury Statistics and -Four Fer Cent.
Loan subscriptions - A Slim
Bays Work in the lower
EOu.e Of Congress.

! WASHINGTON, December 1.-The secre-
| tary OF the treasury has issued circular Of
| instruction concerning the resumption OF
| specie payment.
THE MISSING HOT SPRINGS CLAUSE.
Before the committee investigating the
omission of the Hot Springs clause from last
session appropriation bill. The solicitor OF the
! treasury this morning testified that Benson
| came to him acd sta ed that he had sufficient
/ evidence to convict Sena or COnover of com
! pliclty with the transaction, and desired the
] law clerk to go with him before the grand
| jury to have the senator indicted.
| S;ilson Hutchins, publisher of the Post,
| testified that Benson said he lad traced the
| matter and could convict Senator ConOver,
| his clerk Rice, and John y. Foster. Wit
| ness did not publish the story because he
| found that Benson had deceived him.
FRANK CoMPLAINANTs AGAINST THE TEXAS
PACIFIC RAILWAY.
A bill of complaints against the
! Texas Pacific railroad company has been
fled in the District OF Columbia supreme
court by Pierre Fayole and thirty nine
others, all citizens Of France, except Mr.
Hyde, of Vermont, IN which, in behalf of
Themselves and Of other owners of land grant
bonds OF the Mem his, FL Paso and Pacific
railway company. They pray that the Texas
and Pacific railway company be retained from
transfer or sale Of It's stock or other property,
and say they are interested to the amount of
about three hundred thousand dollars, bat
have not received any dividend or payment
thereon.
MERCHANTS RIGHTS.
A committee of The New York chamber of
commerce, with counsel, were TO day before
the committee of ways ard means, and ad-
vocated the bill introduced last session giving
merchants the same rights claimed by the
government, as regards subsequent adjust
ments and connection of errors IN imposition
| and collection of customs duties. The bill
provides that duties wrongfully or errone-
ously collected shall bs recoverable by the
importer any time within ten years. Repre-
Sentatlves of the treasury department op-
posed the measure, and an animated dis
cussion followed. These officers will furnish
the committee with written OPTIONS.
APPROPRIATIONS.
The committee on appropriations this af.
ternool heard Secretaries Thompson and
Evarts On the naval and consular and dipl0-
matte appropriation bills for the senate Mon
day. The committee amended the consular
and diplomatic bill to make it conform to the
present law. The naval appropriation bill
will be reported without amendment.
FINANCIAL.
The treasury now holds SS49, I55, COO in
| United States bonds TO secure bank clrcula-
ton and $l3, 953, 800 in United States bonds
| to seture public deposits. United States
bonds de- osited on account of the subscrip.
| tor, to the four per cert. loan So 759s950.
| United States bondsideposited for circulation
| tor the week ending to-day, 1866, 800.
| United States bonds held for circulation
| withdrawn during the week ending to, day,
| 81 10000. National bank circulation out
standing, currency notes, 1922, 046,03 Gold
| notes, $l468, 800. Interna! revenue receipts
! to-day were s463, Sal, ard customs receipts
inf Of
redemption for the week ending to-day, COM
pared with corresponding period Of last year
| 1877, s4,515000, 1878, $l,666, sos. r.,
ceipts to-day; $685..
| Subscriptions TO four per cent. loan to-day
| amounted to 1875, $50.
THE EAST NAIL SERVICE.
The house committee On appropriations to-
day agreed to recommend an appropriation
of four hundred aad Fifty thousand dollars
! for expenses of fast mail services. The COM
] rIon DILL. IL appropriates four million seven
hundred and ten thousand dollars, ffty-seven
| thousand dollars less than the existing law
allows. Judge Durham was authorized to re-
port an amendment to the senate bill providing
for the purchase by the United States GOV
eminent OF the Freedmel's bank and appro-
prlatiDg for the purpose two hundred and
seventy tive thousand dollars; the amend
ment reduces the sum to one hundred and
iity-fve thousand dollars. The committee
also decided to recommend ron- concurrence
IN the senate amendments to the military
academy bill.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
The senate bill authorizing tho issue of du-
plicates of registered bonds stolen from the
Manhattan savings institution Of New York,
passed.
Mr.. Sparks, from tie committee on appro-
priations, reported the Indian appropriation
bill, which was made the special order for
Wednesday next.
Mr. pnfhap,, frog the same committee.
reported the military academy appropriation
bill, With senate amendments, which,
with trivial exceptions, were concurred in.
Mr.. Phillips submitted a resolution leciting
the late Indian raids in Kansas and Nebras.
ke and the capture of the narauders, and
calling on tho secgeLary Of the interior fer in
formation as to why he mad not surrendered
the guilty and responsible parties OF such In
dian bands to the authorities OF Kansas and
Nebraska. Adopted.
Mr.. Wilson introduced I'LL for changing
the time for holding the district and circuit
courts o. West Virginia. Passed.
Consideration was reRuaced of the bill for
the distribution Of the Geneva aware Liter
Some discussion lie bill was passed over
without acticr. to come up again Tuesday
next.
The senate bill TO regulate Presidential
elections was taken from the speakers table
and referred 20 the committee on the subject
Adjourned.