Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-22

| public adVertlSement, TO contract
for time not exceeding ten years
for carrying the mails once each
month, commencing not later than
July 1879, from New York by way
of Norfolk, Va, to Rio de
Janeiro and once each month, COM
mencing not later than March, 1880,
from New Orleans by way of Gal
weston to Rio de Janeiro and return,
including appropriate intermediate
ports, with the lowest bidders, being
responsible owners, giving ample
security of first class American
built and owned iron screw steam
ships, of not less than three thou
sand tons, after he modern models,
capable of making thirteen nautical
miles an hour. Such nail carriage
to be paid for at not exceeding thir-
ty dollars per nautical mile, per an
mum, one way for the distance
actually trave-sed beCween the ter
mini of each of said routes. Pro-
Vided, however, the annual compen-
sation for such postal service shall
not exceed the sum of one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars for each
Of said lines, the two lines to be
contracted for simultar eously, and
neither contract to go into effect
unless both services shall be con-
tracted fer and established accord
ing to the provisions of this act,
neither contract to be considered in
force if the Sc vice on either
line be abandoned or discontinued,
and the contracts therefor to con-
tain all the provisions for securing
ethclent service, which may be GUS
tomary or required by law in such
cases. The amount appropriated
by the amendment, it will be
noticed, is 100000, though each
line Is to receive one hundred and
fifty thousand per annum. As the
New Orleans line is not to be es-
tablished until March, 1880, no
greater appropriation was required
at this session.
The Senate Committee on Agri-
culture commenced to-day the ex-
animation of witnesses with regard
to pleuro pneumonia, the cattle
disease. Mr.. Sam'l. Brown, of
Pittsburg, and Mr.. Sadler, of New
York, buyers of cattle for exporta-
ton, and Veterinary Surgeon Gads-
den, of Philadelphia, all concurred
in the statement that the country
is free from this disease among cat
tie, and letters from producers were
read, from the cattle regions of
Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Texas and
Nebraska, showing this fact. The
freedom from such disease has ex-
listed during the last twelve months.
There is, however, they say, an ex-
ceptional case on Long Island,
where, by isolation, the disease is
being stamped out.
Before the Potter Committee to-
day, Jack Wharton was cross-ex-
amned by Butler regarding the
charge that the party that went to
Ouchita parish, over whom he
acted as commander, committed
various crimes and murdered
a number of negroes, etc. He
very emphatically denied that
any enc was murdered by those in
his party. On the contrary, the
men who did the killing were driven
out of the parish by him and his
friends. Butler produced and read
a letter, the signature of which was
identified by Wharton, the contents
of which were as follows: "Write
me and let me know how to address
you. When you get to Washing
ton if you should be placed at the
head of the Secret Service Bureau
appoint me at once and order me
to New Orleans from here Jack
sonville, MississippD, as in that way
the Government will have to pay
my expenses, otherwise l shall have
to pay them out o. my own pocket. "
Write two letters, one to Mr..
Packard, informing him that the
President wants Jack Wharton here
(at Washington on important busi-
ness land to send him on Immediate
ly. Ofcourse you will tell no one
of my appointment. Witness
wanted it understood that he had
never made any proposition to any
member of the Returning Board
that would lead him to entertain
the idea that he (Wharton) wanted
to buy him out. He was quite pos
tive that should the members of the
Board do their duty Hayes and
Packard would surely be elected.
He was alarmed, however, that they
would not do their duty.
The subcommittee consisting of
Messrs. Mcmillan, Spencer and
Ransom, appointed by the Senate
Committee on Commerce to consider
the River and Harbor bill, held a
session this evening. A large
number of amendments have already