Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-01-09
They Will go in To-day and Have
Majority in the House.
A Start for the East with tie Ute
Indian Prisoners.
XLVI CONGRESS.
SENATE.

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of Drexel & Co., and others of
Pennsylvania, for the withdrawal of
the legal tender quality of treasury
notes. In doing 50, he desired to
say that the gentlemen signing the
petition represented the leading COM
mercial, banking and shipping in
terests of Pennsylvania, and their
opinions on the subject we're en-
titled to attention by the Senate.
The Sergeant-at-Arms brought to
the bar of the Senate L. T. Smith,
Levi Wilson and E. B. Purcell, to
answer the charge Of contempt in
not obeying the summons to testify
in the Ingalls, case. "a
Mr.. Smith made statement to
the effect that he sent the tele~
gram to the committee, he knew
nothing about the election of Mr.
Ingalls,. N ~
A discussion took place as to &C.
cepting the witnesses explanation.
Mr.. Salisbury, Chairman of the
committee, was in favor of discharg-
ing the witness upon his appearing
before the committee and testifying.
Mr.. Mcmillan and others objected
to keeping the witness in custody,
claiming that no lawful summons
had been served on him., ~,
After long discussion Of the
| case of Smith and other recalcitrant
witnesses in the ingalls, case, they
were discharged from custody y.
Mr.. Jonas, of Louisiana, pre-,
sented a petition Of ship owners
asking for an amendment of the
law relative to the forfeiture of yes.
sells to the violation of the revenue
laws. Mn -H1I LAND
Mr.. Jonas, of Louisiana, intro
duced bill to repeal the 22d sec-
ton Of the act to incorporate the
Texas Pacific Railroad Company to
aid in the construction of it's road
and for other purposes, and also to
declare the rights, privileges and
lands granted in said section to the
New Orleans, Baton Rouge and
Vicksburg Railroad to be forfeited,
and to re-enact said section in favor
of the New Orleans Pacific Rail
road Company. Referred.
At 2:10 the Senate went into
executive session, and when the
doors were re-opened, adjourned.
House.
WASHINGTON, D. G., Jan. g.
A resolution has been adopted,
directing the Committee on Approo
priations to inquire into the causes
and extent of the probable defcien-
cies in the postal star service for
the fiscal years of 1879 and 1880.
The committees are now being
called for reports.
The Committee on Appropria-
tions discussed at some length this
morning the request of the Posts
office Department for an appropriao
ton of two million dollars to cover
the increased expenses Of the star
service, and decided to report at
once to the House a resolution au-
thorizing q committee to institute
an investigation of the entire mat
ter.
The subject of pay of United
States Marshals was referred to the
subs Committee on Deficiencies, of
which Representative McMahon is
Chairman, with instruction to pre-
pare bill.
The Army and Indian ApproN
priation bills were also discussed,
and sub committees authorized to
prepare and report them to the full
committees as soon. as possible.
1t is believed that both will be re-
ported to the House within week.
At lao p. m. the House went
into Committee Of the Whole on
the report Of the Committee on
! Rules. Mr.. Reagan, of Texas,