Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-11-04
Slight FURRY Of Snow in Detroit
The President Goes to New York
Guiteau's Counsel Ask for Some
Papers.
Argument In the Star Route Cases
Commenced.
WASHINGTON.
News From the National Capital.

Hon. Sackville West, the new, British
minister, was passenger by the
steamer Indiana, which arrived to-
day
President Arthur and Secretary
Hunt left here for New York to-day.
The counsel for Guiteau appeared d
in the Criminal Court this morning
and asked for the papers left fol
various persons by Gaiteau on the
morning of the assassination and sine
that time retained in possession OF
the district attorney. The court
thought the request proper and took
the matter under consideration.
Further time in which to prepare the
case was requested. This also was
taken under consideration by the
court. Argument then began by the
counsel for the defence looking to
quashing the information recently
filed by the prosecution in the Star
Route cases.
Judge jeremiah Wilson, of coun
sci for the defense, opened the dis.
cussion, and present IN, an extended
argument in favor of the motion, TAX
ing the ground that ignoring the
grand jury by fling information was
a resort to arbitrary power which
avoided the instrumentality of the
law that stood between the citizen
and his injury. Judge Wilson, in
reading information recently fled,
maintained than none of the facts
alleged therein had been sworn to by
the Government witnesses. The in
formation could not be filed, he ar
gued, because there was no direct
testimony presented. The facts
as charged were On hearsay
only, and the court, sitting as
grand iaquist, of course, could not
under any circumstances accept it.
He said that when the matter come
directly before the court the most
important question to answer would
be: Had the Judiciary any right to
question the action of the Executive
on this point? He read number of
authorities to show that the person
aciinglas judge was not liable to
prosecution, civil or criminally
On this principle an executive officer
was subject to prosecution by nigh
court OF impeachment only. At the
conclusions of Wilson's argument
the court adjourned till to-morrow.
The State Department has had no
correspondence and does not contein-
plate having any with the English
government in reference to the re
ported balance remaining in English
banks 10 the credit of the Confeder
ate States. - y :
The published report that the
United States Government had di
rected General Hulburt to continue tc
recognize the government of President
Caldran, as the legitimate govern
meat sof Peru, was show to Secre'
tary Blaine to-day, and in reply tc
the question if it were true, he said
there is nothing in the affairs Of
Peru about which the department
case to speak. ~
THE annualreport of United States
Treasurer Gilfllan, showing the
operations of the Treasury Tor the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1881, was
submitted to the Secretary of the
Treasury to day The transactions
of the Treasurers Office for the yeal
/ may be summarized as follows: The
The receipts of the government show
an increase overs those for 1880
from every source. The increase in re
! ceipts from customs is S11,6376l1
from internal revenue, S11, ,215 OIL
sales of public lands, S1,185.35t
miscellaneous, S3,177,702. Tit
toGol increase is S27, 7,255, $50, whici
added to a net reduction in expendi-
lures of $6,9G9,070, makes an in.
crease in the surplus revenue O.
S34, 1S5,751. The net revenus we {
c60,7S2, ,292 and the net expendi-
lures S250,712,SS7. The excess o
receipts over payments was 500,
OS9,40 of which S9O,S72, ,261 was
expended in the redemption of the
public debt, The receipt from post
Offices were S29,751, GA, expenGi-
lures $39, 544, ,935, of which amounts
S24, 702,703 were received and ex-
pended dreo'ly by postmasters.
During the year 81 national banks
were organized and 20 went into vol
untary liquidation, leaving 2,136 do
ing business at the close of the yea1.
No national bank failed during the
year. The semi-annusl duty occruing
from the national banks was SS4,
1852, all of which has been collect
ed and paid into the Treasury,
making total amou1t collected by
the Treasurer since the establishment
OF the rational bank system in 1869,
SlOS,S55,021. The us. currency's s
outstanding at the closeof the year
was 362, ,539, ,437. : There was re-
deemed during the year $70,O69. .974,
making total redemption
since the first issue of the currency
OF $2,360, ,141O70. q. s. bonds
amounting to $S5, ,304, ,05Q were re-
tired during the ysans The aggre-