The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-15

A New Orleans Forger Brought Up
With Round Turn.
A Couple Of Ebony Fiends Lynched In
Alabama.
Other Foreign aud Domestic News.
Forty-seventh Congress,


SENATE.
WAsHISroS, April l4.-Mr. Lapham pre.
sented remonstrance transmitted TO him
oy the chamber Of commerce of Now
YORK, from the business men of that citv
engaged In the China dry goods, iron and
cotton trade, and embracing the signatures
OF banks, bankers and insurance commands.
against the passage of any law prohlbitinr
ohinese immigration. II sets forth TINT
such legislation is contrary to our national
policy, and an unnecessary aiiront TO n
friendly nation, prcjudicial to the CONNER
cal interests OF the country in reducing, IL
not destroying, our growing commerce with
China, which promises to be of vast i'm
portance .-
Mr.. Lapham said the petitioners were an
mated by that spirit which SO universally
prevailed in his boyhood and which was
expressed IN one stanza in the song of ",Jet-
familiar. vs. "'s
Here strangers from thousand shores. com.
PEELED by tyranny to roam. W."
shail ma amid The abundant stars A freer and
happier home" "''''
The paper went to the committee on for
cign relations.
Mr., Maxcy, from the COMMITTEES ON
claims, reported favorab'y with amend
ments bill to reappropriate and apply the
amount appropriated by the act OF March.
ieIi 70 pay certain southern mail con-
On motion Of Mr.. Cameron. of Wisconsin.
house bill for the allowance Of about
Low claims arising under the act OF
July 4th, 1864, for stores and supplies fnr.
nished to army OF the United States all OF
which have been reported upon by the ao-
counting officers of the treasury, was
passed.
Ihe senate took up the calendar, and, ON
motion OF Mr.. Teller, devoted the morning
hour to pension bills, OF which mum bcr
were passed.
At the expiration of the morning hour
at z O'Clock the bill for the improvement *
the navigation OF the Mississippi and MA.
souri, rivers, which came up a. the rerular
order, was temporarily laid aside and slxtv
pension bills passed.
AFTER disposing OF this business the reRu.
lar order was again passed over aud M.
luton recently introduced bv him
ne said the secretary OF state
iailed to respond TO the sen-
aye resolution OF March 9th instructine'
nun to report upon the McSweency case s2
tne earliest day possible until March 9Oth.
although every Item of information tram.
mitted on the latter date was In the hands
o. that officer when the resolution reached
MN and could have been sent in
The American state depsrtmsnt
he asserted Of late years had ALWAYS pro.
ceeded very slowly when appealed to In BE-
half OF American citizens In foreign prisons
lie proceeded as follows: "a goyernmsrt
which Is indifferent to the fates of citizens
whether at home or abroad, which waits Ia.
- respond boldly and swiftly to the appeals
iSr Justice, and leaves them TO waste away
tnelr lives IN prison untrlcd aud uncon.
s,usa, Is unworthy OF allegiance. and
ought not to have, and will not long retain
respectable position among the indenem,
uen, powers OF the earth"
, me speaker then reviewed the case of
McSweeney, q naturalized American citi.-
zen, VINO was arrested by British authori.
,les IN ireland. and imprisoned on the 2d of
June, issl and who has been In prison
without trial ever since, notwithstanding
the repeated appeals Of the prisoners wih
70 our government for protection and re-
dress.
, HOUSE.
willis, OF Kentucky, presented a minor.
ity report on the anti.Chinese bill. and /,
was referred TO the house calendar.
The report states that minority M
members had decided TO report bill iisins
the term of suspension at fifteen years anS
restoring the penalty clause, but In view ~
the statement that Page would on Mondnv
endcayor ~ pass his bill under a susnar
sion OF the rules, they had determined MOI
TO report the fifteen year bill, but 10 vots
Tor Pages motion. They filed n r"'
port, however, Tor the purpose Of iormsi,r
stating their preference for the finecn yssr
They base their argument In
snppor, oi mat proposition on the popular
rs asserted at public meetings. AMI . ~ ."ss. ~
Tact that to the people n suspension of sva. snu
twenty years was not acceptable, Tho o'rn
po,t then proceeds TO argue that tho rov- NV
reaiy absolute discretion as 10 de,trm,n,Dyy vn ~
he time aud manner Of such SUSPENSION h