Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-12-12
THE SONG OF THE WIRES.
News from All Parts of the
World.
Interesting Dispatches.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, December 1.-THE
President laid before the Senate a
letter from the Secretary of War
relating to the United States props
erty known as the hospital and
grounds at Wilmington, N. G. Re
ferred to the committee on military
affairs
Senators Chilcotte, Vest, Van
Wyck, Ingalls,, Harrison, Sherman
and Sewell presented petitions in fa-
vor of an incease of pensions to
one-armed and one-legged soldiers.
Referred to the committee on pen
sions.
: Senator Morgan, from the public
lands committee, reported favorably,
without amendment, bill to exclude
public lands in Alabama from the
operations of laws relating to min>
eral lands.
Senator Hawley, from the commit
tee on civil service reform, reported,
with amendments, the bill intro.
duced by Senator Hoar, on Satur-
day, to prevent officers and en-
ployees of the government from col
lecting subscriptions or assessments
from each other, and for other pur-
poses, and gave notice that when
Senator Pendleton's civil service bill
should come up for consideration he
would offer this as an additional
section.
One of the committee amendments
makes crime and prescribes there-
for the penalty for any person to
enter public building for the pur-
pose of levying contributions or
assessments from clerks or other
employees.
At the close of the morning hour
the Senate took up unfnished-the
bankruptcy bill-the question being
on Senator Browns motion made
Saturday to postpone the subject
indefinitely.
The Senate refused, by vote of
"a to 26, to postpone inde efnitely,
and, by vote of "a yeas to 80 nays,
adopted the Lowell bill, introduced
by Senotor Hoar, as substitute tor
the one introduced by Senator In
gals, from the committee on iudici--
ary.
On motion of Senator Sherman
the bankruptcy hill (the Lowell billy
was sent to the committee on iu
dietary for revision.
Senator Pendleton moved to take
up his civil service bill.
Senators Voorhees, and Brown op-
posed the motion. The latter pros
posed to wait until after the next
Presidential election, to see whether
we could not have a better civil SER
vice bill enacted by Democratic
Congress and a Democratic Presi-
dent, with fair division of offices.
The motion to take up Senator Pens
dleton's bill was carried-yeas "A,
nays 16. At Senator Sewell's re,
quest Senator Pendleton agreed to
have the bill laid aside informally.
that the Senate might take up the
Fitz John Porter Bill.
Senator Logan objected, and in
sisted that the civil service bill
should be the first disposed of.
Senator Sewell asked him to cons
sent to take up the Porter bill to-
morrow.
Senator Logan declined.
So the Pendleton's bill remained
before the Senate, but was tempo
rarily laid aside to take up the bill
to relieve an Arkansas railroad.
This bill was indefinitely postponed.
After an executive session the
Senate adjourned.
| HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, D. c., December H.
Mr.. Belmont, of New York, mem :
ber of the committee on foreign
affairs, presented his views on the
Nicaraguan canal question, and they
were ordered 20 be printed.
Mr.. Townsend, of Illinois, offered
a resolution reciting that it is alleg
ed that certain existing railway lines
of transportation have entered into
combinations for the purpose of pre-
venting the construction of compet-
ing roads into the Territories and
through the States, thereby estab.
fishing monopolies in transportation,
and directing the committee on com
merce to report a bill prohibiting
and punising such combinations.
MIR. Strait, of Minnesota, objected
to the present consideration, and it
was referred to the committee on
commerce.
Under the call of States the fol-
lowing bills were introduced and
referred:
By Mr.. Wall, of Connecticut i:
Providing that no further purchases
of silver shall be made by the Secs
retary of the Treasury or standard
silver dollars coined until the NUNS
ber of such dollars, whether the
property of the United States or
held for the redemption of silver
certificates, shall be reduced to
S50,OOO,O0O. -
| By Mr.. Ellis, of Louisiana: To
authorize the State of Louisiana to
establish a quarantine station to in
spect and disiniect vessels, and to
collect inspection fees, also for the
construction of floating hospital
in conjunction with the United States
marine hospital at New Orleans.
KILLING, HANGING AND SUI