The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-03-09

llie subject ui the billi but hll ~ PunNOh
character.
Thc committee rose without action. .
Senate amendments ~ the post route bll
we're conouuod in and then, Vt ii1' th
house adjourned.
coNHRNArfoSs,
The senate confirmed the nominations o
Roscoe Conkllng, 10 DO associate justice q
the supreme bench, and Sargent TO th'
German mission. q,
The vote on Conkllns's confirmation i
understood to have been 80 yeas against ]!
nays democrats and ! republicans
IIoar, Dawes, Morrill, and llawley
rnrgent's nomination was confirmed with,
out division. The senate also confirmed
William Il. PASTOR as United States attor-
ncy for the western district Of Tennessee.
NOMINATIONS.
The president nominated Cornelius A
Logan, of Illinois, envoy extraordinary and
plcnipotcntiary of the United
States to Chill; John B. Weaver, of North
Carolina, is to be United States consul at
Bahia.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, March 3.-Mr. Butler pre-.
scented, read and at length explained q
from the bench, bar, executive
officers, commercial boards, professors OF
colleges, journalists and others, numbering
in all over 200 citizens of South Carolina
for national aid for the education of the
youth of that state. In support OF his bill
on the subject he said the state had the
ofas good frec.school system
rs any in the union. The difficulty in the
way of realizing all that was desired from
that system was want Of money, and il
would be a great hardship to tax the people
for school purposes more than they were
now taxed. He denied that assessments
for taxation in South Carolina were less
than were warranted by the value of the
property and briefly advocated the neccs'
sity of desired legislation. Referred.
library, reported adversely upon the petit
tons of the Wisconsin Geographical and
Chicago Historical societies for a congress
sional committee to attend the celebration
at New Orleans, on April 7, Of the discovery
of the mouth of the Mississippi by La
Sale The committee, in their report
which was read, say the event to be com
memorated is of great historical interest
and eminently worthy of recognition, but
they think congressman, ought not be re-
Quired TO absent themselves from sessions
ut time when public business urgently
demands their presence. The recommend
alton of the committee was agreed to.
An order for adjournment from to-day
until Monday was adopted.
A bill to authorize the compilation and
printing of the naval documentary history
oithe war. OF the rebellion was introduced
and reported by Mr. Anthony, came up il
the order of the call and passed.
Senate bill to amend sections 4457 o
the revised statutes relative to license fees
of officers of steam vessels was also passed
1t reduces charges for certificates of license
of masters engineers, pilots and mates o
steam vessels to fifty cents each, lnSteaC
of So.
Senate bill authorizing joint committed
to provide for the erection of a statue to Chic
Justice Marshall in Washington was thel
taken up and passed
Discussion of the Chinese bill was re
sumed at Ids, and Mr.. Farley continued
and concluded his remarks, after which de
bate took broad turn for time, severa
senator's participating.
The discussion lasted until 4:l5, when Al
executive session was moved, it being seer
from the number of speakers and amend
ments that the bill could not be concluded
to-day.
Efforts were made, however, to force
the bill to vote, but the bill went over Ill
Monday.
After briet executive session, the senate
adjourned until Monday.
HOUSE.
O'Neil, of Pennsylvania, presented Il
resolution ofthe tobacco board of trade, o
Philadelphia, asking that congress either
pass promptly bill for the abolition of The
tax ON tobacco and cigars, or agree to {
joint resolution to the effect that it is I'M
wise to tamper with the tax during th'
present congress. Referred. Also a resolu
lion of the Philadelphia board of marine
underwriters in favor of bill putting the
signal service of the United states army OF
a pprmanent basis Referred,
Gibson, of Louisiana, introduced {
bill making appropriations for the construc
ton, repair, completion and preservation o
certain work on the Mississippi rive
in accordance with the recommendation
IIans, ETC., of the Mississippi river improve
nent commission. IT makes an appropria'
ton of SO, 10000 for the initial work of con
tracing the channel AMI protecting the
caving banks in the six reaches of the river
a length of Isl miles, namely:
New Madrid reach, 30 miles; Memphis
reach, Is miles, Helena reach, 30 miles;
Choctaw Bend reach, 80 miles, and Lake
Providence reach, 80 miles. 1t also appro-
pirates $25,000,000 for the building and re-
pairing of levees and closing the gaps in
ievees, and $4,000 for Notifications al
Atchatalaya and at the mouth of Red
river. Referred.
on motion of Richardson, of New York,
a bill was passed reducing the license fees o.
chief engineers and tirst-claSs
pilots of steam vessels from $40 to 81 90
and of masters, engineers and pilots of the
inferior grade, from 50 to seyenty-hve
cents.
At the conclusion of the morning hour,
devoted to the reports of private bills, the
house at 12:45 went into committee OF the
whole, Bedford, of Colorado, in the chair, on
the private calendar.
at 3:45 the committee rose and the house
passed two or three private relief bills.
Adjourned.
DOMINATION.
The president nominated William j..
of Geo rgia,a United States consul
at Paiiama.
CAPITAL ITEMS.
The assistant encouragement has COM
Melted preparation of the indictments IN all
the star-route cases so far considered by the
grand jury. There are seventeen OF these
fourteen Of them have already
bills. The remainder, which includ cs
hose against Brady, will be presented
IN court tomorrow. The indictment against
Brady, Dorsey ct al. is a most voluminous
document and contains one of the largest
counts ever prepared. This count exceeds
in length any in the famous Tweed cases ia
New York, which were somewhat remark
able in that respect. IL contains one nun
bred special allegations oil fraudulent acts
and covers transactions In 'twenty-one post
routes.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, March 4.--.On motion OF
RYAN. of Kansas, a bill was passed prOyid-
ng for the holding OF terfn Of the district
s0itrt of the United States 81 Wichita, Kan
sas. In addition 10 making provision lndi-
sated ia The title.the bili CONTAINS the follow
nc provisions. That all Otlthat part q The
Iudiin territory lying north Of tie Cana.
Iian river and east 81 Texas and
lie one hundreih Imeridian, not
~ apart aud corrupted hl the Cherokee,
rreek aud Seminole Indian tribls, shall De-
lnucxed and constitute pait ~ the niied
<rates judicial district of kHnsns. aud
lie United States distuCt COurts
,t Wichita and Fort SC1it, in the
district & kan.ns. shall have
exclusively original iurisi iciion ni OIL 81
erses comm ted within tie 1miis Of The
.arrsfofY~ hereby annexed 10 said district a.