Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-03-19
WASHINGTON, March 5, l>l2.

WASHINGTON, March 5, 1872.
In The House Of Representatives The following
bulls were reported. read is ice aud referred 10 Il
co5Hintiiec OF The Whole.
bal To abolish The iranhitg privilege, so far
as II relates 10 members # Congress. A bill to
prohibit The furnishing OF newspapers and period
lcals al the public expense. a hll 10 extend The
charter ot Geofceto"n, L. G. \ bull 10 moor
Horate The German Benevolent Society ST this
D~'rict- a bill 10 establish HE rank Of enci-
n'ers OF War sieCmots. :. tlil 10 abolish The d.
ice of Superintendent f the National Atmorv.
The judiciary committec, to whom, was refer.
red IA resolution to inquire into The c>pedteney
OF amending The Bankrupt nc, so RS to include
in2heNtd corporations, reported against the same.
The repor, viii probably be debated 10 morrow.
Alter HE disposal OF a great number II private
bills. The consideration OF The General Appropri-
alton bill was resumed IN committee Of The whole.
TIE q4estl"n pending was on an amendment
offered by Mr.. Vase, providing hat Govern
ment shall have ii printing establishment Of IT'S
own. After some debate The amendment was
Withdrawn, and another OF the same general cha
racrcr substituted. Mr.. WISE on ihts founded "a
long speech as 10 tho necessity of separating Tho
government patronage from The newspape press.
P.nding this debate, a message was received
from the President, calling the attention If Con-
gross to the alarming state Of The treasury.
In the Senate, the bal to amend The chnrtctsof
heaDstrlct banks has been under discussion tho
whole day.
WASHINGTON, March q, 1872.
In the House Of Representatives, last evening.
just as the cars were leaving. a second message
from the President was rend. announcing that
another British subject, implicated IN the "Caro>
lure" affair, has been captured. The President
Suggests The %propT:sty Of making proper prosl-
sions by law, so as TO remove such cases to tho
federal courts.
Mr.. Brnard explained hat the Judiciary com.
mitlee had already reported n bull to cover such
cas,s. Alter some debate. there was an under.
standing tina, the bill shall be considered at an
Tins morning, after ine disposal of some pr
waite business. the consideration of the General
Appropriation bill was resumed IN committed Of
the whole.
The question pending was on an item nppro-
priatIng So, 900 for tie State Department. Ga
This the whole merits Of the public printing IN
every department Of Government were brought
up, and IN spite Of the Efforts of the Chair, tho
debate assumed ii political character. Mr.. F.li-
more charged The peculiar friends Of the Pfesi-
dent with "a design to delay the passage of tho
bH! tv embarrassing amendments. Mr. Wise
replied, and contendcd that Mr.. +. himself wns
churgcable with the delay.
In he Senate, the bill rc!aiIng 10 our District
banks was passed, with m amendment. Tho
amendment provides that the banks shall have
liberty To issue the notcs Of suspended banks
only until the banks Of Maryland and Nrg,uia
shalt resume specie paymenis.
After the disposal of some private business
the Senate went into an executive session.
WASHINGTON, March 10, lS42.
In the House Of Representatives., as soon as the
journal was read, ihc General Appropriation bill
was again taken up IN committee of the whole.
The point under debate was, whether all the
tens for contingent expenses, Amounting 4" over
Il million Of do.lnrs, should not be stricken on, Of
the bill, with an understanding that specific csti-
mates should be given 10 "a separate bill.
Mr.. Cushing set forth the inter impractIcahlliy
Of giving specific extracts for every lit,le item.
lie asked If gentlemen desired to SEQ the bill
~uciied by such items, for instance. of ",~cive
and a ball cents for scra ping snow from The pave
meni.'
The debate took a wide range, in which The
merits of The las, and prescn, administrations
were brought mp.
At n late hour the committee rose, and Tho
House adjourned.
In The senate, Mr.. Linn introduced a hll to re-.
fund 20 General jackson the tioe OF X 900 inn
posed by Judge Hall. Read I~,ce and referred
to the committee on the Judic,ary.
The remainder Of The dav was taken mp by
MIR Woodbury. IN a speech on the reform reso-
Iuticns of Mr.. CLAY.
Boz VISITED US this morning.
WASHINGTON, March IL, 1919.
In tho House Of Representatives, a resolution
Of Mr.. WISE vas adopted, authorizing the APP
pointneut Of a select committee, whose duty i,
shall be to repor, on the expectancy Of separa-
ting executive patronage from the newspaper
press.
Ga motion Of Mr.. Fillmore, the House then re-
sumcd the CONSIDERATION Of the Civil aud ID plo-
matte Appropriation bI1.
Several items Of contingent expenses werc
stricken out, and 1t appears 20 lie a general Un-
'derstanding that all contingencies shall be sepa-
rated from the ball AID reported hereafter IN a
different, shape.
Mr.. Stanley moved to strike out The appropri-
,,io, of 81 600 fur the salary Of the Fret Audi