Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-04-19
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.


SENATE. April IL The Commit
tee on Territories reported with various amend
ments House bill to prohibit poygamy in the
Territory OF Utah, and asked that it be made
the special order for Monday, but objection be-
Ing made, it was placed upon the calendar
The Committee on the District of Columbia was
directed to inquire into the expedienay of con-
structing sewer through the canal In the city
of Washington, and providing system of
drainage. The concurrent resolution providing
for the appointment of Joint Committee on
Indian Affairs was discussed until the expira-
ton of the morning hour, aud several amend
ments were adopted. The Georgia bill was then
taken up and several speeches were made. Mr..
Williams gave notice of an amendment continu-
ing the terms of Office of the present State Of
hcers until 1872, and Mr.. Pomeroy gave notice
OF an amendment remanding the State to mill
tary control, and ordering an election to be held
In September, 1870, for members Of the Legis-
latuTe, who shall assemble at the Capitol of he
State on November %, preparatory to the ad-
mission Of the State by Congress Pending dis
cussion the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE Several bills of no general interest
were taken up and passed. The House then
took up the contested election case of Hunt vs..
Sheldon, from the Second Louisiana district
The majority OF the committee report resolu
ber entitled to his seat, while the minority of
the committee report in favor of Mr. Hunt, the
contestant. The case was discussed until 5
O'Clock L. NJ. and it was agreed that vote
shall be taken to-day. A joint resolution was
adopted appropriating S3, 600 to pay the ex-
penses Of the Committee on Education and
Labor in investigating the charges against Gem
eral 0. 0. Howard The House soon after ad-
journed.
SENATE-Wednesday, April l3.-The con-
current resolution providing for Joint Com
rnlttee on Indian Affairs was adopted after con
siderable dlseussion-yeas 20, nays %. Several
new bills were referred to commlttees. The
Committee on the judiciary, to whom was re-
feFred the petition of O. B. Hart, claiming to
have been elected Senator from Florida, made
report, accompanied by resolution that
Abljah Gilbert is entitled to the seat in the
Senate he now holds. The Georgia bill was
then taken APP and several speeches were made
The discussion continued until Ais p d.,
when the Senate went into executive session,
and at It's close adjourned
HOUSE. A petition Of the Cigarmakers' Ma
tional Union, praying for the repeal of section
81 of the act OF 1868, imposing tax on oistill-
ed spirits and tobacco was referred to the Com
mittee of Ways and Means. A resolution was
adopted allowing Mr.. Shober, Representative
iiOui tHO I'itu AsOitu OdfUiiud DiSlifC. u Dc
sworn in, without prejudice TO the right of Mr.
n. Boyden to contest his seat. Mr.. Shober was
accordingly sworn in. The contested election
case of Hunt VS.. Sheldon, from the Second
Louisiana District, was decided in favor of Mr..
Sheldon. the sitting member. The case of Tay-
lor vs.. Reading, from the Fifth Pennsylvania
District, was decided In favor Of Mr. TAYLOR,
the contestant, and he appeared and took the
oath of Office. The consider alton of the Tariff
bill was continued in Committee of the Whole
The duty on webbing com posed of silk and rub
Der was fixed at % per cent. dd valorena, and
the duty on flax straw at s. per ton. Pending
consideration of the duty on Russian hemp the
Committee rose and the House adjourned
SENATE. Thursday, april 1.-THE House
bill to authorize the city of Buffalo to erect a
tunnel under the Niagara river was taken up
and passed. memorial of Cryus W Field on
the subject of Geographic communication be-
tween the United States and Asia by ocean ca
BILE was presented and referred to the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations The discussion of the
Georgia bill was resumed, and Mr.. Morton
made speech In favor Of extending the terms
OF the Governor and members of the Legisla-
ture for two years, in which he recited again all
the long exploded stories of ku-KIux outraees
10 the Southern States Mr. Edmunds replied
in opposition to the proposed extension of terms
OF office. vote was then taken on the motion
Of Mr.. Williams to postpone the State election
until 1872. and it was rejected-yeas "a, nays
rs. Pending vote on the motion to strike out
the Bingham proviso the Senate adjourned.
HoUsE.-A memorial of Cyrus w. Field in |