The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-02-04

shall lie admitted t0lUnited States citizen
ship, nor shall any polyganist hold any
office Of trust or profit In the territory,
vote therein, or be entitled to the benefits
or thethomestead or pre-. e.emption laws,
SEcTIOS ESD ctacts that marriage In
the territory may be solemnlzed only BY
the Justices of the Supreme Court, by
Justices of the peace, only appointed and
qualified, and 'bYany priest or minister o.
the gospel, regularly ordained and settled.
It declares all c0nsAnglineOusI marriages
incestuous. and void, and punishable by
twenty years imprisonment I'M penitentiary
The BILL Is very long, containing 81 sAeci' A
tions. III, ~" ~. 81
per capita dog ,tix Of $780,. Referred 10
Committee On Ways and Means. ''
MI, Com, Of WISCONSIN, from the Com.
mittce on Military Affairs reported a bill
to oamcnd the net Of March3 5, 1885, In rclA-
tion to additional bountics, extending It's
benefits To widows and children of sol;
diers who had enlisted for q less period
than one year and been killed or died In
the service. Passed. i.rg d 'gisI lla,l.,..
On motion of Mr.. S0HEN0E, the tax bill
was made the special order for the 1st Of
March, to be taken up after the tariff bill.
Mr.. SCHUN KKER offered b resolution. In.
structihe the Committee On Banking and
Currency TO inquire into the pfpprlety ol
granting 10 any citizen of the United
States the privilege Of banking on'all Uni:
ted States bonds: Adopted '''''' ''''...'''
At the expiration Of the morning hour,
Mr.. BUThgR, Of Massachusetts, chairman
Of the Reconstruction Committee report
ed a bill to admit the State Of Mississippi
to representation Id Congress, and asked
to have IT put upon its passage. : The bill
having been read, Mr.. BUTLER said itlwHs
exactly word for word the bill under
which Virginia had been admitted 70
representation, although, In some respects,
members Of the committee, himself among
the number, would have been glad 70
have ciangedft. Yet the whole matter
having been 60 fully and thoroughly dis.
ctissed and a precedent set In; the case Of
Virginia, It was thought, after mature do.
liberation, II was best to admit Mississippi
under the same conditions and with the
same provisions as Virginia. He, moved
tlIc previous Question, first allowing Ms
colleague on the committee, MI. BECK, 10
offer substitute: SO 1E !. '''
.'8ir. BECK thcreupon offered his substi-
tute, declaring Mississippi entitled to rep
resentation without preamble or c0ndi-
tions. The bill az reported was then passed.
Mr. DAWES, from the Committee on
Appropriations reported bill to supply
a deficiency for the Navy as follows :
Bureau Of Steam Engineering, 81 $50, 900;
Bureau Of Construction and Repairs 81 :
$50, ,0OO-toLal, $30 900, ,0O0; and to convey
into tho Treasury the following unexperd-
cd balances: from the Buread Of Pro
visions and Clothing, 81 400 I00O;I Bureau
Of Equipment and Recruiting $399, 900;
Bureau Of Navigation, $3.50, 600; Bureau
Of Yards md Docks, $951 900 total,
S3, 100000. .1ify1"J il ltii"i -.'"aI"u
After ailengtlly debate, Mr. BEEJA-
9rN's amendment was agreed to without
u division, the yeas and nays being re!
fused, und tho bill as amended was passed.
The House at 4:8O adjourned. - ''ll'
'.'.'" SENATE. ", WI, w
r Y .
Mr. SHERMAN, from the Committee on
Finance, reported the following bill
TO authorize the funding and Consoli.
tlatiOn of the, National debt TO- extend
banking facilities, and to establish specie
payments. II provides for tie issue Of
three classes Of bonds 800 000, 900 eacll ;
first, 10 and 80 years at 8 per cent; secOndi
IS and 20 years at 4t per cent; third, 30
and 60iynars at 4 per cent. It also pro-
vileds f6rIsetting aside, yearly, $l60, ,O0O,-
900 Oftbe Custom receipts TO pay the in'
terest ON, the public debt and for a sinking
fund to reduce the public debt I'd :, ..viu
Mr.. MORTON presented memorial iron
the members of the c,bar Of Indianapolis,
for the, increase Of the salaries Of the
judges iof the District Courts Of that
State. Referred to tho Judiciary Com
mittee. pItmf ). pG iIAl. Hn yN .
Resolutions were, offered, and adopted,
bY MI, ABBOTT setting forth the occur
renee Of frequent violations Of tho public
peace inNartOuS Southern localities; and
that the protection In life and property by
the government was the right Of every
citizen, ,,7anl instruCting the Committee
on tia Judiciary tOIinquire into the power
Of the government TO! give protection 70
its ciuEenS within the limits, Of such States
and 70 report what legislation h required,
and especially TO inquire into the; oonsti.
tutioaality and expedlcncy Of establishing
a national police force for the better en-
Iorcement Of law. ....' pJiIlu nNp Tii.,
On;Tnotinn Of Mr. MORRILL,, of. Maine, 4