Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-02-19
HOUSE.

MIR. Wood introduced bill to regulate
Geographic communication between the
United States and foreign countries. Re
ferred to Committee on foreign affairs.
Disabilities and appropriations.
Mr.. Butler. of Massachusetts,, made an
effort to have the House proceed to the
consideration of the bill to remove pOlltI-
cal disabilities, but Mr.. Dawes pressed his
motion to 90 into Committee Of the Whole.
Mr.. Butler stated that he was directedby
the Reconstruction Committee to report
general bill for the removal of disqualified
tons, as there were now some 300 or 400
names awaiting the report Two bills had
passed in the Senate, and some were pre-
pared in the House. He desired that the
House should indicate whether it was dis
posed to pass the general bill, or what
course it would pursue. He Thought TINS
legislation essential, as many hundred men
were waiting to be restored to their nights,
while the appropriation bill Will not take
effect till July.
Mr.. Dawes said that he recognized the
importance of the measure his colleague
desired to consider, but it is important
| that this bill be sent to the Senate as soon
as possible.
Mr.. Butler said there were numerous
special orders to come up Immediately
after this bill, SO if the disability bill was
| not now considered, no one knew when 1t
would be taken up.
| Mr. Brooks, of New York, remarked that
one of the calamaties of the country was
the late passage of the appropriation bills;
the Senate usually added on large appro-
| priations at last moment when the House
had no opportunity to discuss them, but
had to refer them to conference committees.
He hoped that the appropriation bills would
he sent to the Senate at the earliest day
practicable. After further discussion as to
the order of business, the House went into
| q Committee on the Whole on the legls-
lative appropriation bill.
The discussion in reference to the super
vising architect Of the Treasury depart
ment. occupied over one hour and half,
when finally a vote was taken on Mr.
Farnsworth's motion, to strike out 500, 600
appointed for defending what are known
as cotton suits against the United States
on which S91, 900 has been expended.
Mr.. Dawes referring to the influence o
politics on public affairs told the member
of the House that they were slaves to wilt
politicians from all parts of the county
who fiocked to Washington last March; ha'
been bounding the members for the las
two months TO raise the salaries of tn
very officers that they had crawled for Il
the first month after the Administration
| and that was the position in which 1t wa
: proposed to place women by giving theI
tho same compensation as men and havln
all officers to be contended for.
l All propositions for increase Of salaue
e were rejected, and the committee rose a
1 ter disposing of four pages of the bill.
{ sale of CadetShips
Mr.. Logan, from the Committee on Mi
, itary Affairs, reported bill appropnatln
s.. 600 for an investigation into aIege
q sale ofscadetships, which passed.
= SEVENTEEN years ago when NapoleO
; III. visited Bordeaux, he was receive
l. bv the Project of the Department. vel
tall. powerfully built man of winni1
manners, beside whom the Emperor W
a dwarf Side by side they drove throu@
n the city. "Prefect " said Napoleon, L
is citizens seem to regard their Project al
forget their Emperor" ''Sire, was t
I courtly reply, ''when a regiments marc
ing, the crowd is always struck with t
10 drum-maior, but it is not to be cOnclud
o. they forget the General in command
q This Project afterward became Bar
Haussmaan.
st THE San Antonio (Texas) Herald,
to the 9th ult, says that three years a
ed Mr.. Bayliss was in promising state
Is incipient consumption. After aresider
'Ir of something over two years at Concho
u is oday a well man, with slight tor
Ill of asthma occasionally, but whose lul
are perfeetly sound, as he informs
IN. The mountains of Texas are the place
I'm the consumptive, as experience is cv
yiIl day demonstrating.