The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-14
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE.


WASHINGTON, July 10, 1870
coLoRED CADET WEST POINT.
The house took up the mc.on made yesterday by Mr..
BUTLER rep.l of Msss.. suspend and adopt
directing the House visitors TO nves.
ga,c the complaint made TO the Ill treatment Of the
The resolution slightly amended and pa,sedyoas lO7
Inc visitors Point Messrs schcnck Lo
oosGRRseIoNAL APporToNMENT.
Mr. s Of g. %os s t. hs the rules
the House bill Ok the election OF Rep.
to in the amendment and for com.
m,tse Of ne Senate amendment increases the
The motion was rel scted. yeas 81, nayss7.
q s Mr. as
TAKEN from Ss speakers sSe and %'fs IN
gross and referred to conference committees
conference committee was also ordered on the Army
Appropriation bill.
and JOINT resolution ordering $4,000 81 the
Tennessee DO expended the repair
@ for % he no .nd
below Chattanooga, including tho Muscle Shoals
BILLS REponrEp.
Commerce. reported bib to create port Of delivery at
Also IKE Bill for Council Bluffs, Iowa. The House re-
4 10 s Hss for the ss Of the Oyea'
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Mr.. ISoEnsoLI cr.pl Of m. from the Committee Com:
investigations during recess into the
& @ Of sS sn sSs
Ssna Gr &C.
ting during the recess The country had had enough that
~ YIN moved to suspend the rules but the House
refused.
Mr. scnRNcK repl Of Ohio from the conference commit
After considerabie dscusson the conference
Tax and IaTn 6i wac agreed to by 4s to 49, The bill
THE FUNDING
Funding b made report stating that was precisely the
aa' nsd the lc% &
banks to deposit ne new bonds as guarantee Tor their cir
The report having in fun agreed yeas 1877
TIE OF wHIsKEY MIrrrs SUBSCRIBED.
Mr. sAYsAnD' cp q Tenn, from the COMMITTEES on
Che use OF whskey metres at dsers tn the further action
MI dAPTirLp, trep, Of Ohio inquired Of Mr.. Maynard
heinz held END that hS price 6,a gone 10
a as IN s soss Sas Of Ct Of that being
Mr. MAYNARp replied very positive terms that such
s.;f; & ya, Nh s.ahs. and That If i w're would DO
Tbc joint joint resolution was passed.
GENERAL AMNKsTY BILL, ...s .s
rules and pa.s Bill esouus
benefits gr aduates tho Military Naval academies mem
s sss 10 Ss
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
IS. s acS
be included in the notion.
Mr. RANDALL, (dem.) of Pa-Tes and every other Job.
The SpEAKER reply to question by Mr. Allison stated
that the bills passed signed,
the hands OF committees, the additional
Deficiency bill containing million dollars for the
MAYNARD appealed to the members to give the friends
OF the Southern Pachc Railroad bin hearing
The rules wersnot auspended-yeas a. nays los
REPORTS THE wOoD-HoWARD INvEsrIGA ALTON CASE.
Mr. ARNELL (rep OF Tenn, from the COMMITTEES on Ed-
cation Labor made report n the Of the invega.
ton charges against General Howard, and asked that
majority ana %1or resolutions 70 read and hs re
up for action at ono O'Clock tomorrow.
The sPEAKKR inmatcd that would be we'll nigh impos-
sibe discussion Tomorrow and that action could
be taken the resolutions now AZ well as then.
After some suggestions the midst much disorder, the
majority minority resolutions were read.
Both and the evidence covering nearly 1000
were ordered 10 be printed.
The question then being assigning tomorrow for the
consideration of the matter, much opposition made to
the assignment and without dsposlng OF the question: the
House, at quarter TO Eve O'Clock, adjourned.
A CoLoRED HoMER.-They have an African poet
in Kentucky who has written an epic In Which he
has sung the history Of the rebellion from the fall Of
sumter to the death OF Abraham Lincoln. 1t Ia en-.
tited, "COlumbans, or the North STAR" and con-
tains upwards Of two thousand verses. The name