The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-01-16
XLIst CONGRESS-.
THIRD SESSION. 5.,
HOUSE,.

Mr.. CULIoM asked consent TO have
day assigned for the business Of the Com
mittee on Territories. Objected 10. q
Senate amendment to House bill for
restoration Of Capt. Lynch TO active list Of
navy, as Captain, was concurred in.
House then proceeded To call on COM
mittees for bills Of a private character.
Mr.. WILSON, from the Committee on
Public Lands, reported q bill for the relief
ofJohn r. Bennett, late Register Of the
Land Office at Chatfeld, Allnn. The bill
grants $7,700 to reimburse Bennett for ex-
penses incurred for extra clerk hire.
Passed.
Mr., TOWNSEND, from the same com.
mittee, reported bill to confirm the title
Of II. Boyer to certain lands in tho State
Of Michigan. Passed. grge.,t- n
Mr.. KELLod, from the Committee on
the Judiciary, reported Senate bill for the
relief OF Richard B. Hammond, late col
lector oi the port OF San Francisco, with
an amendment, which was adopted, and
the bill passed. The bill appropriates
pro tormd $s6,790 to enable Hammond to
settle his accounts at the Treasury, that
amount having been expended by him on
account OF the government without sui.
tlcient authority oflaw.l ..a .t b..
b. Mr.. KERR, from tho same committee,
reported a bill to authorize the settlement
oil the accounts Of William Black, late col.
lector Of internal revenue In the LIST dis.
triCt Of California. Passed.
Mr.. Conn, from the Committee on
Military Affairs, reported q bill granting
condemned ordnance 10 the Seventh Regi.
ment Monument Association of Ohio.
Passed.
Mr.. NEoLEY, from the same committe,
reported bill for the removal and sale Of
the machinery at Allegheny Arsenal, and
the sale Of the ground TO the city OF Pitts
burgh; passed. Also, q bill authorizing
the settlement Of the accounts Of two
companies of Oregon volunteers; passed.
Also, o bill for the relief OF the widow ol
Green W. Cotton, granting the difference
OF pay between that Of an enlisted man
and q captain; passed. Also, bill for the
relief Of Robert D. Chamely and A. d.
Richards, granting difference in pay be-
tween nominal and actual rank; passed,
Also, bill for the relief Of Capt. G. w.
Bass, late Of the 9th Tennessee volunteers;
passed. Also, o bill appropriating con.
demned cannon for soldiers monuments;
passed. aI
Mr.. AspER, from the same committe, re.
ported bill for the relief Of james T.
Elliott, late private Of the 1lth Michigan
infantry. Passed. a1NG.
Also, a bill Tor the relief Of Captain
Isaac B, Kincaid, late Of the nth Ohio
volunteers. Passed ....., Lax /
Mr.. Stokes presented letter from Su-
perintendent, Walker, In relation to the
pay of assistant marshals In taking the
census. Referred to Committee on Ninth
Mr.. SARGENT introduced a btll,to Is.
tablish q line of ocean steamers between
the United States and Australia. Refer
red to the Committee on Commerce.
At 1:40IP. N. the House went into q
Committee Of the Whole, with Mr.. Sco-
FIELD in the chair, and resumed consid-
Grafton Of the Legislature, Executive and
Judicial Appropriation bill
Z Amendments. making tho pay Of the
Chief Clerk Of the War Department $500
and the chief clerks Of the several bureas
$4,000 were reported by Mr.. DAWES,
chairman Of the committee, and adopted.
Mr.. MAYHAM moved to strike out the
appropriation for clerk hire in the Office
OF Military Of Justice. Lost.
Mr. ARMSTRONG moved to make the sal
ary ofthe Ghiet Justice Of Supreme Court
Of the United States $l0,5O0, instead Of
$4,000.
Mr.. HALL moved 10 make the salary Of
Chief Justice $500, and associates and
retire Justices $1,000. q - Y 4 Gi[r |
Mr.. POTTER opposed MIR. HALLS
amendment and favored that offered by
Mr.. ARMSTRONG, the salaries OF 1855, of
81, 500 aud $1,000, were equal In pprchas.
ing power to $12, 900, now he 'contrasted
the liberal policy OF the English govern.
ment fixing compensation Judges with
parsimOny, practicee by the United States
government. ,., --., ,,,ta. y.s,,.sr,, /
Mr.. Ella inquired whether this was the
proper. time "a. enter on the system OF in.
Creasing salaries when all branches Of
business were depressed, and when the
people were already oycrtaxed, and as to
the necessity Of such increase on the &C.
count Of increases In the cost Of living,
when the reverse was the fact. Mr..
JENCKEs supported. s.aB 5000 nssil 4
The amendment offered by Mr.. Arms.
STRONG, contending that the. upright
Judge was the poor mans counsel, and
Therefore twas 70 the interest ot tax
payers t0,haye the Judge literally com.
pensated. y 8, = ) 7, y. 'sil 4
D Mr. BMGitAlt sugge Ted that the gen
tleman Itom Pennsy ylganias ARAt.
STRONG, ! shonld accept The ai1endment
offered by Mr.. hale, althong ID. .if the
matter Wis left To himself he would vote
D larger sum, and would then be satisfied
that he had voted no more than was due
70 the court itself, and Stoithe people be-
hind the court S,g "a. n ll-st'4
Mr.. BUT1ER, of 3ATassac achusetts, said he
would vote for the larger sum proppsed,
md argued that in proportion 20 The
wealth and success DC the country at
the twoperiodsf the first salary fled on
Judges was much more liberal than that
now proposed. ~, '''-'l-'' - i,Fg,aW /
Mr.. ARMSTRONG, in conformity withtt
suggestion made 10 him, accepted the
amendment offered by Mr.. Il Ale, instead
OF hts own. The amendment was adopt.
cd, fixing the salary Of the Chief Justice
at $S 800, and associates and retired Jus.
tices at $1,000 eachhi (, al.a. ,l'1iurr
The Committee then rose, leaving two
pages Of the bill unfinished, and the House
al LAlf.nnak 4 O'nlOClS adio1fned. .srr's, /