The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-29
Proceedings i'm Congress.

The Senate, on the 18th, concurred in
the House resolution to adjourn over from
Dec. 81 to JAM S.....At his own request,
Senator Morton was relieved from his posi-
ton on the Committee of Agriculture.
The nominations of Mr.. Arthur as Collector
of the city of New York, and Mr.. Douglass
as Commissioner of Internal Revenue, were
confirmed.
In the House, on the 18th, the bill con-
sOlidating the postal laws was passed .....
The bill for relief of purchasers Of land sold
for taxes in insurrectionary States, was
passed
In the Senate, on the 18th, the House
bill appropriating moneys for taking the
last census was passed .....A long discussion
on the question of appointing standing
Committee of Investigation and Retrench-
ment cnsued, pending which the Senate ad
ourned.
In the House, on the same day, Mr. Hal
sey. from the Committee on Public Buildings,
reported bill appropriating $4,000 900 for
the erection of public buildings in Chicago.
Referred to the Committee on ApprOpria-
tons ..... The Appropriation bill was discussed
without action also bill from the Com
mittee on Labor and Education, providing
for the appointment of a committee to in
vestigate the subject Of wages and hours of
labor, and capital between laborer and CAPT
ia list, and the social, educational and sani-
tary condition of the laboring classes Of the
United States.
In the Senate, on the l4th, MIR. An
thongs resolution to create q Committee on
Retrenchment was adopted. ...An amend
ment by Mr.. Trumbull, authorizing the
committee to sit during the recess, and to
send for persons and papers, was voted
down. In the course of the debate Mr..
Trumbull said, If there is anywhere in the
world a worse civil service than that of the
United States, | pray God to deliver that
people from it."......The nomination of
George B. Williams, of Oregon, to be Attor-
ney General of the United States was unani-
mously confirmed, vice Alderman, re-
signed. ..Adj ourned until Monday, Dec. IS.
In the House, same day, Mr.. Burchard of
fered resolution calling on the Secretary of
the Treasury for information as to the num-
Der of persons employed and the total COM
pensation paid therefor in the collection of
customs for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1871, in the United States. Adopted 49,. Va
rious propositions were made and discussed,
principally turning on the number of Repre-
sentatlves of which the House should be
composed. The number was eventually
fixed at 2S3, on motion of Mr.. Garfield.
The greater portion of the time of the
House on the 18th was taken up with dis
cussion on the appropriation for the govern
ment buildings at Chicago An amendment
was offered cutting down the amount to 49,
100000, and another to $4,000 900, but both
were voted down, and the bill passed as it
came from the Committee on Appropriations,
viz: $,OO0,OO0 for purchase of land and
buildings.."..The House then went into Com
mitteee of the Whole, Mr.. Wheeler in the
chair, and passed the bill reported from the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, making APP
preparations to pay the expenses of carrying
proprating $2s 900 to meet the deficiency by
the defalcation of F. A. Mccartney, late dis
bursting clerk of the Post Office Department,
was also assed.....Adjourned until Monday,
the 18TH