The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-12-08
xLIId CONGREss..sECOND SESSION.
SENATE.

| WASHINGTON, Dec Mr. Sumner present.
| ed petition from the negroes of Albany for the
immediate passage of the supplementary civil
| rights bill. He said that this would be the
| greatest Christmas present to the cOlOred peo-
pie ever made in human history. Tabled.
Mi. Pomeroy presented bill for uniting the
| postal and telegraph service.
! Mr.. Sumner gave notice of a bill reducing
taxation and abolishng the office of Internal
Revenue Commissioner.
The resolution for the arrest of recusant wit
nesses ill the South came up. Some debate
ensued, Mr. Carpenter saying If the witnesses
were not connected with the press he was sat
isfed with the jurisdiction of the Senate, but
regarded it settled that the Senate could not
punish anybody for contempt without the con.
sent of the press. The discussion continued
some time by Messrs. Edmunds, Conkling,
Frelinghuysen, Morton and Sherman.
SENATE COMMITTEES.
The Senate took a recess till o'clock, after
which committees were appointed as follows:-
On Privileges and Elections-Sumner, Rice, Car
penter, Logan, Hill and Thurman
On Foreign Relations-Cameron, Harlan. Morton,
Patterson, Schurz, Hamlin and Casserly.
On Finance-Sherman Morrill, of Vermont, Fenton,
Scott Ames Wright and Bayard.
On Appropriations-Cole Sprague, Sawyer, Ed
munds, Window, West and Stevenson.
On Commerce-Chandler, Corbett,, Kellogg, Spen-
ce x, bnMa ang Conkang and aekers; cn
Gilbert and johnson.
On Agriculture Morton, Frelinghuysen, Robert
On Military Affairs-Wison, Cameron, Morton,
Ames, Logan, West and Blair.
On Naval Atfairs-Cragin, Anthony, Nye Osborn
and Ferry of Michigan
On Judiciary-Trumbull, Edmunds, Conkling, Car
penter, Frelinghuysen, Pool and Thurman.
On Post Offices and Post Roads-Ramsey, Pomeroy,
Gilbert, Cole, Hamlin, Ferry of Michigan, and KEEL
On Public Lands-Pomeroy Tipton Osborn.
Sprague, Window, Logan and Casserly.
On Private Land Claims-Davis Of Kentucky, Ferry
OF Connecticut, Caldwell, Bayard and Blair.
On Indian Affairs-Harlan, Corbett, Buckingham,
Frclinghuysen, Wilson, Caldwell and Davis of
Kentucky.
On Pensions Edmunds, Tipton Pratt, Brownlow,
Hamilton OF Texas, Logan and Salisbury.
On Revolutionary Pensons-Poo Brownlow, Cor
bett, Hill and Davis of West Virginia.
On Clams0Howe Scott, Pratt. Stewart, Foreman,
;. On District OF Columbia-Patterson, Sumner, Lew
is, Spencer, Sawyer, Hitchcock and vickers.
On Patents-Fery of Connecticut, Carpenter,
land.
On Public Buildings and Grounds Morrill, of ver-
mont Trumbull, Cole, Sumner and Stockton.
r., On Ter1itories-Nye, Cragin, Schurz, Foreman,
Hitchcock Clayton and Cooper
On Pacific Railroad-Stewart, Ramsey, Harlan,
Rice, Fenton, Scott, Kellogg, Hitchcock, Cooper,
Ferry Of Michigan, and Kelly.
NJ. On Mines and Mning-Rice, Chandler, Flanagan,
I1pton, Caldwell, Alcorn and Salisbury.
On Revision of Laws-Conking, Carpenter, Stew
art, Wright and Hamilton of Maryland.
On Education and Labor-Sawyer, Morrill, of Yer
mont, Flanagan, Patterson and johnson.
g On Audlt and Control Or Contingent Expenses of
Senators-Fenton Window and Salisbury
On Printng-Anthony, Howe and Casserlv
On Library-MorTil of Maine, Howe and Sher-
man.
On Engrossed Bills-Buckingham, Clayton, and
Davis of West Virginia.
On Enrolled Bills-Carpenter, Lewis and Kelly
On Revision of Rules-Pomeroy, Edmunds and
Bayard 49,
On Removal of Political Disabilities Robertson.
boreman, Ames, Hamilton of Texas, Vickers Clay
ton and Stevenson.
On Levees of the Mississippi Riycr-Kellogg Trum-
bull, Schurz Alcorn and Blair.
On Alleged Outrages i'll Southern States-Scott,
Chandler, Rice, Pool, Pratt, Bayard and Blair
BILLS INTRODUCED.
To regulate the pay of officers in the navy
and executive departments; for the incUrpora-
ton of the postal telegraph
The Senate went into executive session and
subsequently adjourned to Monday
HOUSE
After the introduction of several bills the
bill consolidating the postal laws came up, but
before the reading of the bill was concluded the
morning hour expired, when the House ad-
journed to Monday.