Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-07
CONGRESSIONAL.
Proceedings of the Second Session Of
the FOrty-SecOnd Congress.
WAsHINGroN, December 6, 1872.
SENATE.

1 SENATE.
On motion of Mr.. Frelinghuysen, the
Senate suspended the rule requiring the
election Of chairmen of standing COM
mittees by ballot, and standing and Sc
lect committees were then elected.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
PriUaeges and Elections - Morton,
Chairman; Carpenter, Logan, Alcorn,
Hill, Anthony and Trumbull.
Foreign ReJdtiOHs-Cameron, Chair
man; Harlan, Morton, Patterson, Ham
| lin, Howe and SchurZ.
! FtHdHcc-Sherman, Chairman; Nor
rell (Vermont), Scott, Ames, Wright,
Ferry Michigan and Bayard.
appropriations - Cole, Chairman; !;
Window, West and Stevenson.
COnlmeTce-Chandler, Chairman; Cor
bett, Kellogg, Spencer, Buckingham,
COnkling and Vickers.
NdR1gdctlTes-ROb Chairman; !;
Sprague, Gilbert, Johnston and FentOn.
! Agriculture - Frelinghuysen, Char
man; Robertson, Lewis, Davis and Ma
chen.
Military Afairs-Wilson, Chairman; !;
Logan, Cameron, Morton, Ames, West
and Blair.
NdUdl Affairs - Cragin, Chairman;
Anthony, Nye, Osborn, Alcorn, Morrill,
(Maine) and Stockton.
Judiciary - Edmunds, Chairman /;
COnkling, Carpenter, Frelinghuysen
! Pool, Wright and Thurman.
P0StoBiceS and POStrOdds-Ramsey,
Chairman; Pomeroy, Cole, HamIin,
| Ferry (Michigan), Flanagan and Kelly.
Public LGnds-POmeroy, Chairman;
Osborn, Sprague, Window, Stewart,
Casserly, and Upton.
Private Land Claims Thurman,
Chairman; Ferry, Connecticut Cald-
well, Bayard, and Norwood.
Indian 4 Afdirs-Harlan, Chairman;
Corbett, Buckingham, FrelinghuyseD,
Caldwell, Stevenson, and Rice.
PeRsiOns-Pratt, Chairman; Brown
low, Logan, Ferry (Connecticut), Hill,
Salisbury, and Hamilton Texas.
Revolutionary CydiBlS-Pool, Chair
man; BrownlOw, COrbett, Hill, and
Norwood.
On Cgaim8-Howe, Chairman; Scott,
Pratt, Boreman, Wright, Davis West
Virginia), and Machen.
District OiltDl6iG-PattersOn, Chair
man; Lewis, Spencer, Sawyer, Hitch
cock, Ferry lMichigan), and Vickers.
Patents-Ferry (Connecticut), Chair
man; Carpenter, Window, Hamilton
(MarylaDd) and Ransom.
Public Buildings and Grol9ads-Mor-
rin (VermOnt) Chairman; Gilbert, Cam
eron, Stockton and Hamilton Mary
land.
TeTTitories-Nye, Chairman; Cragin,
Foreman, Hitchcock, Clayton, Cooper
and Fenton.
Pacific Bdilr0dd-Stewart, Chairman;
Ramsey, Harlan, Scott, kellogg, Hitch
cock, Ferry (AIichigan), Cragin, Cooper,
Rice and CasseTly.
Mines and MiRing-Hamlin, Chair
man; Chandler, Flanagan, Alcorn, Kel-
ly and Goldthwaite.
Revision Of the Lars OF the United
SdteS-Conkling, Chairman; Carpen-
ter, Stewart, Edmunds and GOldthwaite
Enrolled BiLLs-Windom, Chairman;
Lewis and Kelley.
Education and LG6Or-Sawyer, Chair
man; Morrill, vermont, Flanagan,
Patterson and Johnston.
Investigation and RetreRchment-
Buckingham, Chairman; Pratt, Howe,
Harlan, Stewart, Bayard and Trumbull.
10 Auda and Control Contingent En-
peglSes Of Sef1Gte-Carpenter Chairman;
Morton and salisbury.
Printing Chairman; Howe
and Casserly.
Librar3,-MorriU (Maine), Chairman;
Howe and Sherman.
ERgrossed BIS -Casserly, Chairman;
Clayton and Cooper.
SELECT COMMITTEES.
Recisjon Of the RoAe8-Pomeroy,
Chairman; Edmunds and Stevenson.
ReHtOUdl Of Political Disdbiiities-I
Boreman, Chairman; Ames, Clayton,
Lewis, Vickers, Ransom and Upton.
LeUees on the Mississippi RiUer-Kel-
lOgg, Chairman; Alcorn, Clayton, Blair,
and Rice.
To Inquire into Certain Allegations
against Hon. PO1OeU CidgtUn-Wright,
Chairman; Morrell (Maine) and Nor
wood.
On Alleged O,arage8 in the Southern
Stdtes-Scott, Chairman; Chandler,
Bayard, Poole, Pratt, Spencer and
Blair.
Senator Wilson (Massachusetts) at his
own request was excused from further
service on the Committee on Military
Affairs.
Senator Morton presented a joint re-
solution Of the Legislature of Indiana,
instructing Senators and Representa-
tives from that State to vote against
any measure dividing the State into two
Or more judicial districts. Referred.
Senator Hamlin Maine) presented the
memorial of George Z. Preble asking to
he restored to his rank in the navy.
Senator Morton introduced a bill
creating the commission toadjust claims
under the Geneva award.
The bill authorizes the appointment of
three Commissioners, at an annual sal
sry Of four thousand five hundred dol
lars, and aSecretary, at salary of three
thousand dollars, to hear and decide all
claims for losses by the acts of Confed-
erale cruisers, for whose escape the Cen
eva tribunal held Great Britain respon-
sible. 1t also authorizes the appointment
of two persons as counsel for the Com
missioners, whose pay shall be fixed by
the Secretary of State. The commission
is to organize in Washington, but may
hold sessions in other cities, and is linn
tied to two years. The awards are to be
paid in sixty days from the day of find
ing, with interest at six per cent. peran-
mum from the date of the loss of proper
ty, except that no interest is to be paid
until all claims are decided, when, if the
fund is sufficient, interest will be paid
in full otherwise, pro rata. The money,
when received from England, is to be
set apart as a fund for the payment of
claims.
Senator Morton (Indiana) also intro
duced bill to refund to States the in
terest on money borrowed to equip, pay,
supply and transport troops for the ser
vice Of the United States in the late war.
Senator Ferry (Connecticut) intro
duced a bill for the repeal of the act of
1862, prescribing the iron-clad oath. Re-
ferred.
Senator Cole introduced bill to re-
place the National Bank notes With
United States notes. Referred.
The bill requires the Secretary Of the
Treasury to withdraw from circulation
all notes of the national banks coming
into the custody of the United States,
and to issue in place thereof, if neces-
sary, an equal amount of notes Of the
United States; and whenever, and as
often as notes Of any one of such nation
al banks, to the amount of nine hundred
dollars, shall accumulate in the Treas
uTy, and after thirty days notice to such
bank, interest shall cease and be sus-
pended on one thousand dollars of United
States bonds deposited in the Treasury
to the credit Of such bank as security for
It's circulation until such bank shall re-
deem said bonds by the payment of nine