Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-05
Mr.. Beck on Allowances for
Presidents Household.
Senate Standing Committees.
The James River and Kanawlla
Canal.
SENATE.

SttlAG1s
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-The following
bills were introduced and laid on the table
to be referred to committees hereafter:
BY Mr.. Boreman: To complete water
highway from the James river to the Ohio
at the mouth Of the Kanawha.
Mr. Boreman's bill to complete a water
highway from tide-water on the James
river TO the Ohio river, directs the Secretary
of War to lay out, construct, enlarge and
improve waterway from tide water on the
James river at Richmond, Va, to the Ohio
river at the mouth of the Kanawha in West
Virginia, by way of the James river and
Kanawha canal, James, Jackson, Green
brier. New and Kanawha rivers,
by canal, slack water, sluices, or
open river navigation, not less
than seventy feet wide and seven deep,
with locks not less than fone hundred and
twenty feet long and twenty feet wide, and
with a capacity for vessels of at least $50
tons burden. The States of Virginia and
West Virginia are to convey to the United
States their interest in property or fran
chiSes of any corporation having claim to
continuous line of water communication
projected and in part completed by the State
of Virginia, and the cost of the work to be
| betrayed by the issuance and sale ofUnited
States 1850 A per cent bonds to the
| amount of Sc, 000,0 600. ProvisioniS alsomade
for the purchase, by the Secretary of War,
| of private stock in the James River and
| Kanawha Company, at price not exceed
| ing $50 per share, and also for the appoint
ment of commissioners to equip, maintain
and manage said waterway when COM
pleteted, one each to be appointed from the
States of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Iowa
Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky
and West Virginia.
Mr.. Ingalls,, to construct a public build
ing at Topeka.
Sir. Stevenson, to remove all pOlitica
disabilities.
Mr. Logan, to aid in executing the law:
| in Utah.
Mr. Sherman called up his bill for the re
demption of the loan of 1855 and it wa:
| passed.
Mr.. Ferry called up his resolution in
| structing the Finance Committee to re
port bill providing remedy for the eX
istingmonetary arrangement, and addressed
| the Senate in favor thereof
/
referred to the Committee on Finance whel
appointed.
| Mr.. Anthony moved that the Senate pro
] coed to the election of standing commit
tees. agreed to. He also moved that the
| 34th rule be amended adding new com
| mittee after that on Education and Labor
to be. known as the Committee on Civi
Service and Retrenchment, and that two
| l. . 4anc or
Foreign Relations, Claims, and Education
and Labor. Adopted.
The Senate then elected the standin;
committees as follows:
Privileges and INSTRUMENTATION, Chair
man; Carpenter, Logan, Anthony, Alcorn
Mitchell, Sumner, Hamilton, of Maryland
Salisbury.
Foreign RelatiOns.-Cameron, Chair
man; Conkling SchuTZ, Stockton. Nc
Creery.
Finance-Sherman, Chairman; MOrril
of Vermont; Scott, Wright, Ferry of Mich
igan, Fenton, Bayard.
Appropriations-Mor of Maine
Chairman: Sprague, Window, West, Anne:
Sargent. Allison, Stevenson, Davis.
COmmerce-Ch Chandler, Chairman; Spen
Ger, Conkling, Buckingham, Boutwell,
Gordon, Dennis.
Manufactures-Rob Chairman
Sprague. Gilbert, FentOn, Stockton.
ure-Frelinghuysen, Chairman
} Robertson. Lewis, Dennis, Gordon.
Military Afiairs-Logan. Chairman
Cameron. Spencer, Clayton, Wadleigl
Kelly, Ransom.
Naval Afairs-Cragin, Chairman; Al
thony, Morrill, of Maine, Sargent, COnoyel
Stockton, Norwood.
Observation-Disclosures, Chairman; Conl
ling, Carpenter, Frelinghuysen, Wrigh
Thurman, Stevenson.
., Postoffices and Post Roads-RamSe.
: chairman: Hamlin, Ferry, Of Michigan
Flanagan, Dorsey. Jones, Salisbury, Me
rimon, and Hamilton, Of Maryland.
Public Lands-Sprague, Chairman; VIII
: dom, Stewart, Pratt, Oglesby, Wadleig
, Boutwell,, Kelley, Upton.
t Private Land Claims-Thurman, Cllai
man; Ferry, of Connecticut, Fenton, Bay
ard, Bogy.
Indian Affairs-Buclzingham Chairman
Allison, Morrill,, of Maine, Ingalls,, Bog
' McCreeTy:
Pensions-Pratt, Chairman; Ferry,
, | Connecticut, Oglesby, ingalls,, Patterso
| Hamilton, of Texas, Norwood.
Revolutionary Claims-Brownlow, Chai
man; Gilbert. ConOver, Johnston, Col
thwait.
Claims-Scott, Chairman; Pratt, Bor
/, man, Wright, Mitchell, Boutwell,, Dayi
! Merriman, Goldthwaite.
District of Columbia-Ames, Chirma
Spencer, Hitchcock, Robertson, Jones, DC
. sey, Johnston.
Patents-Femy, of Connecticut, Cha
. man; Window, Wadleigh, Hamilton,
! Maryland. Johnston.
Public Buildings and Grounds-Morri
of Vermont, Chairman; Gilbert, Camera
: Stockton, Cooper.
Territories-Boreman, Chairman; Hitc
cock, Cragin, Clayton, Patterson, Coop'
McCreery.
: Railroads Stewart, Chairman; SEQ
West, Ramsey, Hitchcock, Cragin, How
s Frelinghuysen, Hamilton, of Texas, Ra
d som, Kelly.
e Mines and Mining-Hamlin, Chairma
g Chandler, Sargent, Crozier, Upton, Goldt
" waite. 49,.
n Revision of Laws of the United States
> Conkling, Chairman; Carpenter, Stewa
u Alcorn, Ransom.
> Education and Iabor-Flanagan, Cha
G man; Patterson, Ingalls,, Sumner, Morto
Bogy, Gordon.
e CiviIService and Retrenchment-Wri
> Chairman; Boutwell,, Sherman, Hamilto
II of Texas, Howe, Hamilton, of Indian
a AcCreery.
d To Audit and Control Contingent E
II penses of the Senate-Carpenter, Cha
A man; Jones, Dennis,
e Printing Anthony, Chairman; How
y salisbury.
d Library-Howe, Chairman; Alison, Z
n munds.
Engrossed Bills Bayard, Chairma
Lewis, Cooper.
| pills AnanS Chairman (lIs