, 1873-12-06
'ecnrlty for orculatIon alaot to aid In tho os!ah-
inh'nont Ut froo schools throughout tho United

gafA, toDhcoo R'itl HtHH.
Dy Mr. L0U1AntDGE-Tn complete tho
James River nnd Knnawhn Ca,,ai.
Dr NJ. nosAAN-ro afford cheap t,nnspor.
tat,on by waier from Tho interior ,u tho Atlantic
"oaboar'l by WY Of the great laltes.
| the roLAAiH BEA1oII.
q. r. ll0AT o!rorol resolution directing tho
sccrolary Of Tie navy 10 Communicates faets
tontlirg to show what legal aq.,i.nI,le CLAIMS
tho owlr,rH. o!liccrH, or tow Of TIC TI:res+. or
my otl.or pcrsuns 'snr haye OH Tho Un..,d States
for aysntsnre relldcr re tlle o!lcera ausi clsw OF
| the poiarjg. Adopted.
Mr.. NAINEY offered n rosolu'lon to nbolis!l
the Co1ntnlttoe oil Freotiinens AflairH. ltoforrod
THE kTASD1En CnsiMlrrGEA.
Tho SPEAKER announced tho standing com-
mittots Of tho IIonBo as follows:
Committee on E!e:t.on'-:,nih. Of New York, Chair
n,nn Ii.enla: tN.o' il.zlcon, Told tla J, 1ke toe-
chart, +; II; 1.2'erta Kasso. slrsn, shoaou, Fos-
AnpropriaAoas- -aariie!at Chairman Hale sA1e.>,
WAeoer. oSeil, s:a,kwcatl.f, hvusiiri'lge, tyler.
i4fssf aS M9 a iss: e<asyms1' %s ssSss Chairman Far
we' Mprey, l1awlsy <o9nn. lunler, rielps, Hubbcl,
Nfs ss Ms"aa a;,sds4Isl s5;ss ns'eS Srm,n xner XII
psii iia WalS ido, nsinan' s;.,tdior' % 6re4,nas, %
Ial:Iny sarrsl, Nnnn smIti. ohi", DarroSs, Hove.
II. Il. Nuacrts, EloM, Hamilton.
.C"mmtrce-wlerisr. Ciiarlnan; Sawyer, conger
t",a lLoopSr Aegy. y. ss""ar' lafAons' olaso Hoffman,
Pubic Tanis-Townrentl, ohn,.,,ai pun,,ol Ortiz,
n}ninny Morty III. JOHN lnt''ps, Bradley, pnnford,
Var cy"i's4-Iawronce tohto|, Chairman 11uz'c-
smith ta, Wish >1s), noaau, Msiris, xer-.
=. io*.:nNcs and t-noads-rachcr, Chairman
st'we rr.tt lS. ~, Williams, Page, Danforth Cobb.
=; ;iiannfaetares = Tsrwsli. Chairman; us!horne.
y!sr., nansier,, Fiod, Whitley, Woodworsl, Waddel,
Wilsou tA!a.), gowes', p'olmt.
jrtnaH 1rtnt3
ntsYohs wilson ual lay nons. Cain, Davis (Va
s % ssS 'Afss oHs: MsS%a Is~ssp, s~ss nss iiss
rA tA!tsss.:,, :!sa.,, Ala.ns. couinso. Gi4alngs:
MsDsssa a Iao1iinrsh. % n Sssmit 3s'n hsso". 's'''
$751; S1 s csSse, E Es %s; s.sra n..ssa ssss
u ~ G;,;;s y celrms'sz1Ess y; n, Chairman;
- q" g. ,'aS$,sT.ss ta1s:s,, qAs1smanj a, ,,'l W.
dsS ts:s rfs jNsss 's'''' "hs'
y55sas 1ssd c;sia:-s1yess <P9 ch,,Fmsn
4xasai Agass-s:oi}ela, Vasillnsn !; do9cn. lays
Plat YAK Raekard, ssaidsr, nutlciyh, raFmsn'
Sa1S Ssr ssis a . H.
Tx.
wis": tu5: nsvss % %Ae:sa: Ssn$nz, 's'ss For
nyns Tss5pss1S a. ~ ntsM k a % Chair
man lansing sprtyus. Williams tu!sh.), Smith tLa,
cratehasld baud, Ga'dwsi, Vats. h;%ls;
MeJunEsn' Mstsh, hlal tir smatl, sencr, Young tKy
ys fs saNassty S.s: s"E Esws
Taylor. s'aitl tVa.l, Arthur. Wolf. ssouo
nnion, nst, @ HnDbel p.gs, shea;a Lypc' tsas Ksu4
Southland, Harris eG,.}.
freeaar.'s s-cohb Chairman; Num-, Nainty,
Eden. Adains iKy. A'''S'' -''''' s'u''' ~"'A'De''
1Eaaeat;sn md tII IEalor-a1onroe. Chairman; G. F.
,1 o. hss,s;en y IaSSs-Ro!sna, Chairman; E r.
s:s 5ss Rsnas nri kaap Moore
i toiaaye, Wt.yft.- aid !i.,tsares-Iooper, Chair
ssSjr ussls ss str. nsnss Ms netss nsts as
o!seas orutcSasS, DeSsine, Baylor Ts1 nd % s%i,i
jsjss Ss;ljas: "a e@ssss:sSfats @ ,ssss VA. eesas:
ass ssptmkass fSlsg cann Chair
Rsts5 3osIsF Fs: ns;4, sw5;Tsss, wys,,s Willard s~h ly0
o. tlteagt-:lundy, Chairman; Berry. Ray, Nea.
;5n 81 pssse 81 II Sunnton, Chairman; Sawyer
11oakna. Wallace, Archer.
-, Or Esu<n5,.4fs; a q Stat. pspartment-plgkard
Sooo ss>aa}b OH 'oAAt 1AoEf1soot AAAa1-
on Erre,ditur<. IN Ms 7+tasurp Department.
Sypler. osatTuau; Snyder, Phillips, Schumacher. ~
Un Exneud:inres IN khs ,rar Dspar.n<n.- -willans
tInd.}, ohuirman; LAmport, ourtss, Bright, Gid.
Junien. ohsir,nan; burrows. Was, Masss' uer.s.
On Expenditure n the J'o't ofnee Department.
Da1rs, Chs rnsn Todd, Msllisi. "his.hosne Young.
Chatru'uu: Woodworth, Ly.lcu, Robinson {1ll.),
EtwlF. -
on Ezutnditurts IN Public Hut'd;nas-Duel Chair
i1"t!"'1e " 5sulet-TAo spcskeE, Maynard, Gar
or I,riittng-Donnau, Chairman Hale IN. ",
O. O. Ksrs1 onsrmsp sen'ss cys5
uarrs tds.)
Mr. HAMILTON {S. ~ naked leave to offer u
resolution instruoting the Committee Of Waya
and Means to inquire into the expaIopcy Of re-
porting n LlJ to abolish the duty on coal
Alr. COX desired to amend tho resolution by
making II imperative On tho Committee to report
such bili. objection Was made to the reaolu-
tiou.
PERSONAL EXPLANATION.
Mr. SHERIDAN liza. J, rising to personal OK
planatiou Bailt 'ho had Bo,ne agenoy in seating
bis oolloague {Smith) from tho Fourth District Of
the 1na!ter, ho considered himself personally
Responsible. Some newspaper had charged
that the certificate read to tiis House had beon
executed prior to tho rocoipt mud canyaBs OF tho
reliable authority that tic returns bud arrived
| aud been properly canyassod on tho 29th and
29th OF November, prior to the execution Of the
cereli!cate. 1t WAS not matter OF physical int
possibility, as had boon said for man to 60 ii,
three days from my part Of tho district to New
Orleans. He ashurcl t4o House that statements
to tile contrary wore Untrue. It Was also @ mis-
take to ssy that that WAS q Domocratio district.