Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-12-11
WAsHlSeToS, Dec. 4
SENATE.

man Morton, Hamilton, Howe, FIRE.
linghuysen, Conkling, Shnrz, Stockton
and McCrcary.
Finances - Sherman, Chairman
Morrill, Of Vermont, Scott, Wright,
Ferry E. r:v, Of Michigan Fenton and
Appropriations Morrill, Of Maine,
chairman; Sprsgue, Window, West,
Ames, Sergeant, Allison. Stevenson
and Davis.
Commerce Chandler, chairman !;
Spencer, Conkling, Buckingham, Bout
Manufactures - Robertson, chair.
man; 6prague. Gilbert, Fenton and
Stockton. e
|, Agriculture Frelinghuysen, chair
man; Robertson. Lewis, Dennis and
Gordon.
Military Affairs-Logan, chairman !;
Cameron, Spencer, Clayton, Wadieigh,
Kelly snd Ransom.
Naval Afiairs--Cragin, chairman !;
Anthony, Morrill, of Maine, Sergeant,
Conover, Stockton and Norwood.
Judiciary = Edmunds, chairman :
Conkling, Carpenter, FreIinghnysen,
Wright, Thurman and Thomson.
Postoffices and Post Roads-Ram-
sey, chairman; Hamlin, Ferry of
Michigan, Flanagan, Dorsey, Jones,
Salisbury, Merrimon and Hamilton of
Maryland.
Public Lands-Sprague, chairman ;
Window. Stewart, Pratt, Oglesby,
Wadleigh, Boutwell,, Kelly and Upton.
Private Land Claims = Thurman,
chairman; Ferry, Of Conn, Fcnton,
Bsyard and Bogy.
Indian Allairs-Buckingham, chair.
man !. Allison, Ogesby, Morrill, of Me-,
Ingalls,, Bogy and McCreary.
/ heun1vn-Tr~tt, vholxIuuu. Eorry,
OF Conn, Oglesby, ingalls,, Patterson,
Hamilton, Of Texas, aud Norwood.
Revolutionary ClAims - Browniow,
chairman; Gilbert, Gonover, johnson
and Goldwaite.
Claims-Scott, chairman Pratt, Bore
man, Wright, Mitchell, Boutwell,, Da.
Wis, Merrimon and G0ldwaite.
District of Columbia-Iewis, chair
man; Spencer, Hitchcock, Robertson,
Jones, Dorsey and Johnston.
Patents-Ferry, of Conn.,, chairman
Window, Wadleigh. Hamilton. ofAId.,
and Johnston.
Public Buildings and Grounds-Mor.
rill, Of VT, chairman; Gilbert, Came
ron, Stockton and Cooper,
Territories - B0reman, chairman
Hitchcock, Cragin, Clayton, Patterson,
Cooper and McCreary.
Railroads-Stewart, chairman Scott
West, Ramsey, Hitchcock, Cragin,
Howe, Frelinghnysen, Hamilton, oi
Texas, Ransom and Kelly.
Miles and Mining-Hamlin. chair
man; Chandler, Sergeant, Crosier,
Upton and Goldthwaite.
Revision Of Laws Of the g. S,-Conk-
ling. chairman; Carpenter, Stewart
Alcorn and Ransom.
Education and Labor = Flanagan
chaisman Patterson, ingalls,, Sumner
Morton, Bogy and Gordon.
Civil Service and Retrenchment-
Wright, Chairman Boutwell,, Sherm-
an, Hamlin, Howe, Hamilton, of Nd.
aud cCreary.
| To Audit and Coutrol the Contin
gent Expenses of the Senate-Car.
penter, chairman Jones and Dennis
Printing - Anthony, chairman
Howe and Salisbury. ass
i iLibrary-HOwe, chairman Allison
and Edmunds.
Engrossed Bills -Bayard, chairman
Lewis aad Cooper.
Enrolled Bills-Ames, chairman
Clayton.
/ Revision OF Rules-Fcrry, of Mich
Iigan, chairman; Hamlin, Merriman.
II Levee Of Mississippi River er-Alcori
chairman Clayton, Schurz, Cooper.
Transportation Routes to SeabOar(
| f-Windom, chairman; sherman
ConkfiaG, West ,Conoycr, Mitchell
/ Norwood, Davis. IS
4 Rocemsn's bill TO complete waite
highway from tide water on the Jane
Il River to the Ohio River, directs th
| Secretary OF War to construct ant
| improve the water way from it'd
water on the James River at Rich
/ mOnd, Va, to the Ohio River at tn
month of che Kanawha River In Wes
Virginia, by way of the James Rive
and Kanswha Canal, james, Jackson
Grecnbier, New and Kanawha River
by canal or slack water sluice or opel
| river navigation with capacity for ves
sels at least Of $50 tons burden; til
States of Virginia aud West Virgins
to convey tG the United States thci
. interest IN the property or franchis
Of any corporations having claims {,
q continuous line of water communi
cation projected and in part complet
cd by the State of Virgins, aud cos
of the work then to be betrayed b,
,, the aale OF United States ten-tlfty Al
per cent. bonds, TO the amount of SS,
00Q000. The commissioners 10 pro
vide for and to equip and manage III
water way are each from Pennsylva
mia, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Illin
ois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Wes
Virginia.
HOUSE.
The resolution by Mr.. Hale, ior
special committee Of seven, to consid
er the subject of the repeal of the SO
J called salary bill. with instructions I
! report at the earliest practicable da,
I was adopted, and number OF bill
: ON the subject was referred to Ia
committee.
: Among a number Of bills introduce
, were the following:
BY Mr.. Hawley, OF llls.-1o regu
!. late commerce among the sewers
States by Railroads,
Also, for canal connecting ia
!. illinois, Mississippi aud Rock rivers.
BY Mr.. Wells-For the improve
. inent of thu Mississippi river bctwee
, the mouths Of ths Ohio and Mis-
/. souri,.
By Mr., Kendall--To require un