Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-11
For,y-Tnird Congress first session
SENATE.
WAsn1seroS,. Dec, 4

petitions the following bills were intro
duced and laid on the table To COM.
plete water highway from the James
river to the Ohio at the mouth OF the
Kanawha. To remove political disabil-
tiles. To aid in the execution of the
laws in Utah. ~ -.,s.
Mr., Summer presented a petition OF
1000 citizens asking the enactment OF
ciyil-rights bill presented by him, !.
The Secretary of War was requested
to communicate all information in refer
ence to government property at Harpers
Ferry, and the sale thereof.
A bill for the redemption of the loan
of 1858, introduced yesterday, was
passed.
Mr.. Ferry, of Michigan, called up the
resolution instructing the finance COM
mittee to report bill providing for a
remedy for the existing monetary de-
rangement, and addressed the Senate in
favor thereof. ..-
At the conclusion of his speech, Sen
ator Ferry asked that the resolution be
referred to the committee on finance
when appointed.
Senator Anthony, Of Rhode Island,
moved that the Senate proceed to the
election of standing committees. Agreed
to, He also moved that the 34th rule
be amended by adding new committee
after that ON education and labor, to be
| known as the Committee on Civil Ser
vice and Retrenchment, and that two
members be added to the committees on
Foreign Relations, Claims, and Educa-
ton and Labor Adopted. The Senate
then elected the standing committees as
follows
On Privileges and Morton,
chairman; Carpenter, Logan, Anthony,
Alcorn, Mitchell, Sumner, Hamilton, of
Maryland, and Salisbury.
Foreign Relations - Cameron, chair
man; Morton, Hamilton, Howe, FIRE.
linghuysen, Conkling, Schurz, Stockton
| and McCreery.
Finance-Sherman, chairman Nor
rill, of Vermont, Scott, Wright, Ferry
of Michigan, Fenton and Bayard.
Appropriations - Morrill, of Maine,
chairman; sprague, Window, West,
Ames, Sargent, Allison, Stevenson, and
Davis.
Commerce - Chandler, chairman
Spencer, Conkling, Buckingham, Bout
we'll, Gordon and Dennis.
Manufactures-Rob chairman;
Sprague, Gilbert, Fenton and Stockton.
Agriculture - Frelinghuysen, chair
man; Robertson, Lewis, Dennis and
Gordon.
Military Affairs.-Logan, chairman
Cameron, Spencer, Clayton, Wadleigh,
Kelly and Ransom.
Naval Affairs-Cragin, chairman; An
thony, Morrill,, of Me-, Sargent, Como
yer, Stockton and Norwood.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. chairman Con-
king, Carpenter, Frelinghuysen, Wright,
Thurman and Stevenson.
Post Offices and Post Roads-Ramsay,
chairman; Hamlin, Ferry of Mich,
Flanagan, Dorsey, Jones, Salisbury,
Merriman and Hamilton, Md.
Public Lands-Sprague, chairman;
Window, Stewart, Pratt, Oglesby, Wad-
leigh, Boutwell,, Kelly and Upton.
Private Land Claims - Thurman,
chairman; Ferry, of Conn, Fenton,
Bayard and Bogy.
Indian Affairs-Buckingham, chair
man; Allison, Oglesby, Morrill,, of
Maine, ingalls,, Bogy, McCreery.
Pensions Pratt, Chairman Ferry, of
Connecticut, Oglesby, ingalls,, Patter-
son, Hamilton, of Texas, and Norwood.
Revolutionary Claims - Brownlow,
chairman; Gilbert, Conover, Johnston
| and Goldthwaite.
Claims-Scott, chairman; Pratt, Bore
man, Wright, Mitchell, Boutwell,, Davis,
Merriman and Goldthwaite
On the District of Columbia-Lewis,
chairman; Spencer, Hitchcock, Robert
son, Jones, Dorsey and Johnston.
Patents-Terry, of Connecticut, chair
man, Window, Wadleigh, Hamilton, of
Maryland, and Johnston.
Public Buildings and Grounds-Mor-
rill, of Vermont, chairman; Gilbert,
Cameron, Stockton and Cooper
Territories = Foreman, chairman;
Hitchcock, Cragin, Clayton, Patterson,
Cooper and McCreery.
Acknowledgement, chairman; Scott,
West, Ramsey, Hitchcock, Cragin,
Howe, Frelinghuysen, Hamilton, of
| Texas, Ransom and Kelly.
Mines and Mining-Hamlin, chairman;
Chandler, Sargent, Crozier, Upton and
Goldthwaite.
Revision of the Laws of the United
Understanding, chairman; Carpenter,
Stewart, Alcorn and Ransom.
Education and Labor-Flanagan
chairman; Patterson, Ingalls,, Sumner,
! Morton, Bogy and Gordon.
Civil Service and Retrenchment-
Wright, chairman; Boutwell,, Sherman,
Hamlin, Howe, Hamilton, of Maryland,
and McCreery.
Audit and Control of the Contingent
Expenses of the Senate-Carpenter,
chairman; Jones and Dennis
Printing-Anthony, chairman; Howe,
and Salisbury.
Library-Howe, chairman; Wilson,
and Edmunds.
Engrossed Bills-Bayard, chairman
Lewis and Cooper
Enrolled Bills-Ames, chairman, and
Clayton.
Revision of the Rules-Ferry, of
Mich, chat fman Hamlin, Merriman
and Lewis.
Mississippi RiSsr-Alcorn, chairman
Clayton, Schurz, Croker, and Cooper.
transportation Routes to the Sea
board-Windom, chairman; Thurman,
Conkling, West, Conover, Mitchell, Nor