, 1873-01-07
United States notoB III lie,t Of tho e35, 100000
bank notoB cancelled under tho act Of 1H0G.

4 resolution VIVA adopted directing tho .ndl-
ropon1ing tho NntioMal Bankrupt law from md
nfter Jan. !, 1874, and providing for tho inn1o-
disto repeal Of much Ut tlo said net as relates
to involuntary bankruptcy.
On motion Of Mr.. STEWART, tho question,
pontng a!nco leHt pcasioh, referring 10 tho Goat
wa aaaant o "s sr roorra as ne
tho bill to tho Committee on Military Affalrs.
and 1t was no referred.
A. PRATT ,'raI1;nad MaGnn ho3e hill co,;nr to tba
aoyeral HtateB within which they respectively lie
Tho bods Of surveyed lalos and other botslos oe
wltCr.
NATIONAL pAnr.
nIr. FERRY (NIioh.) introduced n bill to sot
| apnrt q portion IF tho Island of Mackinao aa u
| flnsonat park. 1t Hots arnrt for park 30 much
Ct the !slsna aa Is nov old BY TIC United
excepting Fort Afackinac, md 80 much Of the
present reservation 81 bounds it to the south Of
| tho vlago Of Nlac]inac, and .wcst north, and
south, oaat md wont, at a tlistnuco Of 400 yards
| from tho proaont fort 1aGBtatfs Tho territory
| 80 recovered is withdrawn from settlement and
| occupancy, aud tho pnrk Is to DO put under the
| control OF tho Secretary of Wnr.
THE GEORGIA DISABILITIES hill
which, with unfinished buainoaa next camo up.
but, on motion of hfr. WINDOW, 1t was laid
aside, nna tho
INDIAN APPROXIMATION BILL
WI H. f"vf9 WiSBom III: said tho amount appropriated
by tho bill was $5, ,43f, f,1G5, which was a317, ,o97
less than tho eum which was appropriated By
| tile bill Of last yoar.
When tue item nrnropriating s2o0opo for tho
Sioux 1ndians was reacled, MIR. HARLAN sent
up and had read n communication rso'" atr.
Cowan, Acting Secretary Of tho INTERIOR Getting
forth tl.o sources of information nboat tho
and stating TINT, in Wow Of tue recent charges
III tho newspapers that no such exiBtod, al or
dor had bcen issued on the !th ultmo. prohibit
ing tho auditing of oil tho alleged dsbursomerts
for tho benefit Of said tribo until further notice.
Tho communication was accompanied by 1tntc-
mont Of the disbursements for tho Teton Sioux
during d r33 the ,p}.sy past Z. year; VI, IT, ..,,
Mr.. WINDOW sad tho sano tribe of Indians
with whom troaties had been made on Two oc-
thore might bo some question as to whether that
; Mr.. THURMAN enid ho was aatonished that
thoro should be any doubt whatever about the
7 existence Of trlbo to whom wo aro g:ving
Sir. WINDOW eaid that Of tho 100000 ap-
,, prorriated for the Tctonn sonz,, only 2aos Gao
fad boon expended, lenTing o balance OF about
100000 nlexponded, which would hardly hare
I becn loft if tho appropriation had boon fraudu~
T lontly procured.
3 adopted prohibiting the salo Of nrma or amml1-
7 milton to tho Indiana in tho neighborhood OF
Fort Peck, which. Mr. Logan said, was not q
United statos fort at all, but merely private
, Tho appropriation 'was agroed to, nnd at 2:
! m. tho Senate won't into Executive session, pud
t Boon after
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
EEw nIlLg.
! 4 1ar1e n1tubcr Of bills wcro introduced end
' referred to tho appropriate Committees.
Dy Mr, I1AWLEY {Ill.)-For canal connect
:. ing tho waters Of Lake Michigan and tho 1li-
BY Mr.. PARKER (alo.)-To giyetho officers Of
= tbs Mlsaouri militia three months pay; also to
:. pension tho widows aud orpttus OF tho soldiers
!. murdered iu Missouri in i35:.
! Of delivery.
, . CREDIT Mop111En.
a 1T the expiration OF tho morning hour
o liz Grot obor his Con-
r Tic Speaker stated lo Ind received memorial
' from Jehn B. Alley, which WIS read. 1t repre-
t sents that great injustice is being done 10 tho
!. members Of the House, na we'll as to tho Wit
. nesscs in the case, in consequence Of tho nveat-
/ cation leng conducted with closed doors. 1t
" States that he was accosted at tho Fifth Avenue
! Hotel, Now York, By IN excited individual, WHO
1 Ind been reading what pnipottcd to be hta
o (Alley's) testimony i'll full in tho Now YoGk
= SUI, aid who Threatened him (Alley) With
personal violence for statements about him.
0 On tho suggestion that tho publication vas rot
+ authentic, but IN oniro fabrication, tho excited
n individual made tho proper apology. md visited
:. denunoiations on the oditor Of tlat paper.
iMqe Mr STEVENSON {oho) asked Mr.. Frye to ac
f copt MS substitute resolution TINT tho lnyea-
tigation DO horonfter conducted in opon session,
y and that tho testimony taken heretofore be
l. forthwith reported to the HouDo, printed and
il rceonl1nitted; also, that the Committee inquirc
i into tho origin and character Of the Credit Mo-
II bilier Company, aud it's dealings with tho Union
d Pacific Ralroad Company, aud whether any
r. member Of Congress or public officer has been
t Interested in tho Credit hfobilior Company.
n Mr. FRYE declined to accept A1r. SteyenRons
"a resolution rs . substitute for Lis own.
y Mr.. RANDALL asked Mr. Frye to accept, as
"a substitute resolution recting tho fact that
d tho Union pacific Railroad Company ig = ,6 d.
g 7s6 for interest pad its bonds and that the
! inability Of tho Company to pay such Interest,"
,s has boom occasioned mainly BY tho enormous
NIT Gd essg aanv aa a thosooio n araas
r inc snt to bo brought agninst tho latter Com
- pnny md ita individual stockholders to recover
Is such interest duo the Government
Mr.. POLAND said tho courpo pursued by the
Committee wna the usual ono in such casoa. lie
never heard Of nh investigation of this kind be'
ing carried OH in my other way All tho tcsti-
n.ony will DO reported to tho House for. Huch
d tion as tho House may dsem it proper to take,
!, Tho roason why tho Committee doomed it beat
r = to follow tho ordinary rulo lnstond ct adopting
10 timony Of aI'Comb implicated not only men1bcr7
10 of tho present House, but former INT nbors, aud
n membors OF tho Senate, and tho rnlo of paIla-
,, mentary proceedings was that whom anything
J. appenrsd beforo tho Committee Of ono Houso
u which reflected Oil tho charnoter Of tho other
,; House, tho matter bo transmitted under seal
q to tho othor House, for, 1t to
I, tnke such action as it might
IT doom 1T. It therefore seemed highly proper
's that tho Committee should pursue tho ordinary
l. method. Another roaaou that operated on the
Committee was that tho Committee could only
l. spond two hours daily In itH investigation, and
J.. could therefore only got at tho faets IN the case
70 by snatcloH q little every day. The COMMITTEES
therefore doomod it bottor that tho testimony be
all gathered, aud sent to tho House at once ind
r. Tho srholn H1nnfd tn tho cn1lntrY