Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-05-02
xLIIrd CONGRESS


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The House bill amendatory Of the act for en-
rolling and licensing ships or vessels TO be
employed in the coasting trade and fisheries
for regulating the same was passed. .
Mr.. Morton, Of Ind, introduced a bill pro-
yiding that postage upon documents printed
by authority of Congress, or by either House
thereof, shall not require TO be prepaid, but
may be left 10 be paid by persons receiving
them. Referred to the Committee on Post
Offices and Post Roads. p
Mr.. Anthony from the Printing Committee,
reported back the memorial Of certain employ
ing printers OF Washington, d. g., in reference
to the management Of the Government printing
Office, with bill to further regulate the public
printing, which provides that the Congressional
printer shall have the work done in the most
economical manner consistent with its proper
performance, and the prices paidf for work shall
not exceed those paid in Baltimore, Philadel-
phia, or New York and authorizing him to
have work done by private contract when it
may be to the best interests Of the Govern
ment, Placed on the calendar
Mr., Scott, OF Pa, from the Committee on
Claims, reported unfavorably on the memorial
of the Mercantile Insurance Company Of New
York, to be reimbursed for $4,000 in green
backs insured in that company and lost at sea.
Mr.. Carpenter, of Wis, in calling up the
Louisiana bill. said he was in New Orleans last
May when there was great excitement there
and in public speech he pledged himself to
the people that il they would stop violence and
submit to the Kellogg Government he would
do what he could to present their case to Con-
gress. They had kept their part of the con-
tract, and he proposed to keep his. Mr.. Nor
ton in reply said one of the chief disturbing
elements in Louisiana ut present was the fact
that this bill was pending in the Senate. He
believed a great majority of the people Of
| Louisiana acquiesced in the Kellogg Govern
| ment. -"-.- 3
The territorial railroad bill was read third
time and passed-yeas, 20; nays, 18.
Senator Frelinghuysen, of N. j., from the
| Committee on Judiciary reported back the
Civil Rights bill introduced on the first day of
the session by the late Senator Sumner, with
| an amendment, and recommendation of the
majority of the committee that it be passed as
amended Placed on the calendar
| Mr.. Window, of Mimi, called up the bill to
enable the Mennonites of Russia to effect q
permanent settlement on the public lands Of
the United States. Mr.. Ferry, of Conn. said
he had received information that these Mem
nonites desired to leave Russia on account OF
the Russian Government requiring them tt
perform military duty, and that in this country
| they expected to be exempted from such ser
vice. He was not willing that any such body
-of people should come here under the protec
ton of our laws, settle within our territory
dllu Ue oA6lupIcu IIOIl UD6lT SNARE
to the common defense. In his belief, if al
amendment be inserted in the bill requiring
them to become citizens of the United States
not one of them would settle here.
The House bill amendatory of the acts t,
| provide a national currency, and to establish
free banking, was referred to the Committee OIL
Finance.
Carpenter, of Wis, introduced resolution
setting forth that the people of Cuba have de
clared themselves free and independent o
Spain; have established a government TO
themselves and abolished negro slavery, an
for more than five years have successful
resisted all the efforts of Spain to reduce Their
to submission and re-establish the conditio
of negro slavery in that island, and that th
war between Spain and Cuba has been and i
now being conducted with adegree of barbarit
shocking to all Christendom, and there is II
reasonable prospect that Spain will ever b
able to re-establish dominion over the peopl
of Cuba, and that it has become the duty c
the United States to recognize Cuba as one c
the independent nations of the EARTH and tina
the United States will observe strict neutralit
between the contending parties during tn
further prosecution of the war, and will accor
to each of them belligerent rights and equi
privileges and advantages in all ports an
places within the United States.