Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-25

cussed in committee of the whole and
 passed. The River and HhIbor Appropria- tion bill was then taken up, and amend ed SO ns to increase the appropriation for improving the Mississippi above St An thony's Falls to S200, ,000; and appropriat- ing among other items; ;$200, ,O00 for surveys of water routes to the West, $100, 0,00O for | Improvement of Charleston Harbor, $100, l 900 for harbor Oakland, Cal, $S0,000 to the harbor of San Diego and $75,000 for clearing Buffalo harbor of sand. The bill as amended was passed; also Q bill repeal l ing the Sanborn contract act.
 On Monday the Tariff bill came up. The 40 cts duty on still wines was agreed to. A provision allowing farmers raising 1 tobacco to retail $100 worth yearly was adopted. Postoffice bill was discuss cd, and the House amendment fixing newspaper postage at l. cts per pound rejected 21 to 19.-A b1Il passed giving the Arkansas railroad right of way.-The report of the committee of conference on Geneva Award bill was discussed and 1 adopted.-The hour of final adjournment | was finally fixed at P. M. Tuesday, The River and Harbor bill was recommit- ted.-The Post-office conference commit tee reported cts per fb for newspaper postage and cts for each copy of Con gressional Record; adopted. com I mittee on transportation was instructed
 to take evidence in vacation regarding
 mail rates on the railroads.-The House
 bill passed protecting foreigners from in voluntary seryitude.-The conference re- port on River and Harbor bill was adopt ed.
 House.-On Tuesday of last week, bills &c.. were passed for relief of savings
 banks; requiring Territorial delegates to be % years of age; and admitting Gunter, the Arkansas contestant to his seat.-Con- ference committees were appointed on the
 Indian Appropriation and Geneva Award bills.-The report of the Conference com
 mittee on the Bankruptcg bill was accept ed.-The famous Chorpenning claim is up again on Q report from the judiciary com mittee.
 On Wednesday a bill for preservation of ballots in congressional election fa1l- ed to get the requisite two thirds for a suspension of rrlles.-The bill suspending publication of U. s. Statutes in news
 papers was passed.-The bill for the gov ernment of Dist. of Columbia was then dis
 cussed, and passed, 216 to 22.-The com
 mittee on Foreign Affairs reported peace
 resolutions which were adopted. The
 conference report on the Pension bill was
 accepted. resolution impreaching Judge
 Duren of New Orleans was reported from
 the Judiciary committee, two of the mem-
 bers dissenting.
 On Thursday bills were passed fixing
 limit of the cost of the public building at Covington Ky, at S250, ,O0o, and granting
 the Arkansas Valley railroad right of way
 in Colorado.- conference report on
 the Legislative Appropriation bill was
 discussed at considerable length and
 adopted.-A commission of three were
 appointing to investigate, into the affair of
 the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations and
 make some arrangement with them rela-
 tive to the status of negroes there Bills
 &c. were passed giving 10 brass cannon
 for Lexington monument; granting right
 of way for Nevada narrow guage rail-
 way.-The conference report on the Moiety
 bill was agreed to.-Mr. Beck of Ky. re- marked that as far as he was concerned Ee
 would stop all legislation rather than d.
 low the Civil Rights bill to pass.
 On Friday, resolutions &c., passed re-
 quiring the Sec. of Treasury to report on
 the necessity of a public building at Au-
 burn, N. r.; fixing on $250, ,00O as the Him.
 it for the appropriation to public build
 ings in Atlanta, Ga.; purchasing watch
 given by Washington to La Fayette and
 restoring it to the family of the Marquis;
 for relief of the East Tenn. University
 The Postofice bill came back amended
 from the Senate. The House accepted
 the amendments prohibiting publication
 of the revised statutes; allowing papers to
 circulate free within the county of publi- cation: and making the change of the
 present law commence with Jan. l. There
 was a sharp discussion on the provision
 fixing postage at cents per pound and
 the aponnt was changed to T. cents. The
 Hnaendment fixing postage on Public Doc kuments at 9 cents was changed to lU cts. The amendment allowing the Congres- sional Record to go free was rejected and the bill went to the committee of confer ence.
 On Saturday, the Finance bill was dis cussed. Gen. Hawley strongly opposed the bill on account of the provision al- lowing banks to use their reserves. On f. nal vote the conference report was accept ed, 221 to 40.-The judiciary committee reported resolutions impeaching Judge
 Busteed of high crimes and misdemeanors A resolution passed requiring McEnery to produce the original election returns of the Louisiana electlon.-A message of
 the President was sent calling attention to the bonds of the District of Columbia governmental conference committee's
 report on the Indian Appropriation bill
 was rejected and new committee raised. Two months salary was voted to clerks dropped from the ells.-Report of con- ference committee on deficiency bill
 agreed to.-The Civil Rights bill failed of the necessary two thirds vote and is there fore lost for this session. Adjourned till Monday morning.
 On Monday, the Sundry Civil Aappro- priation blll came up and various Senate l amendments increasing 1t about $4 800,
 900 were acted upon.-The conference re-
 port on the Geneva Award bill came up.
 Mir. Butler thought it appropriated about three millions, the remainder of the award
 remaining subject to subsequent congress sional action. Report accepted.-There was quite a discussion about an appro- priation in the Sundry Civil bill to a Catholic charitable association in Wash ington which was finally adopted.-An appropriation of $7, ,O00 to reimburse Gen. Howard his expenses was rejected. The amendments of the Tariff bill were now
 concurred in and the bill sent to the con- ference committee.-The Committee on
 Foreign Affairs report that Sir Lamberton
 Lorraine only interfered in behalf of Brit
 ish subjects at the time of the Virginius
 massacre.-The Senate resolution of ad-
 iournment at p. m., Tuesday. was adopt
 ed.-The conference report on the Tariff
 bill was rejected and new conference or dered.