Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-05-16
CONGRESSIONAL,

increases Their pensions from Sl8 to 800 pei
month The Judiciary committee reported
untayorably on the bill for the better Orpani
2atlon OF the United States courts in Loui.iana
Placed on the calendar with the advance re-
port; "A resolution was agreed to instructinp
the finance committee to inquire and report
whether the provisions of the law forbidlinp
the sale OF tobacco by the producer thereof tC
any person not licensed dealer ought not to
, be repealed "A bill relating to army distipc.
ton was referred 1t provides for repealinp
those sections Of the act of 1866, which lin.
Is the service Of Colored men to Il certain
number o! regiments and proposes to open
al reglmental and company organizations and
all other branches of the military service
allke to all American citizens, regardless of
race orcOlor Mr.. Goldthwaite introduced A
bill to aid the construction of a steamboat
canal from Gadsdcn to Wetumpka, Alabama.
II provides for a government guarantees Of
the interest Of thirty years bonds of the COM
pany to the extent Of 100000 per mile. and
for grant of eight sections of public lands
Tor each NILE OF canal along COosa river. The
whole canal, l4Omiles in length, to be compile
ted within siy years, and to transport govern
ment troops and supplies free of charge
Consideration of the supplementary civil
rights bill was resumed and Mr. Norwood con-
GUIDED his argument against its passage. He
argued that tho bill was unconstitutional in
It's provisions, and read at length from iudi-
cial decisions insupport Of h 3 position.
In the house, on the 4th, bills were
introduced To relieve Raphael Semmes
from political disabilities for the construction
OF Fort st. Phillips canal, in Louisiana, at
cost not exceeding estimates, the yearly i'll
| StallmentS not to exceed four million dollars
| granting AID in the construction of Il canal
from Rome, Georgia, to Macon. and cana,
| connecting tho Tennessee and Coosa riversl
! by guaranteeing bonds Of the eompanies-in
the ttrstcase not to exceed twenty three mil
lion dollars, and in the latter case fourteen
million dollars IA resolution was adopted
| lnstructng the committee on ways and means
! to inquire into the prOpriety of repeating the
tax onlleaf tobacco, and OF changing the char
acterof fines and penalties for the violation
| of internal revenue law. Also the southern
! claims commission to report to congress with
ont delay all cases before it which have been
decided, Adjourned
In the senate, on the 9TH, the COM
mttoe on pensions reported back bill amen
datory to the act granting pensions to certain
| soldiers and sal ors of the war Of 1912 and to
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whose names were stricken therefrom in con-
/ sequence of their disloyalty TO the government
! PAne1.On the calendar ..T The committee on
| appropriations reported back the bill for the
relief of persons suffering from the overflow
OF the Mississippi river, which appropriated
S9O.0OO, with an aldtiona, section directing
the secretary Of war to issue temporary sup
plies Of food and army clothing to those suf-
feriug, appropriatmg $50, 600 additional for
that purpose. Referred back to the com
mittee.
In the house, on the 9TH, bill was
passed providing that in the adjustment Of all
railroad land grants, il any of the lands
granted be found in the possession Of an act
ual settler, whose entering or filing has been
allowed under the presumption or homestead
laws subsequent to the time when the right
of the railroad company was declared to have
attached to such lands the company shall
be entitled to select an equal quantity of
other lands in lien tn reof, from any public
lands within the limits of the grant to which
the company shall receive title, the same as
though originally granted. ... The centennial
bill was discussed the remainder of the ses-
sion.
In the senate, on the 9Th, house bill
to facilitate the expectation of distilled spir-
its and amendatory of acts in relation thereto,
was passed. The bill provides that when
new bond is given at the port of expectation,
the original bond given at the distillery may
| be Cancelled, and further removes restriction
| that spirits must be consigned to particular
| port, 20 that thereafter they may be shipped
to the party mentioned at any other. The
had
ably on the bill to create an additional major
of cavalry, and to promote Captain James NJ
| Robinson Placed on the calendar, ,. The
senate went into executive session and soon
after adjourned.
In the house, on the 9th, discussion
of the centennial appropriation bill consumed
most Of tho session.
In the senate, on the 7th, the chair
presented sundry memorials from citizens of
Wisconsin, asking an appropriation for the
improvement Of Fox and Wisconsin rivers,
and the mouth of Mississippi river. Referred.
-. The committee on appropriations reported
back house bill for the relief of persons sut-
fering from the overflow Of the Mississippi
river. with an amendment, as an additional
section, which authorizes the secretary OF war
to issue temporary supplies OF food aud dis
tribute army clothing to destitute persons,
There is an appropriation of $4,000 FOR such
purpose. The provisions of the bill to ex-
pire September l, 1874. Passed without dis
cussion =. The committee on revolutionary
claims reported favorably on the bill to refund
to the state of Georgia certain money OK
pended by the state for common defense in
l777. Placed on the calendar. t., The SEN
ate went into executive session and soon af-
ter adjourned.
In the house, on the 7th, the commit
tee on ways and means reported back senate
amendments to honse bill to facilitate the OK
portation OF distilled spirits, and amondatory
of the act in relation thereto. On motion
the amendments were non-concurred in, and
the bill was sent to the committee OF confer
ence The house then went INTO committee
of the whole on the centennial appropriation
hill After considerable discussion vote was
had ON ordering the bill to a third reading,
and it was negatived-92 to 1888. The bill
comes up again tomorrow
In the senate, on the Sth, the com.
mittee on Indian affairs reported, with an
amendment, the bill to enable the Indians to
become citizens of the United States. Placed
on the calendar. =. 3. Consideration of the
Geneva award bill consumed the remainder Of
the session.
In the house, on the 9Th, the centen-
ial bill was recommitted. The committee on
appropriations reported back the senate
amendments to the bill for the relief of the
sufferers by the Mississippi overflow, chang
ing the amount from 100000 to ,Sl9O,OOOl and
the amendments were ooncurred in. IA bill
was nassed directing the secretary OF war to
compromise adjust and settle all demands,
legal and equitable, between the United States
and Tennessee in reference TO railroads and
railroad property purchased by the several
abroad companies from the United States,
and to charge for the actual market value of
property purchased at the date of purchase
with tho legal interest
LAST year was a bad year for cham
payne. In 1878 thirty thousand dozen
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