The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-11
CONGRESSIONAL.

In the house, on the 31st, the bill
providing for the payment of the Louisville
and Portland canal company came up for con-
sideration. An amendment was agreed to,
providing that no money shall be paid under
this act until Kentucky shall have ceded the
jurisdiction of the canal property to the Uni
ted States. and the bill passed The house
resumed discussion OF the currency bill, and
sSa. s'h's were made f0r ana against sAp'n-
In the senate, April 1st, the commit
tee on claims reported a joint resolution3
which was agreed to, allowing Robert NJ. and
Stephen A. Douglas to have their cotton claim
adiudicated by the court of claims; also ia
vorably on a bill to pay James and E. G. CAM
eron, of Tennessee, for property taken dur
ing the war, and it was placed on the calendar
House bill to secure to the Episcopal board
of missions land in White Earth Indian res
eryation, in Minnesota, on which is situated
the church and other buildings, was passed
Mr.. Schurz presented joint resolution
OF the legislature of Missouri, for the i'm
provement of the mouth Of Tie Missouri nv
err. The senate resumed S9hsideration of
the bill to provide for the redemption and
reissue OF United States notes ard free
banking, and it was discussed until adjourn
ment-
In the house, April 1st, the principal
business was discussion on the currency
bill, leaving the matter precisely where it was
the previous day.
In the senate, on the I'd, some de
bate took place on the house amendment to
the bill in relation to the Louisville and Port
| land canal, but no action thereon was had.
A petition was presented from Mrs. Mary Han,
widow of Capt. Hall, for a pension. The
senate resumed consideration of the bill to
provide for the redemption and reissue OF
| United States notes and for free banking, and
| an amendment providing that "a, SOC, 900 IN
| notes for circulation, IN addition to such cir
| culation allowed by law, be issued to the
| national banking associations now organized,
aud which may be organized hereafter, ano
| such increased circulation shall be distributed
| among the several states as provided by sec
| Lon / Of the act of July 12, 1870, was adopted
In the house, on the I'd, considera.
ton of the currency bill was resumed, which
was discussed until the hour Of adjournment
In the senate, on the Sd, after refus
ing to e ntertam motion to adjourn ovel
| Good Friday, consideration was resumed o
| the bill to provide for the redemption and re
issue of United States notes and for fre,
banking The business of the day 5 session
was unimportant.
In the house, on the Sd, bill wa!
passed to legalize pontoon bridge across thu
Mississippi river at Prairie du CHEN, Wis.
The claim Of j. & F. McCIeon, of Jackson
Miss, amounting to nearly 81, 600 900, for cot
ton and mills destroyed during the war by or
der of Gen. Grant and for cotton bonds ant
confederate money taken from the bank a
Jackson, was rejected
In the senate, on the 9th, bill wa
introduced giving Jurisdiction to the court o
claims to hear the claim of G. W. Custi
Lee, son of General Lee, to the Arlingtol
estate. The petition accompanying the bil
recognizes the sacred use to which the prop
erty has been put, but thinks petitioIA shoul
be compensated. +. The bill to providA for tn
payment OF the bonds of the Louisville an
Portland ca al company was taken up an
referred to the committee on finance
bill. was referred to the committee on commerc
amendatory Of an act to limit the liability c