The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-04-04
Forty Third Congress-First Session.
SENATE.

| WASHINGTON. April 8.
Mr.; Anthony moved to adjourn to Monday
out tne Chair ruled it out of order during the
morning hour, unless the unanimous consent.
Mr. Anthony said that he.had no conscientious
| SScruples but others had as to the sitting here
during Good Friday.
| =, Mr.. Sherman suggested that the business of
.ne morning hour be dispensed with when the
to. w " So
D; Inc phi to pay the school teachers of the
O'strict OF Columbia was reported favorably
ana placed on the calender.
AZ the expiration of the morning hour the
motion of Mr.. Anthony to adjourn till Monday
was lost-yeas %, nays 81
motion prevailed that when they do ad-
]o1rned it be till Monday.
Mr. Sherman asked that the financial bill be
a 10 lay over as he had one or two
amendments to offer
Inc bill for the payment of the bonds of the
10 & Portland Canal Co., was taken up
mttee. oo"
uo Messrs Sherman, Thurman and Morton ad-
Cocated the reference of the bill to a conference
Ooin mittee on the ground that it should be dis
poseu OF Immediately that the government
hisht take possession of the canal in pursu-
a sm OF the original contract and reduce the
t I,s W SneIeoh, tnus relieving the commerce of
the West from the excessive tolls now being
charged by the trustees
MesSrs. Conk!ing and Hamlin doubted the
propr er9 of the government paving any
HRloney upon bonds of the canal till the State of
NentucKy Shall cede to the United States iu-
risdietiOn over it, and advocated the reference
q g tne Dill to the Committee on Commerce.
renolng the discussion Mr. Stockton moved to
adjourn.
Mr.. Conkiing presented petition of the cit
izens OF Oneida county, New York, asking
a ey OF 20 cents per pound on hops imported
from foreign countries, Referred to the Com
mlttee on Finance,
n fendIng the discussion on the Louisville &
9tt,aad Canal BILL the Senate at $3.50 adjourn
HOUSE.
The Committee on Commerce have been in
structed to investigate and report the present
condition of work at He'll Gate, aud what legis-
iatIon is necessary for its speedy conclusion
Inc Dill for the appointment of an agent to in
vestigate the fur and seal trade of Alaska being
resumed, an amendment was adopted that a
naval officer he detached III connection with
CIVIL agent for the purpose, and to report wheth-
CT the contract as to the seal fisheries have been
conn con pied with and can be safely extended. The
Dill was then passed
A resolution was adopted at the charges of
corruption 10 connection with the increased sub
sldy to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company be
referred to the Ways and Means Committee.
Private bills were then considered
among 6llls passed was one reported by Mr.
Banning of Ohio, from the Committee on For
elgn affairs, requesting the President to us, his
good offices with the English Government for
discharge from prison of Edward O. Meagher
Condor, of Cincinnati, O., convicted on a
charge of murder in Manchester, Eug.
Altogether some seventy bills we're passed.
nearly all be ng pension bills. One of the 9th,
ers was bill relipquishing the right to any
land in Lake Michigan. and one for the relief
OF the officers aud crew of the United States
ship Wyoming.
Mr.. Speer offered resolution directing the
committee on invalid pensions to inquire
whether the system adopted by the managers
OF the National Military Asylum of deducting
fines and fOrfeituros for breach of discipline is
in accordance with the spirit and meaning of
the pension laws Adopted.
Among the reports made was one very i'm
portant ore from the Committee on War Claims,
in the case of j. s. s. Greene, of jackson,
Miss The claim was for nearly 81 ZOO, 900 for
value of cotton and wooden mills destroyed dur
the war of the rebellion, by order of Gen Grant,
and for cotton bonds and Confederate money
taken from the bank at Jackson. Miss.
Mr.. Lawrence, of Ohio, chairman of commit
tee, reported adversely to the claims, the
ground that the property was destroyed as be-
ing an element of strength to the rebellion, and
that consequently government is not bound to
compensate the owners. The bill was laid on
the table,
The House at 4.3O o'clock adjourned.