Litchfield enquirer., 1874-04-30


 eratie25. short of the f1h strangth.o of the parties, which shows that we are some what affected by the manaaapoankuaE
 Wasmngton;. There Were 19 votes boiled for thso csanndidafe nldndi M nearly if not allsseast sRephblieahssts0 Our cleo itien of pRei representat1ye from each par. ty t, was 'aa in,egseqasnGepf aosPl n1attsts 1 I
 dtf;- f;-lBPpsinessl lBPp fhas Iabeen fdullfoffhedast tsix months, and still more sosines cleo stion.a One factory has stop stopped and !Slt Sil wait for better tines another hasl lrsdacl ed the production go0dsItae- -ffths! The others are running quite moderately, so that we have been very quiet ii nlntil the Veto of the currency bill was announced which gives bns hopes of brighter It iffttl1 staire3t 1nlob iRnoi3Ibba na sFia blHoaf1 uGo3 oslt f1 g:sllaEZl-l. z9Iag 9Ld.mseba11i l iririg:par v5 g99j5dE i}EsK .10E 1o TI3 i niaies 4d CONGRESSIONAL -es1els ] vni5id! Gu1T- f77e adEgd :,I5 TIi h.i ! + fIondaY was devoted to eulogies of Sem .ater SHmner in both Houses 5 e,Yux4 tan ,'I The pSanbornt investigation, develops: a bad case of bIackmailing on q, GerfaanI Importer in New York RcoiififG Eezf,Gul eT An effort is being made by Congress- men Eo compromise, on a free banking bill fWith a retirement of greenba ks and event iplaI resumption f5ryy tt jedi yfl1edt 9dt 10
 ,.,,Ssnat .-zOn Tuesday of lastn week the bill granting relief to the sufferers bys the Mississippi flood passed with jan4 amend menf Imifipg its effect .I to Ii the coming snmmer.-TThe Louisville, and Portland Canal bill was, then discussed- -fe ltappeak- ed that tsau but 5 of the 10. GOO shares of it's stock are owned by. then geYerpmeatI, and thai the design of the bill is tqput thegoY- ernment, in possession The House, amend ments were rejected and the bill passetls4 Ar, FreHpg ghuysen, gave. onQticast that he should call pp the 5Civll FERights Bilfoas soon as the Louisiana 9 'ia bill WAS disposed of. .aeaTIllls IEIB9ua
 On Wednesday the Mennonite bill was amended Mir. Carpenter opposed it. He did notthink it public policy, tQ locate large bodies of foreigners togetheE.TT NJ, Buck inghaEm introduced 2 bill enabling m Indians to become citizens. z Mir ySau1sbnryspoke on the Lotisiana bilt'777The Presidents s veto message was received, and ordered printed rtyate bills in'sns9@ were eansldered GlI1 au1CuT0mcnG 4-...r-,s r,Ea T., ,.,t-.
 a0a Thursday Mir Davis y}llha lfhtsoduced o1u ed a a bill making the tax ol state banks the same as on natienal;- 1T The lMfenn nonite bill vas then taken 'nilp5: npsa" " Messsrss.. Thurman, and Sergeant opposed and MT. t Tiipton fA5gTss ,s atiNME5s }1I5 Mslssffta5a spoke daR the
 Ton Friday biEI vas T'isd reported S55 ths disposition Of money coming from the Geneva award; ;E 4 + bill was $ presented for allowing Indians tp sue in in, the pf, .S, courts. MT Merrimon concluded his speech on the Lopiaiana lsl bill IL % %l+ dom then presented the report dt, tdt the Committee on Transportation, no' exr plantation Mfr Wmdom said he thought the" natural course. of raiillroad business was towards combination f Compestiitiona is grad ually disapp pearing from trunk lines of railroad. There win be no reduction of the cost of transportation from unregulat- ed competition. He proposed the ,estab77 lishment of d new department, of govern ment to have charge, of the rE9lI mant1faesturiIng salphstsla4I a!9 nin3 the improvement of water routes rat .gey7- ernment expense.-Adiourned till Mon; day. tgsIz.Igs,FT , IEzT;l5ig:5s.as}1 '.
 Hour.-On Tuesday oflast week bill wasJ reported ;by the 4Ttaifrr3ad co1nnlittee ellartering a t;oube track freight railroad from the Atlantic coast to the Missouri tiverAThe bill for relief of sufferers from the Mississippi food passed, in concurrence with the senate-AThe comm itteei oni nav alaffairs were instructed Co indqnire ihto the condition of the School at Annapolis. 1.-The General Approp bill was dis eussed. The pay of guagers was raised to S7. per day. fg1ti i!"I nj [i i'@@Eli:i ';i
 On Wednesday a bill was pfesented for! removal of disabilities of Raphael Semnes. +Abill was discussed establishing the relations to this government of foreign born citizens who have returned to their former places of residence. .2The General Appr6priation bill came up again , After considerable debate the section of the bill reducing salasiestof N Y. Association d3ffzz fcers to '$2, ,0g0 was sustained ''' ''i''' i',''
 0n Thursday resolutions were referred induiring why twenty I five millions of bank currency had not been with dfawh' from the East and given to the West 'illl accordance with the Act of 1870. Tine bill regulating the status of naturalized icitizens returning to Europe was. discuss .edIand approved by iMessfs. 'Orth and Wood! !AThe' Geneva appropriatio bill thefs came up and there was q bitter per- spnal dispute between Messrs Brown of lKv. and Starkweathef of this state; the former bringing up the Hhntingt6n letter ias set off against a treasonable letter of his lMr.. Stafkweather had embodied in a recent speech -The Post offhce approptia- ,tidn bill was reported calling for abcht 3bi millions. 1.-The Legislative appropria.- tionl bill was discussed In seohimitteeF of tba. SshoIaGs,i ias,liFHa stf Il. tt''ifiGoi{ 'fE i On Fladas the consular and tiiplon,atic appropriation bill Twas; reported, calling for s3, ,347i!304. AThe egislative bill came upland there was a meliifuous time bet ween Messfs Mellish and Conger Wh6 had squabbled badly two days before. ''''''''' r On Saturday bill was reported for of the Portland and Salt Il Iake railroad. 1.-The Legislative aApprot priatinn bill then came ap'andt anl amend! theiamount for judgment Of the Court of Claims, at d million was adopte9I Nit aNesmith attacked the item fot. eare of hbrse.;.s for .Dspartanept 9a ofa JNstiCs.: claiming that, lawyers of the caliber ofthe Atty-Gen.l in Oregon generally rode d $50 njulest. MT. Garfield said no mere was asked than was needed:,s He did not del tfend.the purchase of Hhei landaulet' but appropriations for carriage hire had been tie customiof seventys6vefyearss and at the blame ought not to cofneson our pfesent ,eAicers,.s Mr. Nesmith 's amend dment was rdiectetl1t MT. Hear offered q stfinpent la1nendment against pefquisitesi and use of public property for private proposes which was adepted:A1i ao :'riI1af a 'izatia IL <, The bill was finished :befcre adjourn trnnpxt ..;,Is. t.4 iit2Ii1 2 si. .tEt&i ;'d kii - gii.- ,oyfsz -s......-l.l ii,s l. F.ita ta a4. NEWS OF THE WEEK.i '''ii a Ia :s.ll..i..,< ad s:i.. i; &fi Xlhi' oi ..s,, ,-s3. zi<Is;. E,oERIoN. .": hNtAst4a a-
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 r, Great Britain. The House. of Com ,in,phs has aboIfshesd inc duty on sugar . aad 'rrsassed thRel l.i income taz panaE,in s"E RHnaE RHunnaaE .si.at.I ra,sela .,srtl.a Eiit.afs