Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-06-06
CONGRESSIONAL,


In the senate, on the 10Th, the bill to
incorporate tho Texas Pacific railroad COM
,opv oud ia oiI in tho copstr,ictiop Of Mo
II, a.. ,,.l ,,,,.l Tn, ,lt,.,,
ioad, was cal'eH up ana po7So"' i"0 ""J'e'
OF the bill is to enable the company ITO execute
a mortgage upon the completed portion of the
,,,1 t.r..oI,,ion ,yo. irir,Ip,oi oud
a"Su ., Jo,' i,, r,rlo,i,,, ~ ,,,no,d
s' i,t,G,,,ti,,, ,.Ts .bol
i'. "I ~ :" ,o,n,,on school sy.tcm mn.
l".' w tl, a,,t ~ G,o
,,1 o',to,, yosrs MOT incanocitatol for fine
'a,,, ,',a eia,I rcnoiyo rrco NJ c,rra .uch oIr-
mont,ry cinration as c,prroy- may prescribe
congress shall have power to establish there
III such system ana cause Ie, the same same 70 DC
iI",s' Hi ,rns oToro1 "a @ 1rcrion tLe secretary Of
,yo, - oo,,yo ~ ho eycrutei a guryoy Of the
Susquchauna river, from Chesapeake Bay t,
the New York state ine ana IRON tI"V l.ll9
o",T.ET oJ .I ,To Ie"S Ot.rn with yiow ta ascertain
the practicabilitv Of steamboat navigation be-
tween those points BY dams Iocks ana C. callaIs.
O'hs'HGr"lloh was ieen'"Gu " Lnroa ,r ,,,,'' o
hlII' ana allei soi''o ul7' ",,.Ot. NJ
senate iJoutnou 10 "',',,' , wv ,,
N'iIsh' 'a'e hle'''"o' VI '''
In the house, on the 10Th, bll's Wcr'
i,trodrccd, Providing that residence Of
tbroo YEAR. sball be sufficient to enable an
allan free white person, to become o citizen,
declaration to be made one year before almis-
.i,,. far tbo examination of Rome. Georgia,
a,o site for manufacturing arsenal; to re-
fund the cotton tax; to repeal the law which
suspended payment to loyal masters foTtIa'es
drafted and received as volunteers in military
service; declaring all corporations dong pllTl-
ness i'm the state subject to the jurisdiction OF
the state courts of that state; to establish
Atlanta, Ga, as port of delivery; restoring
to the pension roll pensioners Of the Mexican
war truck off for disloyaty. Senate DllI to
facilitate the execution Of, and to protect ctI-
tain public works of improvement at the mouth
Of the Mississippi river was passed me
death of David b. Mellish was annouhcel'
Remarks appropriate 20 the occasion were
matia and the house adjourned to attend the
fnncrsi to.morrow.
a. -, H., ocu, Louse
IN the seha'e, oh 'iie -o'"' '''''
to the bill donating cohdehlh'u
c,rron ia certain parties of the grand army Of
,,,,,,,,,,,,;, ,.oro concrrrod in House bill
~, nroyido for tbe better protection of frontier
sottIcmonts in Texas against Indian depreda-
tious was passed. IA bill WAS passed to pro,
vide for the payment OF postage on a,. I,l,'o1f of
a',Gr m roon'r am 1nT ronorted from the house com
mitteo t p,' ON nostofiees and post roads. The
'st sonste ,csnms m the consideration of the def
7ioncy S"%Sy onrronriation ] bill which was further
,UorI omordodP dPpd md passed m The centennial bill
,ms"os" ras nassod I % to t7"vth proviso that the
T"i Irtpd ' Stotos shall not be liable. directly or
ndirectIy for any expense attending such ox-
nosiHon or hy reason of the same, and the
senate adjourned.
~ ~. La,ao on .ho OCH the time
In the house' ol '''0 -o'''' '',0 A.
was taken up in considering the report on ''0
sanborn contract, and the bill to amend the
customs and internal revenue la"s'