The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-25

DECEMBER 14-Under the call of
states, bills were introduced as follows: By
Mr.. Tremaine-A bill in relation, to indictments
for libel in the District Of Colurabia. By Mr..
| AIbrigbt-For free banking, and to retire legal
! tenders. By Mrs Speer-Reducing letter post
/ age to one cent. By MIR. StOrm-TO amend
| the constitution concerning the official term of
| the president --. By Mr.. Negley-For the i'm
! pFOYement of the Allegheny, Monongehela
and Ohio rivers By Mr.. Smith-FOr the re-
! lief Of the southern states by a compromise
| and settlement Of their debts. By Mr.
! Whitely-FOr a committee to investigate the
4 political and legal condition OF the southern
| states. By Mr.. Saylor-To preserve the free
navigation of the Ohio river. BY Mr.. Finck
/ TO repeal the law requiring ths prepayment
| Of newspaper postage By MIR. Maynard
| 10 amend the national banking act. BY Mr.
| Hurbert-To aid IN the construction of a mar
| row gauge railroad from TideWatertO to st. Louis
| and Chicago. Mr.. Caldwell offered q resolu-
| tiOn calling on the secretary Of war for a de-
] tailed statement of the numbers. location, and
use of troops in Alabama, and the distribution
| of provisions authorized by congress among
! the destitute people along the Tombigbee and
| Warrior rivers In Alabama. Adopted. Mr..
| Field introduced bill to increase taxation on
foreign products and to facilitate resumption
| OF specie payments. Mr.. Harris offered a
! bill allowing the payment OF One-haf OF all
l import duties IN legal tender notes or national
1 bank notes. Referred. BY Mr.. EarWell-EOr
! free banking and resumption of specie pay
ments ... Mr.. Young offered q bill for the set
! tlement OF accounts for carrying mails in the
southern states prior to 1861, the amount not
! to exceed $500, 600. Referred. Mr.. Speer
offered a resolution as to limiting the time for
| the withholding from the Congressional
Record OF remarks delivered in the house. Re-
| ferred. Mr.. Mckee offered a resolution for
| the appointment OF a select committee Of five,
| to proceed to Yicksburg and investigate and
report all the facts relative to the recent tfoub-
les in that state, especially in Warren county.
Adopted. Adjourned.
DECEMBER 15.-Mr. Dawes, from the
committee on ways and means, reported a con-
current resolution for a Christmas recess,
from the 23d December to the 5th of January
Adopted. Bills were introduced: By Mr
McCreary-For narrow guage road from
Lake Erie to the Missouri liver By Mx
Poland d-Regulating the prosecutions of Ibeis
IN the District of Columbia. .. The house then
went into cOmmitte of the whole on the legis-
lative appropriation bill. .. Mr.. HolmSn IA
VOred the abolition Of the capitol police and
increasing the number Of watchmen. He Of
fered an amendment to that effect. The
amendment was agreed to-. After some fur
ther proceedings the committee rose The
speaker announced the appointment of the
following committees Select commission to
visit YIcksburg Conger. Hurlbut
Williams Of Wis, Speer and O'Brien. Select
commission on Louisiana and southern states
-Messrs. G. +. Hoar, Wheeler of N Y, Frye,
Foster Of Ohio, Phelps OF n. j., Robinson of
His, and Potter. The house then adjourned.
DECEMBER 16.-Mr. Maynard, from
the committee on banking and currency,
reported back adversely the bill to amend the
internal revenue law, by increasing the tax on
the circulation of national banks from one
twelfth to one-fOurth OF one per cent. per
month. Referred The house went into
committee of the whole E. Fl. Roberts in tie
chair, on the legislative appropriation bill.
Amendments, with reference to the national
asylum of disabled soldiers, were offered and
adopted. They reduce the clerical force in
the second auditors bureau, from forty to
thirty-seYen clerks of class 3 from seventy
nine to seventy-three OF class 2, and from
sixty to forty-fiVe of class 1. They repeal so
much of the act of the Sd OF March, 1865 |
incorporating the asylum, as appropriates to
its support all stOppage, dnes etc., imposed |
on soldiers or officers by courts-msTtial; all |
fOrfeitures on account OF desertiOn, and all !
unclaimed moneys due to deceased soldiers
and officers; and they provide for the support
Of the asylum by direct appropriation, that |
for the next fiscal year being $500, 900. Ad-
journed.
DECEMBER 1.-THE house went into
committee Of the whole, Mr.. E. H. Roberts in
the chair, on the Legislative appropriation bill.
Nothing of public interest occurred in consid-
Grafton of the bill until the paragraph was
reached which makes provision for the bureau
of education. A proposition to increase the |
clerical force of the bureau was made by Mr..
Monroe, and advocated by himself, HOar and
Townsend, and was opposed by Frye and Cox.
Finally Mr.. Monroes proposition was rejected
-. Mr.. Dawes introduced a bill making a
provision for the payment of the sinking |
fund. Referred to the committee Of ways and
means. Adjourned.
DECEMBER 18.-On motion of Mr.. !
Phillips, senate bill for the relief of settlers |
on the public lands who suffered from the |
grasshoppers, was taken up, briefly discussed |
and passed -. Mr.. Hurlbut. from the railroad |
committee, reported bill chartering double |
track freight railway company from tde-vater /
on the Atlantic, to the Missouri river, and to |
limit the rates of freight thereon. Ordered 1
printed and recommitted. The house then /
went into committee of the whole, on the leg |
isiatiye appropriation bill A paragraph in |
relation to mileage Of United States Inarshsls |
and deputy msrshals gave rise to a long dis
cussiOn. Finally a vote was taken aud the |
bill passed. =. Mr.. G. F. HOar offered res0-
luton permitting the committee on the condi- |
ten of the south to proceed either a a COM
mittee or subcommittee to Louisiana to make |
Investigations. Adopted. e. Mr.. Fort, of Iii |
nois announced the death at Norfork, Va, of |
his colleague, mr. Rice, and moved for COM
mittee of five members to accompany the re- |
mains to Illinois. Adopted. Adjourned till |
Monday.