The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-21

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ferred. ="
MIR. Killinger offered q resolution in.
strucltng the Committee on Banking apG
currency to inquire into the expedIency
oi establishing BY law q uniform rate 8
interest throughout the United State
and Territories. Adopted.
TIE Mrssrss1pPI OVERFLOW;
On motion oI Mr.. West the bill lust re-.
ceived from the House Of Representatives
ior the rcllei oi persons suffering from tbe
overflow OF tho Mississippi was read and
referred. '''>'
LAND SOLD FOR TAXES.
Mr. Edmunds from the Judiciary Com.
mittee reported untavorable on the bill
ior the relief Of purchasers ol lands sold
LOT direct taxes in insurrectionary States,
AZ the request Of MIR. Clayton the bill
was placed upon the calendar with ad-
verse report.
TIE $S,OOO,O00 APPROPRIATION FOR THE
CRNTENIAL.
6lr' Kelly moved TO suspend the rules
ana make the bill appropriating three
million dollars for a Centennial Gelebra.
next.
Mr.. Hawley said the object Of the
motion was TO get the question before
the House, and let the House say yes or
no, whether the celebration Is to 20 on
or to be abandoned to the shame and
modification Of the country.
Mr, Hale, of Maine, protested against
the House being called on to consider
the appropriation bill Of three million
dollars, which had not been reported
from the regular Appropriation Commit.
Mr.. Kelly-It came from the Commit
tee to which the Presidents Message on
inc subject was referred. N
Mr.. Holman demanded the yeas and
nays on Mr.. Kelly's motion. The rules
were suspended and the special order
made. Yeas, 154; nays, GO.
CORRESPONDENCE, &C., ON THE ARKANsAs
TROUBLES CALLED FOR.
MIR. Wiltshire offered resolution call.
ing on the President for copies OF tho cor.
respondence, kilograms, military. orders,
&C, touching the troubles in Arkansas.
Adopted.
WATER TRANSPORTATION.
Mr. Young moved to suspend the rules
and adopt resolution reciting the neces.
sity :or a cheap system OF water transpor.
tstion and directing tho Committee on
Railroads and Canals to report bill for
the opening up and improvement ol the
great national water highways Of the
country and their connection by artificial
channels, and making it the special order
for May 10Th.
MI. McCreery, chairman Of that COM
mlttee, remarked that such scheme
would involve an outlay Of $500,000, 900.
od inc rules were not suspcnded-yeas
1870, nays75.
UTAH COURTS.
MIR. Poland offered resolution reciting
the conflict Of authority between the q.
3. Courts and Territorial Courts of Utah,
and that the enforcement ot the laws have
been delayed and obstructed, and direct
ing the Judiciary Committee to report
Dill Tor the regulation Of legal jurisdiction
Of the Courts and officers in Utah.
The House then went into Committee
OF the Whole (Mr. Woodford in the chair)
on the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill.
Alter disposing OF five pages Of the bill
the Committee rose.
DISCHARGED FROM CUSTODY.
Mr. Eldndge, from the judiciary Com.
mittee, moved for the discharge from the |
custody OF the Sergsntat.Arms Of Gen.
d. Patlick, Of Alabama, he having given
satisfactory excuse for his non. attend |
ance as witness. Agreed to, and the