New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-17
BY TELE GRAPH.
CONGRESS.
House,.

House,
WASHINGTON. February l6-In the
House, NJ. Kelly, of Pennsylvania, offered
a resolution that members of the House
and Senate will assemble in Carpenter Hall,
Philadelphia, on Monday September 7, 1874,
in centennial commemoration OF the as
sembling Of delegates from the several
Colonies and Provinces of North America,
on Monday September 5, lz74, and that the
Speaker of the House be invited to preside
over the meeting and Vice President Will
son be requested to deliver an address ap-
propriate to the occasion.
After remarks IN support Of the resolu-
ton, Mr.. Kelly yielded the floor to Mr..
Waddell of North Carolina, referring to
him as the descendant of one whose bones
rested in the old Mennonite churchyard at
Germantown, having fallen at the head Of
troops from south of the Potomac.
Mr.. Waddell made suitable acknowl-
edgement of Mr.. Kelly's politeness and
courtesy, and sustained the resolution in
speech in which he alluded to the honorable
history of North Carolina in the war of
the Revolution, and in the great politi-
cal events preceding it, particularizing the
destruction of the stamps openly and pub
hcly long before the throwing of the tea
into the harbor of Boston by men wearing
DISCUSSES, and referring to the original
declaration Of independence drawn up in
Mecklenburg county, North Carolina. He
wound up by saying: LET Congress, then,
on the seventh of September next, meet in
joint convention in that venerable hall, and
let the OratOr of the occasion speak with a
healing power-a power which will arouse
the slumbering spirit of former days; will
revive a talteriEg faith. and unseal once
more that fountain whose waters, however
hidden Or Obstructed. still swell up per.
petually in every true American heart"
The motion to suspend the rules and pass
the resolution did not receive the necessary
two thirds vote, and it was subsequently
referred to the select committee On the CEN
tennial celebration.
Among the bills introduced to-day were
the following: To provide for an increase of
national bank notes and for the withdraw
ing and cancellation OF an equal amount of
United States legal tender notes; imposing
a duty Of Sc per ton on lutte butts; abolish
ing the navy yards at Kittery, Charleston,
New London and Washington; abolishing
pension agents and providing for the pay.
ing of pensions by postmasters and collec-
annual saving of $500,000; to abolish the
revenue marine service: also to abolish GER
tain customhOuses.
Mr. Dureli, of New York, introduced
bill to repeal the special tax imposed On
dealers in tobacco and manufacturers of
cigars and tobacco.
resolution was adopted instructing the
committee ON contingent expenses in the
Department of Justice to inquire into the
judicial expenditures in the western dis.
trict of Arkansas since 1871.
Mr.. Lamar, of Mississippi, offered reso.
luton, which was adopted, instructing the
Committee on Military Affairs to inquire in.
to the propriety of a sale of Horn Island, in
the Gulf Of Mexico, now held, but no. used
as military reservation.
Senate.
the distribution OF the national banking
circulation.
Mr.. Cameron submitted substitute to
provide for free banking under the present
national laws, and to remove all restric-
tions limiting circulation. He supported
the same in written speech, and was fol-
lowed by Messrs. Pratt and Logan, favor
ing the substitute, and Mr.. Freling huysen,
who was against it,
Mr.. Buckingham moved TO recommit the
whole subject to the Finance Committee,
pending the debate upon which the Senate
adjourned.
Mr.. Conkling presented memorials of the
Welsh Calvinistic Presbytery and the Re-
Hgious Society of Friends Of New York,
asking the appointment of commission to
investigate the liquor tratic.
Mr.. Logan presented a memorial signed
by members of the Illinois Legislature of
both parties, and also memorials signed by
the business men of Chicago, asking the
issue of additional currency. Referred to
the Committee on Finance.