The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-03-12

prlatiO0S Tor the Atlantic coast hafDOrS main
". The bill was read third time and passed
Mr.. Sargent called up the deficiency appropri-
alton bill. and several Of the amendments
reported by the committee were agreed to,
including the following The authorize trans
mission Of such public documents as are pro
vided for distribution to the governors of
states free through the mails; striking ont
the appropriations to pay various contestants
for seats in the house Of representatives ap-
propriating S55, 600 for the expenses Of the
signal service bureau; authorizing the secre-
tsry of the interior to sell bonds held by him
in trust for the Choctaw Indians, to an amount
not exceeding 5000, 900, and pay the proceeds
over to the representative OF the ChOctaw
nation; appropriating SI62 600 for the sub
sisteDce of Sioux Indians. who have been col
lected on Red Cloud and MILESTONE agencies:
authorizing the secretary of state to pay $500
to each of the fifteen commissioners to the
Vienna exhibition, who reported uDon special
subjects, served on international juTies, or
were detained at Vienna on public business.
providing that hereafter the commissions of
all officers under the control OF the secretary
Of the interior shall be made out and seconded
at the interior department; allowing any In
dians horn in the United States. and who
abandon their tribal relations, the benefit of
the homestead law of MAY 90 1872, and allow
ing II to such IDdians as become citizens of
the United States after five years. The sew
eral amendments were submitted but ruled
out on point Of order. Tney had never been
reported favorably by any committee. The
bill wac then reported to the senate, and
amendments IN committee of the whole we're
agreed to. The bill was then read third
time and passed. Mr.. Scott called up house
bill making appropriations to pay awards made
by the southern claims commission. After
some discussion the amendments of the COM
miitee were agreed to- when the bill was re-
ported to the senate, read third time and
paSsed-yeas, SO ; nays, II. Mr.. Howe called
mp the bill to aid in the improvement OF the
Fox and Wisconsin rivers 10 Wisconsin. Pass
ed. Mr.. Schurz called up house bill amend
atory of the act of March 3, 1873, authorizing
the construction of a bridge across the Mis-
slssiDpi river at st. Louis. Passed. Ar- Ere
lnghuysen called no senate Dill relating to the
Hot Springs reservation IN Arkansas. Passed.
Messrs. COnkling and Thurman were appointed
a committee on the part of he senate, to wait
on the president and notify him that congress
had finished Its business, and was ready to
adjourn. At noon they reported they had
discharged the duty, and the president re-
piled he had no further communication to
make. Yice-President Wilson then declared
the senate adjourned, without day.
In the House, on the 4th, Mr.. Gar
field, reported back the senate amendments to
the sundry civil appropriation bill, and tle
house then proceeded to act upon them. The
amendments being all disposed of at 4:3O,
were sent to the conference committee. At
5 a. m the senate amendments to the river
and harbor appropriation bill were received.
non-concuTred in without being read, and sent
to q conference committee. The bill for the
relief of the TerTe Haute and Indianapolis
railroad company, was passed The house
again went to the business on the speakers
table. and the following senate bills were dis
posed OF: To authorize the purchase OF
site Of public building at Topeka, Kansas.
Passed. APPropriating $3.50 600 for public
buildings at COvingtOn, Kentucky. Passed.
Amending the charter Of the Freedmen's
Savings and trust company. Rejected, after
discussion, ia which Mr.. MerrimOn said the
depositOTs would receive 80 per cent Of the
dividend. To amend section 3342 OF the re-
vised statutes, in relation to afixing stamps
on brewers casks. Passed. On motion of
Mr.. Willard, of Michigan, the bill for the
coinage OF 20 cents silver coin was passed
At half-past Mr. Garfield. from the COM
mittee on appropriations, reported back senate
amendments to the deficiency bill and various
appropriations for Indian deficiencies. Nom
concurred in. Likewise the new sections al
lowing Indians to take hOmesteads, The dis
agreeing vote was referred to the conference
committee on motions. The DOnnan bill,
aut hOrizing a pontOon wagon bridge across
the Mississippi river at Dubuque was passed.
The house. at 8 a. m. took recess till half
past 9. At the end Of the recess the house
re- assembled. Mr.. Gunckle, from the con-
ference committee on bounty bill made a re-
port concurring in the senate amendments.
Agreed to; yeas $50, nays Al. On motion of
southern claims bill were concurred in.
Scores of resolutions and bills of a private
character we're then rushed through, the area
In front of the speakers chair being occupied
by members having propositions to get before
the house For the last hour of the session
there was little done, except the passage Of
resolution making some special allowance to
clerks and employees At one minute before
II Mr.. Dawes, from the committee to wait on
the president, reported the committee had
performed that duty, and had been informed
that the president had no further Oommunica-
ton to make to congress. The final report
of the house committee on expenditures in
the department Of justice recommends the
discontinuance Of many assistant district at
torneys and the consolidation Of the two dis
tricts Of North Carolina, two of Virginia, two
of Michigan, and tive of Wisconsin. The last
act enrolled and signed was one for tle benefit
of William Green, and before the messenger
bearing it to the president had got out Of the
hall, the SPEAKERS Gavel fell, and he took his
farewell of the house in a short address, after
which the great crowd dispersed, and the
members bade each other goodbye.
EXTRA SESSION.
On the 5th, Vice-President Wilson
called the senate to order at II o'clock, and
after the reading of the proclamation of the
president the oath was administered to the
new senators. As Mr.. Johnson advanced to
the clerks desk to take the oath. there was
great applause in the galleries, which was soon
checked by the vice-president- After he was
sworn in, large bouquet was handed bin by
page, and he was escorted to his seat by Mr.
BOgy. All the new senators having been
sworn IN, Mr. MOrten offered g resolution &C
knOwiedging the Kellogg government ind lou-
isiana, which was laid over at his request. Mr..
Morton then offered a resolution to admit
Pinchback as senator from Louisiana, and
gave notice that no would ask its cODsidera-
ton, perhaps Monday at 1920. On motion Of
Mr. Frelinghuysen, the senate took recess
till one o'clock. Messrs CapertOn, COckeTll,
Jones OF Florida, Maxey and Withers, took
the modified oath, having been engaged IN
the rebellion on the confederate -ide. Upon
the resumption of business. Messrs. Edmunds
and Stevenson, the committee appointed 20
wait on the president, reported that he would