The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-09
CONGRESS.
SENATE,
WAsHINaroN, January

Ceeu 10 the ConSldefatlOn OF the t1ouht
bill making appropriations for the Naya
service, for the year ending June 80, 1876
Agreed to, The bill was then read anC
the amendments reported by the COMMITTEES
were COncurred in as follows; Increasing
the appropriation for the pay Of com
puters and clerks for compiling and pre-
pairing for publication the American
nautical almanac, from eighteenth twenty
thousand dollars; increasing the amount
for the continuance OF the work on the
new planets discovered by the American
Astronomers, from two TO three hundred
dollars; increasing the amount for the
necessary repairs Of the Naval labratory,
hospital, &C., from five to twenty thousand
dollars; reducing the amount for provi'
siOns for officers Of steamers and marines
from thirteen hundred thousand to twelve
hundred and sixty.six thousand dollars
striking out the provision that work on
boilers, machinery, &c., shall be done
in the shops OF the Navy Yards when
practicable; increasing the amount Of
fuel for heating and lighting the Naval
Academy, from ten thousand to fifteen
thousand dollars; increasing amount for
contingent expenses Of Naval Academy,
from thirty-six to forty-One thousand dol
lars; apprOpriating five thousand dollars
for transportation Of officers Of marine
corps travelling without troops; inCreas-
ing amount for repairs Of barrac ks, rent
Of offices, etc., for marine corps, from SIX
to ten thousand dollars making an ap.
preparation Of twenty thousand dollars
for the payment Of discharged soldiers for
clothing not drawn increasing the amount
for contingent expenses OF marine corps,
from fifteen to twenty thousand dollars.
Mr.. Sargent said the total amount up.
propriate,l by the bill was little over
sixteen million dollars, somewhat larger
thau the appropriation last year, The
principal item Of increase was Tor coal
for ships' use.
The bill was then read third time aud
passed.
Senator Bayard delivered u speech Of
considerable length oil Louisiana affairs,
after which Mr.. Schurz said he desired to
speak In regard to Louisiana, but was too
much indispOsed to do so to-day. He then
"". w ~ '"''S w." o.,
notice lhathe would call ltnp Ior conSlu-
Grafton on Monday;
iteSolped, lhat the COmmlttee OH me
Judiciary be instructed 10 inquire what
legislation by Congress Is necessary TO
secure to the people Of Louisiana their
rights under the Constitution, and report
with tae least possible ue'ay ny D'l' or
otherwise Agreed TO- :,
The question tnGn being on the amend
ment Of Mr., C2nkiIng to insert INTO me
resolution oil Mr. thurman, calllllg hPoh
the President lor information III regard 10
the Louisiana trouble, me words I'll mot
Incompatible win me pubic In1eFeS', u
was agreed tO"-yeas, 02i nays, S'
HOUSE
On motion of Mr., Cox, the Secretary Of
the Treasury was directed 10 furnish the
House with n statement Of the receipts
from internal revenue for the second quar-.
Tor of the 6scal yeor Of ls71. olSo whether
tho "siimnics n receipts IN his last nm.
mai report for the other three.uuarters Of
the anrrent fiscal year have Undergone
anv moIiGcation which NAV re0nire nd
j;i;onnl tnyation
The Spenker presented the certificate of
Drs, johnson and Garnot stating that The
health OF Richard B. Irwin, the reCusant
witness in the Pacifc Mail investigation,
Ia snch thai Ills confinement In q common
iail would be attended with results perni.
cious to his health, the extent Of which
they cannot predict.
After some discussion the communica-
tion was referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means.
Mr. Butler, Of Massachusetts,, then
moved, pendEng investigation and re.
port Of the Committee on Ways and
Means, that the Sergeant at Arms be In.
structed 10 retain Mr, Irwin in hia per.
sonal custody, Rejected.
Yeas, 30.
Nnys, 100,
The Speaker then presented the call Of
the Committee for private bills.
A bill reported by Mr.. Young, Of Geor.
gia, authorizing the President to pro-
mote Asher r. Eddy and Rufus Saxton
10 he Lieutenant Colonels and Deputy
Ouarternaster Generals, to date from
tic both Of July 1850, and to take their
places OH the Army Register next below
Colonel Stewart Van Welt, gave rise TO
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