The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1875-12-21

lDg Oh lne journal, the Speaker laid
before the House two or three exccu
tive communications, and then pro
cecdcd to announce the standing com
lnittccs OF the House. The following
arc the principal ones
Mcssrs. Harris. Of Virginia Thomp
son. Of Massachusetts Blackburn, o
Kentucky Bcebc, Of New York House
Of Tennessee. Debolt. of Missouri Po
pellton. of Ohio; Hoar. Of Massachu
sctts. Wells, OF Mississippi, Barker. ol
Indiana Brown. Of Kansas.
Ways and Means Morrison. Of ILL
nois. Wood. Of New York Hancock. oi
Texas; Thomas, of Maryland Geo
Chaplin, of Massachusetts: Tucker, OF
Virginia; Blaine. Of Maine. Kelly. 81
Pennsylvania Garfield. Of Ohio. Bur.
cbard. Of Illinois.
Appropriation Randall, of Pennsyl.
vania, Hollau. of Indiana. Weller. oi
Maine; Atkins. Of Tennessee, Hamil-
ton, OF New Jersey; Blount, of Georgia
Singleton. of Mississippi; Wheeler. Of
New York; Hale, Of Maine Foster. Of
OHlo, Wcluon. Oh michigan.
Banking and Currency-Cox.o Of New
York. Payne. of Ohio: Goode. of Vir.
ginia Gibson. Of Louisiana. Hayward
of Indiana, Burchard. Of Wisconsin
Wiltc. Of Illinois; Townsend. Of Penn
sylvania: Kassun. Of Iowa Eames. u
Rhode Islands Hubbcll OF Michigan.
Pacific Railroad Lamar. of Missis-
sippi: Atkins, Tennessee. Luttrell, OF
California Walker, Of Virginia; Lynde,
Of Wisconsin; Throckmorton, of Texas
Thomas, Of Maryland Phillips, Of Mis-
souri; Garfield. Of Pennsylvania Par
sons. Of Indiana: Platt, Of Now York
O'Neil, OF Pennsylvania. Blair. of New
Hampshire.
Judiciary Knott, of Kentucky, Hun
ton. of Virginia; Ashe, of New York
Lynde, OF Wisconsin; Lord, OF New
York; Hurd, Of Ohio; Caulfield, of IIli-
nois; McCrary, OF Iowa: Lawrence, Of
Ohio; Frye. Of Maine, Starkweather,
Of Connecticut.
Commerce - Herford. Of West Vir-
ginia: Ward. Of New York. Durand. of
Michigan, Reagan. ef Texas Piper. OF
California; Kehr, of Missouri; Pierce,
Of Massachusetts, FELTON,, Of Georgia
Hunter, of Indiana, Ross, OF Pennsyl-
vania Dunnell. Of Minnesota.
Claims Bright, Of Tennessee; Neal.
Of Ohio: Brown. Of Kentucky. Robbins.
of North Carolina, I'arbox, Of Massii-
chuisctts: Cochranc, Of Pennsylvania !;
Phillips, Of Missouri, Pratt, Of Iowa !;
Bass, Of New York, Bradley, Of MiAli-
gan Carson, OF Indiana.
Patents Vance. Of North Carolina :
J. A. Bayley. OF New York; Douglass. Of
Virginia: Sanders. Of Connecticut !,
HartselI. of Illinois. Clark. of Ken
tucky: Smith OF Georgia Conger. OF
Michigan; Robbins, OF New Jersey !;
Sampson, Of Iowa; Hoge. of South Car
olina; Davis. Of North Carolina Rea.
OF Missouri; Goedin, OF Kansas: An
dcrson OF Illinois, Smith, of Penpsyl-
vania Rush. Of Wisconsin, Van Vor-
hes. of OHIO; Small. of South Caro-
lima.
Railroads and Conals-Jopes, Of Ken
lucky Stone. of Missouri: Savage. Of
Ohio: Mead. OF New York Schlcischer,
Of Texas: Mackey. OF Pennsylvania ,
OF Indiana: Davy. of New
York. Henderson, of Illinois, Frost. Of
Massachusetts,: Hoge. ofSouth Carolina.
Mississippi Levees Ellis, Of Louis
lana Hatcher, of Missouri Money Of
Roberts. Of Maryland
Young. Of Tennessee: Sheakley. Of
Pennsylvania Dunnell, Of Minnesota.
Whiting. Of Illincisr, Morey, Of Louis
lana; Wallace. Of Pennsylvania.
Expenditures on Public Buildings
of New York: Wilson, Of West
Virginia; Bagby. Of Illinois; Pratt. Of
Iowa. Townsend, of New York.
Expenditures of Department Of JUS
tice-C -Caulfield, of Illinois; Gambler, OF
Georgia; House Of Tennessee Stark
Of Connecticut, Joyce. OF Yer
mont.
Mileage Egbert. of Pennsylvania;
Bradford, of Alabama Odell, Of New
York, Caswell, Of Wisconsin; Walsh,
Of Alabama.
Select Committee on Centennial =
Hopkins, OF Pennsylvania; Hancock
Of Texas; Barnum, Of Connccticutv;
Banks, OF Massachusetts Harrison, of
Illinois; O'Bricn. of Maryland, A. S.
Williams. of Michigan: Hardenburg, Of
New Jersey; Kelley, of Pennsylvania
Blaine, of Maine; Lawrence, of Ohio
Raker of New York; Rainey, of South
Carolina.
Immediately after the announcement
81 the committees, the House, at p. m,
adjourned until Wednesday, January s,
1876.
MISCELLANEOUS.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 20.-At Moody
.nd Sankey's revival services last even
ing the following distinguished persons
we're upon the platform: President
Grant, Hon, Geo NJ Robeson, Secretary
IL the Navy; ex-Gov. Jewell, Postmas-
yer General; ex-Secretary Borie, Hon.
5eo.I Bancroft, Judge Strong. OF tho
United States Supreme Court; Gov.
cx-Gov. Joel Parker, Of New
Jersey ex-Gov. Biselow, Hon. Thos. A.
scott, Col. Fred Grant and lady, Bishop
Simpson. of Methodist Episcopal
Church; Judge Buell., of New York; ex