Connecticut western news., 1875-02-26
UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
S0nRtes

Senate.
 Tho Vice-President appointed Messrs. Nor rill Sargent and Davis on the part of the Sem ate, as members of the committee of confer ence on the Legislative, Judicial and Executive Appropriation bills. text,!
 favorably on the bills authorizing the President to purchase site for a coaling station, navy depot, and other government uses at Fort Point, Port Royal, s. O. $; and authorizing the purchase of the harbor, privileges, and land for the establshment of 2 naval and coallng NTr sHitchcocks of cNebraska,f called up the House bill to perfect the United States gov ernment's guarantee of the District of Colum- bia 3. .65 bonds, and to authorize them to be registered in the United States Treasury, and it was passed. .-.-,, --... ..s..-., "
 MT. Conkling, of New York, presented me- Amorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New York city, asking for an appropriation to en- able Gen Newton to continue the work in which he is engaged in regard to the improve ment of New York -hacbor. ,~A S
 The Senate bill to grant site for the Pea body school in St. Augustine, Fla, was taken up, to which there was an amendment pending, submitted at the last session by MT. Edurunds, providing. that if at any time any, distinction shall be made in the admission of pupils on ac- count of race or color, the site shall revert to the United States, and it was rejected-yeas, 23 nays, 24. Messrs. Cameron, Ferry, Gil 
 those who voted in the negative.
 MT. Alcorn, of Mississippi said the vote in dicated the fact that the Republicans had be- come tthP92Songhly demorsalllzed on the subject of civil rights. '" '-'3 " s.'--~ ~
 The bill was passed with put division.
 The House bill authorizing the President to appoint Commissioned to attend the hterna- tlonal Penitentiary Congress, to be held in Rome next year. was passed. ,l On the consid erationf of the bill to provide Q F1,.k VfOf <nf Mortons amendment to have the commission CTS elected by tho qualified voters of, the Dis trict, instead of appointed by the President, was defeated by vote of-yeas, 2S nays. 28. k MT! Anthony, of Rhode Island presented the credentials of Ambrose E. Burnside, United States Senator from the State of Rhode Island for g period of six years from March 4, 1875. Rehd and placed on lie. Sst aNE9U A F. The Senate bill providing for the construc- tion of the Portland, Dallas and Salt Lake rail- road and. telegraph, and for the performance of all government service free of charge, was While the bill was being read, Mr. Sherman, of Ohio, objected to it's further reading, and stated that as it was 8 subsidy bill, the Senate would not pass it, and therefore 1t was useless to take up time by reading it. .,4Hs
 MT. Mitchell, of Oregon, denied that'it was q subsidy bill, and thought it would save money to the treasury, NSH>-
 The bill was rejected by 9 vote of 46 to 2..i l
 Mir. Conkling, of New York, reported from the Judiciary committee a bill to fix the sala- ries of the district judges of the United States for the northern and southern districts of New York, which provides that the salaries of those judges shall be S6,000 per annum from and after April l, 1875. Passed. a -I.. ., -s.l :
 Mir. Ferry, of Connecticut presented the credentials of w. w. Eaton, appointed Sentaor from the State of Connecticut to fill the va cancy caused by the death of Wm. A. Bucking ham. MT. Eaton being present, was escorted to the Vice-President's desk by MT. Ferry, and the oath of office was administered to him by Vice-President Wilson. .H.| MT. Sargent, of California presented the me- morial of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company demonstrating against the repeal of the act of June 1, 1872, granting subsidy for the mail service between San Francisco, Japan and China, and praying for an. appropriation to carry said subsidy into effect. Ordered to be printed and referred to the committee on ap- propriations.
 not only cause loss of millions of dollars to innocent stockholders and to their steamship builders, but would also be a quasi acknowl- edgment that Congress was bribed to pass the | act of 1872, although the committee investgat- Fling the seandalous assertion has not yet made it's report, and the testimony so far has utterly failed to show any truth ill the charge. -F
 The Senate, ill considering the bill to provide a government for the District of Columbia, agreed to an amendment providing that claims
 
 be presented for exchange within four months from the passage of this act and if not so pre- SC ted, the privilege of thus exchanging shall not be exercised by any holder of any such claim. Also prohibiting tho sinking fund com nnissone,s of the District, of Columbia from is- suing any bond, as provided in the act of June | 20, 1874, after the expiration of four months | from the passage of this act, and providing that nothing contained in this act shall be con- strued in any manner to pledge the faith of | .ko1 J1lI of the District of Columbia, or of the cities of | Washington and Georgetown, other than pro- vided for by tie act of 1874, and amendments thereto, as to the 50-year bonds therein re- | ferred to. . -. u...
 They also amended the section which makes tamisdemeanor to sell or give liquor without being licensed, by adding a clause .exempting private resdPnceB and oeieties mot of & busi- ness character, and changed the compulsory education Becdon-to read chi drcn 'sbetween the ages of efs and fifteen years, Instead of six and eighteen, as lepoftad by the committee. n MT, ConkAngi of New York opresented9 me morials of fifty medical societies and iIistitu- tions in the State of New York in favor of such legislation as will promote the efficiency of the medical corps of the army. .-r,es -l.-,' "
 Mr. Gordon 'pfesented ,similarl ones from physicians of Georgis. Referred to the com mittee on 4niitaryJ affairs.a EA-.' A .% I House. ...o MT. Sypnef or Louisiana, onered alfeBOlu- tion, which passed, calling on the Committee of Ways and Means to Enquire into the expedi- | ency of restoring the duty on all imported sugars. .--------- -
 The Choctaw EAppropriat tllwasdefeated.
 MT: Albright, of Pennsylvania, from the constitute a national cemetery out of the parcel of ground ceded to the United States in the Hospital Hill Cemetery at York, Pa, in which soldiers from sixteen States arc inferred. | Passed. s>!&f@ .s' vi, At N'S- +"LL g ,f-
 MT. Myers, of Pennsylyan introduced a bill suppl ennentary to the acts in relation to i'm migration. gEeferred to the committee on foreign laffans. The bin has reference espe. ciallyi to- the cooieJ trade. Ut provides that | whom immigrants have entered into contract or agreement for a termi of eervice within the United States, either for alaber or for lewdor | improper purposes, such immigration shall not | be deemed voluntary, and the United State Consul shall not deliver the required poi init O American citizens to be engaged in such trade. | It also makes the immigration of the following classes unlawful: persons who are undergoing sentence for felonious crimes oth ter than pollti- | cal, or.whose sentences have been remitted pll account of their immigration, and women i'm ported. for the purposes of prostitution. b'z.,4 | MT. Clayton, of Arkansas, introduced bill construing the act to place the colored persons who enlisted ill the army on the same footing 1 as other soldiers as to bounty and pensions. Referred to the committee on military affairs.
 The House then went into, committee of the whole on the Post-offee Appropriation bill. Tho amounts recommended to De appropriated are: For the generais service of the post-ef1ice department 6,000,S6 for steamship ser vice; $537,500 cfor- official, postage stamps fol the use of the Post office department, $SS6, ,o06 total, $S7, 524, SCI to be provided for as fol lows: By the revenues of the department; estimated at $29, 148, 156; by an appropriation for deficiency out of the treasuly, $6, S52, 7C5 | by direct appropriations out of the treasury tl, ,523, 500. The total amount recommended by this bill is less than the estimates therefol by $1, ,538, l73. The decrease is in the amount to provide for the general service of the de. pertinent $963, ,173, and in the amount recom- mended for steamship service $575, ,000 The 1 items for steamship service are $500. GOO fol