The Portland daily press., 1875-02-05
The moon, it shines along the snow,
The sky is crimson ban ner;
Oh, wilt thou with me sleighing 60,
My lovely red-haired Hammer?
History Of Seven Days.

CONGRESS-.

Thursddy- In the Senate bill to pay interest
due Feb on the 3.65 bonds of the District of
Columbia was passed. A resolution was in
troduced and referred instructing Judiciary
Committee to inquire into the expediency of re-
pealing the act granting subsidy to the Pacif-
ic Mail Company. The Senate then proceeded
to the consideration of the Louisiana resolu-
tion. The House did nothing but call the roll
on.dilatory motions. gS
Ffsddy.-Mr Conklng addressed the Senate
on the Louisiana question and there was no
other business. The House concluded its fifty
hours session, having done nothing but call the
roll. ..-.-.-- -se.,,re
eSaturdoy The Senate was not in session.
The House spent the day reading the jour
nal of the day before.
Monday.--In the Senate adverse report was
made on Senate bill granting pensions to GER
tain soldiers and sailors Of the Mexican war
and Widows of deceased soldiers. House bill
to pay interest on District of Columbia bonds
was amended and passed. Bill to amend the
national bank act was passed. Mr.. Schurz's
resolution was then discussed. The House
spent the day considering resolutions offered
Mr.. Hale,s calculated to prevent dilatory mo-
tions but resolution did not pass.
Tuesday, the Senate a memorial from
James Brooks claiming that he is Governor of
Arkansas but deprived of the right was. pre-
sented and referred. W ,&& : y ~ t21s &
Mr.. Washburn of Massachusetts,, introduced
bill to amend the law creating court of AL
bama claims commissioners. 1t provides for
the adjudication and payment of all claims of
a,,I fl,osr
signees, and also of all claimsfor damage caus-
ed by thecruisers Boston Ghickamauga, Geor-
gia, Nashville, Retnhntion,s SaIlie, Sumter and
Tallahassee, and by the Shenandoah previous
to February 1Sg1s65. Referred to the Judicia-
ary Committee, n N NhU
Bill authorizing the Seneca Indians to lease
certain lands was passed, The House spent
the day on rule offered by Mr.. Garfield which
was finally passed after an exciting discussion.
1t is as follows:S "a @~ 's- o.
Whenever question is pending before the
House the Speaker shall not entertain any mo-
tion of dilatory character except one motion
to adjourn and oneto fix the day to which the
House shall adjourn, but the previous question
on the engrossment and the third reading of
any bill, or Joint resolution shall not be or
dered during the first dayAof its consideration,
unless three-fourths of the members present
shall second the demand. Provided, this rule
shall not apply to House resolutions, and, pro-
vided further, that it shall not apply to any
proposition to appropriate the money, credit or
other property of the Uuited States, except the
regular annual appropriation bills.
Rednesddy.-In the Senate a bill was intro
nil fI,a fof
Fl. Emory. "a The President was requested to
transmit papers relating to Arkansas affairs
Bill appropriating $25,0OO to defray expenses
of King Kalakaua, also large mum ber of bills
reported by the Committee on Pensions, were
passed. A bin regulating the transportation of
mail matter was referred Senator Morrill, of
Vermont, spoke in opposition to the reciprocity
treaty. The House spent the day on the civil
rights bill, but accomplished nothing
NATIONAL CAPITAL. ai .... .a +
The chief interest In Washington this week
has centered in the proceedings of the House.
The fight began over Buffers motion to take
up the civil rights bill. The Democrats i'm
medistely. commenced filbustering and the Re.
publicans determined to sit it out. The mo-
notonous proceeding of calling the roll pre-
ceeded for 50 consecutive hours when both sides
were tired of it and the House adjourned, the
Republicans having failed to carry their point.
Saturday the House again met and dragged out
the hours in reading the Journal of the previous
50 hours proceedings, the Democrats looking
over the clerks shoulder to see that he omitted
nothing. Monday was spent in frutless at
tempt to pass a rule checking dilatory motions,
but Tuesday it was adopted, as will be seen in
the congressional proceedings.
1t is probable the Arkansas committee will
report in favor of sustaining the existing state
government. '-
Excitement over Louisiana has somewhat
died out, awaiting the. report of the Congress
sional committee now investigating at New
Orleans. Meantime, it is said, McEnery and
Kellogg are endeayoring to compromise. .-
A messenger in the Navy Department has
been arrested on suspicion of setting the recent
fires in that building, he having when young
er been detected in incendiarism, which was
monomania with him.
The Secretary has issued a call for the re-
demption of $15, ,OOO, 900 $40 bonds of 1862, to
be paid the first of May, at the United States
Secretary, at which date interest will cease Of
the amount thus called ia $4,000, 900 are cou-
pen bonds, and The remainder are regular
bonds. ii lfG 10 CiI(BEbf1 ElNs
THE BEECHER TRIAL.
The prominent feature of the Beecher trial
this week has been the legal fight bet ween
ounsel for plaintiff and defendant over the
admissibility of Tilton as witness. Defendant