The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-02-18
CONGRESSIONAL.


others Senator Sherman from the COMMITTEES
on finance, reported back the current reso
luton proposing a common mint of money
and accounts between the United States Of
America, Great Britain and Ireland, with
reasons why it should be passed and asked
that the whole matter be printed and recon-
mltted to the committee on finance. 1t was
so ordered. He also reported from the same
committee favorably on the house bill to ex
tend the time for stamping unstamped in
struments. Passed. The remainder of the
| session was consumed in debate in committee
OF the whole on the bill to pay interest on
District of Columbia bonds and without
| coming to vote the senate adjourned.
In the senate, on the I'd, Senator ALI
son, from the committee on Indian affairs,
reported back the senate bill to provide for
the payment of claims for Indian depreda-
tions, and asked that it be referred to the
committee on appropriations. 1t was so or
dered. Nothing further of Importance was
! done, the session being taken up with the
! discussion of the bill to pay the interest ON
the District of Columbia bonds.
In the senate, on the Sd, Mr.. Hitchcock
submitted a resolution, instruciing the com.
mittee on the District of Columbia to inquire
into the expediency of providing proper
! form of government for the District of Co.
/ e..
| Agreed to. Mr. WitheTs, from the commit
! tee on pensions, reported a substitute for the
senate bill to amend the act of February Il,
| 1874, granting pensions to certain soldiers and
! to widows of deceased suldiers and to re-
store to the pension rolls those persons whose
names were stricken therefrOm in conse-
I quence of dislOyalty. Placed on the calen-
! dar. The senate then resumed considera-
ton of the bill to pay the interest on the
800 District of Columbia bonds, which, after
additional amendments was passed. Mr..
Morton said that last week he gave notice
that he would ask the senate to-day to pro-
ceed to the consideration of the resolution
for the admission of Mr.. Pinchback as sena-
tor from Louisiana. It was question of
high privilege, and had been too long post
pOned already. He moved that the resoIu-
ton be taken up for consideration. Agreed
TO. The senate went into executive session
and soon adjourned.
In the senate, on the 4th, after the ex-
piration of the morning hour consideration
was resumed of the resolution for the admis-
sion OF P, 4. Z. Pinchback as senator of the
United States for Louisiana for the term of six
years. beginning on March !, 1873, the pend
ing question being on the amendment of Mr..
Edmunds to insert the wOrdi " not" so that
it read p. b. S. Pinchback be not admitted"
MIR. Morton spoke strongly in defence of the
claimant, but no action was had. Mr. Sher-
man moved to reconsider the vote by which
the District of Columbia bond bill was passed
yesterday, in order that the amendment, sub
mitted by the senator from Connecticut
[EatOnl and agreed to, might be stricken
out, which amendment provided that this
resolution shall not in any way recognize the
liability of the United States to pay either
the principal or interest of anv such bonds
as may have been issued on or since the 9th
day OF January, 1876. Agreed to. Mr.. Sher-
man moved to strike out the amendment of
Mr.. Eaton, but afterwards said it was evident
the motion would lead to debate, and he
therefore withdrew it. The resolution was
again passed as on yesterday, and the senate
adjourned till Monday.
In the house, on the 9TH, bills were in
troduced and referred as follows: Resolu-
tions of the Louisiana legislature for an ap-
preparation to construct the levees cf the
Mississippi river. Declaring the birthday of
Abraham Lincoln a national holiday, and
,hatasm the 18th OF April the national flag
shall float at half-mast. TO substitute legal
tender notes for the national bank notes
and to make the duties on imports receiva- !
bic One-half in legal-tender notes, and to re-
peal the resumption act-Of the 18th of JAN
uary, 1870. To compensate the Baptist |
church of Helena, Ark, for the destruction
of its building by the federal troops during |
the war To indemnify Prairie countv Ark
ing the war. Mr.. Riddle offered resolution |
for the payment of legal representatives of !
the two representatives from Tennessee who |
died before the meeting of congress. !
Adopted. The house then went into COM |
mittee of the whole, Mr. Hoskins in the |
chair, on the consular and diplomatic appro- |
priation bill. The senate amendments to |
the bill to provide for the payment of claims !
by the Alabama court of claims !
were concurred in. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
In the house, February 1st, the bill |
removing the political disabilities of George !
Hawkins, of Florida, passed. After the ex-
piration of the morning hour, the house took |
up, as the special order, the proposed amend |
ment to the constitution reported from the |
judiciary committee, which is that no person |
who has held, may hereafter hold, the |
office of president, shall ever again be eligible
to said Office. To this proposition Mr.. Frye,
member OF the judiciary committee, offered !
the following as a substitute: "FrOm and
after the fourth day of March, in the year
1885, the term of office of president and vice
president Of the United States shall be six
years, and any person having been elected to
it, and held the office of president or who
has, for two years, held such Office, shall be
ineligible for q reelection" The bill was
by Messrs. Knott, New, FRYE,
Caulfeld, Lawrence and Harrison
Mr.. Knott gave notice that he would call the
previous question on Wednesday. Adjoured.
In the house, on the I'd, Mr.. MCrarv,
from the Judiciary committee, reported a
bill to reorganize the judiciary of the United
States, which was made the special order for
Wednesday, February 10th. The bill pro-
vides for a circuit court in each judicial dis
trict, and establishes in each circuit a court
of appeals, which is to have an appellate iur-
nf in, tba
each district. The terms of the courts of
appeals are to be held in Boston, Albany /
Richmond, New Orleans, Louis
vile, Chicago, st. Louis and San Francisco |
The decisions of these courts of appeals are
to be final and conclusive, but review upon
them may he had on q writ of error or appeal
to the United States supreme court where
the matter in controversy exceeds the sum
or value Of one thousand dollars, or where
the adjudication involves constitutional
question, or any treaty or law of the United
States, or where the court shall certify that
il Involves legal question sufficient to re-
quire final jurisdiction by the supreme court
The house then resumed the consideration of
the proposed constitutional amendment, linn
ting the presidential term. a vote was had
on various amendments and the bill was
finally put on its passage and lOst-144 to l06
when the house adjourned.
In the house, on the 4th, Mr. Knox,
from the judiciary committee, reported back
the senate bill fixing the time for holding
the circuit courts in the District of Califor-
MIA, Oregon and Nevada. The bill was
amended to take effect March 1st, next, and
passed. The house went into committee of
the whole on the private calendar and
number of bills of a private nature were
passed. The bill to pay interest on the $50
bonds of the District of Columbia, with the
senate amendments, was referred to the dis
rict committee. The house then adjourned
10 Monday proposition to have a session
for debate having been objected to.
IN the house, on the Sd, Mr.. Clymer
offered resolution directing the secretary
Of war to report TO the house the entire cost
Tor the last fiscal year of the signal service.
Adopted. Mr.. Young introduced a bill to
provide for a custOm-hOuse at Memphis,
Tenn. Referred. Mr. Kasson introduced a
bill TO encourage the conduct of commerce
in vessels owned by citizens of the United
States. Referred. The bill provides that till
The 1st of July, 1870, any steamship % not
less than 2000 tons burden that was built
Turing after 1870, and of which at least
Is owned, bOnafide, by citizens Of
the United States and built in foreign coun-