Wilmington journal., 1876-01-28

making restrictions in the disnos;,;,
of public lands in Alabama. M;sa;aa
sppi, Lnnisiana, Arkansas and F,ns
ida Calendar. H'oi-
The bill creating alcoholic comr;a
sion passed, Booth of California anS
Withers of Virginia voting with ~
Republicans for the bill.
The citizens of Wisconsin pet;tio.
for the abolition of the Senate of ~
United States. Referred to Judic;or,, -,
Committee.
Gordon introduced bill for the =.
lief of VIM. 3. McComb of Georoie
Executive session, at which tbsr:
were no confirmations, and adionrnsd
The Finance Committee of the a.
tte have agreed to report favorable ~
the nomination of McGrew as And;,o.
of the Po 'tofice Department.
40 Southern nominations to.dov
WASHINGTON. January 26-Srw.
Morrill, of Maine, from tle CT
,nittee on Appropriations. re,.ortaS
f,vorably on the House bill to ron :e
terest on the 65 District of Coinwb;,
| bonds. Pl, ced ON the calendar
Senator Christiancy, who freops,4,
the Republican caucus, is speakino =,
opposition to Morton's Mississ;r,n; -,
resolution,
Ihe Co1mlttee on Claims reportad
adversely on several claims.
The Homestead bill was discussed
to the hour of the executive session
after Which the Senate adjourned.
HoUsE-rhe bill providing that all
~ liable matter of the third class. ra-
frrred to IN sections 3, 878 and 3,9il Of
the N-vised Statutes, may weigh not
exceeding four pounds for each pack.
ag". and that the postage thereon shall
oe one cent for every two ounces or
fcactlon thereof, was considered.
| The House went into Committee of
the Whole on military appropriations.
tfter a general debate the COMMITTEES
rose, and without action adjourned.
The hearing before the House Com
mittee on Pacific Railroad showed that
vital interest is felt by the South in
the Texas Pacific enterprise. Judge
K.nnaro of Louisiana and Mr.. FoIsen-
he d of San Diego both took the
ground that "a competing line to the
Pacific which would be an open high
way, whose rates would be controlled
by Congress, was an absolute nee. ssh
ty. and rather than have the road built
so as to extend the present monopoly
| Liley WOuLl prefer 10 Do without the
line Judge Kennard made an able
address and impressed upon the COM
mittee that the question WAS one a. owe
and beyond all constitutional and all
political questions. Congress. he said,
could not, having created an evil,
now coufess that it was powerless to
correct it, Mr. Folsenheld said the
whole prosperity of California was
now i'll the control of one interest.
That State could never take the proper
position until it had the advantage of
another trans continental line. Their
whole argument showed the absolute
necessity of the South consolidating
upon this question and presenting
solid front.
Colonel Scott appeared in behalf of
the Texas Pacific road of California,
and discussed at length the questions,
with the extent of the line already
built between San Francisco and Fort
Yuma, the land grant of the Company
and other points bearing upon the
proposed bill.
DIR. McHaffy, reading clerk. ana J..
w. Clayton, assistant journal clerk.
have been displaced
J. M. Barclay. for 25 years the jour.
nal clerk of the House, and author of
: the Barclay Digest, has resigned.