The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-06-01
CONGRESSIONAL.
AENATK


select committee appointed to investigate |
Federal Offices in Louisiana. Passed. Mr.. |
Wright, from the committee on Claims, re- |
ported adversely on the bill to amend the |
deficiency appropriation bill of May, 1872, |
and to extend the dme for the presentation
OF claims for cotton seized after 30th of June, |
1865, and 1T was indefinitely postponed. The
senate went into secret session to deliberate
on the question of Jurisdiction as to Bel
knap's impeachment. When the doors were
opened, the senate, sitting as a court of i'm
parchment, adjourned until tomorrow. Leg
islative business was then resumed and the
senate soon adjourned.
In the senate, on the 10th, Senator
Mitchell, of Oregon, spoke at length on the
evils of Chinese immigration. Senator Ed
munds reported with amendments the SEN
ate bill to amend the second, fourth and
fifth sections of the act to enforce the rights
of citizens of the United States in the several
states of the union, which was placed on tue
calendar. The consideration of the articles
of impeachment was resumed, and, on mo-
tion of Senator Edmunds, the galleries were
cleared and the doors closed. Before de-
cision reached, the doors were re-opened,
and the senate adjourned.
In the senate, on the 18th, before the
secret session, Mr.. Cooper called up the
house bill to further provide for building
custOmhOuse, postOffiee, cOurtrooms, etc., in
the city of Memphis. Passed. At 1880 con-
sideration of articles of impeachment was re-
sumed and doors were closed. Before reach
ing any desisiOn the senate, sitting as a court
of impeachment, adjourned until tomorrow.
A short executive session was held and the
senate adjourned.
In the senate on the 18th, Mr.. Nor
ton submitted a resolution instructing the
special committee recently appointed to in
quire into the late election in Mississippi to
inquire also into the recent alleged killing of
coIored people and outrages committed near
the Mississippi and Louisiana line, at Bayou
Tunica. He read a dispatch received by
| Gov. Kellogg, now in this city, from II. c.
! Clark, his private secretary, dated New Or
| leans, May 18th, stating that fugitives from
! the scene of trouble had arrived, and the de-
| tails were horrible; that six white men were
/ killed and sixty negroes killed and hanged,
and asking that a special commission of the
| senate be authorized to investigate the mat
! ter. The resolution was agreed to. Mr.. Wright
| called up the house bill making appropria-
! tions for the payment of claims reported to
| congress under section two of the act of June
| 16, 1874, by the secretary of the treasury.
/ Passed. The house bill authorizing the APP
pointment of receivers of national banks
| and for other purposes, passed. At one
| o'clock legislative business was suspended
| and consideration of articles of impeach-
ment resumed with closed doors. Before
| reaching any decision the doors were re-
| op 1ned, and the chair laid before the senate
| a communication from the commissioners of
| the District of Columbia, in answer to the
| senate resolution of April 10, 1876. Ordered
| to be printed and lie on the table. Adj
! iOurned.
In the senate on the 10Th, after the in
production and reference OF several bills and
the presentation of a number of petitions,
| legislative business was suspended, and the
senate resumed consideration of articles of
impeachment against Belknap, with closed
DOORS At 4:45 the doors were reOpened, and
| legislative business was resumed. The chair
lai0 before the senate a communication from
! the secretary of the treasury, inclOsing re-
port of the director of the mint, IN answer to
q senate resolution, showing the annual pro-
duct of gold and silver in the United States
from 1916 to 1875 inclusive, and estimate
| of the product of other countries. Ordered
to he printed, and to lie on the table. After
a brief executive session, the senate ad-
journed.
In the senate on the goth, senator
Morton, from the committee on privileges
and elections, submitted a report in the case
of senator Spencer, which was ordered
printed Mr.. Mitchell called up senate bill
for the relief of G. B. Tyler and E. H. Luck.
ett with veto message of the president.
The bill authorizes the secretary of the treas.
ury to pay the persons named $l64, wrong
fully collected in the second district of Ken
lucky, as tax for keeping bonded warehouse
Passed, Notwithstanding the objections OF
the president. Yeas, 46; nays, none. The
senate then went into secret session on the
question of Jurisdiction on the impeachment
matter and Mr.. Boutwell, spoke in OppOsi-
| q a %
opened, and the senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
In the house on the 18th, several reso
Iutions were adopted calling for reports aDt
correspondence as to the whisky ring prose
cutions and the dismissal of John B. Hen
derson as special counsel for the govern
ment, the propriety of turning over the du
ties of the Internal Revenue Bureau to the
commissioners of Customs, ana Tor list o.
government defaulters since Marcn, 1860
The following bills were introduced and re
ferred: To establish a new boundary line
I between the states of Missouri and Kansas
$ south of Missouri river. Chartering pas
senger and freight railroad from the South
, east Atlantic seabOard to Lake Michigan
To apportien the Federal appointment.
, among the several congressional districts
? To provide for the repeal of all taxes OF
7 bank capital and deposits. The vote on the
resolution calling for correspondence rela
2 tive to whisky prosecutions in the West was
yeas I41. nays SO (a party vOte.) Mr.. Payne
bill to authorize the issue of silver coin to the
amount of S10,000,000 in exchange for lega
tenders which are only to be reissued attel
the destruction of an equal amount OF trac
l tional currency, was called up and soon afte
S a vote was taken which resulted as fellows
+ Yeas 135, nays 73. There not being two
- thirds in the affirmative. Mr.. Morrison
4 moved to suspend the rules and pass the sen
? ate bill to allow Mrs. Minnie sherman tltci
| to receive free of duties wedding preSen
= / from the khedive of Egypt. The motion wa
= agreed to without a vote, although Mr.
= Faulkner demanded a vote. House pro
, ceeded to the business of the District OF Col
\ umhia The charges of Albert Grant againS
Judge Wylie, OF the District of Columbia
were referred to the following select com
: mittee: Messrs. Warren, Finley, Lemoyne
I Williams Ala, Cutler, CrOunse and Leay
. enworth. Adjourned.
In the house, on the 10th, a resolution
: was adopted directing the speaker to certif,
? to the proper authorities of the District o
I Columbia the testimony taken relating to tn
r conduct of \. Clapp, congressional printer
o | to the end that he may be indicted and pros
y ecuted.
: In the house, on the 18th, Mr.. Woo
r reported bill abolishing taxation of receipt
= TO savings banks. Agreed to. The hOus
!. agreed to the senate's amendment to the bi
to extend the time to pre-emptors on publ
|, lands. The house then went into committe
t Of the whole on the postal appropriation biI
2, The committee rose and reported the bill :
S the house. The various amendments mao
. in committee agreed to ard the bill passed
Mr.. Singleton. from the committee on prin
ing, reported back the resolution which wa
recommitted to it yesterday, in reference
Is the congressional printer, with the amenC
y ment which, intscad of instructing the con
Y mittee on appropriations TO report on th
Civil appropriations bill, the resoiutio