The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-06-08
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

| ton from the chief of the engineer corDs
suggesting that the appropriation for the
new snag-boat for the western rivers be in
| creased from one hundred and TWENTY-FIVE
| thousand to one hundred and Rftv=Hve thou
! sand dollars The senate then VI ent into
! executive session. At half past one O'Clock
| the aoOrs were reOpened, but were immedi-
| ately closed again, and the senate resumed
| the consideration of the articles of impeaCh.
| ment against Belknap. A t half past four the
| senate again went into executive session,
| and after a short time the doors were re-
| opened. Senator Wright, from the commit
! tee on Judiciary, reported adversely on the
| resolution instrGcting the committee to in
/ quire into the expectancy of establishing
| Penitentiary at Fort Smith, Arkansas, for the
confinement of United States prisoners. The
| committee was discharged from further con-
sideration- Adjourned,
In the senate on the 23rd, Mr.. Sher-
man submitted the following: Resolved,
| That the secretary of the treasury be directed
to furnish to the senate a detailed estimate
of the amount that would be required to ex-
ecute the house bill amendatory laws grant
| ing pensions to the soldiers and sailors of the
war of 1872 and their widows. Agreed to.
| After reports on a number of bills of an 1n-
| important character. the consideration of the
articles of Impeachment was resumed with
closed doors. Before reaching any decision
jOurned.
In the senate on the oath, senator
Conkling called up the house joint resolu-
ton, requesting the president of the United
States to take such steps as in his judgment
may be exPedient, to obtain the pardon or
release of Edward O'Meagher Condor, now
confined in an English prison. Passed. The
senate bill establishing the rank of paymas.
ter-general as brigadier-general passed. The
senate soon afterward went into executive
session. and after short time resumed the
consideration of the articles of impeachment
with closed doors. Before reaching deci>
sion the doors were reOPened and the senate
adjourned.
In the senate on the 25th, senator
Wright, from the committee on civil service
and retrenchment, reported back the bill
} fixing the salary of the president at twenty,
five thousand dollars per annum, together
with the message of the president relating to
: the same, and recommended that the bill be
passed, Notwithstanding the objections of the
president. Senator Wright said he had been
directed by the committee to request the sen.
ate to act on the bill as as possible
) Placed on the calendar. At half-paSt twelve
| o'clock legislative business was suspended
a nd the senate resumed the consideration OF
the Belknap impeachment with closed doors
At forty-five minutes after four o'clock the
doors were re-opened and executive session
followed. Adjourned.
In the senate, on the 26tb, the naval
appropriation bill received from the house
yesterday was read by title and referred
r Legislative business was then suspended
and the consideration of the articles of i'm
parchment was resumed, with closed doors
Without decision the doors were reOpened
and the senate adjourned.
In the senate on the 9th, Mr.. Morton
submitted the following: Ordered that the
senate proceed Friday next, at 1 o'clock, t.
vote, without further debate, upon the pend
l ing and cognate questions. Mr.. Edmund
moved to amend the order so as to read
2 "Ordered that the senate proceed MOndat
next after consideration, to vote upon th
pending and cognate questions" Agreed tt
yeas %, nays q. Adjourned.
: HOUSE.
= In the house, on the 22d, the house
went into committee of the whole on thu
g naval appropriation bill. The resolution t.
4 dismiss do0rkeBper Fitzhugh, and transfer
f ring the duties of the doorkeeper to the ser
n geant-atarms until further orders, passed
In the committee of the whole on the haVa
appropriation bill, the pending amehdmen
the number of navy officers and their pay
II MIR. Hale, member of the appropriation
e committee, opposed the amendment. MI
\ Mills LTexas], member of the naval commit
:. tee, moved an amendment to the amend
~ Hent, allowing q longevity pay of ten pc
cent additional for over five years servic
to naval officers below the rank of CommC
dOre. Mr.. DanfOrd, also member of tn
- naval committee, opposed MIR. WhitthOrne
ii amendment. After long discussion vOt
| s,H-r
lowing longevity pay, and it was agreed t,
. WhitthOrne's amendment was then rejected
u the vote by teIiers being seventy-twO
id seventy-fOUr. The section in relation to th
n discontinuance of navy-yards was dIscusse
at length, but, without action, the Commi
tee rose and the house adjourned.
" In the house on the 23rd, the hOus
~ went into committee of the whole on the II
- val appropriation bill, the question being 0
:. the discontinusnce of certain navy yard
:; Mr. Piper offered an amendment retainiH
navy yards at Brooklyn, Mare Island Kitter
Charlestown, Pensacola, Norfolk and Leagu
10 Island for general purposes, and the yard
is Washington for manufacturing purpOs
of only, and retaining New London as a nav
aa station. Mr.. Randall offered the follOwiT
amendment as a substitute for Mr.. Levi
ne amendment offered yesterday For civil e
o. tablishment in the several navy yards $St
, directed to organize a naval board of fl
eu commissioned officers in the navy as soon
4 a practicable, whose duty it shall be to exaI
Die inc fully and determine whether, in the
b opinion, any of the navy yards can be d
pensed with and abandoned, and if so, rePO
las the best manner of making disposition of Il
)u- same and further, to inquire as to the pr
,ts pFiety of establishing naval rendezvous
Tybee Island or at CocksPur Island, in 4
. state of Georgia, and whether any COVER
M ment property at said islands can be ma
ru- available and is suitable for such purpose
;; and said board shall through the secreta
of the navy, report to congress at the co
IN mencement of the next session the result
lty their inquiry, and the sum of $1,000 is hel
,ye | with appropriated to meet the expenses
= | said board. Mr.. Danford moved to amel
lel Mr. Randall's substitute by allowing a nav
ag- station to be established at Tybee Island
will Cockspur Island, or any other point on t
coast of Georgia or South Carolina. Agre
to. Mr.. Ranaalls substitute was adopted
% t. 50. The committee rose and report
the bill, which was passed. Without ma
cb ing any progress on the bill the commit
rose. Mr.. Blackburn offered a resOlUti
ms authorizing the Louisiana investigating co
lot mttee to act by subcommittee. Adopts
he Mr.. WOOdbUrn New, was appointed on Il
- committee to fill the vacancy caused by I
CoS Withdrawal of Mr.. Hawkins. Adjourned.
an The house on the oath, proceeded
- consider the Louisiana contested case
= Spencer VS.. Morey, the report of the maj
= Ity of the committee being that VIM.
Spencer, contestant, is entitled to the sc
and that F. Morey, the sitting member
on not, and the minority taking an OPpos
'hn view Without taking action on it, the m
CIV ter went over for the present. Mr.. Wills
,,a of Iowa, offered d resolution directing
rye ALLEGED combination of the leading raiIro'
sin. of the United States for the purpose of c.
trolling traffic. Adopted. Adjourned.