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FORTY.FOURTH CONGRESS-.
THE SENATE.

tary Of War, transmitting the report OF tns
Chief OF Engineers in regard to the amounts
appropriated for the improvement OF the MI:
sissippi River, Fort Jackson and Fort St
Philip. Ordered to be printed.
Mr.. Morrill,, of Vermont, introduced Dill
to further provide for the redemption Of
United States legal tender notes in accord
ance with the existing law. Ordered to be
printed and lie on the table.
Mr.. Morrill, said he introduced the bill
upon his own responsibility. He presumed
no Senator here desired to repeal the act
passed at the last session to provide for
speedy resumption. His purpose in intro
ducing this bill was to make the execution OF
that law easier
Mr. Sherman, of Ohio, submitted a resolu-
ton that the Commissioner OF the Freedmen 3
Savings and Trust Company, OF the District Of
Columbia, are hereby directed to commune
cate to the Senate q detailed statement of the
assets of the said company remaining undls-
turbed, and oil the assets collected or charged
in any way since the date of their report
transmitted to the House of Representatives
on the 14th Of December, 1874. Agreed to.
Mr.. Sherm an, of Ohio. introduced bill to
amend the act of June 20, 1874, amending the
charter of the Freedmens Savings and Trust
Company, etc. Referred to the COMMITTEE
on Finance.
The bill provides that in case Of the resig-
nation or death Of any Of the present commits
sioners, the survivors shall carry on the work.
Authority is gwen to sell property at public
or private sale and compromise debts.
1t also provides that when the Commission
ers are prepared to make dividends the said
dividends shall be paid by the Assistant
Treasurer or Government depositaries through
out the country.
The Senate went into executive session.
No Southern combinations
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Speaker Kerr occu-
pied the chair. He is apparently In good
health. But few menbers absent.
Matters concerning banking, currency and
the resumption of specie payments by the
national banks were referred to the Commit
tee on Banking and Currency.
Matters pertaining to legal tender notes
were referred TO the Committee On Ways and
Means.
In the call Of States, among the bills intro
duced were: To repeal the Bankruptcy act,
and make persons on trial before the United
States Courts competent witnesses.
Mr.. Douglass, OF Virginia, introduced re-
solution for the appointment of a select COM
mittee to investigate the affairs of the Freed
mems Savings and Trust Company and its
several branches, the cause OF its failure, the
parties responsible therefor, and with the
names and residences of all the debtors Of
the company. Adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Caldwell, the Secretary
was asked the number of United States troops
stationed in the States of Alabama, Misss-
sippi, Arkansas and Louisiana on the 9th Of
December, 1876
BY MIR. Carson, of Indiana, q resolution
recognizing the brave and gallant services
rendered by the loyal soldiers to the country
in the time of its greatest need and peril,
earnestly recommending to the people the ut
most care and watchfuness over the rights
and interests Of these brave men by securing
employment to them that in all cases of pub.
lie employment, all other things being equal,
the soldier shall have preference over the
civilian. and, declaring that the House is in
favor of giving liberal pensions to diseased and
crippled soldiers, their widows and children
and their dependent fathers and mothers.
The previous question was seconded, 142 to
3, and the resolution was agreed to amid
laughter on both sides of the House.
Mr.. Morrison, of Illinois, offered resolu- |
ton directing the several commissioners, hav-
ing in charge matters perta ming to Indian
affairs military affairs, naval affairs, post
offices, public lands, public buildings
and grounds, claims and war claims,
to inquire into any abuses or frauds on
existing laws affecting those branches OF
the public service, with view to ascertain
what changes and reform atoms can be |
made SO as to promote integrity, economy and |
efficiency; also instructlng the Committee on |
Expenditures of the several departments TO |
proceed at once, IS required by the rules of
the House, to examine into the state Of the |
accounts and expenditures of the various de- |
pertments, whether all moneys have been dis. |
bursed in conformity with the appropriation |
laws, and what provisions are nee essary to be |
adopted to provide more perfectly for the |
proper application of the public moneys, and |
to secure the Government against demands |
unjust in character or extravagant in amount
Adopted.
Mr.. Lawrence offered resolution which
was adopted, instructing the Judiciary Com
mittee to report bill compelling the Pacific
railroad companies to pay the interest ad-
vanced by the government on indemnity
bonds. He argued that in twenty years the
roads would owe the government two hundred
millions if the present system continued.
Mr.. Fort, of Illinois, offered . resolution
declaring that the doctrine just enuciated
by the House in the adoption of the resolu-
ton offered by Mr.. Carson, Of Indiana, is SO
wise and Just that it should be followed by
the officers Of the House in filing the subor-
dinate places under them, and intructng
them in all such cases to give to well qualified
Union soldiers the preference over soldiers OF
the late Confederate army. [Laughter1
He moved the previous question on its
adoption. The previous question was not
to l03.
Mr.. Wood, Of New York, remarking that
this was the centennial year-a year IN which
ali past dissentions, difficulties and controver-
sizes should be forgotten, moved to refer the
knn thn
celebration he wanted the House
10 90 to business and have no more bum |
,ombe. TIE motion was agreed to, III to 81,
and the resolution vas . slngIy referred.
Mr.. HARRISON, of Illinois, offered the follow
ing resolution
Resolued, That in the distribution OF the
patronage Of the House Of Representatives,
.nd Of the Government, by those duly elected