The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-02-10

would address the House tomorrow
promising 10 keep as near the merits o
the bill as Cox and Kelly had done ant
that the general debate would come to I
close tomorrow; the committee rose and
the House adjourned.
SENATE.
Pacific RAILROAD.
Mr.. Wallace presented fifty petitions
OF five thousand citizens OF Pennsylvania
in favor OF aid to the Tcxas.Pacifc Rail
road. Referred.
MONUMENTAL CANNON.
Mr.. Randolph, from the Committee OF
Military Affairs, reported favorably OF
the House bill donating condemned can
non and cannon balls 10 the Ladies' Mou
umental Association Of Allegheny county
Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Sherman, from the Committee or
Finance, reported substitute for thC
resolution submitted by Mr.. Davis early
in the session, in regard to accounts o.
defaulting public officers, &c. The sub
stitutc directs the Secretary Of the Treas.
ury to furnish the Senate as soon as prac
ticable with n statement OF all balances
due the United States from public officers
and others formerly but not now in the
public service, distinguishing those which
have been settled, setting forth, MS far as
practicable, the period over which such
accounts extended, the amounts involved
&c, together with the character Of the
stocks held by the United States, the
amount of such stocks, and II the default
has been made in the payment Of interest
thereon.
Mr.. Davis said there might be some
amendments to the resolution, but as il
was n step in the right direction he would
not cause any delay by proposing, and
the substitute as reported by the Com
mittec on Finance was agreed to.
Mr.. Morrill,, from the Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds, reported
bill appropriating $4,000 for continu.
ing the work OF improving the Capital
grounds during the present fiscal year, as
the appropriation made last year was
exhausted. Passed.
Mr.. Edmunds submitted resolution
instructing the Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds to inquire into
the expedicncy Of making adequate pro.
vision for the speedy completion OF
the Washington monument in Washing
ton, and that they have leave TO report by
bill or otherwise. Agreed to.
at the expiration Of the morning hour
the Senate proceeded with the considera-
ton OF the House Centennial bill, appro-
priating $l,500,000.
Mr.. Morrill, favored the bill, and said
that the Centennial Exhibition had be-
come National question, upon which
the Congress could not turn its back; the
honor OF the Nation was involved in its
success,
Mr.. Merrimon (oi North Carolinal sub.
mittcd resolution requesting the SeCrc-
tary Of War to furnish the Senate with
the report and accompanying maps, dia'
grams and estimates made in pursuance
Of an act passed March 8, 1875, directing
4 surrey Of line to connect Neuse river
with Cape Fear river and to connect the
harbor oi thctown Of Norfolk, Va. with
those Of Cape Fear river at or near vii.
mington, \. G.. Agreed to.
Mr.. Wright called up the Senate bill
TO pay the First National Bank OF St.
Alhans, W., $3S,GjO, the value of certain
United States Treasury notes held by
said bank as the financial agent Of the
United States and forcibly taken there
from hy raiders from Canada in 1864,
the pending amendment being TO strike
Ou, The clause providing for the payment
of interest on that amount from October
10, 1864, until the time Of payment, which
was agreed to, and the bill passed as
amended.
Mr.. Boutwell, introduced bill TO re.
peal the prc.cmptiOn laws and TO provide
ior the sale Of timber upon the public
lands OF the United States. lie gave no.
tice that at the proper time he. would
offer it as substitute for the bill TO re.
peal section 1903 Of the Revised Statutes,
in regard to public lands in Alabama and
other States. Ordered printed.
The bill proposes that after the 3Oth OF
June none Of the public lands shall be
subject to presumption entry. The rest
OF the bill requires the Secretary OF the
Interior to cause appraisements to be
made from time TO time OF the timber
standing on the public lands, and prepare
plans Of the same in lots containing not
more than - acres each, and provides
that by the payment Of the appraised
value liz not less than Sl2j per acrc) any
person may make entry of fstumpage upon
any tract, and he allowed three years 10
remove the wood and timber from the
land. Proviso, that no person shall
enter u section lot until he shall have re.
moved the timber from his first lot, and
that there shall be left standing upon each
lot one tree Of every variety growing
thereon, and provides further that all
live oak and red cedar shall hc reserved,
unless the President shall by specific
order, in particular case, direct other
wise.
The chair laid before the Senate the
Joint resolution Of the Wisconsin lcgis.
lature instructing its Senators and Rep.
rcscntativca in Congress to oppose the
bill recently introduced in regard to
land conditionallygramed, the conditions
Of which have lapscd to the public do.
main.
MIR. Kelley called up the Senate bill to
extend the time for the construction and
completion Of the Northern Pacific Rail.
road The pending question being on
the amendments reported by the Commit.
tee on Railroads on Jan. 18th and Gath
to extend the time to eight years instead
Of making the bill apply to The main line
Of the road, via the valley Of the COlum.
bia river to its terminus at Puget Sound
and that it shall not apply to the branch
line Of road from Lake Pend DOrcicle
across the Cascade Mountains To Puget
Sound, &r.
Mr.. Sargent moved that the bill he re-.
committed. that M amendment might be
framed to protect the settlers in their
rights,
Nitcr,ligruaaiun the bill Was laid over