The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-01-19

der for Tuesday next
Mr.. Frye on behalf Of the minority OF
the committee gave notice that he would
offer asubstitute.
NATURALIZATION.
Mr.. Ashe, Of North Carolina, from the
same committee, reported bill TO amend
the revised statutes in relation TO natural
ization. 1t provides that declaration OF
intention to become citizen Of the United
States may be made before q clerk Of the
court, and such declarations heretofore
made are declared legal and valid. He
explained that the object Of the bill was
simply to restore the law to what il had
been before the printing OF the revised
statutes, in which the words "clerk" had
been accidentally omitted. Tho bill passed.
By Mr.. Henderson-For the construc.
ton Of the Illinois and Mississippi canal.
By Mr.. Whiting-To repeal the tax on
bank deposits.
By Mr.. Hatcher-For the Improvement
Of the Mississippi river between St. Louis
and Cairo.
FOR THE ADJUSTMENT OF CAPITAL PUN
IsHMEET.
Mr.. Lawrence, from same committee,
reported back adversely the bill to abol-
ish capital punishment. Laid on the ta-
be.
The Speaker proceeded with the call OF
the States for bills for reference.
BILLS REFERRED.
The following bills were introduced and
referred:
By Mr.. Biddle-Providing that half
Of the duties on imports shall be collect.
ed in lawful money, also declaring United
States bonds to be payable according to
the proper legal construction ofthe laws
under which they were issued.
By Mr.. Hunter fix legal rate OF
interest on National money throughout
the United States not exceeding six per
cent.
By Baker-F'ixing the pay Of members
Of Congress ut $500, and no allowance.
By Anderson Fixing the pay OF mem
bers Of Congress at $4,000 with mileage
at ten cents per mile.
ABANDONED PROPERTY.
Mr.. Ashe, from same committee, re-
ported a bill 10 amend Section 1869 Of re-
vised statutes relating to claims for
abandoned property. 1t authorizes the
Court OF Claims to take jurisdiction Of
the claims Of all persons who were in
fants, married women, idiots, lunatics,
insane persons, or who were beyond the
seas at the time OF the seizure Of any
abandoned or captured property, pro-
vided such claims are already on file or
shall be on file within two years.
Mr.. Lawrence made the point OF or
der that the bill must first be considered
by the committee OF the whole. The point
was sustained by the Speaker and the
bill was referred to the committee OF the
whole.
Mr.. Frye from the Judiciary Commit
tee, reported bill to extend the time for
stamping unstamped instruments to the
lst OF January, 1877. Passed. Also a
bill to extend for three months for the
claimants OF the Alabama Claims Com
mittee to prove their claims.
Mr.. MOrey desired to offer an amend
ment repeating that portion Of the law
which restricts the right to present
claims to persons who had borne true al
legiance to the United States during the
late rebellion.
Mr.. Frye declined 10 admit it, and the
bill passed.
RILLs INTRODUCED.
By House OF Tennessee-To restore
to the pension rolls the names ofthe pen
sioners who we're struck off for dis
loyalty.
BY Fuller-For the establishment Of
southern Judiciary district in Indiana.
By Cannon, of Illinois-Providing u
penalty for mailing obscene matter and
prohibiting such literature from passing
through the mails.
By Hartzell-For the payment Of =
portion Of the import duties in legal
tender notes.
By Glover-Exteuding the jurisdiction |
Of United States Circuit Courts in suits
against corporations.
By BIand-To exclude the State OF Mis-.
souri, from the provisions Of the act Of
May 10, 1872, to promote the develop
ment Of mining resources; also giving |
to the State Of Missouri all the lands |
therein selected rs swamps and over
flowed lands.
By Franklin-For Branch Mint at
Kansas City.
By Phillips-For public building at
Jefferson City.
BY Wilshire-To establish the Judi.
cial District Of Oklahoma.
H. nIs... ,od,,n, tI,a s.,l
bearing public debt, provide u uniform
currency, limit the amount thereof, and
make it equal in value to specie; also
to invite joint convention OF all civil
lied nations for the purpose OF establish
ing uniform system OF weights, meas
ures and coinage throughout the civilized
world.
By Williams-For the improvement OF
the Kenosha and Racine harbors.
By Burchard (of Wisconsin)-For the
Improvement OF the harbors Of Manito-
voc, Two Rivers and Sheboygan.
By Luttrell-To prevent the natural
ization Of Chinese and Mongolians.
The House then at 8 o'clock went into
Committee Of the Whole on the state OF
the Union Wood in the chair) on the
CENTENNIAL APPROPRIATION BILL,
and was addressed by Hopkins, chairman
Of the Select Committee, who argued that
the National honor was involved in the
success Of the exhibition, and that there
could be no extremity Of financial dis.
treSs that ought to cause an American
Congress to falter in voting for an appro-
priStion to preserve the good name Of
the Government as n national unity,
which was valuelesS without national
honor.
Referring to the national advantages of
the celebration, he said that one Of those
advantages would be to show that South.
ern men were neither Dukes Of Alya nor
Spanish Inquisitors, but were men and
brethren. The spirit Of '76 would breathe
its influence on the people, and under
that influence all animosities and all
angry memories would fade away. The
passage Of the pending bill by the aid Of
those the sincerity Of whose professions
had been unjustly questioned would con-
duee to that contamination so devoutly
to be wished.
Atr WaddsII said that n Il were snn-