The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-03


of the House. He ia 10 be replied TO by
Mr.. Garfield, who obtained the floor fol
that purpose.
Mr. Goode called attention to the fact
that he had been reported as having ap
piled for and obtained an indefinite leave
OF absence, and denied that 1t was fact
On motion Of Mr., Goodin, the Senate
amendments TO the bill providing for the
sale Of Usage ceded lands in Kansas 'tc
actual settlers were non.concarred in and
a Committee Of Conference ordered.
Adjourned. -ar
SENATE. mut
PEHsIoNID.
A substitute for the House bill gran t
ing a pension 10 E. NJ. Hansell, a messen.
ger in tho State Department, injured
while defending the late Secretary Sew.
ard from the assassin Payne. Passed
The substitute awards $1,000.
A QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE, ~
Mr.. Cameron (of Wisconsin), from The
Committee on Privileges and Elections
reported back tho claim OF William K
Sebastian, q United States Senator from
Arkansas, who was expelled in 1850 for
alleged disloyalty, with Q resolution re.
scinding the resolution expelling him
from the Senate, and authorizing the
payment OF his salary from the date o.
his expulsion 10 the time OF his death 70
his heirs. Placed on the calendar. He
gave notice that he would call up The
resolution at some future day for consid'
Grafton. 4.ar'. ..1 OF
REPRINT OF ACTS OF CONTINENTAL CON
GREss. I'hf H
Mr.. Howe, from the Committee on Ii
brary, reported bill to provide for the
reprinting Of the acts and resolutions Of
the Continental Congress and the Con
gress OF the Confederation. Placed OF
the calendar. i. ',4. -n. d.
THE HAMBURG MESSAGE.
Mr.. Morton submitted resolution Il
print 10000 copies Of the message Of the
President in regard to the late massacre
at Hamburg, sc. Referred to the Com
mittee an Printing. f
RIVER AND nARDoR BILL,
The Senate then went into executive ses
sion and when the doors were re-opened
consideration OF the, River and Harboi
appropriation bill was resumed.
The Committee on appropriations hay
ing reported an amendment appropriate
ing $4,000 for the repair Of the cas-
pier at Cleveland, Ohio, Mr.. Sher.
man moved to further amend, so al
to authorize the Secretary Of Wal
to agree with the Pittsburgh & Cleveland
Railroad company for such use and oc.
cupancy by 1t OF the said pier, upon such
terms and conditions as he may deem
just. ..r. .
Mr.. Sargent moved a further amend
ment 40 as to provide that in case the sale
railroad shall neglect or refuse to maxi
an agreement satisfactory to the Secretary
OF War, upon certificate OF that fact t
the Attorney General it shall be the dut!
OF the latter officer to enforce the right
Of the United States in the premises b!
appropriate action.
The amendment Of Mr.. Sargent was &C
cepted by Mr.. Sherman, and the question
being on agreeing to. the amendment o
Mr.. Sherman as amended by Mr.. Sargen
lengthy discussion followed as to til,
power OF the general governmental maxi
Improvements in a States contract O.
wharves, &c., after which the amendmen
was agreed to and also the amendment o
the committee as amended by MIR
Sherman. Other amendments OF thu
committee were agreed 10 withou
discussion. Among them the fol
lowing, striking out Of the bill as it wa
agreed upon in the Senate Committee o'
the Whole: Appropriations Of $40, ,00l
for the Heawassee river, Tenn; ,00(
for Powell river, Va; $4,000 fol
Elk river, ". Va; S2S,000 for Rocl
Castle river, KY; $4,000 for Frencl
Broad river, Tenn; $4,000 for Missouri
river, ut a point where it is cutting intt
the Kansas shore above St. Joe, Mo.
S25,0O0 for the upper Monongahels
river, W. Va; S25,000 for Big Sandy
river, KY; $4,000 for the improvement o
the channel Of Mississippi rive
opposite St. Louis; $4,000 for th,
harbor at Monroe, Mich; $4,000
for tho harbor at McCargoei
Cape, Michigan; $4,000, harbor at Ash
tabula, Ohio; $4,000; Fairport harbor
S25,000, 0ssage river; and $4,000
for examinations and surveys Of river
and harbors and for incidental repairs o
harbors for which there is no ofiicia
appropriation.
Amendments reported by the committe,
to increase appropriations were agreet
to as follows: For improvement Of thl
Fox and Wisconsin rivers, from SIS, ,00'
to $4,000; for harbor at Erie, $40,0 1000 Il
$4,000.
New amendments were reported by tn
committee and agreed to, as follows
81, 800 for the removal Of the Beaver AM
Nailor Bend rocks from the Littl
Kanawha river; $4,000 ior improve
ment OF Rush Chute and the harbor o
Burlington, Iowa; $4,000 for the harbo
at Fort Madison, Iowa; So, 900 for repair
OF piers at the mouth Of Black river; an
$4,000 for the removal of the bar in th
Mississippi river opposite Dubuque
Iowa.
Amendments reducing appropriation
were agreed to as follows:' For the i'm
proyement Of Des Moines Rapids, Mis-
sissippi river, from $4,000 to $50, ,0QC
improvement Of the Cumberland rivei
$4,000 to $4,000; Great Kanawha $500
900 to S275 600; removing raft in Re-
river, $4,000 to $4,000; harbor at Mani
towac, Wisconsin, 1000 to 81 900; har
Dor at sheboygan, Wisconsin, $1,000 I
50, 900; improvement OF Yazoo river, S22
900 to SID, 900; harbor Michigan City, $50
900 to $4,000; improvement ofSt. Mary
river and St. Marys Falls canal, Mich
S2OO,0OO to 100000; harbor at Thunde
Bay, Michigan, Sl5, 900 to $4,5O0; for i'm
provement Of Harbor Of Refuge, LAX
Michigan, 100000 to 5000, includin
the removal Of the wreck Of the City Q
Buffalo; for improvement Of Chippew
river, Wisconsin, $4,000 to Sl0,000i 10
harbor at Calumet, illinois, from 800
to $50, 900; for improvement OF Ohio riv
er, S27O,000 to 100000; for improvement
Of MisSissippi, Missouri and Arkansa
rivers, $l25, 900 to 10O,000-S4000 Of tn
amount to be expended on the Missouri
river and $40, 900 for removing the bar a
Fort Smith, Arkansas; for improvement
Of Tennessee river, $500, 900 to S97o.O0O.
The other amendments Of the commit