Connecticut western news., 1876-08-18
FORTY.FOURTH CONGRESS-.
The Business of GenervJ Interent T,r.u.. acted.
 


 MT. Allison (Rep.) os Iowa, called up the conference report on the Military Academy Appropriation bill, and, in explanatiou there. of, said that the bill as agreed upon in con ference appropriated S64, O75 legs than the bill or last year. As the bill came to the Senate rom the House of Representatives it appro- prlated $259, 231, to which amount the Senate aoded $49,6lO. The conference committee had reduced the bill to the extent of SIS, ,776. The report was agreed to-
 The House bill providing for the sale of tue Usage ceded lands in Kansas was taken up. MT. Edmunds (Rep.), of Vermont, moved an amenoment providing that the act shall not Iake erect until the tribes of Indians affected by it shall file their assent thereto with the secretary of the interior. Agreed to. The bill was read third time and passed.
 The River and Haroor Appropriation bill was Gsken up, ana varlous amendments proposed by the committee on appropriations were agreed to, among them the following Striking out the House bill appropriations of SIS OOO for the harbor of Dunkirk, N Y . $6, OOO for the harbor at Olcott. $5 ,OOO for the harDor at Pultneyville, and 5000 for the har- DOT at Great Sodus Bay, N. Y.; $1O,OOO for the harbor of Pentwater, Mich. and $1O 900 for the harbor at White River, Mich. in. creaslng the amount for the harbor of Buffalo from $75, 900 to 1000, and the amount for removing Distractions at He'll Gate, New York harbor from $200, 900 to $29O. .OOO reduoinp Q the amount for the harbor of Toledo. Ohio from $75,O 900 to $60, 1000: for the harbor at Sandusky City from $50, 900 to 1925, 900. and for the breakwater st Cleveland from $75. .OOO to $50000. ~''O0O
 MT. Jones (Rep.), of Nevada, from the con- mlttee on post-offices and post roads, reported back the joint resolution submitted by Mir. West, allowing the Pacific Mail Steamship Go. to carry the mails in their new iron steam shlps, With several amendments, which were agreed to, and the joint resolution passed.
 River A l,;lJ- read third time and passed-yeas, 34; nays, II. Those who voted in the negative were Messrs Cockrell, Conkling, Eaton, Edmunds, aamlln, Hitchcock, Jones (Fla), Logan, Nc Creery, Morrill, and Wadleigh.
 On motion of MT. Ingalls Rep,), of Kansas. the Senate insisted on it's amendment to the bill to provide for the sale of the Osage ceded lands In haneas to actual settlers. and agreed to the committee of conference asked for bv the House Of Representatives. The Chair ap- pointed as such committee, on the part of the Senate, Messrs. Inealls, Edmunds and Kernan
 On motion of Mir. Allison the Senate insisted upon US amendments to the River and Harbor Appropriation bill and agreed to the confer. ence asked for by the House of Representa- tives. The Chair appointed as members of the committee on the part of the Senate, Messrs Alison, Sargent and Ransom.
 Inc Dill to amend section f. 969 of the re- vlsed statutes so as to allow pension of S37 per month to soldiers who have lost both an month allowed, was passed
 On motion of MT. Sherman Rep) ), of Ohio the Senate agreed to the amendments of the House to the Senate bill in regard to extend- ing the time for the redemption of lands sold py the United States for direct taxes, and the bill was passed.
 The bill of the House of Representatives to repeal the resumption-day clause in the Re- sumption act of 1875, and the House joint resolution providing for the appointment of a commlssion to inquire into the change which mas taken place ill the relative value of eold and silver, the causes thereof, the effect on trade, etc.. were read snd referred to the com mittee ordinance.
 Mir. Frelinghuysen Rep.), of New Jersey, moved that the joint resolution of the House or representatives proposing & sixteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, prohibiting the appropriation of any school fund for the support of sectarian schools, etc., be referred to the committee on the Judiciary. The House amendment and all the substitutes were then referred to the com mlttee on the judiciary.
 Mr. Singleton (Dem. ), of Mississippi, from the conference committee on the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill, reported that the committee had failed to agree. After dis cussion the report WAS adopted, and & new committee appointed.
 Mr. Hereford. Oem.). of West Virginia, moved that the House non concur in the Sen- ate amendments to the River and Harbor Ap- propriation bill, and asked 6 committee of con ference. The motion was agreed to and con- ference committee appointed, consisting of Messrs. Hereford, Reagan and DunneIL
 On motion of MT. Cox chairman of the cur rency committee, the House, by q vote of 1O6 to eighty-three, passed bill repeating the re- sumption act of 1875, which proposed the re- sumption of specie payment in 1879 There was considerable discussion on the bill The bill passed by an almost party vote, 8 few Democrats voting against it and few Repub- licans in favor of it.