The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-03-10
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

| Items are inserted of sixty-eight hundre
| dollars for additional pay of professors fC
length of service; ten thousand dellars fo
| pay of assistant professors, instructors an
assistant instructors; for adjutants, in add
| ton to their pay as first or second lieutenant
fifteen hundred dollars; and for clerk to ad
jutant, fifteen hundred dollars. Senator A
corn introduced a bill to amend the fft
| section of an act making appropriation +
supply deficiencies in the appropriation fa
service of the government for the fiscal yea
ending June 80, 1872, and for former years
and for other purposes, approved May Is
1872, and to extend time for the presentation
of claims for cotton seized after the thirtietl
day of June. Referred. Adjourned.
In the senate, on the 23d, Mr.. Loga1
presented petition of disabled soldiers ask
ing that provisions of the act of June is
1874, be extended so as to include all VIII,
lost an arm below the elbow, or a leg below
the knee, and that they be allowed pension
of twenty-four dollars per month. Referred
Mr.. Morton presented a petition signed by
over 1900 women of Indiana and nearly
IA 900 voters of that state on the subject O.
temperance, asking congress to appoint
commission to investigate and report as tC
the effect of the alcoholic liquor traffic, and
secondly to prohibit the importation of alco
ferred. Mr.. Morton also presented petition
of Robert Small, of Charleston, asking com
pensation for the capture of the steamer
Planter at Charleston in May, 1862. Re.
ferred. Mr.. Morton also presented the peti-
ton of 1900 citizens of Indiana and Ken
lucky in favor of aid to the Texas and Pacific
railroad. Bills were introduced and referred
as follows; Toregulate elections and elective
franchise in the territory of Utah. to repeal
so much of the act of December II, 1872, as
provides for a pivot draw in any bridge
across the Ohio river between Covington
and Cincinnati. Mr.. Wright, from the com
mittee on claims, reported adversely on the
petition of Mississippi asking that the time
pe extended for the presentation of claims
before the southern claims commission. Mr..
Conover introduced bill to authorize the
secretary of the navy to dispose of unservice-
able material, and for other purposes The
main feature of Senator Christiancy'S bill
regarding elections in Utah, is a restriction
of the elective franchise of male citizens of
have not violated the law of the United
States Of July /, 1862, by commencing the
practice of polygany subsequent to that
date. The senate then resumed the consid-
Grafton of unfinished business, being the bill
comforting exclusive jurisdiction over Indian
reservations upon United States courts, and
for the punishment OF crimes committed by
rneht being that providing that the second
section shall not be construed to prevent the
cutting of timber or grass, or the use of stone,
on any Indian reservation, as may be neces-
sary for the army or the use of several agen-
cies located on such reservation, and it was
agreed to. A long discussion ensued, in
volving questions of Indian civilization,
opening up the Black Hills to miners, the
treaty obligation, etc. Pending the discus
sion, Mr.. Edwards, from the judiciary COM
mittee, reported favorably on a bill to change
the time for holding the terms of the district
court for the district of West Virginia.
Passed, and the senate adjetrneds
In the senate, on the oath, house bill
to reorganize the judiciary of the United
States was read by its title and referred to
the committee on Judiciary. The following
bills were introduced and referred; Te
grant certain rights to the Central Texas and
Ell PasO railroad company, and to provide
for a continuous through line of railroad be-
tween the cities of the lower Mississippi
river and Gulf of Mexico and Pacific ocean I;
to provide for means of cheap transportation
upon interior waters, and to restore ocean
carrying trade of the United States, and for
other purposes. Mr.. WithSrs pBllea Up scr.
ate bin 10 amend the act Of Febfiiafy IA,
1871, granting pensions to certain soldiers
and sailors Of the war of 1919, and to wild
oWs of deceased soldiers, and to restore to
the pension rolls those persons whose names
were stricken therefroTn in conseduence of
disloyaltv. Pehdlhg disctissidh the n1oriiiiig
hour expired, and the bill was laid over
The senate then resumed the consider alton
of the unfinished business, being a motion
OF Mr.. Wadleigh to reconsider the vote by
which the report of the committee of con-
ference on Joint resolution to pay interest on
800 District of Columbia bonds was passed.
Pending the question to lay the motion to
reconsider on the table, it was agreed to
33 to 28. Mr.. Sargent submitted an amend
ment to a bill under consideration during
the morning hour in regard tc the rtst6ra-
tidt 81 Certain persons to the pension rolls,
so as to provide that no person shall be re-
stored to the pension rolls under this act lln-
less the commissioner of pensions be salts
fed as to the identity of such persons. Or
dered TO be printed. The senate took up
the bill eonFerring exclusive jurisdiction
over Indian reservations upon the United
States courts, and for the punishment of
crimes committed by and against Indians.
Mr.. Window moved that the bill be referred
to the committee on Indian affairs. After
further discussion, the motion of Mr.. Win
dom to refer the bill was agreed to Al to 13.
A message from the house of representa-
tives was received, announcing the action of
that body in respect to the memory of the
late w. III. Starkweather. Mr.. English Sub
mitted resolution that the business of the
senate be suspended, that the friends of the
deceased might pay fitting tribute to his
public and private virtues. Agreed to- and
the senate adioutned;
tn the senate, on the 25th, after some
debate, that body passed, without amend
ment, the bills reported by the finance COM
mittee on Wednesday, to amend acts of July
Ia, 1870, and January 20, 1871, to authorize
refunding of the national debt. The bill, as
passed, amends the acts named so as to pro-
vide that the amount of bonds bearing four
and one-haf per cent. interest, authorized
to be issued, be increased to $500, 900, 900, ana
that they be payable at the pleasure of the
United States after thirty years from the
date of their issue instead of after fifteen
wears. 1t also provides that the act shall not
be construed to authorize any increase of the
total amount of bonds provided for by the
acts named, nor to authorize any increase
whatever of the bonded debt of the United
States. Mr.. Morrill,, of Vermont, from the
committee of revolutionary war claims, re-
ported adversely on the bill to provide for
the settlement of claims of officers of the
revolutionary army, and the widows and
children of those who died in the service,
and it was indefinitely postponed. Mr.. Ere.
hnghuysen, from the committee on agricul-
tufe, reported favOrably on the house Tesolu.
commissioner of agriculture for the year
1873. Passed. Mr.. Allison called up house
bill making appropriations for the support oi
the military academy for the fiscal year end
ing June Is, 1877. First amendment re
ported by the committee on appropriations
was for additional pay of professors fol
length of service Sc, 500. Pending discussion
the senate went into executive session, and
soon after adjourned until Monday.
HOuKR
In the house, on the 21st, Mr.. Whit
thorne introduced resolution to authorize
the mixed commission to inquire and report
as to the future naval policy of the United
States. The house then proceeded to vote or
the bill to organize the Judiciary, and it was
passed-143 to 132. Mr.. Ellis offered reso
luton for the appointment of a subcommittee
to visit and take testimony in regard to The
Mississippi river and the region subject tC
overflow, in order to obtain such data anC
practical information as to make the neces
sary amount of appropriation; provided, tha
the visit be not made at public expense
Adopted. Adjourned till Wednesday.
In the house, on the 23d, Speaker Kerr
appeared. much improved in health. and
took the chair. Mr.. Jones, of Kentucky, IN
troduced a bill for the repeal of so much o.
the act Of 18th December, 1872, as provide;
for pivot draw in any bridge to be erected
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