Connecticut western news., 1876-07-21
FORTY.FOURTH CONGRESS-.
The Business of General Interest Erana- acted.
 SENATE

MT. Morton (Rep.), of Indiana, called for the regular order, being the resolution to pay P. B. s. Pinckback the pay and mileage of 8 senator from Louisiana from March, 1873, un- til his contest was terminated by the Senate The resolution was read third time and passed-yeas, 27 nays, Il ; strict party vote MT. Edmunds rot voting.
 MT. Sherman (Rep.), of Ohio, submitted, the following concurrent resolutions and said he had no doubt their passage would be 8 mat ter of great pleasure to the whole country:
 Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God to guide the United States of America through one hundred years of natural life, and to crown our nation with the highest blessings of civil and religious liberty, therefore,
 The Senate and House of Representatives ill Congress assembled, iii the name of the peo- pie of the United States, in reverent thankful ness recognize the fountain and the source the dependence upon His providence and
 Whereas, We recognize as our fathers did that George Washington-first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his country men-was one of the chief of divine instru- ments in securing American independence, ,and in laying broad and deep the foundations of our liberties in the Constitution of the United States; therefore, as 8 mark of our sense of the honor due to his name and to his com- patriots and his associates, our Revolutionary fathers, we, the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives in Congress assembled in the name of the people of the United States in this, the beginning of the second century of our na- tional existence do direct and assume the com- pletion of the Washington monument in the city of Washington, and do direct the commit tees of both Houses to institute necessary pro visions of law to carry this resolu tion into effect.
 Passed by 8 unanimous vote.
 The conference report on the Post-ofice Ap- propriation bill was agreed to.
 On motion of Mir. Clarke (Dem.), of Mis- souri, chairman of the committee on post offices and post roads, the Senate amendment of the bill providing penalty for mailing ob- scene matter was concurred in.
 The Geneva Award bill, as reported by Mir. Lord, of New York, from the judiciary com mittee with the amendments ingrafted in it, was passed yeas, 108; naye, 94. On motion of MT. Randall (Dem ), of Penn sylvanis, 8 conference committee was ordered on the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill. On motion of MT. Hopkins (Dem.) ), of Penn sylvania, the Senate joint resolution for the completion of the Washington monument was passed unanimously.
 Mr. McDougall 1Rep.), of New York, from the committee on military affairs, reported back the Senate bill establishing the rauk oi the paymaster-generaL It provides that the | rank of paymaster- general shall be that o1 brigadier-general. Passed.
 MT. Mills (Dem.), of Texas, from the com
 
 | ing the repeal of an laws authorizing the ap continent of civil engineers in the navy, and providing that all persons now holding such office shall be mustered out Of the service | Passed.
 Mir. Lawrence (Rep.), of Ohio, called up as 8 special order the bill to require the Pacific | railroad companies to create 8 sinking fund tc reimburse the United States. After some dis cussion the bill was passed-yeas, 159; nays, g. MT. Banning Qnd. j. of Ohio, offered reso lution calling on the secretary of war for infor nation in regard to the object of the military expedition under Generals Terry, Crook and | Gibbons against the Northwestern Indians, and for copies of all correspondence bearing on the origin of the expedition, and for copies of al military orders issued by the war department | directing the expedition. Adopted. MT. Banning submitted the following state ment The army numbers 26. 979 troops, lo cated as follows At West Point 4,216; in the Territories, 1886; in Texas, 3,718; in othel Southern States, 3,334; in the field operating against the Indians, under Gen. Terry, 1, 123 | and under Gen. Crook only 1,790; making il all 3, ,913. The remaining 1000 are located in Northern cities and forts.
 | A bill was offered authorizing the President to enlist recruits for the army, to serve no more than six months, to aid in suppressing tho hos tility of certain bands of Sioux Indians.