Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-06-22
CONGRESS,
Norton for the PrOtec ion OF Private
TeIegraphlc Dispatches - Sher-
man and the House Silver
Biz.
The Indians and the Indian Bureau
The Late TIee.President VIII
sons Salary - The Public
Printing
SENATE.

| tue IreslGent IN regard to the case Oi
Winslow, which was read IN the he's,
yesterday. Ordered printed ahd re
ferred.
| Senator Merton submitted a resolution
lnstructicg the committee on privileges
ana elections to inquire wbst laws, 4
seyI protect the inYlolsbllity Of privstt
dispatches sent by magnetic telegraph,
and what legislation is necessary to pre-.
vent the seizure of such dispatches BY
unautbOriEsd or irresponsible persons,
and report by bill or otherwise. Agreed
| 70.
Senator Sherman called up the house
Joint solution authorizing the secretary
OF fde treasury to Issue ten million dol.
I lars In si.rer coin, In exchange for legal.
tences notes. He submitted an amend
ment, providing thst the trade dcllSl
shall not hereafter bo alegsl-tender, and
authorizing the secretary Of the tress sury
! TO limit the coinage thereof to such an
| amount IS he may deem suffi cient for
the export demand Of the same. Agreed
| to.
Senator Allison, from the committee
on Indian affairs, reported back the
house bill to transfer the office OF COM
missioner OF Indian affairs from the in
terror to the war department, aud recon-
mended that it be postponed until the
first Thursday after the fist Monday in
December next.
Senator Ingalls, asked that it be laid
on the table for the present. So ordered.
Senator Sherman called up the joint
resolution TO suthoriZs the President to
appoint com missioners to sttesd the In
ternational conference upon the subject
of the relative value of gold and silver.
Passed.
SENATOR Mitchell gave notice that on
Monday next, after the morning hour,
he would call up the resolution to pay to
p. B. 6. Pincnbsck the compensation
and mileage Of senator, from March 8,
1873, to the termination Of his contest
by the senate.
The joint resolution was then passed
and the senate went into executive ses-
sion to consider the nomination Of Nor
rill for secretary OF the treasury, and the
nomination was imm sdisttly confirmed
without formality OF reference.
Oa Teopening the doors, the senate re
sumed the consideration of unfinlsh ed
brslness-the Indian bill, the psnding
question being on the amendment pro-
posed by the committee on apDropria-
lions to strike out the third section Of
the house bill proposing to abolish the
Indian bureau, and transfer the govern
ment OF the Indians to the war depart.
ment.
Senators Allison, Morton and Frelipg-
huysen opposed the transfer, and Sens-
tors Merrimon and ingalls, favored it.
The latter said that toe senate had
agreed not to attach to the appropriation
bills any amendment Involving general
legislation. The committee on Indian
affairs this morning reported the house
bill to transfer the Indian bureau to the
war department. He therefore moved
that the present bill bs laid aside in
formally, and the bill reported this morn
iIR be taken up, and the discussion con-
tinued on thatbill.
Senator Edmunds said it was plain
thst this provision in the bill to transfer
the bureau was not harmonious, and
considering the present state OF the ses
sion, and the fact that unless the appro.
priation bills should be passed within
nine days the service would be- crippled,
I he thought it best to pass the sppr0pri-
alton bill and leave out the clause in re-
gard to the transfer Ofthe Indian bureau.
On motion Of Senator DeUnis, the
house bill to amend certain sections of
titles forty-eight aud fiftv-twO OF the
revised statutes of the United States,
concerning commerce and navigation,
and the registration Of steam vessels,
known as the steamboat bill, was re-
committed to the committee On COM
merce.
The senate then proceeded to vote on
the motion OF Senator Ingalls, to lay
aside the Indian appropriation bill and
take up the houss bill reported by the
committee on Iudian sfairs this morn
ing to transfer the Indian bureau to the
war department, and it was agreed to.
Yeas 20, nays IL.
The senate then took recess Until
half-past seven.
EVENING SESSION.
Upon reassembling Senator Edmunds
moved that the senate proceed to the
consideration OF the senate bill to smend
the second, fourth and Fl lth sections of
the act Of AIay 81, 1870 to enforce the
right OF citizens Of the United States to
vote 10 the several States, e.c.
Senator Window moved TO reconsider
the vote by which the Indian apprOpri-
alton bill was laid aside this afternoon.
Agreed to-Yeas, %; nays Is
And the Indian appropriation bill
was again taken dpi the penulhg qutS'
ton being on the amendment Of the
committee on appropriations, to strike
out the third section of the house bill to
abolish The Indian bureau aud transfer
the government Of the Indians to the
war department..
A substitute and amendment were Of
fered and rejected. The question being
on the amendment Of the committee TO
st-ike out the third section, proposing to
transfer it, was stricken Out-yess "a,
nays %. The bill was then read third
time and passed.
The naval appropriation bill was then
taken up, SOFAS 10 come up IS unfinished
business tomorrow, and the ssnste a3-
jOurned. - ~