Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-06-09


in could not do otherwise than sustain i
at and so the bill was freed from th
mischievous amendment moved
he Julien and at once passed without Oh
t. lection. At that time I had never see
Ii Mr.. Caldwell. but you can tell bin
n that without knowing it / did him
1t great favor. Sincerely yours,
m 81. g. BLAINE.
W t'To w. Fisher, Jr"
10 [NOte.-These letters were inaccess
N sible until 2 o'clock this morning
WASHINGTON, June 6-Night-
= HoUsE-The proposition to change thu
:, rule was adopted by a vote of yea
L lis. nays 81, so the banking aud cur
rencY committee can report tho bill
at any time.
The Indian appropriation bill wa:
!, resumed and the chair overruled the
: point of order that the section trans
= ferring the Indian bureau was ger
; ; main to the bill. The committee rose,
reported the bill to the House, when
: it was passed and the House adjourned
SENATE--rhe citizens of Nevada
petition for legislation preventing the
emigration of Chinese.
/ Boutwell, submitted the following:
"ResolUed, That the President be re-
sistent with the public interests, to
furnish the Senate fac simile of the
original draft of the letter of the Sec
rotary of War to the minister of the
United States at the Court of st.
James in May, 1861, in relation to the
proclamation of her Majesty, the
Queen Of Great Britain, recognizing
the belligerent character of the Con
federate States" Agreed to.
The committee on public lands re
ported favorably on the House bill
giving consent of the United States to
the appropriation of certain proceeds
arising from the sale of swamp and
overfowed lands in Alabama for the
purpose of furnishing o+her additional
accommodations for insane and idiotic
persons residing in said State. Calen-
dar.
The disabilities of Francis II. Nich- |
OILS of Louisiana were removed.
The Senate bill removing the disa- |
bilities of Sam Jones of Virginia was
passed, also of w. H Jenifer.
The impeachment court was resumed |
and the Senate retired. Afterwards
the following order was announced:
"Ordered, That on the 9th of July,
1876, at ten o'clock y. NJ, the Senate
proceed to hear the evidence on the
merits Of the trial in this case" The
court will meet to receive Belknap's
answer and then adjourn to the 9Th of
July. After short exective session !
the Senate adjourned.
Ex-GOv. Newell has called a meet
ing of the executive committee OF the
Union League of America to meet at
the Grand Central Hotel in Cincinnati
on the evening of the day the conven-
ton closes. Members who cannot
attend are requested to send substi-
tutes.
The sub judiciary committee ad
Journed to tomorrow in consequence
of other engagements of MIR. Hunter.
Ex- Senator Rice and Mr.. Howe of
Arkansas will be examined to-mor>
row.
Com nodore J. BlakeIy Creighton
has been ordered to command of the |
Norfolk navy yard July LIST. Com
modore Il. I'll. Stevens will continue
the discharge of special duties relative
to tho Norfolk harbor.
Sam Ward was before the ways and
means committee and stated. that he
knew nothing of the three hundred
thousand dollars said to have been
sent from California to pass the Ha-
waiian treaty. Ward stated that the
Investigations had hampered the bust
ness of lobbying. :
WAsHINGToN, May NO 1n-In the {
Senate the resolution of Sherman pro-
posing a common unit OF money be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain WAS discussed during the
hour. .
The members of sub committee, Mr..
Blaine and MIR. Knott, are making ex- Z
plantations in the committee room.
They have no bearing on the questions
at ISSUE. .
The House is discussing the bill re-
storing Southern public lands to mar |.
ket.
WASHINGTON. June might t
HoUsE-A bill was introduced repeal
ing that section of the law which con- L
fines the disposal of public lands in I
those States to the provision of the
laws. 1t provides, how c
ever, that the repeal of said section a
shall not injure the right If any home f
stead settler and that the said Jaws I
shall be offered at public sale as soon r
as practicable, The bill passed, yeas
LOG, nays 81.
The bill providing a penalty for &
mailing oh scene books and prohibiting t
letters and circulars passing through
the mails, was passed. o
The bill for the distribution of the .
Geneva award occupied the day and Y
will be resumed tonight. Y
SENATE-The merchants of Charles z
ton and Nashville petition for repeal +
of the bankrupt act.
The District committee reported ad- +
on the bill to corporate the +
National Surgical Institute. d
Gordon presented a petition of
planters and others of Savannah, Ga,
against the passage of the bill to carry :
bhe Hawaiian treaty into effect. Referred a
to committee on foreign relations.
.Morey's resolution to inquire into !
the issue of bonds predicated on con- q
ditional grants of lands to railroad in Q
Indian Territory was referred to the I
co mmittee on railroads.
Stcrman's concurrent resolution
a common unit of money for v
the United States and Great Britain j,
was passed. il
The executive, legislative and judi b
cial appropriation bill was passed and t
goes to the House for concurrence. s
The vote was 33 to 7, Messrs. Barnum, t
Cockrell, Eaton, McOreery, Maxey, a
Stevenson and Whyte voting in the n
negative. S
The Notification appropriation bill a
was passed without amendment and 2
goes to the President. 1t appropriates t
three hundred and fifteen thousand v
dollars. The estimates were three and
a quarter millions.
Sherman's silver bill was under con-
sideration when the House adjourned.
Nomination-Wm. Vert Sykes for 7
consul to Cardiff.
The judiciary committee has COM
menced the examination of L. A. Green.
MIR. Blaine desired that j. B. Stewart
be summoned. Green commenced the L
history of the manner in which L. Is. L
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