The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-03-16

| troops serving IN the Union army, ana ais
the evidence ms to supplies furnished tn
troops, which are yet unpaid To COmpeI
safe Clark Mills for n plaster model Oi Gcu
| cral lhwlns Mr. Sargent presented n u,
tition from the national wOmen's suffrage ~
sociatOn, asking that the women Of Utah b
protected in exercising the right of the elc,
tive franchise. Referred. The senate tool
up the house bill to amend act of March |
1873, to enable the people of Colorado to iorI
u constitution and state government, aud 10
the admission Of SAID state into the Union o
equal footing with original states. The bill
was read a third time and passed, he sen
ate then resumed the consideration Of M
| finished business, being bill making appro
| priatOns for the support Of the militar
academy for the fiscal year ending June g
1877. The following amendments were agree,
| TO: For additional pay of professors to
length Of service of SGsOO; for the pay Of on
| instructor Of practical military engineering
| in addition to pay aS first lieutenant, Of SNOl
| apprOpriating 5000 extra pay for one in
| Structor Of ordnance; $1,000 for pay Of cgh
| assistant professors, in addition to their pa!
| Ms first licutcnantS; $500 for extra pay o
three instructors Of cavalry, artillery and in
| tantry; 5000 for extra pay Of four asSiStan
instructors of tactics, and $500 for extra pay
Of adiutant, a long and somewhat amusing
debate enSucd in reference to West Poin
and marine bands, pending which discussion
the senate went into executive session anC
soon after adjourned.
In the senate, on the 29th, Mr. Bayard
from the committee on finance, reported
favorably on senate bill extending the tim,
for the redemption of lands held by th,
United States under the several acts lcvyin,
direct taxes. Passed The bill extends tn,
time for redemption of such property unit
the lst Of February, 1877. The senate re
sumed consideration of the hill making APP
preparations for support OF the military
academy for the fiscal year ending June 30
1871 and the following amendments wcr,
agreed to: For pay Of military academy
band, 1850; to increase the appropriations
for repairs, improvements, ETC., from Sl2,OW
to Sld 300 apprOpriating 81 800 for clerk tC
al utant and the same sum to clerk tn treas
urcr; increasing appropriation for the de
partmcnt of natural and experimental phi,
lOsOphy from $500 to - 600 providing that
the professor OF law may be commissioned in
the same manner As other professors, and
increasing the pay of librarians assistant
from II 200 to 81 800 to increase the appro.
priatiOn for contingencies for superintendent
of the academy from - 600 to -, 800 Amend,
mcnts made in the committee Of the whAlc
were concurrcd in, aud the bill was read the
third time and passed. Adjourned.
In the senate, March LIST, Senator Ere
linghuyscn, from the committee ON agricul
ture, reported adversely to the senate hill to
provide for an investigation aS to the hahits
of the Rocky mountain locust or sO.Callcd
grasshoppcr. lie also reported, from tho
same committee favoraby on the senate bill
for the protection of agriculture against in
furious insects, with amendments, which wa,
ordered to be printed and placed on the cal
cndar. A bill was introduced and referred
apprOpriatimg three million two hundred
thousand dollars for the purpose Of repair
ing and in part rebuilding the lcvecS of the
Mississippi river, providing for the cNpendi-
ture and for other purposes. Referred Sen
atOr Cooper, from the committee ON public
buildings and grounds, reported iavOrably
upon the house bill authorizing the purchase
Of additional ground for the Custom.houSc at
Nashville Passed. The senate then pro-
cccded to consider the resolution for the
admission of Pinchback as senator from
Louisiana. Senator Alcorn urged that the
credentials Of Pinchback were in due form
of law, and upon them he should he seated.
lie spoke at length in favor Of Mr., Pinch
back. Senator Norwood said that the Scna-
tor from Mississippi had, as a member Of the
committee on privileges and elections, re
ported that the election in Louisiana was an
organized fraud, and he Norwood did not
see how an organized fraud could elect u
United States senator. Other remarks were
d.,
well entered motion to reconsider the vote
by which the bill appropratlng scvcnty.liyc
thousand dollars for the ST. Louis custom.
house and postoilice was passed. The senate
then went into executive session. aud soon
adjourned
In the senate, oh the ID, Mr.. Davis
presented the petition Of citizens cf West
Virginia, in favor OF aid to the Texas Pacific
railroad, providing that the iron used in the
construction Of such road he of American
manufacture. At the expiration of the morn.
ing hour, the consideration Of the resolution
for the admission Of Pinchback was resumed.
BY request of Mr.. EdmundS, who was en-
titled to the floor the matter was laid over.
Mr.. COnkling, from the committee on com
merce, reported adversely rn the senate bill
to make Chattanooga, Tenn, u port of de
livery Indefinitely postponed. The Joint
resolution in regard TO the centennial cce-
bration was agreed to. The following bills
were passed: To reduce the number and in.
crease the efficiency OF the medical corps of
the army; to extend the time for filing claims
for additional bounty under the act Of May
2S, 1866 Adjourned.
In the senate, on the Sd, the chair
presented the credentials of James Il. Beck,
United States senator from Kentucky, for u
period of six years from March 1, 1877. Read
and laid on the table, Bills were introduced
and referred rs follows: Fixing the rate Of
postage on third-claSS mail matter and for
other purposes; to restore the iranking priv
ilege. The latter bill provides simply for the
repeal Of the act Of January, 81, 1873, which
abolished it, and for its immediate renewal
in the form in which it existed at the time of
the passage Of said act. Mr.. Morton pre-
sented petition from the cOlOrcd men Of
Texas, representing that the present state
government Of Texas denied them ample
school facilities and asking for such Iegisla.
tion rs will compel the state 10 maintain q
system Of free schools. Referred. Mr.. Nor.
ton submitted resolution appropriating
Sl5 600 out Of the contingent fund OF the
senate TO defray the expenses Of inveStiga-
tion into the facts attending the election OF
Hon. G.. F.. Spencer as U. $. senator from
Alabama, now being made by the committee
ON privileges and elections. Agreed to. At
one o'clock committee oi the house of rep
resentatives appeared at the bar Of the sen.
ate and announced the action ot the house in
regard to the impeachment ot Senator Bel
knap. Mr.. Edmunds called mp the resoln.