Wilmington journal., 1876-02-11


g bankruptcy has been made shall /
proceeded with and be governed b
the provisions OF the exi ting law
which are continued in force only fe
: the purpose of closing up suits an
;. proceedings now pending. The act
: to take effect from and after the LIST {
i, January, 1877. After some discussio
of technical points the bill was passe
yeas 178, nays So. After tue passag
. of the bill it was discovered that ther
was an error in the recital of the date c
the original law, being given as the 2
! instead oil the 21st of March Thi
mistake IIyndc asked unanimous con
| sent to have corrected, but Kasson O
Iowa objected, reInarkiEg that the bill
| placed the who.e creditor class of til
country in the power of the debto
ciasD. The bill therefore goes to tn
Senate with that imperfection in il
The diplomatic appropriation bill
was resumed but without action
aud after ealogies on the death O
Ferry, the House adjourned.
| SENATE-The Finance Committee
reported adversely on the bill to Sc
cure depositors in the Freedman's
Bank.
The bill for the benefit of the Louis
vile Orphan Home was passed.
The Committee on the District o
| Columbia was instructed to consider
the bill whereby the people, through
the elective franchise, may regulate
and control their domestic affairs.
The centennial bill was taken up fol
| consideration.
Morton said as soon as the canten.
| NAL question was concluded he would
call up the Pinchback case and ask the
| Senate to remain in session until q
, vote was reached.
| The proceedings were interrupted
by the announcement of Ferry's death,
aud after eulogies on the same the
Senate adjourned.
The Deputy Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue, the cashier of the
Treasury and the pri vate secretarr to
| the Assistant Secretary, Brunham, and
others connected with the Treasury
Department, will testify for the gov
eminent in the Babcock case.
| Rear Admiral Stingham is dead,
aged IS.
The Senate Committee gave long
| consid el alton to the resumption bin of
Morrill, of Vermont, but without ac-
| tion.
The centennial bill comes up to-
| morrow as unfinished business.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9-SENArE-Ed- =
muuds of Vermont introduced reso-
luton instructing the Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds to in =
Quire into the expediency of making
provision for the con pletion uf the
Washington monument in the city of
Washington. Agreed to.
More Texas Pacific railroad petit
tions were presented.
The bill appropriatiug S25, 900 to
continue the improvements OH the
capitol grounds was passed.
Sherman, from the committee on
finance, reported q substitute for the
resolution submitted by Davis of
West Virginia early III the session in
regard to the accounts of defaulting
public officers. &c. The substitute
directs the Secretary of the Treasury
TO furnish the Senate as soon as prac
ticable with statement of all balances
due the United States from public
officers and others formerly, but not
now, in the public service, distin 2uish-
ing those which have been settled,
setting forth as near as practicable the
period over which such accounts ex-
U0uuGu,
together with the character of the
stocks held by the United States, the
amount of such stocks, and if default
has been made in the payment of in
terest thereon Adopted.
Merrimon submitted a resolution
requesting the Secretary of War to
furnish the South with the report and
accompanying maps, diagrams and
10 Of Hn
act of March Sd, 1875; directing a
to connect it with the Cape Fear river,
harbor of Norfolk, Va, with those of
the Cape Fear river at or near Will
mington, N. G.. Adopted.
The bill refunding to theSt. Albans'
National Bank $2S, 600 without interest
(taken by raiders from Canada) was
passed
Boutwell, introduced a bill repeating
the pre-empt.on law and providing for
the sale OF timber upon the public
lands. He offered it as a substitute
for the bill repeating the restrictions
to sales of public lands in Alabama
and other Southern States. Ordered
to be printed.
Carpenter reported favo1a ably on the
bill for the relief of Nj. W. Brock, of
Tennessee.
The centennial bill was discussed to
the executive session, at which there
was 10 combinations, and the Senate
adjourned.
The Senate had an hours executive
session. discussing the Billings noml-
nation, but no vote was taken.
HoUsE-Parsons, from the Commit
tee on Private Land Claims. reported
the bill selling the public lands at
Vincennes 70 certain railroad compa-
nies Rejected.
The diplomatic appropriation bill
was resumed and discussed to adjourn
ment without action.
Before the House Judiciary Com
mittee John D. Defrees testified that
he had been secretary of the Trans
Continental Railway Company during
it's existence. He received i 900 per
year as salary, aud knew of no money
being in nproperly expended. Col
Bowman of Kentucky, who had been
connected wi b the road, knew of no
improper means to infuedce legis-
lation.
The House Committee on Post
Offices and Po Roads to day con-
tinued the examination of Mrs. Hail.
brook, formerly of special agent of the
Department, who gave testimony show
ing coilusions Of contractors with
clerks tor the purpose of procuring
fraudulent contracts, alluding to the
we'll known case of Kettle & Kinds In
that connection.
The Appropriation Committee still
recommends the abolition of the office
of supervisor of internal revenue.
The Committee on the Texas Pacific
Railroad heard Mills of Texas, Wig
ginglon of Calf ornia, Morey of Louis
lana aud Crounse of Nebraska on the
conflicting interest connected with the
Texas Pacific Railroad. The sub-com-
mittee did not report the bill upon
which they voted at the last meeting.
The Committee meets again this after
noon.
The Judiciary Committee is eontin-
uing the examination of the Ell Paso
charter. Bowman of Kentucky, and