The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-01-28
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In the Senate on the 18th, Mr.. An
sthony, frcrn chez Committee on ksSxal Affairs,
reported favorabiy on a bill to provide for
the completion and location of q naval mon
rnment in Washington. Passed. The fol
lowing bills were introduced ands referreds
To enablezthe people of New Mexico to form
a Constitution and State government, ard
for Che admission of said State into the I'm
ion on an equal footing with the original
Statesss Toqestablish,a a branch mint at Sc.
Lonis.l To authorize the CONSTRUCTION of q
bridge eacross the Mississippi river at Mem
phis. After the expiration of the morning
hour, Mr.. Cooper anpounced the death of
his late colleague, Andrew johnson, andgde-
livered . eulogy- EulogieS were also deliv-
ered~ by Senators hcCreery, Merrimon, Pad
dock, Bogy, Bayard and Key. At the con-
clusion OF the eulOgies, the usual resolutions
of respect requiring Senators to wear the
badge:of mourning thirty days we're adopted,
and the Senate adjourned. S. E1W
Inthe Senate, on the 18th, after the
morning hour, the Senate resumed the dis
cussion. of the resolutions reported by the
Committee on Privileges and Elections, on
Monday, the pending question being the mo-
,ti0n 10 indefinitely postpone the resolution
regarding the election OF president pro tenn.
of the Senate, resulting in the passage of the
folio wing beings the resolluiens reported:
Resolved, That the tenure of a president pro
tc4np0re of the Senate elected at one session
does not expire after the first recess the Vice
PRESIDENT not having survived 10 take the
chair. Resolved, That the death of the Vice
President does not have tie effect to vacate
Che Office of president pro teBtp0fe of the Sem
ate. Resolved, That the ofieesof president
pro teRpoTe of the Senate is held at the plea.
sure Of the Senate. Resolved, That Hon
Thos. W. Ferry, senator from Michigan, who
was elected president pro teaaRore of the Sem
tenlpote virtue Of said election Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th after some
other business, Senator Davis Wet Val
moved that committee be Rppointed to Sn-
vestigate hea.affairs of the asury deJart-
ment, charging thatqhe had sdiseoversd dis
crepalfeies involving large aIio1ints, eau sing
them to differ widely from eaeh other As
to 1he tRnsactions of the treasury depaft
mentsin the sa1ae reaf5he quoted extensiSely
pension and indian Affairs Departments
making comparisons As to the receipts ard,
expendttuTes for several years aud efaifdt b
that tue figures ID some Years shc< diisI .I-
creaseiin the expend ituzes aud public fIe|sl
in an aggrcgate Of mary millions dbIIz
and lnree decrease ia the enue "a IIsa.
tons ifhe am0uni were increased of 16-
| creased q occasion mic,lit REQUIRE; IN 1n a
dltlon or sulsiractiori fEom The losIfs 81 tiid
rtreasury books, and If there were errors az
t4aute@ AZ otHoEtullty was gwen 10 cover
them up,s Under that. head she also Qxofel
from the public debt statement for several
years, and claimed that there were gross dis
\ crepancies between the figures of The Score
tary of the Treasury and the Register of the
| Treasury and also that the figures had been
| changed. The matter was discussed at length
beta cen Senators Davis and Boutwell,, up 10
the hour Of Rd iournment.
In the Senate. on the 18th, after several
disposed of and referred, including one allow
| ing military pre-emption of lands in the Fort
'Kearney reservation, Mr.. Knott reported
back the amnesty bill, which reads as fol
lows = Thst all disabilities imposed and re,
naming on any persen by virtue of the third
section of The fourteenth articleof the amend.
ments to the Constitution of the United States,
! he and are hereby removed, and each and
every person is and shall be forever relieved
] lherefrom on his appearing before judge OF