The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-02-17

| lumhn and report hv bill ur otherwise
| Agreed 10, Mr., Wthrls, from the commit
| tee on pensions, reported substitute for ht
| senate bill to amend the act al February I
| 1874, granting pensions to certain soldier, anr
to widows Of deceased soldiers, aud to re-
store to the pension rolls those persons who's,
| name, were stricken ihrrrirun in CunsC
qucncc Of disoyuIty Placed ON the eaten
| dHr The senate then resumed ConSidcra
tion Of the bill 10 pay the interest ON tn,
| 3.Gj District of Columbia bonds, which, altc
| additional amendments, was passed, Mr.
| Morton said that last week he gave motto,
that he would ask the senate to-day to pro
| ccrd 10 the consideration Of the resolution
lor the admission Of Mr. Inrhback as scna
tor from Louisiana. II vas u question -
high privilege, and had been too long post
pOncd already HE moved that thc rc>olu
| ion hr taken up for considerations Agreed
| TO- The senate went into executive session
and soon adjourned
ROUSE.
The house, on the 29th, met rs if ii
committee Of the whole for general dchll"
no business whatever tO hc transacted Very
few Of the seats Of the members were o"ru
pied Mr.. Schlrschrr opened the dchll,
with u speech on the financial question: II,
advocated speedy return To coin basis
which he held could alone give that cont
dcncc necessary 10 secure investment ol cap
ital and consequent business. He would first
resume payment Of the fractional currency
next June, rcdccming II O0O,OOO a month
beginning with the smallest denomination.
Incn he would commence to redeem legal.
tenders next November by selling SINOOO,'
GEO Of gold or silver monthly for lcgal.tcndcr
notes, dcStrovin" all the redeemed currency,
aud this plan he would keep up till II was all
DESTROYED. lie calculated this could hc done
in three and half years without any shock
to business, aud then there would be lett u
national bank circulation, rcdCCmahIr IN guld
and silver, on demand Speeches on finance,
were also made by Mcs,rs. Ward aud Camp
bell, and against protective tHriii by Mr.
Mills, and then the house adjourned,
In the house, ON the 3l.t, bills were
introduced and referred ns follows: 10 rcim
bursc the state Of Pennsylvania for money
advanced to pay the losses of her cltlHru-
during the late war, and also to pay the bal.
nncc ON the cIaims0 of citizens OF PcnnSyI@nla
for IKE losses 10 establish an educational
of public lands to public education, and to
provide for more complete endowment and
support ol national colleges for the advance
mcnt OF science aud industrial education.
For the sessions Of the United States circuit
court at IIumbolt, Tenn. Organizing 4 ma.
tonal railroad company for the purpose oi
constructing, operating and maintaining u
double track cheap freight railroad from the
Atlantic scahoard to St. Louis, Chicago and
Council Bluffs, with branches to other CEN
tCrS of population, production ANA commerce,
and to regulate SOME Of the interests al com
mcrcc among the states. Authorizing the
construction of n bridge across the MISSES
sippi river at Memphis. Mr.. Sanders intro
duccd n proposed amendment to the rouStl-
tuition for the lcvying Of direct taxes accord,
ing to the wealth Of the respective states
Referred. Mr. Atkins offered resolution
iustructng the judiciary committee to IN
uuirc whether or not the Union Pacll" rail
road company has forfeited its charter
Adopted. The house then went into com
mittec of the whole ON the military academy
appropriation bill. Mr. Ilurlbut offered an
amendment for the detail of a competent
stan officer to act rs quartcrmaStcr and com
missary for the battalion Of cadets, And that
all supplies shall be furnished at actual cost,
etc Adopted. Phc committee rose mld the
bill was passed. The pay Of cadets IS fixed
at SjiO, without ratlons. No other amend.
mrnt, except that offered by Mr. l!ur!hut
was adopted, Adjourned.
In the house, February lst, the bill
removing the political disabilities Of George
Hawkins, Of Florida, passed. After the cN.
puton of the morning hour, the house l"U,
up, rs the special order III" proposed Hw"ud-
mcnt to the constitution reported from lh"
judiciary co~rmittcc, which j. that II" person
who has held, or may hCr' after hold the
office of president, shall ever a"aln hc eligible
to said office. To thl, proposition Mr. Frye,
member ol the Judiciary committee, offered
the following ~ = substitute: From and
after the fourth day ol March, in the year
1859, the term oi office o( president and vice.
president of the United States shall be- slN
wears, aud amy person having been elected t,
il, and held the office of president, or whC
has, for two ycars, held such office, shall b,
ineligible for rc.cIcction.' The bill wa,
discussed by Mrs,r3 Knott, New, Frye
MCnry, CaulGrd, Lawrence and Harrison
Mr.. Knott gave notice that hc would call tn,
previous question on Wednesday, Adl0Urcd
In the house, ON the ID Mr.. M'Crary
from the judiciary committee, reported q
bill to reorganize the judiciary Of the United
States, which was made the special order ioI
Wednesday, February 10th. The bill pro.
yidrS for u circuit court in each judicial dis.
trict, and establishes in each circuit II court
Of appeals. which is to have an appellate jur.
isdicion Of cases arising in the courts within
each district. The terms OF the courts Of
appeals are tn he held in Boston, Albany,
Philadelphia, Richmond, New Orleans, Louis
vile, Chicago, st. Louis and San Francisco.
The decisions OF these court, Oi appeals are
to be final and conclusive but Il review upon
them may he had on Il writ Of error or appeal
to the United States supreme court where
the matter in controversy exceeds the sum
or value nl one thousand dollars, or where
the adjudication involves constitutional
question, or any treaty or law Of the United
States, or where the court shall certify that
it involves a legal question sufficient to re
uuirc final jurisdiction by the supreme court
The house then resumed the consideration n
the proposed constitutional amendment, linn
i,mg the presidential term. \ vote was had
on various amendments and the bill VIZ,
finally put on its passage and lOst-lll to lu.
when the house adjourned.
IN the house, on the Sd, Mr.. CIymcl
offered resolution directing the secretary
OF war to report to the house the entire cos
for the last fiscal year Of the signal Ncryic"
Adopted. Mr. Young introduced q bill t.
provide for cistOnl-housc at Memphis
Tenn. Referred. Mr.. kasson introduced :
bill to encourage the conduct of commerce
iu.vesscls owned by citizen, ul the initco
State. Referred. The bill provides that til
| the LIST of July, 1870, any steamship @, no
less than 20OG tons burden that was bull
during or after 1870, and Of which At lcas
four-frths is owned, bonaGdc, 10y citizens o
| the United States aud built in foreign r"un
tries, may be- registered rs a vessel oi The
United States, and be- entitled 10 all The
privileges Of an American vessel. The
| house then went into committee "t th'
whole on the consular and diplomatic arpro
priaton bill which appropaatcs S"22 ~
| Without action on the bill the committee
rose, and the house adjourned.
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