Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-08-11
FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS-.

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F0RTY-FOURTH CONGRESS-.
TUESDAY, Aug. lin the Senate,
message was received from the President trans
mitting copies OF the correspondence between
himself and Gov Chamberlain and other reports
in regard to the recent troubles at Hamburg, $. C
new Conference Committee was appointed OF
the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill
A Joint resolution was passed providing for th
restoration of the writing of the original Declara
tion Of Independence. The Conference report OF
the Military Academy Appropriation bill wa
agreed to. House bills were passed-to establish
new land district in the Territory Of Wyoming
TO be known AZ the Evanston District to create al
additional land district in the Territor!
Usage ceded lands in Kansas, with al
amendment Messrs. West and Cockrel wert
announced as members Of the Commission to con
slider the work OF recognizing the army. The I'm
peachment trial was Concluded bv verdict of &C
quitta the vote standing thirty i've for conviction
and twenty-five not guilty, being less than th'
pronounced on the late Edward Y. Parsons mem
Der OF the House from Kentucky. =. In the House
majority and minority reports were made from
the Committee on the Real Estate Pool; accom-
panying the former was 4 resolution that the
report and accompanying documents be print.
ed and referred to the judiciary Committee
with instructions to inquire into the alleged viola
tions Of law and ascertain the liability Of George
NJ Roheson, Secretary of the Navy for such al
legged acts; the minority resolution to the eff.
feet that the House finds cause of complaint or
censure attaching TO Sec'y Robeson growing ont of
his official transactions with the firm of jay Cooke
McCulloch & Co. The majority report and resolu-
tion were adopted A bill was reported and passed
appropriating 1927 556 for the payment OF indebt-
edness incurred in the construction of the New
York Postofice building.
WEDNESDAY, Aug. "A substitute for
the House bill granting pension to E. NJ Han
sell. who was injured while defending the late
Secretary Seward from the assassin Payne. was
passed IN the Senate; the substitute awards
$1,000. Several amendments to the River and
Harbor Appropriation bill were agreed to In
the House unanimous report from the Commit
tee on Expenditures in the Interior Department on
the Insane Asylum investigation. and majority and
minority reports from the same committee in
regard to the survey of the public lands were
made, ordered printed and recommitted. The bill
10 transfer the Indian Bureau from the Interior to
the War Department came up, and Mr.. Lamar made
lengthy speech on political subjects The Senate
amendments to the bill providing for the sale of
the Usage ceded lands in Kansas TO actual set
tiers were on-concurred in. and Committee of
tonferSnce was ordered.
THURSDAY, Aug. 5.-A rrpuTJ was re-
ceived in the Senate, from the Secretary of the
Interior expressing the opinion that the proposed
reduction in the clerical force of his Department
would impair its usefulness The bill to limit
and fix the Signal Service was amended and passed.
bill was introduced by Mr.. Logan for the coin
age of silver dollar of 4l2 $40 grains of standard
silver. ana providing Jnat IL De legal tender NJ
its nominal value for any amount, except for Gus
toms dues and interest on the public debt. The
River and Harbor Appropriation bill was further
amended and passed A report was presented
from all culpahility in the matter of
the Caldwell dispatches, and Mr. Knott made
speech on the charge that he had infamously''
suppressed such dispatch, in the course of which
he reflected severely upon Mr.. Blaine. Mr.. Frye
followed in reply, and personal controversy
arose between him and Mr.. Hunton Messrs
Hale Mc('raFV HO9r | and Hur6
cized the remarks Of Mr.. Knott, who replied by
rel Grating his previous assertions, when, on mo-
ton of Ar. Hurd, the report was recommitted. A
new Conference Committee appointed on the
Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill A
resolution was adopted providing for an adjourn
ment of Congress on the 9TH.
FRIDAY, Aug. 4-The Senate insisted
upon its amendments to the River and Harbor
bill and to the bill to provide for
the sale of the Usage ceded lands in Kansas to
mere appointed Bills were passed-authorizing
the employment of Indian scouts; To allow pen
sion of thirty-seven dollars u month to soldiers
who have lost both an arm and leg in lien of
twenty-four dollars, as now allowed. The House
bill establishing pOetroads throughout the country
was taken up, and various amendments
was Agreed made from the the da%Se HSSS F
Civil Service Reform in regard to the Chicago
Pension Agency evidence, the committee recon-
mendng the passage of resolutions condemnato-
for real or pref etended influence in
the procuring of appointments, and declaring that
said misconduct IL good cause for removal. re-
port was also made from the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs relative to contracts for soldiers head
stones; the report reflects somewhat severely on
x-Sec'y Belknap, Dut recommends no action,
new Conference Committee was appointed on the
River and Harbor Appropriation bill. In Commit
tee of the Whole, Mr.. Garfield spoke on political
subjects in reply to the recent speech Of Mr.. La
mar.
SATURDAY, Aug. Sin the Senate, the
bill passed last March, but the vote on which was
subsequently reconsidered, providing for and reg
ulating the counting Of votes for President and
and the decision Of questions
arising thereon. was called up, and motion was
agreed to that the bill be further amended before
being sent to the House. The report of the Con-
ference Committee on the bill to provide for the
sale of the Usage eeded lands in Kansas was
agreed to. The resolution to print 10000 extra
cOpes OF the Presidents message and accom-
panying documents in reference to the Hamburg
troubles was taken up, and spirited debate en-
sued on the subject ofdisturbances at the South,
Morton, Thurman, Patterson, Cameron, Gordon
and others. In the House, majority and minor Y
reports were made from the Committee Ex-
pendtures in the War Department. A bill was
reported from the Committee on Banking and
Currency 10 repeal the sections of the Resump-
ton act OF July l5 1873, which direct the Secreta
ry of the Treasury to redeem the legal-tender
notes in coin, and after considerable debate the
bill was passed-106 to 49, A bill was then
ported, debated and passed providing for Com
mis- ion Of three Senators, three Rel resenlatives
and three experts, to inquire, first into the cause
and effect of the change in the relative value OF
gold and silver; second, into the policy of the
restoration OF the double standard II this coun-
try; third, into the policy OF continuing legal
ender notes c1ncurrently with a metallic stand
ard and fourth into the best manner of provd
ing for the resumption of specie payments the
IN mission to report on or before Jan. 15, 1877,
The Conference report ON the bill to provide for
me sale TO actual settlers OF the Usage ceded
ancs in Kansas was agreed to-
MONDAY, Aug. TN the Senate, the
House amendments to the bill extending the time
lor the redemption of lands sold by the United
States for direct taxes were agreed to, and the
bill was passed. The House bill making ap-
preparation for the payment of claims reported as
allowed by the Southern Claims Commission was
passed, with amendments. The House joint reso-
utlon proposing an amendment to the Constiiu,
ion, prohibiting the app; ;Opnation of any school
und for the support of seclarian schools ETC.. and
several substitutes offered therefor were referred
% the Judiciary Committee. Majority and
o inquire into the lae election in Mis-
,issippi were submitted. A report was
made that the Conference committee on the River
md Harbor Appropriation bill had agreed upon
he bill Conference Committee was appointed
On the bill 10 authorize the Secretary OF the Ine
-ior TO deposit certain funds in the Treasury, Ia
leu Of investing them. The debate on the Pres-
lents message relative 10 the Hamburg affair
was continued by Messrs. Edmunds, Logan and
Eaton. In the House, resolution was adopted
hat he investigating committees have leave 70
.eport during the remainder OF the Isl on at any
lime after two days from the time thai commit
lee has agreed TO its report and submitted the
same time to submit their views to the House.
Leave Of absence was refused to about eeventy
members who had applied for II.
Those who are likely to have def
cheney of hay or fodder, cansed by floods,
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