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CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, Jan. s, 1876.
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:, r,oineer and of the amounts appro-
"sa.od and expended for Improvement
.he mouth OF the Mississippi river.
IA an the table and ordered to be
llso communication from the Sec
-.,arv of War, relative to the official
'..h,cation Of the records Of the rebel
ror and asking for further appro-
'y '.,.t,on for the work. Referred to tho
rommittce on Appropriations.
Also communication from the Sec
.otorv OF War, setting forth the cx-
rodiency Of selling certain military re-
tsryations In the territories. Referred
- the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Conkling presented memorial
,.om the citizens Of New York, asking
.he massage OF constitutional amend
ront prohibiting the appropriation Of
40 money for the benefit Of any reli-
.to,s sect, Referred to Judiciary Com
mittee.
NJ Christiancy presented joint reso1
,,,senn n the Legislature OF Michigan,
y Ssvor OF certain river and harbor i'm
.n.scvoments - In that State. Referred to
Ms Cnmmittee on Commerce.
sphn chair laid before the Senate vari
40 joint resolutions Of the Legislature
~ Michigan, which were appropriately
referred c,..
r,nance. reported u resolution directing
80 commissioners Of the Freedmen g
Tsnk ID report In detail tho amount OF
sho assets OF that concern now on hand
and distributed, and also a detailed
statement OF work Of commissioners
s,nse their report to the House of Rep
raaertatiyes In 1874. Adopted.
M. Sherman introduced a bill to
amend the act OF June, 1874, relative to
the Frecdmen's Savings and Trust Com
nany. Referred to the Committee on
~. Dawes presented u petition ac-
nompsuied by a bill to provide for the
rmrchase OF a site and the erection Of a
kuiIding for o girls reform school in
tHs District OF Columbia. Referred to
ne Committee OF the District OF Colum-
Mr. Mitchell introduced bill to pro-
vide for the removal OF the Walla Walla
and other Indians from the Unadilla
reservation, and open the same to set
dement,. Referred to Committee on
Indian Affairs.
also. a bill 10 provide for the construc-
tion Of u military telegraph and rail
mad lire from Fort Candy to Portland.
xiso. n bill for the further improve
menf or the Willamette river, Oregon.
Also n bill extending the time for the
completion OF She Oregon Central Rail
road from Antcnia to M1Linnville. Re
lerred to Committee on Railroads.
Mr.. Conkling introduced q bill to
amend the act of 1864, providing Tor d
national currency. Deferred to Com
mittee on Finance.
Mr.. Dorsey introduced q bill to define
certain crimes and the punishment
thereof. Referred TO the Committee on
judiciary.
Also resolutions looking to the i'm
prm-ement of the Arkansas and White
fiyers. Referred to the Committee on
transportation. i,
Mr Morrill,. of Vermont, introduced
abIll TO provide for the further redemp-
ton OF legal tenders, in accordance
With the existing law. He said that he
assumed that no Senator would pro
pose TO repeal the specie resumption
oct, and he had therefore proposed this
measure to expedite the objects OF
that act. He would also ask leave to-
morrow to submit some remarks in ex-
planation Of this bill.
Mr.. Harvey introduced a bill directing
the Commissioner OF Agriculture to ap-
po!nt three commissioners to visit the
Rocky Mountains and investigate the
habits Of the locusts or so-called grass
hoppers, and report to Congress as TO
the best means Of preventing their in,
cursion into tie fertile States. Referred
10 the Committee on Agriculture.
The resolution OF Mir. Morton defining
the relation Of the States and the Gene
raj Government, came up IN regular
order, when Mr.. Morton asked
await the pleasure Of his colleague,
asubstitute. The unfinished business
being the resolution of Mr.. Morton for q
committee to investigate the Mississippi
eiestion, came up, when Mr. Morton
asked that 1t go over till Monday.
The Senate then went into executive
session aud then adjourned.
HOUSE.
House reGssemblcd at ~ o'clock, the
Speaker, Mr.. Kerr, in the chair. The
Speaker laid before the House large
rumber OF communications mostly on
toVtine business which had accumu-
iatea during the recess, and they were
Fe.ertsd TO appropriate committees.
Ine regular order of business being
Ne call Of committees for reports dur
lsg the morning hour, the several COM
mitlees were called. but there were no
responses.
On motion of Mr.. Morrison, OF Illi-
nois, the House resolved itself into a
csmmlttee OF the whole for the pur-
vose OF referring the several portions of
Ge residents message to the appro-
prSte committees.
Mr.. Morrison then offered the usual
resolution in relation to the distribution
Oh the subjects to the several standing
committees. The committee then rose
Snu reported the resolution to the
ASpse.
Al. kasson, of Iowa, called the atten-
uon the chairmcn OF the committees
ways and Means and Banking and
currency to the clause in which that
portion OF the message relating to the
resumption OF green backs, was referred
0tle Ways and Means Committee. He
ssad he simply desired to call attention
tne subject without making any
point himself.
NJ, Morrison said the subjects were
81 Ieaf akin that it was almost impos-
Biblc 70 separate them.
The committee had followed prece-
Gents closely and had kept as near the
u1e as possible.
Mr.. Banks, Of Massachusetts, sug-
tod AA.S xr.ts yaf< ho