Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-02-04
States of Alabama, Mississippi, Louis.
lana, Arkansas and Florida.

States OF Alabama, Mississippi, Louis
lana, Arkansas and Florida.
Bogy spoke in favor of the bill.
At the expiration of the morning
hour the Senate resumed the consider
alton of the bill to pay interest on the
1856 bonds of the district of Columbia.
The District 3-65 interest bill then
came up as unfinished business.
Mr.. Humans motion to prohibit alb
solutely any further issue of 1856 bonds
was agreed to without further division.
Mr.. Eldridge's amendment that there
should be no further increase in the to-
tai debt of the District was adopted.
Hamilton moved amendments dis
continuing all paving and grading in
the District until further authorized
by lay, and if not expressly prohibited
from paving would certainly 90 on
with it. Most of the paving he be-
lieved was only responsible for bonds
issued on account of work ordered.
HoUsE.-Clymer, of Pennsylvania,
offered n resolution directing the Sec
retary of War to report to the House
the entire cost for the last fiscal year
of the signal service. Adopted.
Wheeler,o of New York, offered res
olution instructing the Committee on
appropriations to insert an item ap-
propriating $500 to the widow of the
late H. A. Starkweather. Adopted.
The bill for the payment of fourteen
wounded Union soldiers on the rolls of
the House was passed after long dis.
cussion.
The bill regulating practice in the
Z. S. Circuit and District Courts was
passed.
The House at two o'clock went into
Committee of the Whole on the con-
sular and diplomatic appropriations
bill, with Heskins, of New York, in
the chair.
Mr.. Singleton argued in favor of the
bill. He alluded to the impoverished
condition of the South, and the neces-
sity for such legislation as would re-
vive them. The Appropriation Com
mittee thought they could retrench in
diplomatic service. He was not sur
prised that the Committee should be
attacked, but he was surprised at the
manner Of some attacks. Mr.. Hale
the other day accused the South of
coming up here to demand payment
of claims. He was tired of these raids.
They were unmanly. Whenever any
gentlemen on the other side gets mad
he pitches into the South. Everybody
knows the Southern Representatives
come here on their good behavior.
He could not forget the war, not that
the North by numbers and Prov
ess were victorious. When the
South surrendered they did it in good
faith, and now wanted the North to
help build up the waste places. They
wanted this for the interest of both
sections. They wanted levees built,
alluvial lands reclaimed, and hoped
soon to offer other schemes Of benefit
to the whole country.
Mr.. Monroe, of Ohio, favored econo-
my, but thought it mistake to re-
duce the number of ministers and con-
suls, and to consolidate the South
American republics.
Pending further discussion the COM
mittee rose.
Mr.. Banning introduced q bill to
regulate the pay and allowance of the
officers of the army.
Speaker laid before the House the re-
port of the Chief Engineer on the sur
vey of the upper Mississippi, recon-
mending an appropriation of $65, 900
to improve the same. Referred to the
Committee on Commerce.
The Speaker also laid before the
House the message from the President,
returning without his approval, House
bill to transfer cupidity of the Indian
trust funds from the Department of
the Interior to the Treasurer of the
United States, also enclosing letter
from the Secretary Of the Interior who
thought the bill was too losely con-
structed to effect the object desired,
and enclosing the draft of the substi-
tute.
House adjourned at 4:30 P. M.