The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-03-10

| Hancock, Baker. jerks and Conger, the bill
passed. The bill makes it unlawful for any
| person not an Indian to xiii, wound or in
any manner destroy any female buffaloes or
anv greater number of buaaloes than are
4 needed for food or market. The house went
into committee of the whole on the state of
the union on the bill amending the laws
| granting pensions to soldiers and sailors of
the war of 1912 and their widows. 1t directs
| the secretary of the interior TO place on the
pension rolls the names of the surviving
1 officers and enlisted and drafted men, in
4 cluding the militia and volunteers of the
/ military and naval service of the United
/ StItes who served for ten days in that war,
and were honorably discharged, and the sur
i viving widows of such officers and men, pro-
vided that the widows were married prior to
| 1850. The pensions are to- be at theErate of
| eight dollars per month, and the act is not to
/ apply to any person now receiving at that
rate, or to any person receiving less than
| eight dollars per month, except per difference
up to eight dollars month. It directs the
restoration to the pension rolls of all names
stricken therefrom on account of sympathy
with the rebellion. 1t case of their death,
their widows are to receive the pension and
arrearages. The subsequent marriage of the
widow is not to prevent her from receiving
| arrearages. In case there is no widow, ar
rearages are to go to the pensioners minor
children. Mr.. Hoskins moved to amend by
giving pensions to those who served in the
vided by the bill : Adoptru~ Mr.. Cameron
moved TO strike ont the ;arov;so which pro-
vides that widows of soldiers must have HIar-
ried prior to 1850. Adopted. Mr.. Hunter
novel to strike out from the bill all that
portion which provides for returning to the
pension rolls the names of those soldiers
stricken therefrom on account of sympathy
with the rebellion. In the course of the dis
cuSsiOn, Hunter stated the number OF per-
sons who would be restored to the pension
rolls under the bill would be $50, and their
annual amount of pensions only 1896. Com |
mittee rose and house adjourned.
In the house, on the oath, on motion
of Mr.. Cox, it was ordered that the session |
of Saturday be for debate only. The speaker
proceeded, as the business of the morning !
hour, to call the committee reports. Mr.. |
Turney, from the committee on mines and |
mining, reported a bill to exclude Missouri |
from the provisions of the act to promote |
the mining resources of the United States. |
Passed. Mr.. Vance, from the committee on |
patents, reported back adversely the bill |
limiting duration of patents. Laid on the
table. Also the bill to protect the revenues of /
the patent office. 1t provides that any officer
who shall receive any money other than his
salary for any work done shall be pJinisha-
BILE by fine or imprisonment. Passed. Mr.:
Williams, from committee on public build
ings and grounds, reported a bill authorizing
the purchase of additional grounds for the
eustOH-hOuse at Nashville. Passed. Mr..
Young, from the same committee, reported
bill to provide for the building of a custom
house, etc, in the city of Memphis. The bill
limits the appropriation for building to $780,
600, Mr., Holman muve5 to amend by making
the limit S4OO 900. Mr. Wells moved to amend
the amendment by fixing the amount at
100000 Mr.. Chittenden opposed an ex-
cessive appropriation for public buildings,
and characterized the supervising architects
estimates as extravagant, that extrav gance
arising from the excessive volume of paper
money. He argued that as rood a building
could be erected at Memphis now for $780,
900 as could have been erected three years
ago at $4,000. Mr.. ThOrnburg intimated
that, in view of the recent erection of a
postoffice building in New York that cost
$SO00,0O0, Chittenden was like the old lady
Who, after having her kettle Iriended, refused |
to borrow or lend to any ole. After q lohg
discussion, the amendment offered by MIR.
Wells, limiting the amount to S500,00O was
rejected. The amendment offered by Mr..
Holman, limiting the amount to 100000,
was agreed to-t3 to 106. Without proceed
ing further in the Bill, the death of Mr..
Starkweather was announced, and speeches
were made in eulOgy of the deceased, after
which resolutions OF coincidence and respect
were adopted and the house adjourned.
In the house, on the 25th, Mr.. Swami,
from the committee on foreign affairs, re.
ported back the correspondence furnished
that committee by The state department in
to the connection of Gen. Schenck,
American minister to England, with the
Emma mine and Machadoc claim. The cor
was ordered printed, and was
referred back to the committee on foreign
affairs for further consideration. The house
went into conimittee Of the whole on the
private calendar, and after passing a mimi
Der of bills, the committee rose and the house
adjourned. The session tomorrow is for
general debate only.