The Grange advance., 1876-07-12

will be made this year than ever before.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Mr.. Window, from the joint commit.
tee on the sundry civil bill, reported to the
Senate on the lst, that the committee was un-
able to agree and asked for new committee
The request was agreed to. The President
returned without approval the bill for the
| compensation of the commissioners on the
Fox and Wisconsin River improvement. The
| deadlock on the various appropriation bills
still continued, with little prospect of an early
adjustment.
| The House passed joint resolution
that Congress meet in Philadelphia, in Inde-
pendence Hall, on the Fourth to adopt appro-
pirate resolutions commemorative OF the great
event which took place IN that Hall one hun
dred years ago.
| The Senate, on the Sd, resumed can-
sideration Of the bill for the payment of
Pinchback'5 salary from March 3, 1872, till
the termination OF his contest tor a seat in the
Senate. Mr. Morton first spoke and referred
to the contest in Mississippi as being carried
| by the "shos-gun argument" Mr.. Bayard,
| who was a mel mber OF the committee of inves-
| tigation, said that when the time came for
making the report it would be seen where the
shotgun argument lay; that the blacks were
the aggressors~ MIR. Mcmillan, of Minnesota,
| also. one OF the committee, said the report
would show that in 1875 armed bodies Of
! white men prepared to carry the election,
| and that the slaughter of black men would
astonish not only the Senate but the whole
country; that the slaughter OF Llacks was
never equaled before, and that the election
was carried by fraud. Mr. Bayard replied
that the records would bear out his State
ment.
In the House no business was done
except ilibustering to prevent the introduce
ton OF bill for the repeal of the resumption
act.
On the 5th the Senate passed the bill
to prevent "straw bidding'' in the postotf1ce
department. Senator Sherman introduced a
| concurrent resolution that the United States
assume the direction and completion of the
Washington monument It was passed by a
unanimous vote. The conference report on
the postotice appropriation bill was agreed tc.
The resolution to pay Pinchback for expenses
was passed by strict party vote.
The House concurred in the bill
against mailing obscene matter. The confer
ence report on the postefSce bill was agreed
to. Pending discussion of the Geneva award
bill the House adjourned.
The Senate, on the 9Th, appointed
committee to investigate the Chinese ques-
| ton and report at the next session of Con-
gress. The Belknap impeachment trial was
then re-opened, and after an address by Mr.
Lynde, Oh the part of Belknap, several wit
nesses were examined regarding written doc.
uments in evidence. The contract between
Marsh and the Secretary was shown and iden-
tilted by the attorney who ''put it in legal
shape" and by it's witnesses.
The House had short session but
transacted no business OF Importance.
The Senate before sitting as court
of impeachment, on the 7th inst, had a
| the attitude of the House toward the appro-
priation bills. Mr.. Morrill, charged the
House with improper motives and said the
| reductions already agreed to by the Senate
would result in large deficiency bills for the
year. Mr.. Morton appealed to the Senate to
stand tirm, for if they yielded it would be
the end OF government by two houses. Mr..
Thurman replied to the speakers with great
warmth. Mr.. Logan coincided with Morrill,
| and Morton, and characterized the action of
the House as combining notification and rev.
| olution. New conference committees were
appointed on the legislative and sundry civil
bills, Mr.. Window being made chairman of
both The political disabilities of Gen Beau
regard were removed. Several witnesses
| were examined by the Senate as a court OF inn
detachment, after which, adjourned.
The House, after discussion. passed
! the bill requiring the Pacific railway to Gre
ate sinking fund, and adjourned.
On the 8th, the Senate passed bill
extending for ten days the act recently
passed to provide temporarily for the ex-
/ penses of the government. Mr.. Logan moved
to take up the House bill for equalzing SOL
diers' bolnties, but the motion was lost-20
to Is. Mr.. Logan said he would move to take
up the bill every morning and demand the
yeas and nays on the motion. Nothing new
was developed in the Impeachment trial.
Mr.. Banning in the House offered a
resolution of inquiry as to the cause of tile
military movements in the northwest. Mr..
Boone moved to take up the bill for a COM
mission tor the cession of the Black Hills,
but the motion failed. The House then took
up the bill declaring the country north
Of the North Platte and east OF the
summit of the Big Horn mountains open 10
exploration and settlement. Mr.. Fort enquir-
ed if the late battle with the Indians had
taken place in the country mentioned in the
bill. Mr. Steele replied. In the course of his
remarks he referred to the peace policy of the
government in severe terms. he condemned
the abandonment OF Forts Kearney Reno and
C. l. Smith and attributed thereto all the dis
asters occurring since, and said the object OF
the present movements TO- again drive the
Indians to their respective reservations and
and protect both whites and the friendly In
'dianS