Wilmington journal., 1876-02-18
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WASHINGTON.

, for members of a committee to spea
against its report hut in this case tn
custom Will .,e waived and member
of the COM mituee will speak against i
IN the House
The elections committee will repor
unanimously that HaraIson is entitiet
to a sea iii the House instead of Brom
berg. The report will narrate ant
condemn the great frau is pei petrated
bnt which we're not sufficient to over
come the 2,601 majority by which
Harals0n was returned.
WASH NGroN, o ,ru ~ IA. 1876. :
! HOUSE Robinson offered Il resOlu
tI"n directing the committee of way
aud means to inqnire into the expe
dieucy of reporting bill Directing the
) cretury IF the Treasury to defer, 70
limited period, making any .urthel
reductions in the bonded iudebt.
edne IS of the I'm, ted States by pur
chasing governmrnt b ,Eds before the
bec,me due; al directing him to dis
C ,ntinue any further rt ductious in the
arouat of legal tender notes now i'll
use; also directing h m To discontinue
selling gold coin as bullion, but to
accu mulate it in the Treasury until il
reaches millions. Adopted.
Morrison offered resolutions call
lrg on the Secretary of the Treasury
for information as to fraudulent i'm
portatinns Cf wool. adopted.
Hal moved to suspend the rules aud
adopt the following resolutions:
WHEREAS, The currency now in
use among the people of the United
States consists of the national bank
note and the greenback, the lait
being a debt of the gov ernment widely
! distributed among the people aud the
| former being redeemable i'll the green
! backs and subject to like fluctuations
I with it; aud,
Whereas. The United States Treas
ury has thus far failed to r. deem its
notes, thereby deprecating the va'ue
of the peoples money aud keeping II
at large discount, which depreciation
varies from day TO day, causing risk
and uncertainty IN BUSH ess affairs to the
! great prejudice of all Legitimate indus
| try and enterprise; and,
| Whereas, Congress, by its inactivity.
and both political parties. by resolu-
lions adopted in their several national
| conventions, stand co n lifted to the
early resumption Of specie payment;
| therefore,
ResOtUed, That prompt measures
should be taken by such legislation as
is needed TO render effective the policy
of the resumption of specie payment
by placing in the hands of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury all necessary pow
ers to carry out said object, to the end
that / sound and stable currency may
be provided for the people"
Morrison suggested that the resolu-
ton shou'd be referred to the commit
fcc and
Hale-I think it better to have an
expression of the opinion of the House
now. | want to see whether caucus
ing has done our friends on the other
side OF the House any good. Ads
io1rned.
SENATE Sergeant presented two
memorials numerously signed setting
forth the advantages of the Texas
Pacific road and asking a subsidy forit
Ingalls, said the Senate had already
received Information as to the raw
ages of insects upon vegetation in the
West during the past year. The actual
loss from the ravages of the locusts,
chintz bug, army an cotton worm
and hessian fly exceeded 5000, 900. 900,
and from the locusts alone the am punt
Exceeded 800, 900. 900 in seven counties
of Minnesota. Nearly sixty milltDus
bushels of iocustS wer destroy ed cost
ing $50. 900. H. believed the subject was
worthy of the attention of Congress,
and therefore introduced bill for the
protection of agriculture against in
iurious insects. Referred to commit
tee on agriculture.
Sherman and Cameron presented
petitions for the Trxas Pscitic road.
Frelinguuysen called up the Senate
bill to am end CERTAIN provisions of the
| Revised Statutes re latlng to transport
alton of animals. Amendments were
reported by the judiciary committee
| to the effect that animals shall not be
contiued in any rAi road car or vessel
without food or wator for longer pc
| rod than twenty-:Our consecutive
| hours, and that they shall we time
for rest and water of at lehst seven
! consecutive hours, provided that the
amendments shall! take feet on July
4th, 1876. Agreed to, aud the bill
/ passed.
Withers of Virginia gave notice that
to-uUrrow he would ask the Senate to
take np for consideration the bnl to
amend the. act ei,titl I'd An act grant
ing pau4ion7 to cartain soldiers and
sailors OF the war of 1912, and widow
OF uccohStu SolulcIS- AT PlofNo
ruary 18th, 1871, and to restore to the
pension rolls those persons whose
names wore stricken therefrom in con-
sequence of disloyalty.
On motion of Morton, the Pinch
back case was resumed. He proceed
ed to reply to Thurman but without
conc uding, at the suggestion Of T. =
munds. gave way for the executive ses-
sion. Adjourned.
Commissioner Pratt was before the
committee Oh appropriations, aud at
his suggestion sub committee was
appointed to inquire Ct the various
heads of bureaus how a reduction OF
force may most conveniently be made.
Admiral Leroy has relieved Admiral
Mullaney Of the command of the North
Atlantic squadron.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14-SENATE -
| Hitchcock, from the committee on tt r
ritories, reported favorably on the bill
to enable the people of New Mexico to
! form a state government and constl
tuition, and for the admission of said
State into the Union on an equal foot
ing with the original States. Placed
on the calandar.
The merchants of Baltimore petition
for a repeal of the bankrupt law.
The pensions appropriation bill
which passed the H use was adopted
with unimportant amendments
The bill to remove restrictions tt
sales of public lands in the severa
Southern States was passed. 1t viii
90 into effect on its becoming law
l. provides that public lands affected
bv this act shall be Offered for sale a'
500 ns practicable from time to time
according to the provision of existing
laws, aud shull not he subject to prl
V t.. entry until so offered.
! Executive session and adjourned.
The committee on privileges ant
elections had up the spencer case
General Morgan is before them. N
conclusion.
The Cub and New York steamship
line will dispatch the King Arthur OF
the 18th with mails for Havana, Mat
anzas, Cardenas, &c. The appropria
tion for transportation of United State
malls is exhausted