Wilmington journal., 1876-03-03
NO. 9

ported by the finance committee t
amend the acts to authorize the fund
ing of the national debt.
The Assistant Secretary of State ap
peared before the committee on foreign
affairs to-day. The committee hav
all the Emma mine correspondence
which has been ordered to be printed
The committee on elections and priv
ileges have summoned a number O
witnesses from Alabama and hav,
made other preparations to go into the
consideration of the Spencer case.
Henry Talbot of Waterloo, Illinois
has been appointed clerk of the ways
and means committee.
Conkling presented resolution
from the New York Legislature against
| a subsidy for the Texas Pacific road.
The bill refunding the public debt
was resumed and passed. 1t provides
five hundred millions of four and a
half per cent. bonds payable at the
pleasure of the United States after
thirty years. The vote stood 81 to s.,
and Robertson favored a lower inter
est.
The West Point Academy bill was
olSSuoSOu HlUAOot dCt4OA
Executive session and adjourned
till Monday.
HoUsE.-District affairs occupied
the attention of the House during the
morning.
The report of the conference COM
mlttee on paying the interest on the
District bonds was postponed fora
week.
A large number of individual pen
sion cases was considered.
There will be debate cnly to morrow.
Adjourned.
Rice, House librarian, has resigned
General Babcock will arrive here
on Sunday morning.
A brother of Mr.. Kerr is dead and
Blackburn, of Kentucky, presided
over the House to-day.
The Spencer investigation will be
public.
Senator Sharon has arrived.
Secretary Fish is sick.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. The Repub-
lican Senators caucussed yesterday
over the bill to restore persons stricken
from the pension rolls for disloyalty.
The caucus decided that as tue bill
allows the payment of arrearages for
fourteen and fifteen years (amounting
to several million dollars) it ought not
to pass in the present condition of
the Treasury. This action will defeat |
the bill in the Senate.
A communication of the Secretary of |
War was sent to the House yesterday |
giving list of the military officers |
engaged in the civil services since |
1865. The communication mentions |
the name of Gen. Babo0ck among the |
others as having been detailed by the |
President for the performance Of duty |
at the Executive Mansion, but not to |
the neglect of his office as Commits |
sioner of Public Buildings and Super |
of the Washington Acque-
duct. Levi l.. Luckey is the private
secretary of the President, appointed |
rs such under legal authority, and not
General BabcocIz, as enormously rep
resented. Both of these gentlemen are
now on their way from st. Louis and |
are expected to resume their duties at
the Executive Mansion on Monday.
The departure of the steamer Gator |
With the malls for Central America
and Central Pacific ports has been
postponed to March End.
1t is understood that the RepubIi-
ean caucus in opposition to the bill
Southern pensioners to rolls
was confined to that section which
provides for arrearages.
Hon. Fred Watts, Commissioner of
A Agriculture, addressed the House app
committee to-day with
reference to the wants of his bureau.
The committees of both houses have
agreed to pension the widow Of Gen.
Lorenzo Thomas, who is now in her
10Th year. Gen. Thomas was so years
n the army.
It is thought that Babcock will re-
urn to regular service in the army
md that Ulysses s. Grant, Jr., will re-
main in the Office to private secretary
20 the President.
The Republican National Commit
Zee may possibly change the place of
holding the national convention on
scoount of the extraordinary hotel
charges in Cincinnati.