The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-08-03
FORTY-F0URTH CONGRESS.
WAsHINToN, August z.
SENATE.

SENA
The substitute for the House bill
granting pension to Z. NJ. Hansell,
messenger in the State department, in
jured by defending the late Secretary
Seward from the assassin Payne, was
passed. The substitute awards $1,000
Mr.. Cameron from the Com.
mlttee on Privileges and Elec-
tions reported back the claim of W..
X. SebastioH, q United States Senator
from Arkansas, who was expelled in 1860
for alleged disloyslty, with a resolution
resembling the resolution expelling him
from the Senate and authorizing the pay
ment of his salary from the date Of his
expulsion to the time of his death TO his
heirs. Placed on the calendar.
He gave notice tnst he would call up
the resolution at some future dav for con-
sideraticn.
Mr.. Howe from the Committee on
Library, reported bill to provide for the
reprinting of the acts of the Continental
Congress of the Confederation. Placed
on the calender.
Mr.. Mortou submitted resolution to
print 10000 copies of the message OF the
President in regard to the late massacre
at Hamburg, S. Z. Referred to the COM
mittee on Printing.
The Senate then went into executive
session, and when the doors were re
opened the consideration of the river and
harbor appropriation bill was resumed,
the committed on appropriations having
reported an amendment tappriating SS,OOO
for the repair of the east pier at Cleve-
land, Ohio.
Mr.. Sherman moved TO further amend
so as to authorize the Secretary OF War
to agree with the Pittsburgh * Cleve.
land Railroad Company for such use
by it of said pier, upon such terms and
conditions as he may deem just.
Mr.. Sargent moved further amend
ment so as to provide that in case said
railroad shall neglect or refuse To make
an agreement satisfactory to the Secre-
tary OF War upon certificate OF that
fact TO the attorney-genersl, II shall be
the duty of the latter officer to enforce
the rights of the Unitei States in prem
ises by appropriate action.
The amendment Of Sargent was ac-
cepted by Sherman, and the question
being on agreeing to the amendment OF
Sherman as amended by Sargent,
A lengthy discussion followed
as to the powers of.s general government
TO make improvements in states, con-
struct wharves, &c, after which the
amendment was agreed to; and also the
amendment of the committee, rs amended
by MIR. Sherman.
Other amendments of the committee
were agreed to without discussion,
among them, the following, striking out
the bill as IT was recently agreed upon In
the Senate Committee of the Whole:
Appropriations of $4,000 for the Hit-
wassee river, in Tennessee; $4,000 Tor
the Powell river, in Virginia and Ten
nessee; $4,000 for the Elk river, in West
Virginia; $4,000 for the Rock Castle
river, in Kentucky; $l6O,0OO for the
French Broad river, in Tennessee; sl0,'
600 Tor the Missouri river, al
a point where it is cutting into
the Kansas shore above st. Joe
MissoTrI, S25, 1000; Tor the upper Monon'
gahela river, West Virginia, $2OOOOi
Tor the Big Sandy, Kentucky, $4,000
for the improvement of the channel OF
the Mississippi river opposite the city OF
st. Louis, Missouri, $40. 900; Tor the har'
Dor at Monroe, Michigan, $4,000; fol
the harbor al McCargars Cove Michl'
gan, $4,000; Ashtabula, Ohio, sS,OsO
Fairport harbor, $4,000, and $4,000 fol
I a N FlU
and hsrbors, and Tor incidental repairs o
harbors for which there is no special ap
preparation. -,
Amendments reported by the commit
tee to increase the appropriations were
agreed to, as follows. For theImprove
ment OF the Fox and Wisconsin rivers
from $4,000 to $27 600; for. the harboI
at Erie, Pennsylvania, from S4o'ooo u
$4,000.
Other amendments reported by thu
committee were agreed TO as follows
1900 for the removal of the Beaver ant
Nsilor Bend rocks from the Little Kan
awhs river, West Virginia; $1,000 io
the improvement. Of the Rush chute anc
the narbor OF Burlington, Iowa; slO,OO'
for the harbor At Fort Madison, Iowa
$1,000 for the repairs of the piers at th'
mouth of the Back river, Ohio; slb,OV
for the removal OF the bar in the Mis-
sissippi river, opposite Dubuque, Iowa.
The amendments reducing the apPro
priations were agreed 10 rs follows: Fol
the improvement of the Des Moine'
Rapids, Mississippi river, from sl6,eoo u
$4,000; improvement OF the Cumber
land river, Tennessee, $4,000 TO s1o,ooo
for Freat Kanawha river, West Virginia
$500 900 70 s270009; Tor removing rat
in Red river, $4,000 TO SS5, 900; hsrbo
at MsnItowae. Wisconsin, from Slo,Oo'
10 $1,000; harbor al Sheboygsn, Wiscoh
sin, 5000 to $1,000; improvement o
Yszso river, Mississippi, $4,000 70 SO,
600; for harbor at Michigan City, 80,
600 10 $4,000; improvement OF .,
Msrys river and ST. Mary's Falls canal
Michigan, 100000 to 100000; barbo
at Thunder Bay, Michigan, $4,000 1
100; improvement OF harbor OF Relug
Lake, Michigan, 100000 TO $4,000, in
cluding removal of the wreck OF the Cit
of BusaIs; for improvement Of ChIppew
river, W sCOusibi Si"'oOO W ',,o -, =
hsrbor at Calumet, Illinois, $4,000
$4,000: Tor Improvement OF Ohio riveI
s270.OOO TO $4,000; for the improve
ment of the Mississippi river, Missoul
and Arkansas river. sl25,OOO 70 SlOO,0V
$50 600 Of the amount. 70 be expended o
the Missouri river and $4,000 for r.
moving a bar At Fort Smith, Arksnsa'
for the improvement OF the Tennese
river from $4,000 - $4,000; othe
amendments Of the committee iDcreasin
the appropriation for the upper An.h ~
sippi from $4,000 TO $4,000 and 70
the improvement Of Rock Island, AiS.t
sppi river, from $4,000 70 $500
Agreed 10.
Adjourned.