Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-24
CONVERSATIONAL Extra Session,
TUE SENATE.

..- THE SENATE.
In the Senate, on ithe l2th, tho Hon
d, w. Voorhees, WAS swprn y, rs grnstor trsn,
Indiana nurttef of biR wcrs inI5n, MN
drced and teferred to the appropriate com.
mIlttees, among them the following: Ry Mr.
wisdom To establish department of com.
mcrce. Py nr. Mathews, For the enforce.
ment Of judgments and DEGREES in states
other than those where rendered or made.
by Mr., Conover;ro provide for ms urvey Of ths
interior and water route rnth tanai from the
Mississippi river to the Atlmtic. By Mr..
DAVIS lll.): To remit taxes on insolyent saw,
inss banks. The senate then went into ex.
ecutlve session, end when the doors were re.
oIened adjourned ..,.. ..
In the Senate, on the 18th, during the
morning hour number;ot hills WeFe intro,
duced and referred to appropriate commit.
tets, dmong them the following: BY Mr..
Mcdonald, in relation TO distilling and recti,
Tying. spirits. BY NreGarldud, to. authorize
the eleetioqot delegates TO congress from the
Indian territory, Vt the expiration of the
morning hour Mr., Chafee ealledin the res
olnqon sutritted bv him last week with re.
gart TO the management of the. Pacific rail.
road, and spoke at length in connection with
that subject Adjourned. ~
In the Senate, on the l4th; Mr.. Conger
introduced bill to grant ad litioBa home.
steads to settlers unon public lands in the
states ct Alabama, Mississippi. Louisiana and
! lorlda. Referred to the'cOmmittee on pub.
lie lands. The army bill was taken up with
the understanding THAT it should come up as
unfinished business tomorrow, The vice.
president was authorized to till the varanny
on the committee Of pe"si6ns Uccasened by
the ree'gNstioii OF Mr., Davis, and on the
Committee on transportation routes to the
Sea5oard, OccasiOned by the resignation OF
Mr., Saunders. He therefore appointed Mr.,
NOornees to fill both vacancies after which
the executive session adjourned
In the CenaGe, on the 10th, Mr.. Davis
presented remOnstrance of forty.fve ma
tional banks OF Boston against the passage
OF bill for the reconciliation OF silver
Petitioners set forth that they are required
by law to hold many millions of United
States, bbnds, hndafe !apprehensiye That the
passage of such bill will'greaty depteGiatt
| their value ard have bnd influence on the
business o. tie country. Referred Mr.
/ Bruce presented "a petition from the colored
alton Of sion DO to aid them in ~ emigratino .vin
to Liberia. Referred Mr. SARGENT m % re5ort Stl" ad
without amendment the hin nroyi5ipg fo, Gu
certain deficiencies in the,pay Of the navy
+ nasscd ritbort discnssion 4 n6,S oos sIo y
iba nres,dent for bis his tignotr,a AZ A. sSo So'9 =
nira,iop Of NE N9mi9s bonr tbs 'ne aenate oH
r+6ceedeS viii the confederation Of off tbo ~'y arn't
annronriason Xiii T, sSHolly II ~ r"ssni "su
~iiib tbe amandments renorted hv IL p|a,uu onr,
,ittse on on,.ronr;atiobs and oiso ,"o ouamd uU,
n,ents nTavijinr tbattbe srmv % sboil I t not be
C rscru;tad bevo6d % - 600 men @ IuStaaJ ,G' pI "l
90 0oo no outboriyed by Tho hnns, % MN NJ. M, nr w
JemondeJ n senarsto vote on tbo I' oIna,tI 49,
ment limiting tbe army to o5 400 men me- ';t instead
Of 10000. He said that in his opinion 20 OOC
men were enough to take care Of our inter
ests on the frontier, If the soldiers had moi
been stationed where they should not have
been six months ago there would have been
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