The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-11-22
CONGRESSI ONAL.--Extra Session,
THE SENATE,


In the Senate, on the 18th, the Hon
| D. w. Voorhees, was sworn in as senator from
| Indiana. A number of bills were intro
| duced and referred to the appropriate com
| mittees, among them the following: BY Mr.
| Wisdom: To establish department of com
merce- By Mr.. Mathews: For the enforce
ment OF judgments and DEGREES in states
other than those where rendered or made
! BY Mr.. COnOver: To provide for urvey of the
interior and water route and canal from the
Mississippi river to the AtlintIc. By Mr.
| Davis (Iil.): To remit taxes on insOlvent saw
ngs banks. The senate then went into eX
ecutive session, End when the doors were re
opened adjourned
In the Senate, on the 18th, during the
morning hour a number OF bills were intro
duced and referred ts appr''priate commit
tees. among them the following: By Mr.
Mcdonald, in relation to distiling and recti
tying spirits By Mr.. Garland, to authorize
the eleetiOn OF delegates to congress from the
Indian territory. At the expiration of the
morning hour, NIr. Chaffee called up the res
OlutiOn submitted by him last week with re
gard to the management of the Pacific rail
road, and spoke at length in connection With
that subject Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 14th, Mr.. COnger
introduced a bill to grant additional home
steads to settlers upon public lands in the
states Of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and
Florida. 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 fill the vacancy
on the committee on pensions Occasi0ned by
the resignation 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 Senate, on the 10th, Mr.. Davis
presented a remOhstrance of fOTty-fve na-
dOnal 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, bonds, aud areapprehensiye that the
passage of such bill will greatly depreciate
their value and have a bad influence on the
business of the country. Referred. Mr..
Bruce presented a petition from the colored
residents of Mississippi asking an apprOpri-
alton of 500 600 to aid them in emigrating
to Liberia. Referred. Mr.. Sargent reported,
without amendment the bill providing for
certain deficiencies in the paw of the navy
aud marine corps and for other purposes, and
il. passed without discussion. 1t now goes to
the president for his signature. At the ex-
piratiOn of the morning hour, the senate
proceeded with the consideration of the army
appropriation bill. 1t was finally passed
with the amendments reported by the com
mittee on appropriations, and also amend
mentS providing that the army shall not be
recruited beyond $4,000 men, instead of
10000, as authorized by the house. Mr. Eaton
demanded a separate vote on the amend
ment limiting the army to 25 600 men instead
of s0C0U. He said that in his opinion 20 600
men were enough to take care of our inter
ests on the frontier. If the soldiers had not
been stationed where they should not have
beenEsIX months ago there would have been
no need of atcarDage on our frontier which
we have seen. The amendment made in the
committee was agreed to-yeas 80, nays 10
as follows: Y Yeas-AllisOn, Anthony, Bayard,
Booth, Bruce. Burnside, Cameron (Pa),
Cameron wis, Chaffee, Christiancy, Coke.
Conkliug, COnOver, Davis CID Dawes, Dor
sey, Edmunds, Garland, HamIin, HOar,
aOwe, Ingalls,, kirkwoOd, Lamar, Mcmillan,
Mathews, Maxey, Mitchell, Morrill,, OgIesby,
Paddock, Randolph, Rollins, Sargent, Saun-
ders, Spencer, Teller, Wadleigh and Win
dOm-59. Nays-Bailey, Barnum, Beck,
CoekIell, Davis West Va j. Eaton, Gordon,
Harris, Hereford, Jones (Fla.G McCreery,
Mcpherson. MerrimOn,S Morgan, Ransom
Thurman, Voorhees,, White, Withers-19
Other amendments made in committee of
the whole were cOnCurred in without division
and the bill was then read the third time and
passed. It now goes back TO the house Of
representatives for the action of that body
on the several amendments. Adjourned.
In the senate, on the 10th, Mr.. Cam
eron (NVis.) introduced bill fixing salaries
of Judges of district court Of the United
States Referred. Mfr, Ingalls, introduced a
bill reaealing the act authorizing the coinage
Of silver pieces. Referred. Adjourned to
meet Monday.