The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-10-26
CONGRESSIONAL.
Extra Session.

n | were GRITTY III tHtlT DidCth, anu the uhuA
hustle attending the opening OF a sessio,
: prevailed.
The oath OF Office was administered /
; Stanley Mathews, OF Ohio, elected in tn
place OF John Sherman, resigned; J. Donal'
Cameron, OF Pennsylvania, in tae place o
Simon Cameron, resigned; and ID. II. Arm
strong, appointed from Missouri, vice l.. {
Bogg, deceased.
The usual committee was appointed to joil
the committee of the house and inform tn,
president that a quorum OF the two house
had assembled.
Adjourned until IL O'clock tomorrow.
In the Senate on the 10th, during the morn
ing hour, a large number of bills and petit
: tons were presented and referred. Among
I the petitions we're many f~avoring an ~increas,
of compensation to letter carriers. AmonS
the bills was one by Beck, for the removal o.
all disabilities imposed by the fourteenth
amendment. Referred. The senate ther
took a recess.
Mr.. Thurman introduced a bill to amend
the Pacific railroad acts so as to create q
sinking fund for the liquidation of the in
debtcdness due the government by the Pa,
cifc railroad companies. Referred.
A resolution providing that the committees
existing at the close of last session be con,
tinued until further orders. Agreed to.
Inc mtilDfldlS VI TIC Mlssuuil legislature
in favor of the removal Of the national
capital to the Mississippi valley, and in rela.
ton to the national system Of levees for the
Mississippi river, were referred.
Mr.. Bailey presented a petition from the
Southern Methodist Publishing House at
Nashville, for indemnity for the wear and
consumption OF its property in 1864 and
1865. Referred.
The following bills were introduced and
referred:
A bill granting arrears on pensions; to
establish the territory OF Huron and provide
q temporary government therefor; to estab-
lish a branch mint at Omaha; authorizing
the construction of 2 pontoon bridge across
the Mississippi from some point in Buffalo
county. Wisconsin, to some point in Winona
county, Minnesota.
Mr.. Rogers, private secretary to the prcsl.
dent, delivered the Presidents message. 1t
was read Immediately by secretary Gorham.
| Ordered printed and referred.
Adjourned.
In the Senate on the 18th, Senator
Beck introduced a bill authorizing the pay
ment of fifty per centum of customs duties
in legal tender notes. Referred.
Senator Edmunds submitted the following,
which was laid over until Tomorrow, at the
request Of Senator Bayard:
ReSOtyed, Tha a committee of seven sena-
tors be appointed, whose duty it shall be to
take in consideration the state of the laws
respecting the ascertaining and declaration
of the result OF the election of president and
vice president of the United States, and that
said committee have power to report by bill
or otherwise.
On motion, Senator Morrill's resolution,
filling vacancies on committees as follows,
was agreed to Senator Matthews ,hiol,
and Wallace Penn, on foreign relations;
Cameron, Penn, on military affairs and
public buildings and grounds; Armstrong, !
Mo on railroads; Grover, [Oregon1, on
private land claims Armstrong, Mo-, on
enrolled bills. Ferry, [Mich.1, was made
chairman of committee on post offices and
post roads, in place of Hamlin, who retains |
a place on that committee as a member and
Hamlin was made chairman Of committee on
foreign relations, in place of Morton, who re-
tains his old place as chairman of the com,
mittee on privileges and elections. Merrill
stated that it was the. wish OF the senator
from Indiana Morton that this latter change
be made.
Alarge number OF petitions were presented
and referred, among them one from citizens
OF Iowa, asking the passage of a law making
silver a legal tender for all sums. Another
from the legislature of Michigan, asking cons
gressional aid for the construction OF a tun>
mel under Detroit river, at or near Detroit.
The citizens of Nation, New York, petit
toned for the remonetization of the old
silver dollar.
Bills were introduced and referred Au,
the citizens of Colorado, Nevada,
and the Territories to fell a9d remove the
timber on the public domain, for farming
and domestic purposes; TO prevent abuses
Of the sale of postage stamps and stamped
envelopes; by Senator Plumb: To donate
q portion of the military reservation of Fort
to Kansas for the establishment of
an educational or charitable institution, and
% open the remainder to settlement.
Senator McCreery introduced a bill t. re-
peal the bankrupt law, and all acts menda~
.ory thereof. 1t was ordered that the ill
lie on the table to be taken up hereafter.
The senate then went into executive session.
The doors were r%eopened and the senate
adjourned.
In the senate, on the 18th, c~onsidera-
ion was resumed Of Mr.. Thurman's resolu.
ion to have the oath administered to Mr.,
of Louisiana. Pending the ques.
ion, being a substitute referring the creden.
,ials to a committee, after a debate, by a vote
IF SO to 50, the substitute was agreed to, and
he credentials of Spofford were referred to
he the committee on privileges and elec.
Whyte submitted the following as an
amendment to the resolution referring Gre
etc.: "And that said committee
'eport thereon on or before the LIST of No.
1877"
The motion of MIR. Whyte to instruct the
committee was rejected yeas, 81, nays, So.
After some discussion, during which Mr..
Conkllng said he modified his amendment
10 as to read, land the same committee shall
Ilso consider and report upon the creden.
ials Of William Pitt Kellogg" The amend.
nent was agreed to, and the resolution was
,assed as amended. {
Mr.. Thurman then moved that J.. p, Eustis &
re sworn in as senator from Louisiana, for
he term commencing March 4, 1873. I
The motion Of Mr.. Thurman to have Mr., t
GUSTS sworn in having been decided out of !
rider, he then moved that the committee on \
and elections be discharged from
urther consideration of the credentials of a
fr. Eustis. Objection was made by Mr..
and under the rules the motion 5
7as laid ever until the 10Th. Adjourned. d
In the senate, on the 10Th, Mr.. Morrill,
a resolution instructing the com.
littee on pensions to inquire and report. by
Ill or otherwise; reducing and p%roperly a
the salaries and fees of the pension n
=
An amendment by Senator Ingalls,, direct. '
lg the committee to inquire into the expe n
of abolishing all pension agencies, n
nd to have pensions paid from Washington, Il
as agreed to, and the resolution passed.
The following bills were introduced and \
To alter the times for holding !,
%ections for electors for president and vice y
resident, and casting the vote in the cleo. y
raj college; 10 repeal section 4761 OF the Y
statutes so as to restore to the pen. "
on rolls the names of all those stricken o.
erefrom on account Of disloyalty. Ad- Ct
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WASHINGTON, October 15.-At IL o'clock n
r. Adams called the house IN order road W