Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-24

banks. CONCLUSION, lie said Repeal that
act, restore confidence, ALLOW the tramps, and
millions Of workingmen and women who
are now living in despair, to 20 TO work on
your raw materials and supply each others
wants. No nttion, no individual vas ever
freed from dcbt by iderrss aud waa. o. ins
dustry. Set the mines of Pennsylvania and.
other coal states at work IN producing power;
let the coal in the mine quicken your ma
chnery, let wages be earned by the people
toenable them to pay their debts and to con
sumo dutiablc and taxable commodities
We have gone 1T this thing bull headed and
have thus eilecually disabled ourselves, de.
,prired ourselves OF confidence, Impoverished
our people, diminished thu revenues Of the
government, and put ou1eENes ln'tleposi,
tiOn that II the midst Of abundant crops our
people are hihgrv With our cotton the
largest crop that Et ever ptodutcd they ate
naked Or IN rass. Remember that you lire tt
deal with five thousand millions of idebted.
ness. You are to provide a fund from which
every old woman in Berks county can fill her
cooking. You are to say to every European
creditor we take the risk Of your markets,
0l your necessities for gold. We will 20 it
higher. We have got ten or fifteen millions
Of dollars to do it with. Adjourned.
In the house, on the 10th, Mr. Wad
dell reported that the bill directing the sec
retary 6f:the treasury to pay in full to the
mail contractors in the southern siJtes the
amount due tttidet their respective contracts
for 1857, go and '6l, out of the appropriation
Of S37j00O made by congress March 30, 1877.
Referred. Mr.. Mills offered a resolution di,
recting the military committee to iiiduire
into the strength Of the cavalry and infantry
regiments Of the afmt, how mchy regiments
are employed upon the Texas frontier, the
character Of the troops employed there, the
military management of the frontier and
what additional force is necessary TO protect
TIE people of Texas from Mexican raiders.
Adopted. Mr.. Singleton reported the def.
cheney bill, which he will call up tO>morl0w.
The bill appropriates the following Item for
payment of'iudgertrnts Court Gf claims,
81, $40, 800; library of congress- $22SO0 ;
treasury departments, various items, SIPS,
600; p)stolfce department salaries $GSl ,6Sl,
other items $l2500; executive Office, cOntin>
gencies, S3d0O; house OF representatives,
various items, $ll.S65 supreme court, print
ing, $1,000; expenses OF payment Of bounty
money, etc, $4,000 Total appropriation
81 $50 6l2. The pOstOiiice item is a reappro.
priation. The consideration of the bill re-
lainS, to resumption being resumed the
house was addressed by Mr. Hart, wac ops
posed its passage Garfield spoke of the
debate as one that had lasted in the Anglo
Saxon world for more than two centuries.
Hardly any phase of it was new, Hardly
had there been proposition made from the
other side that had not been made seveLty>
five years ago in England, and almost one
Rhndred wears ago in the United States, so
smguarly did history repeat itself on Ules-
tons of this sort He did not undcrvaue
the greenbHct, but when the gentleman from
Pennsylvaeia Kelly talked about green
backs putting down the rebellion, ii he
Garfield had been on the other side of the
house he wouldi have said, "Oh, no. Judge,
we had m5re liberal supply OF that kind OF
money thandhey bad. 1t was better money
than yours, on your own principle, iort was
to be redeemed six years after the indenend-
ence of thesconfederate states and yet tha'
did not put YOU down" Laughter He
did no. think that the gentleman who knew
the financial policy Of the cOnfederacy would
/ Join with The gentleman from Pennsylvania
FIN his eulogiHIu of the greenbGcS The
struggle now pending in the house was one
on the one hand to make the greenback
better and on the other to make il worse
Ink the name of every man who wanted tC
hold his own when he earned it, he Gar
field demanded that congress shO9d moi
make the earned wages of the poor man tC
shrivel and shrink away, but that the green
back should be made better until the plow.
holders money should be As good as the
bVndhoder's money The house took {
recess until 7:30. At the evening sesslor
the debate on the repeal of the resumption
law continued and the house adjourned
In the House. on the 18th, Mr.. Nkin'
kreported back the army appropriation bill
with the senate amendments recommending
the concurrence in some OF the amendment!
and the nOn-cOnCurrenCe III Others Mr.
Atkins explained that the senate amend
mentS were mainly immaIerial. The chic
point Of difference between the two house
being the clause limiting the army to 20O0,
men, and limiting tito 5000. The houst
then proceeded to vote upon the amend
ments. The senate amendment reducing th'
a preparation for expense t the cjmman
INK Htutldi OluNJ lIulI E1lJNNb W = l''N " "a
Concurred in. The next amendment waStl
one striking out The clause providing tina
/ four full cavalry regiments shall he kept VI
on the Texas frontier and inserting instead
tf it proGideS that cavalry regiments may b.
| recruited to one hundred. men, and that
sufficient force Of, cavalry shall be employee
in the defense of the Texas frontier. Tn
recommendation OF the committee on appro
I priations was TO nOn.cOncur, but Mr.. F0ste
moved tl concur, Agreed to- yeas llO
nays, 196. The next amendment OF tn
/ senate was to insert 10000 instead Of 20,0o
in the clause prohibiting the recruiting o
the army hey ond that number Mr.. Foste
moved to concur, vote was taken and re
sulted-yeas, 1874; nays 1870. The mex
/ amendment of the senate was to strike on
the words "ot whom four full cavalry regi
ments shall be kept in the service on tn
Mexican frontier In Texas" COncuucd il
without opposition, The paragraph nov
reads, for the purchase of horses for cayalr
and artillery, and for Indian scouts and TO
such infantry as may be mounted, ,$lOOiOc(
provided that cavalry regiments may be re
cruited to one hundred men in each con
rany and kept as near as possible at INA
number and sufficient force OF cavalry Sha
be employed in defense Of the Mexican an
Indian frontier of Texas. Provided tha
: nothln herein contained shall authorize n
cruiting the number OF men on the arm
rolls, including Indian scouts and hOSPlt;
stewards beyond 25,C00. The amendmer
striking out the appropriation OF $4,000 to
ibe conversion of ten.inCh smooth bOfes int
rifles was nun.cOncurred in. The bill no
goes back to the senate for action on sue
amendments as were not concured q. VI
Stephens introduced bill for the iinancli
relief OF the country and to facilitate VI
return to specie payments without lDluf
ously affecting the commercial business an
general interests Of the people. Referred
,. II provides that the secretary OF the treasul
shall have prepared an issue oil eXchequ'
: hills of various denominations 10 the amour
of $3.50, 600, 900, and that they shall he use
for the redemption and payment Of ou'Slan
} inc legal tender notes, and that such exch
. uier bills shall be receivable in payment
. all pnlAfc and private dues, aud shall
, fundabls.in threeper cent bonds. 1t drec
the secretary to give public notice OF Il
! proposed redemption of the legal tende
Ind to redeem them in the excheguer oil
when presentedin the sum $50 and It's mt
, tiplies, which exchange shall continue UNI
! the la, Of January, 1879. II also provid
for a series OF three per cent. bonds payaD
j. in coin in thirty YEAR,, after which the bon
. are to be sold Tor exchanged at par for co
7 or cxchequer bills, and are to be also E
!. changeable after the first of January, ~
9 for such lecal tenders az may be outstan
, ine. 1t provides that all e4chequer bills al
9 loans Feeeiyed in payment for these ,thr
d ner cent. bonds shall be used in retiring o.
J; standing bonds bearing higherrate Of int
d EST ,,and IN order to meet the interest viii
/ is pavable in coin until the exchequer hi
r and coin be on par, the secretary is
s ounedt To- procure coin by the sale in +
? rope, or elsewhere, of fur and ioGr sh'
u half per cent. bonds already al'uot1su'