The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-12-12
BY TELEGRAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
TO THE DAILY INTELLEGENcER
GENERAL NEWS.
THE SURRENDER OF PLEvNA.
Awful sufferinss Of the Turks in
the BeIeasured City.
Forty Thousand Men and -Four
Hundred Cannon Captured.
Great Rejoicing in St. Petersburg.
London Press Hot for Mediation.
England Uneasy About the Results
Of the War.
The Reception Of Ministss Welsh
in Liverpool.
The Reception of Ministss Welsh
in Liverpool.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

Nearly the whole morning hour wa
occupied in the presentation OF petition.
from all parts Of the country 10 favor Of
an amendment to the constitution 20 n
TO prohibit the States from diSfranchising
citizens on account Of sex, asking the ap,
pointment Of committee 10 inquire into
the alcoholic liquor traffic, and urging
Congress not to take any action concern
ing revision OF the tariff until il shall
have ascertained by inquiry the condi.
lion oi The business Of the country, and
that the legislation be such as In the
opinion OF practical business men will
promote the business prosperity Of the
country. All were referred.
Alarge number OF bills we're introduc.
ed and referred, among them are the fol.
lowing:
BY Mr.. Davis, Of Illinois: To establish
a Court of Appeals.
By Mr.. Kellogg: Authorizing mail
steamer service between New Or.
leans and certain points named.
Mr.. ConkliDg submitted resolution,
providing for the appointment oi com.
mittee oil seven Senator'S TO inquire and
report whether any aud what measures
eau be devised TO promote commercial
interests with Mexico, and to establish a
just and peaceful condition of affairs on
the border between this country and Mex
leo. talso authorizes the committee TO
send for persons and papers and 10 visit
such places as it may think proper in
making the inquiry. Agreed 10.
Consideration was then resumed Of the
resolution Of Mr.. Matthews, declaring the
right oil the government 10 pay bonds In
silver, and Mr.. Herman spoke in opposi-
tion thereto.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Whitthorne introduced bill pro
viding that the Naval authorities shall
remove the bodies Of the officers and men
lost in the wreck Of the Huron for bur.
ial in the Naval Cemetery at Annapolis,
aud reimbursipg their relatives for ex.
penses incurred in removing the bodies
from the coast Of North Carolina. The
bill was 30 amended as 10 include The rel.
atives OF those men lost from the wreck.
ing boat B. and !. Baker. The bill then
passed.
Mr.. Durham, from the Appropriation
Committee, reported back The deficiency
appropriation bill with the recommendG.
tion that the House concur in certain
parts oi the Senate amendments and non.
concur in others. Mr.. Durham explained
that when the bill passed the House ID
appropriated 81 ,649, 900; the Senate had
added 81 ,l39, 900 10 the bill. The House
Committee on Appropriations had agreed
10 recommend concurrence In the amend.
ment appropriating $S25, 900 for the State
Department building and nonconcur-
renee in the amendment appropristing
S5O0,OOO Tor the Star Service CARVING
mails.
Mr.. Atkins, Chairman Of the Commit.
tee on Appropriations intiuated a desire
to offer some amendments, but subse.
quently declined, in order not TO embar.
raSs the dill.
The House then considered the follow.
ing amendments: Items for U. s. Mint,
Denver, and for Assay Office, Helena;
item to pay salary of Judge Loripg Of
the Conr! Of Claims; item appropriatlnp
$S26,OOO for State Department building:
item appropriating $4,000 for Court
House and Postotfice building at Little
Rock; provision for sending public docu.
ments Tree through the maiIs; appropri.
ating -, 900 for Commissioner 10 Inter.
national Prison Cdngress, at Stockholm:
appropriating $4,000 for repair and
restoration Of patent models.
The following Senate amendments were
1onconcnFred in: Increasing the item
Tor contingencies for the Treasury De.
partment from 500 to 1000; appropri-
ating SlS,500 for Custom House Com
misslonersi appropriating $24,50O for
deficiency in pay Of railway, postoifice
clerks, etc., appropriating SG,50O for
mileage TO new Senators at called session:
appropriating S9,l5O for furniture: ap.
Propriating $5,744 for miscellaneous
items Tor the Senate; appropriatiug 81, 900
Tor International Associations for relief
oil colored women and children; appro-
priating $4,000 for the Hot Springs
Comniission, Arkansas; apppropriat-
ing 5000 Tor commissioner to pre-
pare and publish a new edition
OF the tirst volume Of the Revised Stat
nte'; apPropriating s., 200 for preparing
iSr publication the proceedings Of the
Electoral Commission; appropriatipe
5OCo Tor preparation OF Halls second
Arctic expedition; appropriating $4,000
for publication Of Official records Of the
rebellion; appropriAting 81, ,420 for legis-
latiye expenses Of Washington territory;
apProptiating $l60S4 for payment Of
claims audited and allowed Tor pay, etc,
ot Oregon and Washington volunteers in
the Indian hostilities in 1886; appro.
priating $6.0O4 for the pavement in front
oil the Arsenal grounds at indianapolis.
The question on the mendment to pay
the expenses of the Custom House Com.
missloners was takentby yeas and nays,
aud resulted: Yeas 122, nays j "a; so the
amendment was non n.concurfed in.
The question on the amendment an.
propriating 100000 for inland mail
transportation on the Star routes and by
steamboats, and all other than railroad
routes, was also taken by yeas and nays,
the Committee on Appropriations having
recommended non.concurrenee. The
amendment was concurred in. Yeas l43,
nays 10Y.
All the amendments having been dis
posed Of, the bill goes back to othe Senate.
The Speaker made the following ap-
pointments on committees: Naval Al
fairs, Mr.. Chittenden; War Claims, Mr..
Martin; Territories, Mr.. Crayens; Invalid
Pensions, Mr.. Metcalfe; Pacific Railroads,
Mr.. Hewitt, OF New York; Civil Service
Reform, Mr.. Potter; Revision Of Lava,
Mr. Hart; PriYate Land Clnima. Ne.