Litchfield enquirer., 1877-11-22
CONGRESSIONAL.

Secretary Sherman says that the silver agi- tation in Washington has interfered with fund ing the four per cents The Silver and Anti Resumption Bills may go over until December Mir. Lawrence is appointed Collector at New Orleans. MT. Flley has been reappointed and confirmed Postmaster at St. Louis.-The Texas Pacific Bill will not be presented to Congress before December. Jay Commission have made two more reports, and suggest new legis- lation.
 Se1aGte. report of the Republican Sen ators conferring with the President seems to have been on the whole conducive to harmony
 A canvass of the Senate seems to show a majority for some sort of silver bill
 On Tuesday of last week Mr. Chnffee asked why the government was not making the Pa cific railroads comply with the law.-Mr. Rol- lins was made chairman of the Committee on Manufactures.
 On Wednesday the bill to provide for the Texas frontier was called up by MT. Maxey, who spoke at length on the evils which Texas had suffered from Mexican marauders.
 On Thursday MT. Eaton offered constitution al amendments regulating presidential cleo tions.-Protests were presented against the sil- yer bills.-The naval deficiency bill was passed. S-The army bill was. amended so as to make the total force, 25, 900 and passed.
 On Friday more petitions against silver money were presented-A resolution of in- quiry in relation to instruction to agents ahd marshals for the seizure of property was adopt ed.-The Treasury accounts were debated.- Adjourned till Monday.
 On Monday the resolution providing for an investigation of the accounts of the Treasury Department was debated and adopted The Army Appropriation Bill was reported from the House and passed.-The bill to enable In- dians to become citizens was called up and de- bated without action.
 HOuse.-On Tuesday of last week the De- ficiency Appropriation Bill was passed after discussion concerning the conduct of the late Secretary of the Navy.-The Resumption Re- peal Bill was debated, MT. Chittenden making a vigorous speech in opposition. Glover offered resolution providing for the investi- gation of all the departments, similar to that adopted at the beginning of the last Congress
 On Wednesday the Resumption Repeal Bill was debated without action. An attack by Mir. Felton, of Georgia, brought Mir. Chitten- den again on the floor, in defence of the Re. sumption Act. . tst s
 On Thursday Resumption was debated.
 On Friday Deficiency Bill was reported.- The Resumption Repeal Bill was debated in afternoon. and evening session, MT. Garfield making strong speech in favor of resumption.
 On Saturday the long disputed Army Appro- priation Bill was reported as received from the Senate and passed, except unimportant amend ments.-Mr. Stephens introduced financial bill.-The bill appropriating $15O 900 for rep resentation at the Paris Exhibition was called up and debated.
 On Monday the Paris Exposition Bill was debated, Mir. Cox, of New York, opposing, and Messrs. Hewitt Monroe, Crapo and liar rison, favoring it. An amendment was adopt ed limiting the Commissioners to six, only one of whom is to be compensated for his services. The tariff and Brazil steamship subsidy were introduced in the debate