The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-01-05
CONGRESSIONAL.


In The house, on the 22i., bills 10 re
move the political disabilities NJ George y
Hawkins, u Florida, and sc Meyers, o
Maryland, we're passed. The speaker ~
nouncod The foil0wing committee 10 asoef
tain and report shat are the privileges
powers and duties Of the house " repre-
FeHtatives In counting the votes NJ president
and vicc.president Mesafs, Knott, Sparks.
Tucker, Marsh, Burcbard M seelye and
Monroe on counting the electoral votes.
Messrs. Pay ne, Hnnion, Hewitt, Springer
MCrary, Hoar and Willard.
In the house, on the 3d., Mr. Springer
offered y resolution for the compilation and
printing Of the proceedings aud debates re.
lating to the counting Of the electoral vote
since the establishment Of the government
Adopted. A resolution was adopted calling
Tor copies OF orders a. TO the expenditure Of
the appropriation Of last session for internal
improvements. Mr.. Regan, from the com
mittee on commerce, offered q resolution,
which was adopted, requesting the president
TO furnish the house with copies Of all or.
ders made by him, or under his direction
and Of the orders and correspondence OF
the war department, relating to the limita-
tons made by the president Of appropria
tons for the improvement of rivers and
harbors, and specify how the two million
dollars out Of the five million dollars appro.
piiated by the last congress, have been ex.
pended, and also. state under what law sueh
limitation was made. Adjourned until the
9th.
On the 9th, the speaker laid before
the house a message from the president in
regard to obtaining certain concessions from
the Sioux Indians. Referred to committee
on Indian affairs. Also a message from the
pre- sident in regard to the e%xtradltion treaty
with Grent Britain in the cases Of WlnslOw
and Brent, and announcing that since Great
Britain had voluntarily han led over Brent
to this government, he would continue to re-.
gard that treaty as still in operation, but he
hoped a new treaty would be soon entered
into. Referred to committee on foreign
affairs. Adjourned.
In the house, on the 2Sth, the follow
ing bills were introduced and referred: BY
Mr.. Hooker, for the Improvement of Pearl
and Pascagoula rivers, in Mississippi; by
Mr.. Douglass, authorizing the commissioner
OF the Freedmen's Saving and Trust com
pany to buy certain real estate; by Mr..
Finn, authorizing the purchase oil gold dust
and bullion at the assay office at Re Use City.
The house then adjourned.
The house, on the Goth, was in session
only thirty minutes. After the passage of a
number of private bills adjourned.
SENATE.
In the senate, on the Odd, soon after
being called to order this morning consid.
Grafton was resumed of the resolution of
senator Mitchell authorizing an investiga.
ton as to the appointment of +. A. Cronin
as presidential eltctor in Oregon, and, after |
di' c%ussiOn, 1t was agreed to without division
he resolution as agreed 70 reads as fol
lows: Resolved, That the committee on
privileges and elections be instructed to in.
quire into the eligibility of said J. W.
Watts, and to investigate the facts attending
the appointment of said electors and pre-
tended electors, and to report the same to
the senate, and for this purpose may employ
= stenographer, send for papers and persons,
oaths and examine witnesses.
After the transaction of some unimportant
business the senate adjourned until Tuesday
lext for want OF a quorum.
The senate, on the Goth, met at noon,
senators being present. Before reading
If the journal, Mr.. Morton, chairman of the
on privileges and elections, said
t was important to have another member
Idded to that great body of the committee
Who mad gone south to make the investiga.
ions ordered, and as there was not a quorum
II the sub committee assigned to duty in
Washington now in the city, therefore he
moved that another member be added to that
Committee. Agreed to, and the chair ap-
Mr.. Mitchell, of Oregon. as the
member. Adjourned until Friday.
In the senate, on the Goth, Mr.. Cor
on presented the petition of Wade Hamp-
on, VIM. L. Simpson, VIM. II. WALLACE
INty-e'ght senators and Representatives in
he general assembly of South Carolina, adj
.ressed TO congress, r~eciting at length the
vents which have recently transpired in
state, interference of the military, etc,
asking congress to take such action as
ill cause a cess ton Of military ~interfer-
nee in the affairs of the state and enable
he governor and legislature to exercise the
.uties of the offices to which they were
lected. The memorial having been read
ir. Gordon moved hat it be referred to the
judiciary committee. 70 quorum, 50 the
enate djourned until Tuesday night in &C.
ordance with an order previously adopted.
THE VOTE M ruC