Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-11-22
CONGRESS-.

In the Senate OH Tuesday bills were
introduced. Reg uniting the listilllng
and rectify ing of spirits; authorizing
the election uf Delegate t0 Congress.
IRON the Indian Territory. Resnlu--
tionS offered. Calling upon the Presi-
dent t. furnish info- nation in relation
t0 the NJ P,,rces war, ana the dis
position OF Chief J1seph; authorizing
the appoiutmant of commission To
ascertain upon what terms d reciprJcil
treaty of commerce with Mexico can
be arranged. The House bill maxim =
appropriations Tor the army, was read
By title AMI referred.
HOUSE-The House went into com
mitise of the Whole on the Deficiency
bill TIE annInt appropriated Is
- 240, 665. After considerable discus
sion, the ball passed Without division,
! The bill to repeal ,iie third section OF
| the Resumption arttOn Gn the h:ii. n
| Resolution Wa Offered and referred Tor
iuve~tisat ON into all the Departments
! Of the q iHernment.
O4 Wednesday in the Senate bills
~e~e iGtrodured granting additional
n0mi s;eads 0n public lands in ths
! .St;.l % Aiali4uiA. mississippi, &c argia
4na FiCri,is, aH;hor,Zng the purchase
0( the pietaIe Known a. "rhe Pnl'rI-
in atr Wiuler Quarters i'll Rlbeson
! IC1arpel, +" 1T cost not 10 eXreed Sl0, ,0Oe
A bill was reported 10 enable in'iian-
10 he-roue ciiizans Ufi iaa Unite States.
/ The Army ApprDpriayion bill vs.
taken up aud amended, hut without
defin ie action, went over t. Ii iO-iaH
Mr. Nuorhefs was appointed Ia FL.
vacancies on the Pension and TraUS-
pOrtatinns COMMITTEES.
HOUsE-Resuiations offered: Inquir
ing INTO the prupriety oi amending the
banking laws so as 10 require in the
election of directors the princlpIe pt
cumulative voting in the States where
such laws exist: inquiring into the
I factS in reference to the pri-onment
Of Congres. Smalls, anu whether
such im prison :nent is Dot violation
Ot the constitutional privileges of the
! House; i1r the fnai adjournment oi
/ Congress on the 22.i last. II 6 p. m.
/ The balance 0i th4 day Was spent in
considering the bail to repeal the third
section Of the Resumption act.
! In The Senate on Thursday the bill
making appropriations for the navy
g p passed without amendment and
st Mt to the President for his approval.
The Army Appropriate .n Dlil came
-p as amended in:epmmiitee and a.
eA planned by Mr.. Beck, of X niucky.
He prop ,sed Ia vote for the appTopria
i'm, but declared the bill To be an
anomaly and spoke of the necessity for
a reorganization of The army. This
bill provideI for II 463 men in the ar
Iillery and cavalry, leaving 537 men
for the infantry, or twenty-five regi-
inents of about one hundI"d men to
~ h or ten to Company while the
revised statutes required each company
10 haze iiiteen non commissioned 0fiic
ers. The bi II was amended, lImitins
the .uinb~r 10 % 600 Instead uf q, 0o0
,Hd passed. Adjwrnrd.
Il III, ii ,use i, bill aIllwing thr
nom IS mileage fi,r tie extra session
wa- !, port n sjver5ly. On resumins
the consideration ~ the bill repenling
the Resumption Law the Speaker stat
,,i hat he unierat- ,ed that the previous
question would be Called an it on
saturday afternoon. Mr.. Kelley. ni
PelH-yivahia, said that although th'
Treasury mi sht resunae GA the day
specified, the supply OF bullion would