The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-10-30
XLVTH CONGRESS---Extra Session
WASHINGTON, October 20, 1877.



Mfr. ingalls,, of Kansas, introduced a bill
to fix the date of the meeting OF the first
regular session Of the Forty-tiith Congress
upon the first Monday OF November. Re-
ferred to the Committee on Privileges and
Elections.
The following nominations have been
sent in: New York custom.house, as telc-
grained: Smith, collector OF customs for
Mobile; Oglesby, Lewis, and Mcmillan, for
their respective Offices in New Orleans;
Wilson, James, and Forbes, for Virginia
postmaSters L. w. Stoughton. Minister to
Russia: JOHN Baxter. Tennessee, circuit
Judge for the Sixth district; Parsons, dis
trict attorney OF Alabama; VAN III. Smith,
collector of customs for Chicago; Joseph
D. Brady. collector for the Second Virginia
district: Fitzsimmons, marshal Of Georgia !;
Wells, Con SUI General to China; Walden,
marshal of West Tennessee; and Parsons,
marshal Of Alabama.
To-day Mr.. AIaNey, OF Texas, presented
the petition of Charles w. Field, of King
George county, Va, for the removal Of his
political disabilities. Referred to the Com
mittce on the Judiciary.
Mr.. Withers presented the petition Of
Mary 4. 2. Catcsby Jones, widow OF the
late Thomas A. p. G. Jones, late commo-
dore in the United States navy, asking an
increase OF pension. Referred to the Com
mittee on Pensions.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Hereford in
the Senate to-day provides that there shall
be from time to time coined at the minis OF
the United States silver dollars OF the weight
OF 412& grains standard silver to the dollar,
as provided for in the act OF January Is,
1881: and that said dollar shall be received
in payment OF all debts, public and private,
except where payment OF gold coin is ex-
pressly required by law.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
The call OF States for bills for reference
occupied the House for five hours, and the
consequence was the introduction OF the
largest number OF bills that were ever pre-
sented in one day in the history OF Con-
gress. They reached SIS. They might be
classified into some half-dozen prominent
subjects: The repeal OF the resumption act,
the reconciliation OF silver, the repeal OF
the bankruptcy law, the abolition Of taxes
on the sale of tobacco by producers, the
extension Of pension laws to the South, the
repeal of the test-oath, and appropriations
for works of internal improvement. Among
the latter were bills appropriating $3,000,-
900 for the Mississippi levees, and s, 200, ZOO
for the Missouri river.
APPOINTMENT OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
The committees were announced. The
more important are given in full; caairmen
and southern members on others:
Elections: Harris, Gambler, Williams,
Ellis, and Thornburgh.
WAYS and Means: Wood, Tucker, Sayler,
Robbins, Harris, Gibson, Phelps, Kelly,
Garfield, Burchard, and Banks.
Appropriations: Atkins, Blount, Single
ton, ClYmer, Hewitt, Sparks, Durham,
Hale, Foster, Smith, and Baker.
Banking and Currency: Buckner (suc-
ceeds Cox, Yeates, and Bell.
Pacific Railroad: Potter, Thockmorton,
Morrison, House, Luttrell, Saunders, Chal-
mers, Elan, O'Neil, Blair, Caswell, Cole,
and Rice.
Claims Bright, David, Henry; all the
rest northern members, exciting some sur
prise. d.
Kenna. A..
Public Lands: Morrison, formerly OF the
Ways and Means; Cause, Clark, Hewitt OF
Alabama, and Smith Of Georgia.
Post-Oficc and Post-Roads: Waddell OF
North Carolina, Slemonds, Caldwell, Gartn'
District of Columbia: Williams OF Michi-
gan, Hunton, Blackburn, Hinkle.
Judiciary: Knott, Harris Of Virginia,
Hartridge, Cubertson.
War Claims: Eden OF Illinois, Cabell,
Schelly, Caldwell.
Public Expenditures Hatcher OF Mis-
souri,, Pridemore, Davidson, Manning.
Private Land Claims Gunter Of Arkan
sas. Caldwell, Giddings, Turner, Cain.
Manufactures Wright, Dibrell, Wilson
Lyon, Davidson.
Agriculture Cutler OF New Jersey
Pridemore, Aiken, Stubbs.