, 1877-11-18

tue gold pen with which hc wrote it to Mr.
Rainey as mcmcnto of the occasion, The res
olution provided for tue payment of the salar
OF Dt. Pofscl, late Chaplain Of the House.
THE RECORD.
| HOUSE.
| WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. l7.-A1r. Atkins re
ported back the Army Appropriation bill will
the Senate amendments, recommending concur
renee in some Of the amendments aud non
| currcncc in others. Mr.. Atkins explained that
the Senate amendments were mainly imnatcrial
! the chief point OF difference between the two
Houses being the clause limiting the army tt
20, QUO men and limiting it to q, 600 men.
| The House then proceeded to vote upon the
amendment. The Senate amendment reducing
the appropriation for the expenses Of the Com
manding- Generals office from $4,000 to s., SOC
was concurred in. The next amendment was
one striking out the clause providing that
four full cavalry regiments shall be kept
up on the Texas frontier, and inserting,
| instead Of it proviso that cavalry regi-
mcnts may be recruited to /, 900 men, and that
| sufficient force Of cavalry shall be employed III
| the defense OF the Texas frontier.
The Recommendation OF the Committee on APP
| preparations to concur, but Mr. Foster
moved to concur. Agreed to-Yeas 140; uays
l26.
The following Democrats voted with the Rcpub-
licans in the affirmative; Aiken, Benedict, Lock-
wood. Hart, Cause, Mackay, Williams {Mich: J,
Williams DELL, Culberson, Mills {Te1.), Gid
dings. Scheicher, and Thsockmortpn.
The next amendment Of the Senate to in
scyt -, 900 instead Of 20. 600 men in the clause
prohibiting the recruiting OF the army beyond that
number.
Mr. Foster moved to concur. A vote was taken
and resulted. yeas. 1:A, nays. 100. Tie Repub-
SffnH 9Ffx+n
Joined BY Williams tslich), Williams tDel. ], cul-
bcrson, schlcichcs, Giddinss, Mills, Throck-
morton, Lnttrel and Randolph.
out the words '.of whom four full cavalry rcyi-
menss shall be kept in service On the Mexican
Concurred in without opposition
The paragraph now reads: For the purchase OF
horses for cavalry and artillery and for lndian
scouts and for such infantry may be mounted,
500, 600, provided that the cavalry regiments may
be recruited to lu0 men i1 each company, and kept
near az practicable at that number, and Sufficient
Of the Mexican and Indian frontier of Texas;
provided that nothing herein contained shall an
thorizc the recruiting Of the number IT men OH
the army rolls Including Indian scouts and hospital
stewards beyond -, 00o.'
The amendment striking out the appropriation Of
$50 600 for the conversion OF 1U-inch smooth
bcres into rifles was non-concurred in.
The bill ROW goes back TO tho Senate for action
on such amendments rs were not concnrrcd in.
L, S, Metca1fe was sworn in as Representative
from the Third District Of Missouri, taking the
iron-clad oath.
sir. Stephens introduced bill for the financial
relief Of the country, ind to facilitate the return
to specie payment without njurious1y fecting the
commercial hrsiness and general industries Of the
people. Referred
II nrovi,les that the Secretary of the Treas
ury shall have prepared an Issue OF cxchequcr bills
Of various denominations to the amount of $780,
900. QUO, and that they shall be used for the re-
dcmption and payment of outstanding legal tender
notes. and that such cxcheqncr bills shall be re-
ccyable IN payment OF all pnblic and private dues.
n1,Jr r|,a Iva fJ1f1 hin in mi ant t.
rccts the Secretary to give public notice Of the
proposed redemption Of lesal-tenders. and to re-
deem them in exchequcr bills when presented in
sums of $50 asd It's mu1tpes which exchange
shall continue until the LIST OF January 1879. it
also provides for series Of s per cent bonds pay
are to be sold or exchanged at par Tor coin or ex
ccGncr hills, and are to he also cxchaneeabc after
the lst of June 70; for such legal-teuders may
1t provides that all cxchequcr hills and coin re-
ceivcd in payment for these ; pcr cent bonds shall
be used in retiring outstanding bonds, bearing q
higher rate of interest and in order to meet inter
cst, which is payable in coin, until tie excheuuer
bills and coin be on par.
The Secretary 1s required to procure coin by sale
IN Europe or elsewhere of and ~ per cent bonds
afrcady authorized.
1t empowers the National Ranks to hold their
legal reserves in ccnt bonds and provides that
their stock shall not he assessed by State authors
ties above their par value.
II: Swami called up the bill appropriating
Sla0, 900 for representation nj the Paris Expo
sition.
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unmsn ,roniT ,nrr cons;L- t,,at III on th ,t e
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vas innoss;hc = lev re, n,yev ~ hcar ~ ,rarJ
,riirh hc uttcrcd and ncnhcrs iuto.os.aa @ "uia s.
romncd him in a Tcrr c1os, crca sur
Nr IIami,ton' nj fhe fsomni,tco son. ~ TIN
Clerks desk and had read report n thc minor;fr
ndrcrsc n ,,aI;nr ~ ~ sll ~ s'1 ~ Ky
treasury and SPOKE in spnpp1 Of that me vc,x .He
nlnc,n~ Il m thc rround ~ nonu1s 5nsd n stm, ~
for the repeal OF the obnoxious Resnmntinn