The Portland daily press., 1877-03-02
From the Maine State Press of March 1, 1877.
History OF Seven Days.
The News for the week ending Wednesday
Might. Feb. 2S.
NATIONAL CAPITAL.

NATIONAL CAPITAL.
While sitting in the cloak room of the Sen
ate chamber, smoking Saturday, Senator Ham,
lin was taken with what appeared to be
fainting fit and had it not been for Senator
Mcmillan, who sat by him would have fallen
into the fire. He soon recovered, but his
friends thought it best that he be taken home
After arriving there he seon recovered and this
evening is in his usual good health.
His physicians say there is ne reason to
doubt that Secretary Morrill, will in few days
entirely recover his usual vigor and resume the
discharge of his public duties.
The President sent the following nominations
to the Senate Saturday: Pay Inspector, Alex
ander w. Russell, to be Pay Director; Pay
master Rufus Parks, to be Pay Inspector;
Passed assistant Paymaster, j. 2. Foster to be
Paymaster; Assistant Paymaster, JAS A.
Ring, to be Passed Assistant Paymaster; Paul
Morrill, to be Surveyor of Customs at San Fran
cisco; Jas. A. Williamson of Iowa, to be Com
missioner for the District of Columbia, in place
of j. 81. Ketchum, resigned.
The Treasury has destroyed $745, 1913 of legal
tender notes. This leaves outstanding 1884,
239,4S1.
CONGRESS-.
Friday in the Senate Conrad ii. Jordan,
cashier of the Third National Bank of New
York, was discharged from contempt on con-
senting to testify before the committee. The
naval appropriation bill was passed with an
amendment striking out the House provision
for commission to inquire into the condition
of the navy In the House various amend
ments were added to the bill for payment of
contested election cas- es. 1t was voted to pay
the widow of the late o. S. Ferry of Connect
cut $2500.
Saturday the army appropriation bill was re-
ported in the House, the Senate not being in
session. 1t reduces the cavalry regiments to
eight, artillery to four, and infantry to sixteen,
and contains proviso prohibiting any of the
money from being applied for pay of transpor-
taton or subsistence of troops to be employed
in the support of the claim of either Nichols Or
Packard as Governor of Louisiana, or in sup
port of the rival Legislatures in said state, and
prohibits the employment of any portion of the
army in support of the claims of any state gov.
eminent or any officer of said state until recog-
nized by Congress. Ordered printed. The
Senate amendment to the post office appropria-
ton bill was non-concurred in and conference
committee ordered. The same action was taken
in regard to the deficiency, naval and legislative
bill. The post route bill was passed.
Monday the SeDate appointed Window, ALI
son and Dawes, members of the conference
committee on the Legislative judicial and exec
utive appropriation bill, Sargent, Window and
Withers on the deficiency bill, and Sargent,
Gra0in nd Wallace no
of the conference committee on the Indian APP
preparation bill was agreed to. The House did
nothing but debate the Louisiana decision.
In the Senate Tuesday West, Hamln and
Bogy were appointed members of the confer
ence committee on the post Office bill. Eulo-
gies on the late Speaker Kerr were pronounced
by Mr.. Mcdonald, Mr.. Bayard and others and
the usual resolutions adopted. Several unim-
portant bills were passed after which the Pa
cific railroad funding bill was postponed till
December next. In the House tue day was
spent on Fields bill for filling vacancy in the
presidential office. The bill is amendatory of
removal, death, resignation or inability of both
President and Vice President, or for a case of
vacancy in those offices arising from the fall
ure of both Houses of Congress to ascertain
and declare an election before the commence.
ment of the term of Office in respect to which
the electoral votes were cast, or in case of va
cancy arising from any other cause. 1t pro-
vides that the President of the Senate, or if
there is none, then the Speaker of the House of
Representatives for the time being, or if there
be no such speaker then the Secretary of State
in Office when the vacancy happens shall act as
President until the disability is removed or a
President elected. After long debate the bill
passed: yeas 1873, nays 100, party vote, except
that one Republican (Purnam of Florida) voted
for il, and the following named Democrats
against it: Buckner of Missouri, Goodin of
Kansas, Hancock of Texas Knott of Kentucky,
Neal of Ohio, Potter of Michigan, Savage of
Ohio, Stevenson of Illinois, Tarbox of Massa-
chusetts, Thomas of Maryland, Warren of
Massachusetts, Whitehouse of New York, and
Williams of Delaware. A motion to suspend
the rules and adopt the resolution recognizing
the Hampton and Nichols state governments
was lost. The conference report on the Indian
appropriation bill was agreed to. A motion for
recess was carried by one vote.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
The deaf and dumb asylum at Council Bluffs,
Iowa, was burned Sunday. Loss 100000
Frank McConnochi, who murdered Maggie
Bauer has been sentenced to states prison for
life.
A number of men employed by the Steel
Company of Canada struck last week and Sat-
urday night attacked the men who had taken
their places and shot one dead.
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trouble with his wife left her. taking his boy,
four years old, to his wife's uncle's who keeps
the Caledonia Springs Hotel in Newark, VT.
seven miles from Island Pond where he has
been at work for week past. On the 23d Mrs
Young, with her little girl, two years old, and
her mother came to Island Pond, staid until
Saturday at her aunts Mrs. C. FL. Ladd when
all three went to Newark to see Young. Every
thing seemed pleasant. The two children
went into the shed to play. In short time
Mrs. Young went out into the shed, took an
axe which was used for chopping wood, split
both children's heads open and chopped them
in fearful manner. They lived about twenty
minutes. Insanity is supposed to be the cause.
Mrs. Young is under arrest.
Fox Theatre and several other buildings in
Philadelphia were burned Saturday night. The
losses foot up $4,000.
BRIEF MENTION.
Pinch5ack thinks the Nichols government
will take care of itself if let alone.--Gen.
Andrew W. DennisoD, postmaster of Balti-
more died Friday night of apoplexy.-Gen.
Macarthur, postmaster of Chicago, is de-
faulter to the amount of $4,000. He has re-
signed and gone into voluntary bankruptcy.
His bondsmen are also bankrupt. --Disz has
been elected president of Mexico.--Lieut.
Cummings routed a band of Indians near
Deadwood on the 22d inst. The international
convention of the Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION will be held at Louisville, XIV. June
9.--The Pope has appointed Rev. DR., John
Moore to be bishop of St. Augustine, Fla and
the Dominican Friar Vurges to be coadintor of
Bishop O'Connell. at Grass. Valley, CAL
The Treasury committee of the British Parlia.
ment recommends the adoption of the Ameri-
can system of meteorological observations
B. P. Brashear. revenue agent at St. Louis, one
of the whiskey ring, has been pardoned on &C.
count of i'll health.--Importation of neat
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