The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-01-19
XLIVTH CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION.

| BIttig upon iuS QutSllOus anu IilC Dill
of Mr.. Wright was referred to a special
| committee to devise means for counting
| the vote, and the senate resumed con-
sideration of the bill, declaring the true
| intent and meaning of the Union
| Pacific railroad acts Mr.. ingalls, was
entitled to the floor, but n quorum not
being present r a,, ;ss-ssaPtsd
! business men Of New York city, in
| favor of an amicable settlement OF the
| presidential contest. Adjourned. H0uSe.
| Mr.. Wells introduced a bill providing
| for the repeal of all taxes on capital and
| deposits of state and national banks and
| banking institutions. Referred. Ihe
senate amendments to the bill for the
sale of Saline lands were concurred IN.
| Mr.. Reagan, reported a bill making the
ports of Brownsville and Galveston,
Texas, as ports to which unappraised
merchandise may be imported. Passed.
Mr.. Kidder, from Dakota, reported back
bill giving parties contestants time to
enter lands under pre- emption home
steads on timber culture acts, after con-
test shall have been finally decided.
Passed. The house went into committee
of the whole, Mr. Harris of Virginia in
the chair, on the state of the Union
Hewitt of Alabama granting pensions to
certain soldiers and sailors of the Mexi-
can, Florida and Black Hawk wars, and
certain widows of deceased soldiers and
sailors of the same. 1t allows pension.
of IS a month to all who serve& sixty
days in the Mexican war, or thiHE days
in the Florida or Black Hawk wars, and
to their surviving widows, -uRpaAEEiefe
Passed. Adjourned. "
WASHINGTON, January 5.l7dfs-
Mr.. Morton called up the RESOLUTION,
submitted by the committee on prisilegesl
and elections Wednesday last, drI1E ~
that VIM. NJ. Turner is in du6 botnid
under his oath to answer the qtitNiops
pTopOunded to him by the c9mmiBtee IN
regard TO the transmission of telegraphic
messages through his Office at JacRsQuz.
vile, Oregon, and that he cannot exciIA4
himself from answering the same by
reason Of his official connection with the
Western Union telegraph company as
manager of their Office at Jacksonville,
Oregon. Adopted, yeas SO, nays 3. Ad-
iOurned. H0Use-On motion of Mr..
Atkins (Tennessee) senate amendments
to the bill making appropriations for
invalid and other pensions were concur
red in. The house then went into COM
mittee of the whole, Mr.. Hooker in the
chair, on the private calendar. When
the committee rose, the question of the
recusant witness, Mr.. Barnes, the New
Orleans manager Of the Western Union
telegraph company, was taken up. Mr..
Barnes was before the bar of the house,
and submitted, in writing, his answer as
prepared by his counsel. The answer
being under oath The sergant-at-arms
was directed to retain Mr Barnes in GUS
n4lftYee o a., nou5e 1ne s.s tie eeat enS
and deficiency bill, Mr. Hcskin On. W
in the chair. After about two hours
spent over the deficiency bill, the COM
mittee rose, and the bill passed, and the
house adjourned till to morrow.
WASHINGTON, January 6.-House.-
Mr. Douglass, chairman of the freed
mems bank committee, reported a bill,
authorizing Mr.. Edmunds, bank COM
comissiener, to-day, in property sold un-
der foreclosure, to secure the debts of
the bank and to sell the same at public
or private sale when it is for the inter
est of the bank to de so, and also ratify
ing their former action in doing so. He
explained that the commissioners, in
winding up the affairs of the bank and
in selling the property conveyed to the
bank to secure the debts, had been COM
PEELED, in order to prevent a sacrifice of
property, to buy in a large proportion
of it and afterwards to resell il. The
legality of this course had been ques-
toned, and this bill was reported to re-
move the doubts in the matter and to
prevent expensive litigation. The bill
passed. The house went into a commit
tee of the whole on the consular and
diplomatic appropriation bill. The first
paragraph being those making apprO-
priations for salaries of ministers
Mr. Holman offered an amendment fix
ing the following rates of salaries: For
ministers to Great Britain, France, Ger
many and Russia, $4,000, now S17, 900;
Spain, Austria. Italy, Brazil, Mexico,
Japan and China, $4,000, now $4,000
Chill and Peru as at present; Belgium,
the Netherlands, Sweden and Norway,
Turkey, Venezuela, Hawaiian Islands
and Argentine Republic, $4,000, now
s., 800; Guatemala, Costa Rica, Hondu-
ras, Salvador and Nicaragua, one mission,
IS, S,000I now 10000; minister and con-
sui general to Hayti and Liberia, each
$4,000, now 81 500 and $4,000. The
committee rose without any action on
the consular and diplomatic bill, and
the house considered the business of the
District of Columbia. A few bills of
local import passed and the house ad-
journed.
WASHINGTON, January 9.-House-
The speaker laid before the house COM
munication from VIM. r. Morrison,
chairman of the committee on Louisiana
affairs, relative to the refusal OF William
Orton, president of the Western Union
telegraph company, to appear before
said committee Bills were introduced
bv Mr.. Watterson to regulate commerce
among states. Mr.. White, (Ky.) asked
leave to offer a resolution reciting that
fears were entertained lest there shall
not be peaceful settlement of the pres
ideptial question, and declaring that any
atte empt to prejudice and excite the pub
lie mind in advance of the decision by
the authority provided by the constitu-
ton, is unwise. unpatriotic, and full of
danger, and that it is the duty of all
good citizens to peacefully and faithfully
abide by the results reached in accord
ance with the constitution. Mr.. OBrien
(Md.) objected. Mr.. Schliecher offered
a resolution calling on the president for
copies of papers in possession OF the state
| and war departments relative to the i'm
prisonment of John J. Smith, an Ameri-
| can citizen, by the Mexicans, and also in
reference TO the numbering and robblng
| by Mexican soldiers of Samuel Higgins.
| Adopted. Mr. Durham, from the COM
| mittee on revision of laws, reported back
| the senate bill to correct the statue to
punish counterfeiting SO as to require in
| tent to be shown. Passed. Mr.. o Brien,
| MD J, from the committee on mines and
mining, reported back the senate joint
resolution to authorize the president to
| appoint three commissioners to attend an
| international conference on the subject Of
the relative values of gold and silver
with an amendment, authorizing the
president to propose such conference tc
foreign governments. The morning
hour having expired and the joint re o
luton laid over, Mr.. Reagan, from com
mittee on commerce, reported back thu
bill repeating so much of the act of De
cember II, 1872, as provides for pivo
draw in any bridge to be erected owe
the Ohio liver between Covington ant
Cincinnati. After discussion, the mat
ter went over and the house adjourned
The modern cookstove is approach