The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-02

In the senate On the 10th, the house
amendments to the consular and diplomatic
appropriation bill were concurred 10, and
the bill passed. At the expiration of the
morning hour, consideration OF the bill to
create q sinking fund for the liquidation of
the Indebtedness of the Pacific railroad
companies was resumed. Mr.. Chaffee sub.
mitted an amendment to that of Mr.. Chris.
tiancy, SO as provide that the act should be
constructed as the final settlement between
the government and the companies, if within
four months after its passage it be accepted
by the companies, and provided said COM
panies shall faithfully comply with all the pro-
Visions of the act, and shall not be in default
OF any installments when due. After a long
DEBATE the amendme nt of Mr.. Chaffee was
agreed to-30to22. The question then being
on the amendment of Mr.. Christiancy, us
amended by Mr.. Chaffee, it was agreed to-
SO to Is. The question then required on the
amendment of Mr.. Booth, submitted We'd
nesday last, to strike out the fifth section of
the bill reported by the railroad committee,
which allows the company to anticipate
their semi.annual payments, discounted at
the rate OF SIX per cent, etc. 1t was agreed
to without division. The senate then went
into executive session, and when the doors
were reopened took a recess until 10 to-mor-
row.
In the senate on the 18th, eight sena-
tors were in their seats at 10 o'clock
but no objection being made, a communica-
ton from the president of the electoral com
mission was read, conveying the decision Of
the commission touching the electoral votes
from Louisiana. On motion of Mr.. Hamlin
it was agreed that the house be informed
that the senate was ready 10 proceed with
the count of the votes for president and
vice president. The discussion as to Florida
and the testimony taken by the committee
which visited that state was continued by
Messrs. Sargent, Cooper and Jones fla
until recess.
In the senate on the 10Th, in reply to
the question of Mr.. Withers, the president
pro TEN. said the house would be ready to
receive the senate at 10 o'clock. At 1886
the senate repaired to the house of repre-.
sentatives, headed by its officers. The de-
cisiOn was then read by secretary Gorham.
Mr.. Herman submitted a substitute for the
resolution Of Mr.. Sherman as follows; Or
dered, That the votes purporting to be the
Nv L III NOlNo u oA1 = ~ ItSFA
dent, and which were given by VIM. P. Kel-
logg to VIM. P. Kellogg, w. j. H. Birch,
Peter Joseph, L. A. Sheldon, Morris Marks,
A. b. Devisse, o. III. Brewster and Oscar
J~afferin, claiming to be electors for the state
OF Louisiana, be not counted, the decisi on
Of the commission to the contrary, notwith-
standing The debate ensued was partici-
pated in by several senators, and at times
grew very warm, relaxing into bitter party
--. a-I on.nnftslna TLa ,-a
hours allowed for debate expired. The
question being on the resolution of Mr.. Ker-
nan as a substitute for that of Mr.. Sherman,
it was rejected. Yeas, %; nays, Al. A strict
party vote, as follows: Ieas-Messrs. Bailey,
Barnum, Bayard, Bogy, Cockrel, Cooper,
Davis, Dennis, Eaton, G~oldthwaite, Gorden,
Hereford, Johnston, Jones (Fla.l Kelly,
Herman, McCreery. Mcdonald, Maxey,
Merrimon, Norwood, Randolph, Ransom,
Salisbury, Stevenson, Wallace, Whyte and
Withers-2s. Nays-Alcorn, Allison, Antho-
eron (Pa( Cameron wis y Chaffee, Chris.
tiancy, Clayton, Conover, Cragin, Dawes,
Ferry, Frelinghuysen, Hamlin, Harvey,
Hitchcock, Howe, Ingalls,, Jones (Nev.6
Logan, Mcmillan, Mitchell, Morrill,, Morton,
Oglesby, Paddock, Patterson, Robertson.
Sargent, Sharon, Sherman, Spencer, Teller,
Wadleigh, West, Window and Wright-l.
The question then being on the resolution of
Mr.. Sherman, it was agreed 10; yeas, Al;
nays, 2S-a strict party vote. Those voting
in favor Of the substitute as above recorded
voted against the resolution, and those who
voted against the substitute voted for the
resolution. The senate, at 1855, took a recess
till 10 o'clock tomorrow.
In the senate on the 10th, the session
of the senate was resumed at 10 o'clock, but
no business was done, senators only awaiting
notification OF the house ready to continue
the count Of electoral votes. This notification
was inside at 1870, and the senate repaired to
the chamber Of the house Of representatives.
Upon returning at 2:So pm the president
pro TEN. Of the senate snnouced that the
having withdrawn from the joint
meeting Of the two houses on the submission
Of objections to counting the vote Of d. L.
Crossman, an elector from the state Of Mich
igan, the objection would be read. Ihe Sec
re.ary of the enate read the objections. Mr.,