Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-12-01

on the fourth section OF the bill should cease
Inc house then again went into committee of
the whole, and the various amendments that
were atterward offered were disposed of
without discussion. Then the bill was
passed; yeas, 1879; nays, 12L Mr.. O'Neil
presented petition from all but one Of the
Philadelphia national banks, and of certain
Trust and Saving Fund companies, against
the unlimited circulation of silver coin
Referred. Adjourned.
The House, 'on the DIST went into
committee OF the whole, Mr. Wright in the
char, on the deficiency appropriation bill
me committee soon afterwards rose and
reported the bill and the amendments The
vote on the amendment appropriqting 81, o..
OVO Tor star service in the mail contracts was
ordered to be taken by yeas and nays and
resulted; Se0s l0S nays l23, so the anepo.
ment was rejected. There was an effort on
the democratic side Of the house to have the
bit finally disposed of this evening, anna.
rently in order to get it out Of the way OF
the antiresumptiOn bill, but there was no
disposition manifested on the republican
'lde OF the house to aid the democrats in
doing so. Several motions to adjourn were
made and voted on by yeas and nays. The
North Carolina and Texas members, who de.
sired reconsideration of the vote on the
star mail service amendment, were the most
active IN their efforts to delay the final action
OF the deficiency bills, and eventually the
committee on appropriations had to yield the
point and let the bill 60 over without final
action. House adjourned.
In the House, on the 22nd, bills were
introduced and referred by Mr.. Mills author
ihng the secretary of the treasury to owners
the value of the cotton seized b, treasury
officials, since May 402 ,Sj5 also for the nav.
ment of all debts contracted by the govern
ment in certain states since the close of the
war. BY Mr.. Franklin: For the organiza.
ton Of the territory OF Oklahama. Bv Mr..
Davis: To exempt stcampow machinery
from the payment OF duty, BY Mr.. Stone
In creating postal savings banks. The house
then resumed the considering the vote vcs>
terday rejecting the amendment offered by
Mr. Waddell, and apprupriatng 100000 for
the star service in carrying the mails. The
motion to reconsider was laid on the tible.
Yeas, l44 nays, III. The bill was then
passed. The speaker stated that the special
order of the bill to repeal the resumption act
now came up, and that the gentleman from
Ohio Ewing was entitled to an hour to close
the DEBATE. At the conclusion of his speech,
which was listened to with the closest atten,
ton and interest on both sides of the cham.
Der, the house adjourned.
In the house on the 23d, Mr.. Fort
proceeded to address the House in advocacy
Of his substitute for the bill to repeal the
resumption act. The speaker announced
that the vote would be on the bill as amend.
ed that is, on Forts substitute for it. Some
ten or twelve pairs were announced among
them Cox of New York with Keefer; Ketch.
am, who would have voted no, with Lynde
who would have voted aye There were also
some haltdOzen absentees impaired, includ.
ing Caswel, Hazlet0h, Darrall and Strait, all
OF whom would have voted aye. The result
was announced, yeas 1872, nays 120, so the
bill was passed. The following is the text Of
the bill aS passed: A bill to repeal all that
part of the act approved January IA, 1875,
known as the resumption act, which author.
ICED the secretary of the treasury to dispose
of United States bonds, and redeem aud
cancel greenback currency. That all that
portion of the act approved January II,
1878, entitled an act to provide for the re-
demption of specie payments, which reads as
follows, to.wit; And whenever and 80 often
as circulating notes shall be issued to any
such banking association so Increasing It's
its capital or circulating notes, or so newly
organized as aforesaid il shall be the duty OF
the secretary of the treasury to redeem legal
tender United States notes in excess only of
$4,000 1000 to the amount of so per centum
of the sum of the national bank notes so
issued to any such banking association as
aforesaid and to continue such redemption
as such circulating notes are issued, until
there shall be outstanding sum Of the $780,.
100000 of such legal tender United States
notes and no more, and on and after the list
day of January, A. d. 1879, the 'ecretary of
the treasury shall redeem in coin United
States legal tender notes then outstanding,
on their presentation for redemption at the
offices Of the assistant treasurer of the
United States, in the city of New York in
sums not less than $50, and to enable the
secretary of the treasury IN prepare aud pro-
vide for the redemption in this act author
lied or required, he be authorized to use any
surplus revenues from time to time in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, and TO
issue, sell and dispose Of at not less than par
in coin, either description of bonds of the
United States described in the act of con.
gress approved July IA, 1870, entitled an act
to authorize the reiunding of the national
debt, with like qualities, privileges and
exemptions to the extent necessary to carry
this act into full effect and to use The pro.
cecds thereof for the purpose aforesaid, be
and the same is hereby repealed. Following
is the vote in detail:
Ati,;,s Ind Uanuiuu Unyup Bell.
Blackburn, Bland. Boone, Bragg. Brogdcn, Browne,
Ruckner, Cabell, Caldwell tkyD. Caldwell TENN,
kns GoPnGn ynr GaT'c ob bnTG%Ss G9in T"aF GSoFe C
vsus Crttendcn, Cuhertsop, Davidson, Davis hC.h
nibbrell, nickey, Douglass, Durham, Eden, Elan
6dy Er', FSrt t's Frsnkn, Fuller, Gardner Garth Cid
dings Glover, GHodp, Guntcr, Hamilton, Hanna
Harris Ga >, Harris tVa.J Harrison Hartrdse'
iIarisoll Haskell Hatcher Hayes, Henkle, Henry,
levitt tAla.), Herbert, Hooker House, Hunter
linntsn, Humphr y, Jones Aal, Jenfs %. Kelly
Kcnna, killil ger, Knapp, Knott, idggn; MacsGy,
Mnhon, Mills Morgan, Mnldrow, oliver, Phelps,
PhilHps PridcmOre. Rea, Reagan keiiy' hCef ~
Riddle Robbins, Roberts, Robertson, La; ;houn hoTon'
SiWglet"n Slemons, smith Ga y Sparks, Springer
steele, Thompson, throckmorton, TlptGn, towns,
bend M TnoEeT waIRsT TgTIRRST wyHE wnsE Wits jpa
White lind u WhitthorAe, Williams lAla', wills
lKyT Wilson, Wright, ieates and f9nnenpTT'
NaysAldrch, Bacon, naGlGS Ri.bop hskSp nnor bo|d
iSN na,NTi ire'yrT briprs. Burcmrl, Burdick Cain,
t'nmn Campbell, Crtteuden, Clthln, Olark E.In'
CLARK Ia SSS e2G nontcrd s SopsSi Davis tCS heerng,
Dcnison. Dunnell Dwight EameS, Elckh9I, FL hliSs'
worth. Evans Pa, Foster, Freeman hiycj "Sunein.
Gibs Hale arH6fmps Manr16Grson WSNitt IN, W iubbcl
U"nGeriord. ittner. James Jones n, H. d9Ikum-
se". Joyce, Keightey. Kimmell; landers Lntnnm'
Iohrop. Leonard, Lindsey lockwood, HoIius'
IwtrII' IIwrttrsII Mnybam, McCook, McGowan, Mchiniev'
Mecolfc Mitchell Monroe, M0rrlson horsc' mutc ,,cr
Nocross, ONcal, Overflow P4rheon E@Gg, pr,cc pncb
SON ~ Rnincv Randolph, Reed, Rice lMass',
Robinson Mass. Ross. Sempson' sehn 'tnno
ippbcrrer SpncSaoHT Tnscng S,smSfr6 4 Wait WAIT, Warner,
Wnt.orn' Welch, Williams (Mich9 NllIAnst T. "
W;liiSms wis, Williams oregon, "ilht''Ni''
Wood and Wren-l@
Mr. Butler (Mass.) occupied himself in
looking at newspaper and dit ote az
nil The speaker laid before the house sGnle
forty applications for leave of absence. MI MI
Wood IN. w objected to all OF them e1tsp. ,ept
TO those in cases of sickness, ana Saiu .an' uu%'
be pxnected there could be hnal auJo"i",
ment hv Tuesday next Mr.. Conger aSSsu
him to have that question fixed at once, M, su.
Wood declined to call up the resolution m .os
6nal adjournment on the ground that ,Ie
senate was probably not disposed to an eatlf ,,iI
adiournment. The house adJourneu 'i'i
Tuesday. -.
Pleyua A Historical Stronghold.
A German paper says that Plevna has
lam horne, both among the Turks and
tbe Bnlcarians, the epitaph Of :" the I'M
WrScnabIe," vTo The title dates back to the
line Of Baiazid the Great. When this
ra,,,V monapch re- drove the Bulgarian Emperor
| 'hV'". Al ..n rvssnn nf PlnVfn.