The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-11-22

ing instructions given to the agents and
marshals of the United States in the States
of Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and other
States, touching the seizure of logs, lumber
and naval stores without warrant. Agreed
to. Mr.. Davis called up the resolution
submitted by him on the 18th of October
last, providing for the appointment of a
special committee of five Senators to in
quire into the alleged discrepancies in
the books and accounts of the Treasury
Department Several amendments were
proposed, but pending discussion, the Senate
adjourned...-...-I In the House, Mr. Swami re-
ported bill relative to the Paris Exposition.
take part in the Exposition, and appropri-
ates $150,000.- Mr.. Cox offered a substitute
appropriating 500, 900. All referred A resolu-
ton directing the Military Committee to
inquire into the strength of the cavalry and
infantry reg giments of the army, how many
regiments are employed on the Texas from
tier, the character of the troops employed
there, the military management of the
frontier, and what additional force is neces-
sary to protect the people of Texas from
Mexican raiders, was adopted. Mr.. Sim
gleton reported deficiency bill, which he
will call up tomorrow. The bill appro-
PIRATES the following items: For payment
of the judgments of the Court of Claims,
$649,390; library of Congress, $22, 500;
Treasury Department, various items, $685.
900; Postoffice Department, salaries,
$6S1 ,6S1; other items, $12,5OO; executive
office, contingencies, $3,100; House of
Representatives, various items, $11, 1865 !;
Supreme Court, printing, $4,000; ex-
penses of the payment of bounty money,
etc, $4,000. Total appropriated, 1880
225. The Post-ofice item is reappropria-
ton. Consideration of the bill relating to
resumption being resumed, the House was
addressed by Mr.. Hart who opposed its
passage. He was followed by Mr.. Garfield
against the repeal of the bill. Other
speeches were made by Messrs. Townshend,
Muldrow, Wright, Crittenden, Herbert, in
favor of repeating the bill, and by Messrs.
Hewitt, Keifer, Dunnell, Sampson and
Loring against its repeal.
In the House, November IS, Mr.. Atkins
reported back the army appropriation bill
with the Senate amendments, recommending
concurrence in some of the amendments,
and nonconcurrence in others. Mr.. Atkins
explained that the Senate amendments were
mainly immaterial, the chief point of diff
ference between the two houses being the
clause limiting the army to 10000 men, and
limiting it to $4,000 men. The House then
proceeded to vote on the amendments.
The Senate amendment reducing the appro-
prlation for the expenses of the Command
ing Generals office from three thousand to
twenty-five hundred dollars, was concurred
in. The next amendment concurred in was
one shrinking 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 companies may be
recruited to one hundred men, and that a
sufficient force of cavalry my be employed
in defense of the Texas frontier. The
amendment to insert 25, 900 instead of 10000
in clause prohibiting the recruiting of the
army beyond that number was concurred in
by vote 1874 to 130. The next amendment
of the Senate was to strike out the words
" of whom full cavalry regiments shall be
kept in the service, on the Mexican frontier,
in Texas" which was concurred in without
opposition. The amendment striking out
the appropriation of $4,000 for the con-
version of ten-inch smooth bores into
rifles was not concurred in. The bill now
goes back to the Senate for action on such
amendments as were not concurred in.