Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-15

nothing Ct bic expense By that kidd Of
argument. HE (Ssrgents) record for
loyalty 10 the Union and devotion
to the Republican party was 80
good and we'll known as that Of
the Senator from Maine. He kindly
suggested that The amendment dis
crimated against One-half Of The people
Of the country, and senalOr Blaine need
not talk 10 him In that style.
Blaine said the Senator kept lnsiat.
ing he was doing something TO punch
and thrust at the Southern States he
denied that the amendment would
prevent the appointments being made
from Southern States. Should It. be
adoped the son Of JEFF. Davis, or any
one else who graduated at West Point, !
could be appointed 9 Cadet. a,..'N
After some further discussion, Win. j
dom made the point Of order that the
amendment proposed new legislation,
but the Chair decided the objection was
made too late. Window then moved 10
lay Blaine's amendment on the table.
Agreed to. Yeas.-Alllson, Bailey,
Beck, Booth, Burnside, Cameron OF
Pennsylvania, Cockrell, Davis of II.
linois, Davis Of West Virginia, Dorsey,
Eaton, Garland, Gordon, Harris, Here.
ford, Hill, johnson, Jones Of Florida,
Jones Of Nevada, Herman, McCready'' .
Matthews, Maxey, Merrimon, Mitchell,
Morgan, Paddock, Plumb, Randolph,
Ransom, Sargent, Saunders, Teller,
Thurman, VOORHEES,, Wallace, White,
Window and Wllhers-3S. Nays
Anthony, Blaine, Cameron of Wiscon. .
sin, Christiaucy, Dawes, Hamlin, Hoar,
ingalls,, Morrill,, Rollins, Spencer and :
DAwes-l2.
An amendment by Sargent, that o..
diets at large ct the Military Academy
shall not exceed ten 10 all, and no new
appointments at large shall be made
ill the number Of cadets appointed
heretofore falls below ten, was agreed
to, and the bill passed.
THREE Z CENT. BoNDs-soRDoN's Bull.
Senator Gordon introduced q bill to
promote the deposit Of savings and The
reiunding Of the National debt. II
provides for the Issue Of q new series
Of United States coupon bonds In 500,
$50, 500 $500, and Sl,0O0, bearing 3 per
cent. interest, payable semi-annnally,
the bonds being payable OF the option
of the United States either al the end
OF twenty years, or may then be re.
newed for a further twenty yearp, pay
ment at either dates 10 be made IN coin
OF the then legal standard. The bill is
elaborate and complete In details.
In presenting II, Senator Gordon
said Mr.. President, | wish 10 intro
duce a bill TO promote the deposit Of
saving, and r%efundlng of the National
debt. ask It's reference TO the Com
mittee on Finance, and beg TO say for
II that should this bill become @ law Il
will give US all the benefits Of specie
pay ment without embarrassments in-
cident TO actual redemption which IL
now impraclicable. This bill, II Il be.
comes q law, will secure uniformity Of
value In all our currency, interchange.
ability Of the legal tender paper, coin,
remove premium on gold aud necessity
of any forced resumption.
House.
Schleicher, from the Committee on
Railroads and Canals, reported for
cheap transportation between the Ohio
Valley aud the Atlantic. Ordered
printed and recommitted.
The Committee of Commerce of the
House heard an argument for the i'm.
provement Of the Mississippi river.
The Central and Union Pacific
Railroads are making a determined re-
sistance before the Committee an. Ia
the Hobbies against tho pending sinking
fund bill.
WASHINGTON, March l3.-The con.
sular and diplomatic appropriation oc.
cupied the day. The matter Of paving
Southern mail contractors was, in The
regular way, drawn into the discussion.
Coager, OF Michigan, commented on
the fact that although that legislation
was known to many members on tho
Democratic side OF the House, they had
been silent on the subject, and would
let a bill pass that would pay these
contractors q second time.
Douglass, Of Virginia, interrupted
for the purpose Of asking questions.
but Conger declined TO Yield. Doug.
lass persisted, aud refused TO take bic
scat when directed by the Chair, and
finally the scene closed by the Chair
man sustaining a point Of order that the
whole discussion was irrelevant and
out Of order. The bill passed.
The House also passed the Senate
bill TO aid In Bennetts Polar expedi.
lion.
Earthquake At Columbus, Kentucky,