The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-09
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

c"ss4REss'"NAn PROCEEDINGS.
The senate.
Wasa,ssrGn March sThe r., senate heTng
| WAS session Of that body TO- day.
The HeHse.
On motion of Mr. Cox Of New York Tho
House cnnhnrrhd in tho senate amendments 10
the bill amending The Rnvieed Statutes in rea-
ton q anano sands. md the bill passed
NJ Hewitt OF Alabama. from The Committee
on Public Lands, repmtel q bill l., grant add
tion ands IL the siate Of Alabama for the use
Of sseh2pls Retired 10 COMMITTEES Of the whole.
bil authorizing a i ng bond TO, the inv stment
Of savings beaken from the tahe anh referred
to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Banking aud Currency had charge Of that sub
After considerable discussion the BIZ was re.
ferred to tue Ways and Means 'mmitee
MI Ewing. IF Ohio presented nlemorinl Of
settlers Of n4hio la"do In the pes MoInes Vel
ferred.
Mr. Canpbell OF nnsyvania. from the
Cnmmtea on Education and Lab r. reported
bill to incorporate t,,e M onl Iron Monlers
dreeae re- ef be . q 4sp Was aud 1f53""n
and geographical sutvnyso conducted under
eher o said departments in the past ten yesto,
the aren OF territory SURVEYED the cost ~in-
ture Of supplies furnished and the value there
Of; from what fund they were paid and whether
such surveys duplicated the regular surveys x
tho government. Aanu ed. @
S6s", he House adSuf" tod 10 day Il 't Be oat' m
Mr., Allrlch Of Illinois, hoped not that meant
a day In August hefe.
u was suggested also that te District Of
Ioluho'a Inmhlt'ee wanted moro" sur lis
o,rn NJ, ,'Isn IT.. h,u OF, .,o .,.,a,,a r.
m1tlee won'd be readv to 60 on Tomorrow.
me me ,noilo' r. ,, vas relet'ga,
me House then went INTO eammi,tee 0, the
Wnnla on NE pflVo = ealehuar Mf. ttire iowa,
~ n 'hn rhn't ,nd feso lht q ,he ronsloa'h,loh
~ ,,,a M 70 php mn don
lnme.o's iot services rendered oe1oie the late
frnhtepan bv The "rv af :. bel AM and he be wanted Ito TO
na ali iust nlaims II the pnvarnmant wneii,ar
uay ~, ,a,s, @ ~ .ne Intns.
,fn thn raeIIn, ~, nnt hit this XIII, Hi enu
to nav Them M tn NAV n. tot He wonld Offer
an n,nep1nnnt iponnv only m To thn fime in
sion.
Mr Mills of Texas eontanda1 that tbis wos
only question Of tulHlmept Of a con eontract. and
,vhsther tba tavarnmant tgnnld INV amounts
:" I money ,"u wi Which It had % To ey nav ndsT
he aontrert The mail sarvine operatai in he
anutharn states until Nav a, and ann@,l,,ts o. we're
mir, Conger, Of Michigan reitarataJ he asser-
tiou he mnde the o.her tnv that the Conferlarete
government directed eli posrma-tsrs to retsin
The postaj nrore,tv If Tho Ifnitad States for tho
bepeflt Of tha Uonfetlerate states and in sub
slantia ion OF that assertion read extrnets from
a proc amation issued by ]. . Reagan, 20 t.
NAV 2H sasl in which the postmaster were
directed to retain al United states postoffioe
MIR. d,eagan said The PR eauation directed
the roSi mast.rs to settle with The Uni cd Hta,es
for postage Stamps and revenues.
Mr Conger said il was noorions tbat tho Con
fpI., all 4
United States
MIR. Wietts Of Michigan read elaborate OK
that The property If tho United States vas taken
and he ld hv The q m fe[larate ttntes AMI alen -,
show that the raiIroad oompanes and indvid
n,}s hnd h"on naid hv tha Gonfn1a, oin Stnt,r
f Tho % vayv service for ,vbieb tbev now osk Cd
nav
h., ~, - NY 70 sous i'ii e'h phi!
~ " NJ t.Y lI3y S'l'hh npt - pun
aea,n ne , 90 messed tnat some ot ,he extracts
aware OF thoh' OF 'heY haa escaped MS mem
on H. p,.. .s ,t.,,,...,, ,,r
Mf Blouut, of tfmglat said the information
reaa to-dhyoWas neH 10 him abd speaking Il
MS sertoh, nc Wouln say mat u hnV 81 those
sd,, or ooInoiall,ns haa neen pnld ny me Con
lh,e,hle l! su,yethm mehl' u womb be confrary 10
s"ou hioIals 10 pHy mem oyer again. Iho
SCUM IreS t,i not hsk u; me lnlormatton read
Wy, y n,e ''ts ,ron e archives
consent 70 me pnssage OF this bil' unless II was
80 guhtueu tnht NO payment shonll over b.
mnde hto any fone swho had been heretofore
pn,h ny tho gonfedhrate Stntes
mr.. CoS. gt ONO. SAID thu 1t wns just to say
,9r hlInselt ana Tor others around him, that
the statements read today could not affect 'he
mnaihoter t0r cantor ot the gentleman from
texas MI Hehgan who asserted tho other day
tnnt the GonfedGracS had meyer paid those
claims. Tho gsntlenpan had by his conduct |
won The esteem Of al on this floor.
Mr.. Tucker, OF Virginia, said that tho evi
drnee Just read was from Confederate archives
Whleh Sgmthern men had not shfn for thirie
matters had passed out of recollection, and he |
was was not willing, thsref,re. that vote should
beIieved # wnnd ras,,lt in nlaa %, @ it snI ~
vindtcHtion of the Confederate government. and |
Of all connected with it,
In relation to the use Of United Stafea prop-