Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-03-29
CONGRESSIONAL.


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the Mississippi Improvement COmmis.
sion. Referred.
The Navy Appropriation Bill, nearly
sl5, ,0OO 900, passed.
An effort TO take up the Mexican
pension bill, wac defeated by Q vote Oi
81 to lis. The motion was made by
Hewitt, of Alabama, and was to eel
aside the regular order. The vote Wal
no indication OF the strength Of the
measure.
POSTAL SAVINGS BILL.
Waddell, of North Carolina, Chair
man of the Committee on POSt.ofices
and Post Roads, reported 9 bill to es.
tablish Postal Savings Depository, as
q branch of the POst-Office Department,
and 10 aid in refuuding the interest.
bearing Indebtedness Of the United
States, Ordered printed aud recon.
mitted. It authorizes the establish.
ment ct Washington of 9 chief Office,
10 be called the Central Depository,
aud the opening at suitable Money
Order Post Offices OF sub. DepOsitOries,
for the receipt and withdrawal Of de.
pOsits; interest 10 be allowed at 3 per
cent; the deposits are TO be paid into
the Treasury, and interest credited To
the Postal Savings Depository account
AV the rate of - per cent. Deposit0ra
to the amount OF over $50 may have 4
per cent. bonds issued to them, re-
deemabls after fifty years, aud only
Transferable by authorization Of the
Secretary OF the Treasury. The Bill
also provides for certificates OF deposit
Of denominations Of $40, S25, $50 and
500, bearing interest at per cent, for
one year only, and 10 be convertible in
to per cent. bonds.
senate.
WAsHISGTON, March 2l.-ConklinP
presented petitions from citizens o.
New York City, asking an appropria
tion to complete the catalogue Of Ihl
National Medical Library. Referred
10 Committee on Printing.
Sargent, Of California, read q com
mun!CAtlon from F. W. HoughtOn
Secretary of the New York Maritime
Association, referring to the memoria
of that Association In regard to change
Of control OF the Life.saVing Station
recently presented In the Senate, an(
said II had been erroneously stated tha
the memorial favored the transfer o.
control Of that Service from the Treas
nry TO The Navy Department, wherea
Il protested against the change. H
(SargenD supposed the mistake occur
red In stating the purpOrt Of the memo
rial In the Senate.
WAsHIxGToN, March 2l.-IIeref)rd
Of West Virginia, offered q preAmbl
and resolution directing the Flnauc
Committee to report the House bill r.
peahng resumption, Ia one week, Sn,
asked immediate action. Objection
was made by Mr. Morrill,, aud the mat
ter went over under the rules.
THE HOT PkINGs-PERsoNAL EXPLA
NATION OF Nh. DORSEY.
Dorsey, of Arkansas, arose 10 a per
sonal explanation, aud called attention
TO q publication which appeared In
New York paper of yesterday, regard
ing his amendment to the bill pissed
last week to extend the time Of tht
Hot Springs Commission. He said hC
had long tince determined not to re-
spond to newspaper publications in
stigaled by persons engaged IN
defaming the character OF thosI
on the floor, but in regard L
this matter he desired TO say the amend
ment srbmit,eh by him simply author
lied the Superintendent of Hot SPRING.
Reservation to lease ground for the
erection of suitable bath houses for the
accommodation Of the public, and Il
distribute water to the people OF thu
place. II granted no other privilege
There we're two or three Individual
banging around the Capitol, who haC
the interests Of the people Of 10
Syringe so much at heart, that they tel
egraBhed there that q great fraud haC
been perpeirated by him Mr.. Dorsey
and that the Water Company was 4
have possession Of all the Springs
The amendment he proposed was 81
absolute necessity TO enable those vie
lting the Springs to enjoy the advan
tsges Of the waters aud bath. All tht
bath-honses but seven were destroyed
by the recent fire. lie had received
many letters urging the passage o
such An amendment as tha submitted
and be submitted Il because he though
II was the right thing to be done. tn,
only thing the Water Company asked
and all the bill granted, was the righ
to build q reservoir on the mountain
for cold water to supply the city, ant
erect bath houses. Il did not give tht
Company q right TO the Hot Springs
If 1t did, he (Mr. Dorsey would be o.
Quick to protest against II as any one
He had letters now from ex.SenAto
Cragen and others, approving thI
amendment. For more than Q year b.
(Mr. Dorsey had spent much time enc
money 10 sitting these Hot Springs die
hcultIes, and finally the bill was passed
which organized the Commission, anC
the adjustment of difficult question:
involved was now progressing to tht
satisfaction OF every one, and justicC
Was being done 10 all. He must ex
press the opinion that when the people
Of Hot Springs understood his amend
ment they would not condemn II, Thi
story, like the others. Was not worthy