The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-06-23


The House was tumultuo1s, and several mem
e1hilarated.
The Scene in the Senate was as orderly a,
could be expected, yet the worn.out express
sione upon the old senators faces bespoke
their conditions. When the gavel Of the Pres.
ident of the Senate fell at the last moment
ed in . single knot in the centre of the cham.
Der. Hayes and his cabinet occupied the
Presidents room in the rear of the Senate, and
were present all night signing bills.
One interesting fact connected with bis
being ct the Capitol was that not more than
half . dozen senators called upon him to pay
their respects. It is usual on suoh occasions
upon the President. In this case it was q
genuine snub at the very doors of the Senate.
It is impossible just now to say exactly what
bills were finally passed, but from the rather
jumbled up reports we gather the folio wing
Tho army bill as adopted leaves out every
valuable reform adopted by the House. The
subject of reorganiz alton goes TO q commits.
provision against the use of the army IS Q
posse eon'itatMs 10 regarded by Mr. Knott and
others as Invested of it's effective penalty and
now amounting to nothing.
The effort to repeal the resumption cot 10 0
failure for this session.
The levee bill is dead for this session. Its
friende have decided it would have been
ine1pedient to bring il mp in the confusion,
as it could not get = fair oonsideresion.
The President has signed the army bill and
the river and harboc bill, also the act author
izing the Barataria Ship Canal Company te
construct and operate q ship canal from New
Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico, and the joint
resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to
turn over to the Governor Of Alabama such
tents, poles and pins as be may require for the
use of the volunteers of the sta5e at their
summer encAmpment.
The House bill for the relief of the families
of those who perished on the United States
r ran nonh Mn q hn mt NJ hn
Mississippi River, was passed.
The Senate item of $400 0G0 for commencing
the north wing Of the State, War and Navy
Departments, is agreed to after reducing to
$3.50 600, and the amount for continuing work
on the east wing is compromised at $325 000
A bill was passsd appropr:atirg $4,000 for
macademizing Q road to the National Gene
terry at Vioksburg, Miss
Mr. Cameron Of Pennsylvsnia, submitted the
following:
Resolved That the Committee on Education
industrial condition of the country the ex.
tent, nature and causes of depression of busi-
ness. and enforced idleness Of labor; and what
remedies. IL any, can be provided BY national
legislation, end alto into the expedenoy OF
providing permanent bureau in one Of the
executive departments for the purpose of
gathering end puSlishing statistics of national
industries, and that the com mittee report by
bill or other wise. Agreed to.
AGRICULTURAL REPoRTs- Washington, Juns
1.-THE Agricultural Bureau reports the
wheat crop for the present year more than
heretofore abundant. In Alsbsma the area
is not in proportion. Reliable data thus far
puts the crop ct 400 900 600 bushels.
June returns to the Department. of Agrcul.
ture indicate an increase Of folly per cent in
the area planted in cotton. The percentages
Ga compared with the acreage of 1877 are {:
VirginiA 100, North Carolina 1O1. South Caro-
lima 103. Georgia 102, Florida 100, Alabama
1O4, Mississippi 100, Louisiana 1OI, Texas LOG,
ArRQnaaa Tame nf
the crop is better than June last year the
figures indicating it are the same as in 1875 in
Virginia, Florida and Louisiana, and higher
in oil other States, thus: Virginia SO. North
Carolina 81, South Carolina 90 Georgia 10l,
Florida 90 Alabama 101. Mississippi, Louisi-
ana and Arkansas 90, Tennessee 81, Texas 104 !;
general average &c.
eocIAL1srs-In Chicago the Socialists held
beFed from g. 500 to 5000 men. The national
executive committee has issued q circular
instructing the sectiane throughout the ooun-
try not to organize or permit to be organized
from among their members military semi.
military companies.
THE NEGRO EXODUS TO LIBERIA.-J. N.
Turner, United States Minister TO Liberia, is
now in Washington. he regards the emigrs
negroes of the South as Q lamentAble mistake.
News has been received from the emigrants
who sailed April 2lst from Charleston. They
suffered much on the voyage, the water supply
broke out and % emigrants died.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Strikes have commenced in q great many
places North. Among those reported this week
are at Patterson, N. j., 1000 persons in the
Adams Mosq uitO Netting factory against 10
per cent reduction at Buffalo the men along
the docks have struck for an increase Of pay
from Is to 90 cents per honr; and
in Chicago six hundred ooopers struck
for an advance of waRes.--The Old
Catholic ~ Synod, at Bonn, by vote
of rs to p adopted . resolution in favor OF the
marriage of the clergy. OF course, as most of
them became Old Catholics with the sole object
OF getting married. -" The Wtllimantio
ing 1000 operatives, paid of In gold Saturday.
Haidrsds Of this employees nsveE sAW gold ooin