The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-04-18
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Coniirmatlons-Smith, the present
appointments, clerk OF the treasury,
paymaster OF the army, with rank M
major; Lieutenant Bass, professor of
mathematics at West Point.
The senate committee on naval af-
fairs to-day heard the South Carolina
senators and members of the house OF
representative in advocacy OF the
establishment OF a naval station at
Port Royal, South Carolina. The com.
mittee took the subject into considera-
ton.
House-Several bills on the subject
of the Pacific railroads were reported,
and made the special order for the 9th
and 18th Of May.
A resolution for the final adjourn
ment of congress on the 10th OF June
was received from the senate and
taken up for action, and the motion to
refer it to the committee on ways and
means was defeated by n large major
ity, through a combination Of anti
tariff democrats and republicans, but
final action was STAYED Off for day by
means of dIlatory motions. The ad-
journment resolution comes up again
to morrow.
The following is the text OF the bill
reported by the senate finance commit
tee:
An Act to amend an act to provide for re-
sumption of specie payments and FOR oth-
er purposes.
That from and after the passage OF
this act United States notes shall he
receivable in payment for United states
bonds now authorized by law TO DE
issued, and on ami otter October, 1878,
said notGs shall be receivable for duties
on imports, and said notes in the vol
ume in existence on the first of Octo-
Der, 1878, shall not be cancelled or per-
manently boarded, but shall be
reissued, and they may be used Tor
funding and all other lawful purposes
! whatsoever to an amount not exceed
ing in whole the amount in circulation
and in the treasury, and said notes,
whether in the treasury or thereafter
received under any act OF congress
from whatever source, shall be again
paid out, and when again paid out and
again returned to the treasury they
shall not be cancelled or destroyed, but
shall be issued from time to time with
like qualities and all that part or the
act OF January l4th, 1875, entitled an
act for resumption of specie payments,
authorizing the retirement OF eighty
per cent. of United States notes snail
cease and become imperative, on anu
after said October LIST, 1878,
Section 2. All laws and parts OF laws
inconsistent with this act shall be ana
are hereby repealed.
The senate concurred In resolution
to adjourn congress on the tenth OF
June. passed without "a dissenting
voice.
Mr.. Burnside's bill removing re-
strictions on the enlistment of negroes
was indefinitely postponed by vote
of thirty eight to fifteen.
The motion to call up the bill for the
relief of Warren Mitchell, of Louis
Vile, allowing him Sl25,OOO for cotton
seizure at Savannah, WAS defeated by a
vote of twenty-five to Twenty-Five, q
strict party vote.
This is hardly test case as Mitchell
was of the firm of Mitchell d Arm
strong, and Armstrong was the famous
pork packer for the confederacy' ant
the majority are disposed to resist hi
claim on this account.
Mr.. Bruce, Of Mississippi, presented
a petition of the citizens of Mississippi
r praying for the refunding of the tai
= on cotton during the years 1865, 1855
1857 and 1868, and that 1t be returHe'