Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-01-24
CONGRESS-.


Authorizing the payment of fees of
counsel for the defense Of poor persons
in the courts of the United States to
promote immigration for the restora-
ton Of wages in the. Government
printing office.
Resolutions: Calling for the number
of bonds sold since March 4, 1877,
agreed to; to pay Ray and McMillen
compensation and mileage CT Senators
for the unexpired term of Kellogg in
the Fortysecond Congress. referred;
! inquiring what legislation is necessary
| or expedient TO arm and equip the
military of the States and Territories
to correspond with the Increase in
population; agreed to.
HoUsE.-Bills introduced: Declar-
| ing Jurisdiction over the harbors and
navigable waters OF the United States;
reducing the rate of postage.
A resolution was offered inquiring
into the equality of the distribution OF
clerks in the Treasury Department
among the States and Territories,
referred.
The House then went into com mittee
of the Whole and discussed the pro-
posed reconciliation of the the silver
dollar.
JAN. 16.-SENATE-A motion to
refer the Matthews resolution to the
Judiciary committee was defeated
yeas 19, nays 81, and the resolution
was postponed TO Friday.
The death OF Senator Bogy was
formally announced, and eulogies
were made by several Senators, after
which, out of respect to the memory
of Senator Bogy, the Senate adjourn
ed. Z. -, ,r,
HOUSE "A Communication was
presented fronI Eiiz Thompson of
New York, rendering as gift TO the
Governnent Carpenters painting Of
the Fist Reading of the Emancipation
Proclamation by President Lincoln
and his Cabinet, and resolution was
adopted accepting the same.
The bill appropriating $4,000 for
/ the removal of distractions from the
Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas, and a
portion of Red river, was passed.
JAN. 17.-SENATE-Bills introduced:
To prevent railway strikes; classifying
mail matter and rates of postage.
Noah Porter, President of Yale
College, was made member of the
Board of Regents of the Smithsonian
Institute.
The report of the late Senator Morton
on Chinese immigration, was present
ed and ordered printed.
Resolutions of respect to the memory
of the late Senator Morton were pre-
rented, eulogies delivered, and the
Senate adjourned.
PilIa iuf-.Odn0oa. Rosfriaf-
ing Chimes immigration; for the better
District Court of Louisiana; granting
pensions to the surviving officers,
soldier and sailors, or their widows, of
the Mexican, Creek, Florida and Black
Hawk wars. le.. --E----
Bills passed: Making persons charg-
ed with crimes and Offenses competent
witnesses in United States courts; pay
ing to the officers and soldiers engaged
in the war with Mexico the three
months extra pay already provided
for by act of Congress.
Resolutions adopted: Extending
thanks to Henry M. Stanley, the
African explorer; directing the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to inform the
House of the amount of interest paid
by the Government of the National
Banks on bonds held as securities.
JAN. N.-SENATE-Billsi introduced:
To establish mint for the coinage OF
gold and silver, at Indianapolis,
authorizing the coinage of standard
silver dollar, and providing that gold
and silver jointly shall be legal
tender. ...ar .tt
A concurrent resolution directing the
Secretary of the Treasury not to pur-
chase any more bonds for liquidation
of public debt until directed to do so
by Congress, was laid over and order
ed. ..i- as.- ..- .r r.s ..
The Senate adjourned till 1:30 p. ID.
tomorrow, in order to enable Senators
to accept the invitation of the Italian
Minister to attend service COM
memorative of the late King Victor
Emmanuel.
HoUsE.-BilIs introduced: To pre-
vent the manufacture, importation
and sale of intoxicating drinks in the
District of Columbia; for the Organiza-
tion of the navy during peace;
authorizing the coinage of the silver
dollar, and declaring gold and silver
Jointly and not otherwise to be full
legal tender; to reduce tariff and re-
sumo taxes by suspension of the sink
ing fund law; to keep United States
notes, after resumption, as the paper
currency OF the country; granting lands
to aid railroad from Bismarck to the
Black Hills; to provide for the COM
pletion of the Southern Pacific rail-
road; to repeal the duty. on jute.
A motion to suspend the rules and
pass the bill to make customs duties
payable in greenbacks after January,
1879, was defeated-nOt twothirds in
the affirmative.