The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-06-05
FoRTY-sIxTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, June 4.
SENATE.

Mr., Bayard, from the Judiciary Com.
mittee, reported with amendment Senate
bill repeating sections $50 and S2l Of the
Revised Statutes, which prescrlbcs the
jurors test oath, otc, and said he would
probably ask leave to call It up to.mor-
row ior consideration. Ordered printed
and placed on the calendar.
House bill authorizing tile District Com
mtssiones to issue twenty year five per
cent bonds to redeem certain funded in
debtedneSs Of the District Of Columbia
was passed.
Mr.. voorhees, offered resolution d.
recting the Secretary Of War to inform
the Senate OF the circumstances leading TO
the arrest and removal OF J. NJ. Bell and
other Cherokee Indians from the Chero.
kee nation.
Mr.. Voorhees, had information tending
TO show that the persons named were off
cially removed by United States troops
without reason being given them for such
action.
The bill comforting certain powers, etc.,
on District Commissioners was passed.
The bill compensating +. Z. Rice for
property transferred by him to the United
States for the use Of lis consular and diplo.
matte representatives In Japan, was taken
up and passed.
The Senate took up the bill to amend the
act In relation to judicial circuits in Texas.
The bill passed and the Senate ad.
iourned.
HOUSE.
The Senate amendments 20 the House
"grasshopper bill, !" extending the time OF
payment by the pre-emptors, were
agreed to.
Mr.. Buckner, Chairman OF the Commit
tee on Banking and Currency, reported
the resolution directing an investigation
into the affairs Of the Ocean National
Bank, OF New York, and the German Nat.
tonal Bank, OF Chicago, and especially in.
to the management OF the assets by the re-
spective receivers. The resolution was
adopted, yeas, 1873; nays, O..
Mr.. Atkins, Chairman. of the Committee
on Appropriations reported back the joint
resolution repeating certain clauses OF the
sundry civil bill approved March 80, 10,
with the Senate amendment to be concur.
red In, with the following among other
amendments appropriating 1926 to the
widow OF Rush Clark, Of Iowa, and one
years salary to the widow OF Gustave
Schleicher.
Mr.. Atkins explained the Senate amend
ments, which were tho law authorizing
the Secretary OF War to lease the water
power at Moline to the Moline Water
Power Company.
Mr.. Hunter submitted an amendment
increasing the appropriation 10 the family
OF the late Gustave SChleiCher 10 $4,000.
Agreed to.
The Senate amendments as amended
were conCurred in and the bill returned to
the Senate for its action.
MIR. Springer, as a question Of privilege,
offered a preamble and resolution reCiting
the proceedings OF tho Committee on Ex-
penditures in the State Department in the
last Congress in connection with the
charge against Geo. +. Seward, Minister
to China, and referring the report OF that
committee, the articles OF impeachment
prepared by it and the testimony taken in
the case to the Judiciary Committee with
instructions to consider the same, take
other testimony II necessary, and report
to the House at its next session.
Points Of order made by Messrs. Conger
and Calkins were overruled, and the pre-.
amble and resolution agreed to.
MIR. Evans, from the Committee on Post
offices and Post Roads, reported back Sen.
ate bill to extend the time for special
postal service until such service can be
obtained by advertisement, with an amend-
ment limiting the extension to one year.
The amendment was agreed to and the bill
passed. The Senate amendments to the
post route bill were conCurred in.
Adjourned.