The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-02-27

| for the next fiscal year, $353, 900 will be re
quired under the new bill. Zachariah Chand
| his credentials and took the oath of office
Mr.. Morrill, from the Committee on Finance
reported with amendments the Senate bill fol
the interchange Of subsidiary silver coin and
Mr.. Cockrell submitted an amendment to the
River and Harbor Appropriation bill, provid.
ing for a board OF engineers to devise
method Of deepening the channel Of the
tion. Referred. The bill to promote the
education of the blind was postponed and
the Army Appropriation bill was taken up.
A motion to strike out all sections relating to
army reorganization upon the ground that
there was not time to consider them, was
agreed to. The amendment proposed by the
Committee on Appropriations to strike out OF
the House bill the provisions forbidding the
penal ofiense to do SO, was agreed to without
discussion. Other amendments proposed by
the Committee on Appropriations were agreed
to, then followed owed M long discussion lon. over % an
man explaining bis amendment declared that
Title IS, Revised Statutes, gave the Co..
ernment the right to purchase any of
the telegraph lines at appraised value. He
proposed to transfer to railroad companies the
same power to do telegraph business as tele-
graph companies had, but the Government
should have the same right to obtain their
lines at appraised value. After brief execu-
Hoxse.-The Senate bill was passed
authorizing the sale of public property in
Cincinnati. By a non-party vote-yeas 1S7,
nays 64-was laid upon the table the
Claims reImbursing MaggiIi, Barron and
others of Tennessee for supplies ta-
ken by the Union army during the
war. The bill for the repeaI of the Resump-
tion act as amended by the Senate providing
that. after the passage of this act, the United
States notes shall be receivable the same a.
coin, In payment of four per cent. bonds,
which, after Oct. 1, 1878, shall be receivable
Ewing, acting under authority OF the Commit
tee on Banking and Currency, submitted
amendments, first striking out " Uct- l, 1878"
so as to make the United States notes imme-
diately receivable for payment Of customs
duties, and providing that money hereafter
received from any sale of United States bonds
shall be applied only to the redemption Of
other bonds bearing the highest rate Of inter-
est and subject to call, etc. Alengthy discus
sion followed when, on motion Of Mr.. Garfield,
the bill and amendments were laid on the table
yeas, 14l nays, Ito. The Senate amendments
to the bill restricting the immigration OF
Chinese were concurred In without division.
The Senate amendments reducing the tax on
tobacco were then taken up and after some
confusion, and at the Speakers suggestion
all the amendments were concurred In gross
with the exception OF those referring to the
tax on rectifers, on matches, on banks and to
the time when the bill shall take effect. The
Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was reported
and ordered printed.
Senate, Feb. 24.-The House bill au-
thorizing the Secretary of the Navy to accept
for . voyage Of exploration by way Of Behring
Strait the ship Jeanette, rendered by James
Gordon Bennett, was passed. The Committee
Senate bill to grant the American Ocean Cable
and Telegraph Association, OF Philadelphis,
privilege to lay, operate and land cables, land
wires, etc. Mr. Beck submitted an amend
pay arrears Of pensions. which proposes to
suspend the operation Of all laws providing
for sinking fund and applying the surplus
revenue In the Treasury, after paying the
current expenses, to the payment OF ar
was then resumed of unfinished business
tho Army Appropriation bill-and dis
cussion upon the clause In regard to allow
for commercial purposes was continued, and
Mr.. Howe's amendment was finally agreed
to. Other amendments made In Committee
OF the Whole were concurred In and the bill
was passed. Mr.. Bsyard called up the bill re-
ported few days ago from the Committee on
amending the charter Of the Freed
mems Savings and Trust Company. Passed.
The Senate bill to prevent the Introduction Of
contagious or infectious diseases into the
United States and to establish Bureau of
Health was then taken up, and after some dis
cussion the Senate adjourned without action.
House.-The House resumed consid-
Grafton of the amendments to the tobacco
bill upon which separate votes were demand
ed on the 22d. The first amendment, provid-
ing that retail liquor dealers shall pay S25 and
Wholesale dealers 500, retail dealers in malt
liquors $40, and Wholesale dealers $50, was
In. This leaves the section as it
was passed by the House, providing that recti-
6ers rectify1ng less than 500 barrels of spirits
q year shall pay license Of 800. The next
amendment was one fixing the date upon which
the new tax on tobacco should go into effect,
the Senate having changed the date from Sept.
l, 1878, to May !, 1873. This was concurred In.
The amendment to abolish the tax ON matches
was not agreed to. A committee Of confer
ence was then ordered on the disagreeing
votes of the two Houses on the tobacco bill.
Bills introduced and referred: Directing the
President to institute inquiry as to the dispo-
sition of funds belonging to the so-called
States remaining at the end of
the war in the bank Of England or in the
hands of English citizens, in order that such
funds may be used for the relief Of citizens of
the Confederate States who incurred disabili- |
ties during the war; for the payment Of addi-
tional bounty to soldiers of the late war; for
the relief OF settlers on the Hot Springs Re
to prevent the Introduction of
contagious diseases and to establish q Ma
tional Board of Health. Amotion to suspend
the rules and to pass the Sundry Civil Appro-
priation bill was agreed to-yeas, 1Sl; nays,
70.