American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-12-13
FORTY-SlXTH CONGRESS.

DEC. 1.-The Senate ut noon was called t
order by Vice President Wheeler, and prayer
was offered by the Chaplain. committee
was appointed, to join a similar committee o
| the House, to wait upon the President and in
| form him that both houses of Congress were
ready to receive any communication he
might choose to make. y brief recess WAS
then taken The committee reported they
had waited on the President and very soon
received and read. Mr.. Ferry then rose and
said that the sorrowful official duty devolved
upon him of announcing to the Senate the
death of his late colleague, Zacharah Chand-
Ter. After few appropriate remarks by Mr.,
Ferry the Senate adjourned out of respect to
the memory of the late senator. Speaker
Randall called the House to order at
noon. At roll call, 252 members We're present
and 81, absent. The newly elected members
from California, Iowa and New York took the
iron clad oath. The House then took short
recess, so that a committee might wait upon
the President and inform him the House was
ready to receive any communication from
him. At 80 the Presidents message was re-
consumed an hour and a half, and then, on
motion OF Mr.. +. Wood, the message and
the Committee of the Whole and ordered
printed
DEC. 2.-.Seadte.-Mr. Gordon introduced
n joint resolution, declaring the construction
of the proposed Nicaraguan canal a work of
international utility, and pledging the Gov
and entire protection to the company which
shall be granted concession by the Govern
~
inter-oceanic canal, and to secure to said
company the peaceful enjoyment of the rights
Burnside called up his resolution OF
last session, reaiiirning the Monroe
doctrine in connection with the proposed Da-
rien Canal, and made speech thereon. At
its conclusion the senate went into executive
Price R., Iowa), declaring it to be the
opinion of the House that no chance
laws laws at the present session M was refer refer
red, was also JOINT resolution introduced
by Mr. Es @ % P Pile rne Gt
oceanic Canal Company when it shall have
obtained the grant from the Nicarasuan GOV.
eminent. Several bills Were introduced and
by unanimous consent were referred.
DEC. 3.-.Sendte.-Mr. Ferry presented
the credentials of Henry p. Baldwin, and the
new Senator from Michigan was sworn into
office. Senator Beck introduced a bill TO
thorize the payment of customs duties in
legal tender notes. Referred. senator
Bayard introduced Joint resolution
that Treasury notes shall be receivable for all
imports, and shall not be otherwise legal ten
der and any OF said notes hereafter reissued
ator Ingalls, offered resolution that, in the
opinion of the Senate, the present volume
and that said notes ought to continue to be
legal tender in payment 81 debts. House.
Mr.. F. Wood ID, y. " introduced resoiu
ton for the refunding of the remaining por
ton of the public debt at 50 per cent per an
mum. several billS were introduced. among
them the following: BY Mr. Weaver
soldiers andy sailors of the difference in
value between the currency which they re
ceived and the value of the standard gold
coin, together with interest on the amount
due, and authorizing the issue by the Govern
ment of 500, 600 600 in legal tender notes of
various denominations to pay said award.
BY Mr.. Finley ID. %, for the transfer of the
Indian Bureau to the War Department.
DEC. 4.-.SeRdte.-A number of private
bills were introduced; also, a bill by Senator
Morrill, to facilitate the funding of the nation
al debt. Senator Carpenter offered resolu
ton declaring that resumption, the circula
ton of gold, silver and grcenbacls lawful
money, and the expectation that finances
would not be disturbed by precipitatc legisla
ton, had been followed by revival of in
dustry and general prosperity; that the
successful conduct of business depended ON II
stable financial policy, and that. therefore, in
the opinion of the Senate, any legislation dur
ing the present session materially changing
the existing system of finance would be mex
pedient. After a short executive session the
Senate adjourned till Monday. House
Among the bills and resolutions intro
duccd and referred one by Dir.
Gillette CD, Iowa), declaring Con
gress is not only opposed to any re-
duction in the volume of the United states
legal tender notes. but on the contrary is in
bank notes, and that il is in favor of free and
unrestricted coinage of 4I2 , grain silver
dollars. The House then went into Commit
tee of the Whole for the purpose of distribut-
in., the Presidents message. When the com
mittec rose the House adjourned till Monday.