New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-16
XLVIrH CONGRESS-IID SESSION.
prcrI,R REPORT OF rROcEEDINGs.


nus posi- oyy,cy NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AMEND
MINT To NIX. nAYArD's CURRENCY BsLL-THr
SOUTHERN ExopUs-RIIIs AND IRsoLCTioss
IN Tng HOUSE.
SENATE WASHINGTON. Dec -. 1879.
The annual report Of the superintendent Oh
the Cols Survey laid before the Senate Nv tue VEG
President Laid the table and ordered TO o prntcu
Also communication from the Postmaster General
Inviting the a,iont OF the Senate 10 mn nc'osed letter
from the Auditor Of the Treasury for the Post Oce De
,artment aad recommending the defic'eney appFopra
lions advised therein namely for star transportation
deficiency for 1873 ana 1879 and for other minor
deficiencies S2O62ll %. The letter says mat the
exigcnces ~ tho service requiring the e1-
tension Of old ana the crcnting OF now routes
and the establishment OF new post omces
have rendered the amount appropriated for star rcues
for is7s'79 insufficient. The other defeeneies Tor
dcad-ieiter envelopes. etc. are also explained he
ferred 10 Committee on Appropriations -,
nnnbcr OF pciifvhs were Ireseh'e"' "inohE ,-ici"
Mr. WORTHLESS DEN. Ind presented a petition OF
: 0oo soiders oi me late war recing that they
PAID in y depreca,ed currency worth. during The
greater part their services. from 40 to 40 cents an
corn: that the Government has declared that the
payment Of the bpbdaolders In toe same
S"ud be- dishonesty and rcuudintion: thar
they believe :he bondboders have 10 hiler claim To DC
Idii IN 60 than have VINO offered their lives 'or
their country they believe the Cover ncnt 10 he
honestly indebted to the soldiers for ine diHt u
tween tae value OF greahneks an Soid az Inc lme oi
their ia, .nt. with per cent interest canr"uuhed
seuf-aNnualig ard that there ticl passage
~ aw granting suca dinereuee l" soldiers sauors ann
Marines their lawful heirs. with interest IN iuil
vii bring relief 20 oO0Oo defenders ~ ihe Govern
mcn and indirectly 10 4uoo5oO OF American clllzchS
by reason "f the iUpciEs gwen thereby 10 ihauSuiM
pursuits. Laid on me table. 49,
IN pm scniIa the above Mr.. VOORHEES, said ne didso
because he ocieyrd thc sacred right oi puen belonged
ali CLASSES and CONDITIONS uf 10 the ow - wei
rs 10 fhe exalted II secured 10y the Constitution 10
10 those who fought iac battles OF hc country az well As
10 'hOsr VITO ,ratfccd 10 IT, bonds at home.
4
that al prizes. premiums. medals frptle- aud o1hi
articles II vi.ue Won by OF awarded N i9relgn co1
ion shall be admitted fec of duiy provided taai TINS
January l. -7- and any duties paid the articles
aforesaid since that date shall DE refunded eletfcu
10 the Committee on Finance.
The following bills ana resolutions, among others.
introduced and referred
BY sir. BAYAED-Maklue ~ appropriation Tor tee
base aud pedestal O. Il monument 10 Sgmucl Francis
Is Mr. MAXI.Y,Deu Tex. ITO proyi, & for the dcliv
cry OF dulabe ARTICLES ~ mails, and fer indemnify
for loss OF registered letters.
AMENDMENT To Nh. BAYAEDs BILL.
By Mr.. BUTIER Diem. s Cb-AD amendment 10
Senate joint resolution 40 introduced by Mr. Bay
ard The resolution AS proposed 10 be amended, will
read: Resolved, That and after the hrst day OF
January 1883. tie Treasury notes OF the United STATES
shall be- receivable for all dues "a The United states.
eXceu,ng duties ON Imports and shall rot BIZ otherwise
ceal.ieuder aud any SAID notes thereafter reissned
shall hear ts suIerscr iiDi The anenu hrh' e"sss
passage OF MS resolution"
By Mir RANDOLPH Dem. y. J.-A bill restoring
~. T. T. Arnold To- his former RANK IA the NAVY.
by Mr. VEST tDoaI.. no IA bal of the ORGANIZATION
OF tie Territory OF OAOEona out OF inc present inuSh
Ey Mr. SAUNDERS CRep.. Seb)--A bill extending she
pfevi.ous OF section 2997 OF he Revised siatuies IN
regard 20 eut-y merchandise for transportation IN
bond 20 the port of omaha.
psousisiiaus improvement; nf Zig SANDY aud EN-
Rivers 10 West virginia. anu ioT eonlhns me w
prOvenent New River and the Great hanaNh Ia hiVer'
THE MICRO FXoDUs.
Mr.. VOORHEES, tDcEi, iud.j offered ibe following
r,so ution and asked present coDsidc ration:
WEerfas I.sIs numbers OF negroes from the sOutE-
eru Sairs. aid especially from hoTta CarollS' are
cingralinE 10 Northern STATES and especially To lhdi
Wiereas 1t Is certainly alleged they Induced
do by the anus ana cruel conIust OF 'heir "ni'e
fcllow-citizens in the South therefore he u 800,
RcSoised. That committee of i've memeers o, thi.
b,gy o- rpC by presiding officer. whose duly IL
shall c investigate the eauscs whoa have led Ia the
aforesaid emigration and to rpeIl tue same 70 te zen
persons and 10 compel the attendance Of VIII
ness-s, ami 10 Sit at any Tune
Mr. EDMUSDs REP, vi objected, and tte resolution
on ,"oi,on Of Mr. MAxEY lDeui Texas) the Senate
took up DE Till amend Article lo3. Rules and
Articles Of War, so as 70 read ,..od So, . oo,-,
martial Tor any offence committed more Than two
years. IN case o ieser Ion more tnan tnree years,
less ho may have meanwhile aisenied himself rom the
United States. 10 winch the time OF ms absence
shall be excluded IN computing the line oil MS e1cmp
tiOn.' -. ~ l.. =.
Mr.. MAXEY stated that the design ot tne piH IN !"
place Limitation upon prosecutions i"r ooSei"o"'
The same az for other offences.
Mr.. EDnCSDs rep, W. pointed out that there was
croysinn In the OH glna statute deductng from tho
time OF limitation the time during which any person
manifest mpcdiment be not aInenabs to justice. The
omission OF this clause might iead TO scr Gus results ne
wished more time 10 examine the supJec'' anu on avs
motion the bill was laid aside. -
On motion Of Mr. MAXEY. the Senate bin authorizing
the Secretary War purcnase land 20 enlarge ana
l oect the san Antonio Tex. arsenal aud appropria'-
ing 81 4 900 therefor, was tAkcn up and passed
he "A D.. In.
and when the doors were reoPencd 81 $50 T. IN, ad-
iourned until tomorrow.