The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-02-13

sippi Levee Committee the House bill ap-
pointing q Mississippi Improvement Commits
sion and deepening the channel of the river.
House.-R. L. T. Beale, elected to
I'LL the vacancy occasioned by the death Of the
late Representative Douglass, Of Virginia,
appeared and was sworn in. The
bill reported from the Committee on
coin Of the United States for United States
notes was laid on the table. The House then
went into Committee Of the Whole on the
Army bill; Pending the the ss question s-D on the he
the War Department, Page Of California, Of
fered a substitute for the transfer amendment
providing for temporary control to be given
to The & War Department whenever yer the ,a aIthOri
quire it. After debate the proposition to
transfer the Indian Bureau to the War De
partment was rejected. The House by a vote
action Of the Committee Of the Whole in
putting the Army Reorganization upon the
Army Appropriation bill. The amendment
imposing penalties for the employment Of
agreed to, and the bill as amended then
passed. Messrs. Clymer, Blair and Hale were
appointed conferees on the Naval Appropria-
tfon bill.
Senate, Feb. IO.-Mr. Morrill, intro
duced a bill authorizing the conversion of
National Gold banks, also bill amending the
revised statutes relative to deposit of bonds
by associations. The House bill authorizing
nomination of $40 in aid Of the refunding of
the public debt passed with an amendment in
creasing the interest to four per cent: Peti-
tons were From the Catholic
against the discrimination made by the United
States Government in the appointment Of
chaplains In the army and navy, by which
Catholic soldiers are deprived of their religion;
favnrfno the m o nf q hill QllOv,fDO the m
of railroad wires for commercial purposes.
Mr.. Bayard submitted q resolution requesting
the Committee on Naval Affairs to consider
and report upon the advisability Of making
sufficient appropriation for the completion Of
the four double-turreted monitors, the Puri-
tan, Amphitrite, Monadock and Terror, now
in process OF construction. The resolution
was agreed to. The Army Appropriation bill
was received from the House and referred to
the Committee on Appropriations. The reso-
luton submitted the 4th of December last by
Mr.. Davis, of West Virginia, instructing the
Committee on Agriculture to consider what
can or ought to be done by the General Gov
ernment to better advance, encourage and
foster agricultural interests, was called up
and agreed to.
House.-TheH House refused to suspend
the rules to take up the bill repeating the law
in regard to test oath of jurors, and the bill
to establish postal savings banks. Bills were
lege as to letters sent or received by members
Of Congress; to abolish the mileage of men,
bers Of Congress and to substitute the pay
ment of actual travelling expenses. Mr.. Whit |
thorne moved to suspend the rules and adopt |
q resolution setting apart Feb. 20 for the con- |
sideration Of the report of the Naval Com |
mittee on matters recently investigated by 1t. |
Defeated-yeas, 123; nays, 107-not the neces- |
sary two-thirds in the affirmative. The House
then went into Committee of the Whole on |
the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Ap-
bill. The bill ap2ropriates &l0,-
154,475 as against estimates Of SIC, ,O96, ,6Ol, |
and as against an appropriation last session |
Of &l5,S5l, ,23S. |