American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-01-18

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| Cape Cod and the other from Lands End to
Nova Scotia, both by way of Saint Pierre.
FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Congress reassembled on the It'll, after the
holiday recess. pursuant to adjournment.
In the Senate, large number of petit
tions were presented, mainly by women, ask
Ing t n ,sf be given to the anti
so-caled patent bill and q: sainst the transfer
Of the Indian Bureau to the War
porsant bills i1nrodu eee % %as ONE
by Mr.. Mcdonald, to authorize the taxation
submitted resoIStion, Declaring f that f n lie
Judgment of the Senate, the thirteenth,
Constitution of the United States have been
legally ratified and are as valid as the other
parts of the Constitution; that it is the right
ton: am. and i. is the duty OF the
faithfully and with diligence to importantly
execute such laws. that 1t is the duty of Con-
instructns the tuieiary COMMITTEES IN enc to ' re
port bill for the protection of the rights of
the The of all Mas T a
to be called called up hereafter. Mr.; voor
structing the Judiciary Committee 9 to ipquire
into the expediency of making the trade dol
age Into standard silver Dollars lar He HoU ad
dressed the Senate at length, denouncing the
trade dollar as Which
had returned home to cheat the
honsst people Of th. this country The
In the House. Mr.. AckIin called attention to
the scandal in Louisiana with which his name
thoriztng an inquiry, which was defeated on
the ground that the resolution did not en-
arose on a question of high privilege and
offered resolution reciting that Henry W.
ern District of Illinois, had been cha. ged
with gross misconduct and corruption, I'D
providing for a select committee of five men,
to Judge Biodgett's official conduct and to
report what action the House should take in
sons, papers, etc Mr.. Burchard moved e to
amend substituting the Jul
lMr. Ryan introduced bill extending the
Nave sue-ed bV prairie free iI Referr wao
ebe deaths of Mr.. B. b. Douglass. of Virginia.
knd A. S. Williams, of Michigan. were an
tounced, and the House in respect to their
Memory adjourned.
In the Senate, on the Sth, Mr.. Edmunds
ID there were TO joint rules BET ween the two
1uses of Congress, and be therefore sub
1 red concur. ent resolution declaring
u on the lass three days of this session
| n(pill passed by either house shall be
, SCI to the other for concurrence, and
one last day of the session no bill shall
bel mt to the President for his approval
l be Sssed and that Congress would devote
thett three DAYS of the session to the con-
Hoo referred P On motion of Mr. .H Ts Smo
t Bane ao Was admitaed to the
The q mittee on Judiciary, reported with
amer bent the House bill to divide
the Ptern. District of Missouri into two
divist1 and prescribing times and pieces
r for hong Court therein placed on the cal
v epdar: IF. Grover arose to a personal ex-
!. planat3 regarding the recent publication
that So funds OF Oregon amounting to
about 700 had been expended and not ac-
. coup ted 8 during his administration as Gov
, ernor. 1depied the charges seriatim and
' | read frovhe laws and records to show that
, all the uIey had been properly expended.
The cea4pf Representative Hartrtdge was
then ann3nced, and the Senate adjourned
, ! as mar4 respect.....In the House Off
cIal potidef the death of Representative
HaTtrtdge4 Georgia, being given. a com
p mlttee disappointed to accompany the re-
- mains honI no other business being trans
acted.
In the Sc ION the Obj, large numbers
e of petition were presented, and Beck's
resolution, Wiring to the Committee on FL
nance the ahTer of the Secretary of the
Treasury tote resolution relative to fhe
amount of siiVcoin received in payment oil
Customs due4nd its disposition, passed
In the course bis remarks on the bin, NJ
BECK cnargeoAat Secretary Sherman was
n disin2enuous, Vi charged that be bad in
creased toe kprest bearing debt of The
1 United stated / los oto,ooo. The bin to
amend the PIT laws was then taken
e funeral servicesG the late Representative
Hsrtridse in the lbuse the Semitic returned
- to its own chamlEnnd adjourned. in tilt
House, the DAY - devoted to the fure-:i
services of the latRepresentative Hartridse
= OF Georgia
N In the Senate, os5he 10sh. he Indtau APP
IL propriatio1 bill wts,Fenr p. Amendment
l. proDo.ed by the @mit. &c on Appropria
lions were agreed Vas follows: Fer the p..,
70 OF al iudlan aScnts4Etead of *. in tn,
House bill increasHthe appropriation TO
s. NorInern OneSenn1And Arapahoes from
sSo,uoto Soi',o anu AZ tor Sioux of the diff
fe-ent trioes from Sis9 to S3S, 200. The com
ne mittee reported an a. dmcnt to strike ON
Of sSe spacbee and 5,a the of T xrISoa
and New Mexico to The dian trritory Nv
- SaXey moved 10 non4cur in TIE amend
r mo 1t of the commiiteeod so III th Z Che NV
X civilized II bes now ding in the Ind'.l
.r Ie itory were prof. ard it was detri
oi ment.,i 70 those lnc' well to TIL
wild tribes of IDcians am thern Mr. InaajI
W sad, during the last si4Scar.. the procer
wv had beer .so-ng g-aduansa OF concentrat
'" ing .unfriendly In6isns fto the India
Territory: The Modoc, \ ortfern Cney
of eniIes and various Other h&ds he'd been con
D. quence OF the unlawful cSnntTrf fon of IN
as Cheyenne IrGi.,ns in TIE II. N Terr;torr n1
less than thirty citizens of q sas we're mas
sacred in cold blood bv the&b i;aps ,y.,o Ia
been placed in the Indian Telk nv 10 t,,e n :
- ecutive Depart ment of the Gorprnmc,t viii
u out authority of Congress. Hsircds ~ non
sands of collars worth OF Merry was dc
stroved At the proper time L world NOV
st to ealat2e the prov sion of 4 House b;
d. SO as to Forbid .he il roduo 81 of INV Ind
airs into the Indian Territory n out t t:,e coz
is. sent of Congress A tx someR ,,.r ~ - =.
sion the Senate refused TO &C., In \
amendment of the CommitteeS An,ron, i.
Wo tions 70 s'rife out the clause, w = 81
w. yeas s, nays 81. Tho following ,ond,nen
of the committee were agrer d d Inc.en In
on the number of privatcs for IDdioro Iica fro
100 to 500, and the nnmber nt,ice
M rom 30 to 100; and the sapPraation +,
of 600. An amendment reported ktIo Con-
-. mittee to strike out of the He I'm ~
se' clause authorizing the Secretary 0sho In, q
ate Tor, under the direction of the hsident'
les use any surplus that may remain innv IL Il
~ appropriations made by the bill "a " nm m
D. chase of subsistence for the seven In
.th tribes and to supply any subsistenedeficie
for bSweXer tI,tthc fnn ,s anSonri.. vidin
in treaty obl.gai ions shall not be MI i',i
lii agreed 90. The bill having been c., W
in Committee of the W hole, IL was reDst Cd
the Senate. The amendments mad ~ =
10. committee were concurred in, and tlieNi
oec read ~ third time and passed. ThSrns
on went into executive session, and whsn 9
doors reoocned adIou ned until Mond,r
In the House. Mr.. Has cie- int roduc ed "a :,
utY declare lore led lands granted Nis.o ~
,.t i'll lie 90 1s. ruct ON OF the Mount ahp :
IN, Fogd. Nr. Cen oin the Committee oass,
and thfims, re1o. led .. ok the senate bin am.
mr. izfn.s the secrcary of the Treasury 10 eSar;
the eN ideHce in reg ard 10 payments maSs
IN the state of Missouri since 1865 to the mn,
me- of the state for military services pc ion
ION ed. The bin to r,imbnr1,, the Viii IN M n
tort Mary College for losses suffered during
no, War was then taken up, and af, er "a long
cussion WAS deieated-yeas, 81; nays, I2i.
ade journed till Monday.