The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-03-18
THE XLVI CONGRESS-.

wore introduced: 10 eStaDllSl united
States court in the Indian territory,
placed on the calendar; to provide for
the payment of pensions to widows and
minor children upon the death of pen.
sioners totally disabled from wounds
in service; to make the crime of rape
punishable with death. The senate took
up and passed the house bill making ad-
ditiona! appropriations of $135, 900 for
the support of certain Indian tribes for
the year ending June 80, 1880. The
morning hour having expired, the SEN
ate resumed the consideration of the bill
for the relief Of Fitz John Porter, and
Senator Logan continued his remarks in
opposition to the bill.
THURSDAY, March 4-House.-The
from state to federal courts was finally
passed by yeas 100, nays IS. The house
refused to take up the political assessment
bill and spent some time on Woods
funding bill. An evening session was
held for debate on the pension bills.
FRIDAY, March 5.-Senute. ute.-Considera
tiOn of the bill for the relief of Fitz
John Porter was resumed, and Sen.
Logan continued his speech in opposi.
ton thereto. Sen. Carpenter ob'ained
the floor and the senate adjourned pend
ing the discussion.
FRIDAY, March 5.-House.-Mr. Car
Isle introduced bill fixing the duties
on sugar as follows: On all sugars over
number 13, Dutch standard in color,
401OO cents per pound; above number
IL, and not above number 16, 2 25.1OO
cents per pound. all over number Is, 4
cents per pound. A memorial of mer.
chants, manufacturers and consumers of
chrome iron and bicromate of pot
ash, urging the removal of prohibitory
duty on those articles was referred.
A bill allowing the heirs of Albert Full
ler to apply for an extension of his pat
ent faucet, was defeated. Yeas 40, nays
149. Mr.. De La Matyr offered resolu.
tion which was adopted, directing the
census committee to inquire into the ad.
visibility of taking the census in Alas
ka The morning hour having expired
the house went into committee of the
whole, Calkins in the chair, on the pri.
vate calendar. After some time, the CON-
nit ee finding itself without quorum
rose, and adjourned until Monday.
MONDAY, March 8.-Senate- Bay
ard occupied nearly the whole session
with speech favoring the Fitz John
Porter bill.
MONDAY, March 8-House.- speak
er announced the new rules in operation
and called the states for bills ETC., begin
ming with Alabama. A very large num-
Der OF bills were introduced covering
nearly every subject of legislation ever
heard of. This business consumed the
whole session.
TUESDAY, March 9-Senate- The presi-
dents message on the inter-oceanic canal
was read, and with accompanying docu-
ments referred. Bills were introduced
and referred as follows: Sen. Herman.
giving to all religious denominations
equal rights and privileges in the Indian
reservations. Sen. Eumunds, by request,
for the erection of monument in Wash.
ington, to Custer and the men who fell
with him. Sen. Bailey introA uced a
resolution declaring that the, reported
alliance OF the Pacific railroads and the
Pacific mail steamship company was
prejudicial to the public intert st, and au.
thorizing the judiciary committee to in
vestigate the case and to report a bill to
prevent a contamination of the project.
Adopted. Consideration of the Fitz
John Porter bill was next, and Sen. Nc
Donald spoke in favor of it.
TUESDAY, Marcl -House-Several
c ommittees reported by bill. The morn
ing hour having expired. Hosteller mov-
ed that the house cunsider the calendar,
the object being to take up the political
assessment bill, the first on the calendar.
Agreed to-ayes 1876; noes 1874. Mr.
Hosteller then gave notice that he would
call the previous question at 4 O'Clock p.
M, tomorrow. Mr.. House then address,
I'd the house in advocacy of the bill.
Pending discussion the house adjourned.
WEDNESDAY,, March 1O.-.Senate.-
Barely quorum present. Mr.. Thurman,
from the committee on the judiciary, re.
ported adversely the senate bill to reim-
burse the several States for interest
paid on war loans and for other purposes.
Placed on the calendar. At the expira-
tloh of the morning hour Mcdonald con-
tlnued his remarks in favor of the Fltz
John Porter bill. After his speech mo-
tiOn was made to refer the bill to the
Judiciary committee, and pending dis
cusslOn the senate went went into execu.
tive session and soon thereafter adjourn
ed.
WEDNESDAY, March -House.-Bills
were placed on the house calendar ap-
propriating $500, 900 for the relief of the
poor Of Ireland; to restrict the Chinese
immigration; to prevent the removal of
Indians from states into the Indian Ter.
ritory; to prevent the Withholding of
pensions from pensioners under the act
of 1861. Consideration was resumed of
the "Political Assessment" bill, and the
house was addressed by Mr.. Young, of
Ohio.
English Manners and American HOsni.
tality.
Mrs, Hooper's Novel "Un der the Tricolor"
"By the way, I heard of such q
charming reproof administert d by
Swedish gentleman to two English
Lords the other day. He had invited
them to dine with him. and thex came