Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-06-11
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Gathered from All Quarters. &
CONGREss.

CONGRESS-. 1S
- SENATE, June 1.-Mr. Vance, from
the Committee on the Exodus Of Negroes
from Southern to Northern States, sub
mitted the report of tho majority. Ordered
printed with the testimony taken. Mr..
Window announced that he would hero
after submit the. views Of the minority,
The River and Harbor bill was taken up and a
number Of amendments were agreed TO, but
the bill went over without final action. The
Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was received
from the House and referred to the Commit
tee on Appropriations. The Senate insisted
Executive and Judicial and the Agri-
cultural Appropriation bills, and COM
mittees of conference with the House
were appointed. HOUsE.-The Deficiency
bill was considered in Committee of the Whole
and the bill was read by sections for amend
mente, without final action the committee
rose. The Senate amendments TO the House
bill relative to Il monument 40 Yorktown, Vir-
gtnia, were cOncurred in.
SENATE, June 2.-Mr. Pendleton sub
mitted a resolution instructng the Commit
tee on Judiciary to inquire whether certain
sections of the Revised Statutes were author.
lied by the Constitution. He explained that
these sections related to the judicial powers Of
COnsuls and Ministers to Eustern countries
The Minister Of the United States at Cairo,
Egypt, was exercising extensive and extraOr-
dlnary, VI not entirely unwarranted authority
These sections gave absolutely despotic and
irrovOcable authority to COnsuls over any citi-
constitutiOnally be authorized to try men
without Juries, convict and punish by impris-
onment or death, when judges at home cannot
do so. The resolution was adopted. Mr.. Pad
dock, from the Committee on Public
Lands, reported faYorably the bill for the
appraisement and sale OF tho desert Of Ari-
zona. Placed on the calendar. The River and
Harbor bill was passed. .HoUsE.-The Gem
erai Denclency appropriation bill was COnsid-
cred in Committee Of the Whole. Several
amendments were agreed to. when the COM
mittoe rose and reported the bill 20 the House.
The main question was ordered and the House
adjourned
SENATE, June 3.-A resolution, sub
mitted by Mr.. Butler calling on the Secretary
OF the Treasury for copies Of all papers, etc,
of interest in his department, relating to the
claim of the United states against the New
York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Company for fySe per cent. tax on
scrip dividend Of eighty per cent. de-
oared in 1869 on its capital stock, and that
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue sus-
pend al action thereon until instructed by
Congress Hs to the manner of its settlement,
was adopted The Senate bill to consummate
a resolution of the Continental Congress lty
appropriating $4,000 to erect a monument to
General Herkimer at the battlefield of Oris-
kany, N. v, was passed. House bill amend
ing the statutes in relation to immediate
transportation OF dutlable goods was passed,
a resolution adopted by the House, providing
for adjournment June 10th, was refCi rcd to
the Committee on Appropriations. The
Tariff Commission bill was then tukpn nm
-yeas, 81; nays, lb.. .u... HOUsE.-Mr. Ellis,
from the Committee on Pacific Railroads re-
ported back bill to provide for the speedy
completion OF the railroad and telegraph line
between ports of the Lower Mississippi River
and the Gulfof Mexico and Pacific Ocean along
or near the southwestern frontier of the
United States, and to aid in the construction
of the same. Printed and recOmmitted.
The Committee on Ways and Means reported
a resolution for the final adjournment Of Com
gress at noon on the 10th Of June. The resO-
luton was agreed to without debate The O. en-
amendments TO the POstOillCe Appropriation
bill were considered, but without coming to u
vote the House adjourned.
SENATE, June 4.-Mr. Voorhees, sent
TO the Clerks desk and had read n resolution
under which the Exodus Committee was ap-
pointed, and spoke at considerable length
thereon, holding that the Republican party
was responsible for the exodus, and endorsing
or the committee. ... HousE.-Ihe Senate
amendments TO the House bill granting con
demned cannon for the erection of a soldiers
monument at Marietta, Ohio, wore eoncurred
IN. The Speaker stated that the regular order
was motion to lay ON the table d motion to
reconsider the vote by which the House on the
Day before cOnCurred in the Senate amend
ments to the POstoloe Appropriation bill striJS-
ing out the proviso relative TO the relettinE Of
star routes. The motion 10 table was agreed to-
Mr.. Atkins submitted q conference report on
the Legislative and Executive bill, stating
that the cOnferees had been unable TO agree
Fernando Wood stated that he would not call
up tho refunding bill this session, but gnve mo-
tice that he would bring It before the House
on the first Wednesday in December next
Atter the transaction of some other unim Dor
tant business the House adjourned.