The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-02-06
XLYI CONGRESS-.
SENATE.


ton against the construction of swing
bridge across the Detroit river, and Mr..
Conkling another to the same purpose from .
the New York Legislature. A hill to \
locate and purchase n new site for the .
United States Naval Observatory was passed. .
/ The Vice President laid before The Sem .
ate communication from the Secretary Of 4
the Navy inanswer to the Senate resolution, /
stating that the interests of the country and (
naval service require that the Pensacola (
Navy Yard be put in n state of efficiency, |
and estimating the cost Mt SGIG.90i, $S6,700 I
of the amount being necessary for rebuild !
| ing the marine barracks destroyed during
the war; . Mr.. Carpenter called up the bill
! to provide for punishing persons VINO steal
/ horses, mules or Other property from the
| Indians. 1t provides that such persons
may be guilty of felony, and may be inn
prisoned not longer than five years, in the
/ discretion Of the court where convicted.
Tho bill gave rise to n long discussion, and
was finally recommittad.
/ JAN. 27.-Mr. Logan submitted a minority
report on the bill restoring l1it2 John Por-
ter. . Several petitions Of soldiers for the
passage of the Weaver bill was presented. /.
| The House bill TO remit the duty on the
altar for ST. Johns Cath edral, indianapolis,
4 Ind. passed, Among the bills introduced
were the following; BY Mr.. Wallace, to in.
crease the pensions of soldiers of the war Of
1917 hN MI. AOht Wy lNtiuNohfy W pay ttl-
tain awards to the Creek Indians. Mr..
Bayard then delivered his speech in favor
of his currency resolution, after which the
Senate adjourned.
JAN. 29. The day being set apart for the
the delivery Of eulogies upon the life Of the
late Senator Chandler no business was
transacted.
JAN. 29.--Petitions were presented, pray
ing for the distribution Of the unappropri-
ated balance of the Geneva award; against
the reduction Of duty on sheet zinc 4. A
number of unimportant bills were intro
duced On motion of Mr., Coclsrell the
House JOINT resolution authorizing the
Secretary of War Do, eXpend the sum Of
$4,000 heretofore Appropriated for the erec-
ton of a store house and depot building at
Omaha, without waiting for the certain sc-
tion of the Legislature at Nebraska, which
does not meet until 1881. was taken up and
passed. Adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE.
JAN. 23.--Mr. Springer introduced bill
to place certain books and papers now in
the possession of the Government into the
possession of the Lincoln Monument Asso-
citation of Springfield, ILL., Resolutions
calling ON the Secretary of War for informa-
ton rs to obstruction in the harbor at
Rock Island. Ill, and for erecting military
storehousc at Omaha, were introduced. .
~ Inc House Lncn went INTO COlnlnltLee Oh
the whole on the state of the Union. Mr..
HoT delivered a very humorous speech in
reply to the structures of Mr.. Cox upon
him yesterday The House was densely
, packed. Mr. Cox made no reply. After
, Sc yeral personal explanations had been
) made, growing out of the debate yesterday
} on the Buckner bill, the House adjourned.
} JAN. 26.--Representative elect Phillips, of
the Seventh District of Missouri, was
| 1r E,..,f ],
, postponed until Monday, A number OF
unimportant bills were introduced. BY
g Mr.. Mason (by request): To incorporate the
: Cosmo-Amercan Colonization and General
improvement Bureau in the United States
!; The bill incorporates Thurlow Weed Car
! | dinal McCloskey and twenty others as such
! : Bureau. The capital stock shall not be less
than 81 ,000,000, and may be increased The
!, object is for encouraging, promoting and
!, conducting emigration from overcrowded
cities and other districts of the United
!, States, and from Great Britain and othel
!, parts of Europe to the several States and
! Territories of the United States, aiding emf
h grants, and other humane and commercial
" purposes. The morning hour having ex
pired. the question REQUIRED on suspendinf
the rules and adopting the resolution offereS
last Monday by Mr.. Kelley, Of PennsylYani;
--roll-call on which had been interrupted
l. by district business-dcclaring that nego
tiations by the President of Commercial
is treaty, fixing the rate OF duty, is in viola
ton of the Constitution. The vote stood
=, yeas, 175; nays, 90; so the rules were sus
- pended and the resolution adopted. tn
House then adjourned, notwithstanding th
= opposition Of Greenback members,
JAN. 27.-The bill for the appropriation
/, of 100000 for a monument at Yorktown
and appropriating $4,000 to enable the com
Y mittee on Yorktown Celebration to max
all necessary arrangements for the celebra
~ tion Of the centennial anniversary Of th
~ battle of Yorktown, as shall be tit histor
cal significance of the occasion, was passet
= :. A bill passed setting apart for park pul
III poses certain lands in California ON whic
IN are growing redwood" or big trees" I.
Mr.. Cook, from the Comnitte on Po
n Offices and Post Roads, reported the bill il
structing the postmaster-G General 20 put IL
postal service on all routes where publ
he on the grounds that the bill was in the nj
ture of an appropriation, and the speak
er sustained the point of order. In Con
p. mittee ofthe Whole thereport Of the Commi
6e tee on Revision of Rules, with amendment
was adopted.
lis JAN. 2s. Senate bill appropriating s75, o.
srt for the purchase Of Of a new site for ne
x Naval Observatory, passed. Mr.. DAY
introduced bill imposing tax for Smo
-, ing Of opium. . At the expiration of 4
'et es morning h5ur the consideration of the ]
- "a port of the Committee on Rules was
~ sumed. A message was received fro
the Senate transnitting resolutions relati
lG- to late Senator Chandler. Speeches in L
ne logyof Senator Chandler were then ma
ng at the conclusion of which the House q
jonmed.
lk- JAN. 29.-The regular order being (
or, manded consideration was resumed of I
he bill declaring all public roads and his
led ways post routes. The previous quest
was seconded ynd the bill passed, yeas,
an nays 81. air. Knott Chairman Of !
ing Committee on Judiciary reported back
ty, bill for the relief Of owners and purebas