The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-02-05
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sns4TI.IA concurrent resslpties 81. Il.
the oonstrudlIsa #. a swing fsSs S1idss On issa1i
Straits val psHsented.....A petition was pre-
sented by Mr.. Davis wv. Val from the citi-
zens Of West Virginia for the continuance
of the coinage sof the silver dollar and
legal tender capacity Of greenbacks......
A petition was presented by Mr.. Car
penter, from the citizens Of Milwaukee for a
s antPi silver q sa sas s ssla gsi # r sa wa s. d sass
valnes,snThe bill TO punish persons fol
stealing horses, mules, etc, from the
Indians, after q LONG debate, was recommittsa
1.-THE coigrsd exodus INJURY Is going on.
Chas. N. Btnf; editor Of the Washington
AfSfS, and graduate of 0berlin College, has
been on the stand. He t~estiies that three men
named Perry, Williams and Taylor, were in
strumental in starting the exodus to Indiana,
for political purposes. They 1nede fraudulent
Representations to the people Of North Carolina
t. induce them to move ffom that State said
the government would supply them with new
suits Of clothes and that they could make $3.50
a day in winter and s.. so a day in summer. "In
fact" said the witness, tfevery intelligent
colored man in the State is opposed to it, and
are all fighting it and | say that although an
exodus from the Southern States may be a
blessing, the exodus from Moth Carolina is a
fraud and a curse.n
HousENfhs Following bill was introduced
by Mr. Mason (by request(: To Incorporate
the CosmosAmerican Colonization; and General
Improvement Bureau il the United States.
The bill incorporates Thurlow Weed, Cardinal
McCioskeS, and twenty others as such a
bureau, the capital stock of which shall be not
less than 81 ,000, 900, and may be increased
and the object of which is to be the encourag-
ing, promoting and condaetihE VI emigration
from oyerergwded cieiss and other districts
of the Tinted States, and from Great
Britain and other parts Of Europe, to the
several States and Territories of the United
States, and aiding emigrants, land other
humane and commercial purposesr...A
bill introduced in the House by Mr.. Kelley,
proposes TO amend the Revised Statutes so that
in lieu of the payment 81 interest on cancelled
bonds into the Sinking Fund, the Secretary Of
the Treasury shall annually redeem and apply
to the Sinking Fund not less than $37 600, 200
Of bonds, which become Reasonable in 1881
and 1891. .oft9 4
HousE.--Mr. Goede, Chairman Sf HE Com
niittee on Yofktswh celebration, reporteda bill
apprupfiatihg 500 900 for "a monument at
Yorktown, and anpropriating $2o, 600 to enable
the Committee IN Yorktown Celebration to
make all Snecessary arrangements for such
celebration of the centennial anniversary of the
battle Of Yorktown as shall be a IL historical
significance Of the occasion. .....A bill was
passed for the relief of certain actual settlers on
Kansas trust and diminished reserved lands in
Kansas.
SBNATE.-The joint resolution introduced by
Mr.. Bayard to WITHDRAW v, tho legal tender
power of United States notes was brought up.
Mr.. Bayard spoke Ia favor of the, resolution
~. Messrs. Pendleton, ingalls,, and Cameron,
(of Pennsylvenisl presented petitions of e1-
soldiers and sailors for the passage Of the
Weaver bill, 10 pay 10 saeh persons the differ
ence in VALUE between greenbacks and gold.
Mr.. Cameron desired to say,ion presenting his
petition, he belieyedevery one of the signa-
lures was q forgery.-..Mr. Randolph, from
the Committee on Military Affairs, repor;edthe
bill already published for the relief Of Fitz
SrslFr.@The Sonata bayingxel sbstt : day
to be devoted to the delivery Of cohmentaries
upon, the Hfs'ahd character Of the late Senator
Chandler, the following resolutions we're sub
mittedo by Mr.9Ferry : Resolced, That the
Senate has received with profound sorrow the
announcement of the death of Zachariah Chan
dler, late a Senator of the United States, from
the State of Michiganp aud for neariygnineteen
years q member. Of this body. Resolped,
That to express some estimate. of his
many services In his long public career, rem
dered conspicuous by, fearless, patriotic deYo-
ton, the business of the Senate be now isus.
pended that the associates of the departed
Senator may pay a fitting tribute to, his pub.
lie and private virtues. These resolutions
were unanimously adopted. They were fol.
lowed by. eulogies upon the life and public
services Of Mr.. Chandlefs by Messrs. Ferry
EBayard, Hanalini Blaine, Logan, Morrill,, and
Others, after which the Senate adjourned Iu,
HousE.-The House passed, the following
bills: Granting . pension to the widow o.
,iaufananf Hiror, !.
ating $4,000 for the erection of a monument Il
General Herkimer /; Senate bill appropriating
$4,000 for the purchase of q new site for the
United States Naval Observatory was taker
from the Speakers table aud passed, with m
amendment that if practicable the site shall b.
of even degree of longitude west of Greenwich
.ssrA bill imposing q tax on smoking opium
was referred, .s,.A message was received fron
the Senate ~ Transmitting the s@sres6Iution.
adopted by that 5body, relative to the death O
Senator Chandler. Speeches1were made in
eufogyl of the Senator, and the House al,
joprned. a. - .srq. EFKgaAca.
resolution was adopted requesting
the President to inform the Senate whether money
Venezuela on awards of the United Commission or.
ganized under the Treaty of 1856. 10. N Bailey, from
The COMMITTEES on Postofices and Post-roads, re.
ton to apply The amount appropriated by act o
Placed on theealendar.-1t authorizes the Secretary
otthe. Treasury to pay Southern mail contractor,
for carrying the mails prior to May 81, 1861, upor
their representing satisfactory evidence that they
had received no pay for such seryices from ethel
the Confederate or the United States Government
.....The bill to exempt postal employees from serv.
ices on juries was reported adversely upon by the
on J udiciaryoE the COMMITTEES OIL
HousE-Mr Warner, from reported back with
Coinage, Weights and Measures, aper indat1oD, and
amendments the bill to stopip of the volume O
providing for a needed increase old and silver, an6
currency by the free coinage of gtifcates. Ordered
the Issue of gold and silver Ger Knott, Chairman
printed and recommitted. MIR. ported back tht
of the Committee on Judiciary, rechasers Of land
bill for the reiieI Of owners and pur ctionary States
sold for direct taxes in tue insurree---.Considera
Referred to of the Who'll ring all public
tion YVES resumed Of the bill decla The preyioul
roads and highways pos'-roItes. passed. Yeas
question was seconded, and the bill
134; nays, 81. IN
HoUsE.-A resolution was introd uced By Nj
orth rep. of Ind.9 inquiring inro the expectancy
Of opening a ship canal from Toledo, Ohio, to Thu
Wabash River at or near Lafayette, IND. Referred
THE House re umed consideration of the con
ference report on the bill providing for Circuit anC
District Courts al, Columbus, Ohio, and after q shor
discussion the report was agreedfto..-..The bill o
Mr.: Knott dem. Of Kya was passed removing tn
Harris, from the Committee on Naval A fairs, r.
ported a bill providing a permanent CONSTRUCTION
fund for the navy, which was referred to the Com
mittee Of the Whole.
IS. a7o Dampen the Air. 59h '
We can hardly too often suggest tn,
im~portanceo of providing ample moistur,
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