Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-05-18
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WASHINGTON. D. G., Mag IS, 1850.


SENATE
Dir. DlSis. LIZ , tlv1n tic judiciary Com
mlttcc reported iavcrtbig on House bill 10 ca
tsbllsh D.sri,. and Circuit Court at Chatta.
nooga and TO add the cDuG,y Of Grumpy 10 The
Eastern Disiic: OF TAarcsse, sod il was passed.
Mr.. Bayorl IrrG lie u0mmit'ec ca Finance
reported with amenim":t tho bill authorizing
bonds OF manufacturers IF tobacco, sautf and
cigars, exDor'ln. the same, to 10 carc,lled at
the port oil cIcaraao,. Pac.d &c The cllendar.
Mr. voorhees, lf0G The Committee on Fin
ance reported |! a; that c:mmi,tes had had
uodcr consideration Senate till to ameud section
3O22 RsVs ID Sta u.ts. which was bill to re,
nit tbs duty IN sale used by wtsscrn men 10
curing beet, LEe Same as is don On behalf OF the
meu who cure fish in The east. lie was 10.
sruc:ed by the committee TO report it bask
adversely on the Grouad that H.: Senate brstch
OF Congress has 90 right to initiate movement
Of that kind. lie did not concur 10 that view
OF oil and asked that this bill might be placed on
the Calendar b that OF s)mo proper limo he
might lake the sense Of tho Senate on that I'M
pertant question So ordered,
Mr. Bsyard moved to take ~ tho bill rccu,
lall0g tho pay aud appointment OF deputy mar.
shas but withdrew il after sCmo debate.
The Sanafn resumed the consideration of tho
Kellogg Splh RI rtSoiul!oGI
MIR. salisbury, chairman Ct The C0mmittnn
on Privileges AID lfec.iona sp; ko ia iav1r of
the resolutions.
They rested wholly upon a qacs.io1 OF flc.:
WGs kellogg elected Senator by the L22is!a
turo Of Louisiana. Ii tho Senate wag satisfied
that he was not SO elected ho could not be 70
talDed Ia tho Senate without plain violation
cl he constitutional provision requiring senators
10 bo ch;scn by the Legislatures OF tho States.
This was = question for the present Ssnato
Tho issue Was not wha: others bad dono before,
bu; what il v1s the Senatu's daly to do now in
Wow Of tho iacts asccrtai1ed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr.. Bland. OF Mo-, From the Uommitic, on
Ctiocgo, Weights aod Mcasuris reported a bill
To establish an assay ciiioo in st. Louis, Mo.
Referred to tho Goa laltto9 oftho Whole.
Mr.. Cobb. OF lnd., IRON Committee on
Appropriations, reported back tho pension Go.
iioiency appropriation bill. Tho bill is similar
to tho one reported last week with az additional
clause Gppropraiog St coo to enable tho S c.
Rotary oil tho Treasury to employ enc of the
steamers OF the revenue mario, now on tho
Pacific coast Tor tho relief of the officers and
crews oil tho whaling bHEk5 Mount WaIston"
and "Vlgiant' now imprisoned ia tho Arctic
Oscar.
The bill was considered in tho uouso ns 10
Committee Of the Whole.
Mr.. Chhlmcrs,of Miss Offered an amendment
constructing the act of March 8. 1873, entitled
an cot to place coorod persons VINO enlisted in
The army on the ssmo footing as other soldiers
as to bounty and pension SO as to extend its
provisions to tho heirs of such soldiers 10 their
claims for military service.
Tho amendment was ruled out on n pojpt of
order and Fir. Chalmers appealed from tho
dec sion.
Mr. Garfield, OF o, suggested thht tho
amendrlcnt should be Withdrawn aud uoani
mously passed as separate measure when tho
pending bill should have boon disposed Of, and
this suggestion vas agreed 10.
Tho Pcuson DiGc:cccy bill was then passed
without amendment.
Mr.. Chalmers then offered as n separate
measure the amendment, Which he had of .rcd
TO tho deficiency bill, and it vas agreed 10.
"a motion oil MIR. Cobb, of lndana, several
OF the Senate amendments to the District Ap.
nrCpfla!lon bill We're nuu o)Gcurrsd 10, tho 70
maindcr co0currcd ID and the till returned TO
the Senate Tor is action.
Mr.. Covert of N. y, chairman Of the Commit.
Tee On Agriculture, reported back tho Apricul-
tursl Appropriation blIl. and it WGs referred to
Tho Committee OF the Whole.
Mr. McLinr. of Md, rising to q PRESTON Of
privilege SAID hat he found in morning paper
a cory Of a letter addressed to him aud 10 MIR.
l.ill9 OF La. as members Of tho Committee on
Pacific Railroads ty J. A. George. charging
certain bribery and corruption upnn tho Con.
rrass which had passed tho Texas Pacific II. II.
bill. That letter ha! eonn..to tho newspapers,
tot only w;thru; the knoelcl ra OF tho Com
tuitc:, tui 'r'ainIy through The agency of tho
man "ho had w.iteu it. IL had Gcou opcncd
by hiEi (hicl.auc) Yesterday eirrr the adjourn
mcut Ct ihc rommII;2n AID after having hacu
read ty Mr.. Ella md himself had been sealed up
again 20 be submitted 70 the cnUnllttle NJ ia
NIX hrriInr.
The nan vino la,i vri!ra ), ,Tas IL, on'y a,,n
who c"n1 h!Vn f. conF ufio. It h;i htct,. ADD
Sill Was sis !nt:"!llu 10 submit Tia letter TO
The G0mn>'cc A. Is n2Xt moplirg GA Thurs
day, and II !hc rNnH''tna was I'll TIE criLio1
thst Il wa7 e0r'hT IT H:;cafi3o in would me
10 the House lGr nuoil lHs;ruc. inaa is H. might
wSiI to eiv1 him.
Tie Hens" rhcn, At 1918. went iitn Com
mlttrc Of tho Whale (llr. Hooker, of Nils in
the chaFl upon the agricultural approximation
bill.
ErI>C0rAf tGUSCll Tie CGusci Ct tho
Ifot' st'bt E9i copsI Church Of tho Dice s, of
NHSitl', ell ass mhI2 10 ST.. raus Church,
Petersburg. Ia mor,cs. L. is exceed that
OVER 2G0 ac:&Y BOD lay delegates will be in a.
nda1ca. bishop Whtt!c will preside. Right