The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-12-17
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various sOurOeA
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

OK the eth, Senators sherman, Pendleton
Davies, Lapham, Bayard and Morgan were
appointed joint committee for the prepare
ton OF memorial upon the death OF the late
President Garfield. Bills were INTRODUCED
and referred: For the admission of New
Mexico as a State; compensating railway
companies for transporting mails; establish
ing Department of Agriculture and Com
merce; making trade dollars legal tender Tor
all debts except where otherwise stipulated.
Mr. Morrilrs Tariff Commission was then de.
clared in order, but that gentleman declined
to speak and the Senate adjourned.
SENATOR MORRILL, addressed the Senate,
on the sth, upon the Tariff Commission bill.
He said our nearest approaches to free trade
had been seasons of national disaster, as were
the years lS}3, AZ and '57, and the further we
had receded from free trade the better had
labor Jared and the greater had been the ma
terial and educational Advancement OF the
country At the conclusion of his remarks
MIR Morrill, moved n reference OF the subject
TO the Committee on Finance, but at the sug-
gestion of Mr.. Garland who desired to be
heard on the subject, withdrew his notion
The latter temporarily yielded the floor for
some general business, and the subject was
formally passed over for the present The
President pro ten. submitted response by
the Secretary of the Interior to the Senate
resolution, transmitting a list of the names of
officers, clerks and other employees on the
rolls of the department, with the salary, date
OF appointment and grade of Office each state
to which charged, and indicating who served
I'm the Union and who in the Confederate
armies. Tabled and ordered printed. Among
bills introduced were the following by Mr..
Nest-For a bridge across the Mississippi
River at the most acceptable point from five
TO eight miles above st; Louis; by Mr.. In
galls-For the sale. of lands of the Miami Indi-
ans, Hans. !; by Mr.. Plumb-FOrthe disposition
ofthe Fort Larned military reserva alton by Mr..
Cockrell-Giving TO every soldier or sailor
who served ninety days il the Union service
during rebellion and was honorably dis
charged, or to his widow and minor children,
160 acres of public land The bill granting
(nnrtipl1 nriXilpUn
being the first bill of the session to pass the
Senate. Pending n motion for adjournment,
President pro tenn. Davis called the attention
of the Senate to the fact that "the 5th of De-
cember, the day on which Congress con-
vened, was the fiftieth anniversary of the
day when Isaac Bassett, the much es-
teemed Doorkeeper of the Senate, became
connected with this body. Half century ago
he entered our service as page, Through the in
fluence of Daniel Webster In all the muta-
tious of parties no attempt was ever made to
disturb him. Surely no higher tribute could
be paid to his fidelity and to his integrity than
that he had been so long and so satisfactorily
identified with the history of the Senate.
am sure the sentiment on all sides is cordially
expressed when wish him health and hap
piness in the name of the Senate of the United
States" Adjourned until Monday.
THE House held brief session on the 9th.
The Speaker appointed a committee on the
death of President Garfield. Adjourned until
Tuesday.
A LARGE number OF bills and Joint reso-
buttons were introduced in the Senate on the
18th, among the more important being the
following: BY Mr.. Edmunds-For defraying
expenses OF the treatment and burial OF the
late President Garfield, the amount being
limited to 100000; also by Mr.. Edmunds-To
punish polygamy; by Mr.. Butler-To estab-
lish an educational fund; by Mr. Hoar-FoI
the education of Indian children; by Mr..
Plumb-For the sale of portion of Fort
Ieavenworth military reservation. The Tariff
bill was then taken up and Messrs. Garland
and Beck replied to Mr.. Morrill,.