, 1881-02-27
THE RECORD.

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| WASHINGTON. D. G.. Feb. 2S.-Mr. Vance
| introduced a bill for the purchase by the
Secretary OF War Of the private papers Of the
| late Confederate Gems. Bragg and Polk,
| relating to the War of the Rebellion, and ap-
propriating 1000 for the same. Referred.
! Mr.. Butler offered 4 resolution, which was
agreed to, instructlug the Judiciary Com
mittee to inquire and report by what author
| fty and under whose appointment f. II.
Wallace is exercising the duties Of United
| States Marsha; for South Carolina.
| Nj. Burnside briefly addressed the Senate
on the resolution reported from the Com
mittee OIL Foreign Relations and now on the
! Vice-prcsident's table, declaring that the
| United States will insist that its consent is 4
necessary condition precedent to the con-
struction Of a sl1ip-canal, or other n.enns OF
| transportation across tile isthMus. He cul-
| graduated the Committee on the sterse and
| comprehensive declaration Of the resolution
which, In Ills opinion. embodied the sellti-
| Incnts Of the American people as to non
| interference Of foreign powers with the af-
| fairs of this Continent, and was broader i'll
| its scope and more satisfactory than
the one on the subject introduced by
himself: Tie belieyed t,; declaration should
under 10 circumstance would
it allow tloroughtare across the isti!mus
without its consent being first secured. Such
declaration in tic present emergency, he
pence with foreign nations for ull time, while a
failure to mike it now would entail on our pos-
tcrity an expense tenfold greater than that of
any isthInus canal.
No action was taken upon the resolution.
Dir. Hayard, from the Finance Committee, re-
ported, with Il substitute therefor. the Senate
tute allows PeriQuc tobacco to be manufactured
without payment Of the present tax. Calendar,
h1essrs. Cancron t'Fis.), Conkliux, Logan. Pen
| dleton, and Coc1rell were constituted commit
tee In relation to the funeral obsequles OF the
late senntor Carpenter.
The :, senate proceeded to consider the River
Committee were agreed to IN Committee OF the
When the items for the North Carolina Rivers
were reached, Mr.. Thurman cnlled attention to
the lncrease of the appropriations for Cape
Fear River from $10,0U to $.0.0Uo. He said be
did not intend to suggest anythng like lo9-roll-
Ing but, he felt some interest In nm Ohio i'm
provemcnt which was not provided for now, he
would express the hope that the liberal spirit Of
tho Chairman of the Commerce Committee
{aAnsom) In taking care Of his own State would
induce thar Senator to look across tho dllc-
RhenIes in Il kindly manner.
Dir. Ransom replied fhnt Us North Carolina had
more water surface than any other State, and
had Il harbor Of refuge vt Wilmington for all the
disabled vessels of the Eastern coasr, tho appro-
priations fot thnt State were neither large nor
disproportionate. but were below the estimute-
Mr.. Thurman mentioned number of streams
Of North Carolina and Virginia provided for ut
froru $l0,0D0 to $40 00J, the names Of which, he
said, could not be found in any geography to be
found Ia the schools and libraries. Tho item for
the French BroAd. he said, had been inserted tn
every River and Harbor bill for years, snd tho
object of it WAS to improve Il Stream in North
Carolina so that catfish could navigate it, and MS
long as there was any cattlsh there be supposed
the appropriations would be kept up.
The reading OF the bill proceeded, all the
amendments Of the Senate Committee being
agreed to.
4 motion was made by Mr. Plumb to RECON-
NIT. with Instructions to the Comtnerce Com
nlIttee to reduce the total to e1,UNu0JU, to ap-
portion the same to rivers and harbors Of Ma
uonul importance, aud as tar as practicable to
the complexion Ct improvements ne now le under
ments. was NOT agreed to-ages, II; nt'es, ss:
AT 5:45, after statement that unless passed be-,
fore adjournment the bill Wt,ultl fail, motion
TO adjourn WAS nesatived-ayes 9; uoes,z!.
A motion by Mr. ThurMan for an incre.4se Of
Ohio was tabicd-ayes, -; noes, l3,
An amendment was adopted. Without ob1ec.
ton, directing the Secretary OF War to cause te
be mado examinations aud surveys OF lines fur