Morning journal and courier., 1881-01-15
FORTY-sIxTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.

 | SENATE.-The bill for the relief of Ben Halliday came up as unfinished business at the expiration of the morning hour and was | laid aside to resume consideration of the army appropriation bill.
 Mr. Salisbury gave notice that on Monday next he would call up the Louisiana election case. MT. ConkIing said such a notice bound nobody but the Senator giving it. He desired to file his caveat that on Monday, when the Halliday bill came up, he should and would ask as many Senators as would assist him in insisting upon the continuation of the consideration of that bill
 The consideration of the army appropria- tion bill was resumed. After an hours de- bate upon point of order the amendment to the bill proposed at the previous session by MT. Saunders appropriating $30.0oO for headquarters of the department of the Platte was decided not in order. The bill was, after some further amendments had been proposed and rejected or ruled out, reported to the Senate and passed and the military academy bill taken up. The only amendment report ed by the committee was an addition of $500 for theodolite for the department of in struction in mathematics, which was agreed to. The bill was read without interruption and passed without debate
 On motion of MT. Davis, of West Virginia, the bill appropriating $2, 800 to defray the expenses of the International Sanitary Con- 1s 1881, was taken up and passed.
 On motion of MT. Bruce the Senate took up the bill authorizing and directing the Sec retary of the Treasury to purchase the Freed mans bank and the real estate and parcels of ground adjacent thereto belonging to the Freedman's Saving Trust company at price not exceeding $25O, 900. The bill was laid over to Monday, and at 4:10 p. m. the Senate went into executive session and when the doors were opened adjourned to Monday.
 HOUSE. the bills considered was one for the relief of William A. Redus. The bill was reported from the Committee on In- dian Affairs. It was claim for Indian dep relations. It was one of a class pending be- fore Congress involving in the aggregate over $4, 1000, GOO, The bill opened up the whole question of the proper tribunal to consider these claims, and it was again urged that there should be a court of claims where all sides could be heard. In this case Redus was driving herd of cattle from Texas to Kan sas, when he was attacked by party of Osage Indians, who stole IA beeves Under the law the Indians could not be pursued on their own reservation, whither they fed and hence under the treaty stipulations the United States became responsible to Redus, and must deduct the money from inc amounts due these Indians There was no question of the claim, but 1t was urged that Congress should not be bothered with such losses, but that some judicial tribunal should pass upon them. That, it was urged, would be more just to both the claimant and the govern nent. The bill was passed however.
 Bills were disposed of in Committee of the Whole, and were reported to the House, and the first taken up in the House was the bill to provide for the sale of certain Indian lands in Kansas. A majority of the committee that the lands be sold for $3 per acre, while minority wanted to fix $5. No quorum voted and that point was made, whereupon the House at 4:3O adjourned