Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-08-03
WASHINGTON.
CONGRESSIONAL.
EN- r.

NASsl>GioN, Au9os6 2.-Senator
George IL troduced a bin a, proprI-
ating 100000 TO be expended under
the direction OF The MississipI River
conn ission 10 the preser7ati, and
imp oyemept of the haroor of Vicks
burg.
lie explained that The NJ ssis. ppi
Rive was daily reced;ng fro, tie
ely west 81 ard, and IN view of the
geocy of t. e case urged t1a5 the
b'l be reported back, either favora-
by or unfavorably, not later than
t,-,ncrrow. The bill went TO The
conn {. ce committee.
Sepa,or Morgan called UP his re-
selu,io for the appointment of
select committee of five. SC consist of
rbe cha M of the militery and na>
val cCmlli tees, and three other mem
bers of those committees. to be a,s-
pointed by the char, 70 consider the
subject of heavy ordnance and pro-
jec lies for the armament Of the navy
and sea coast defeDses, the commits
tee to sit duriog vacation, with pow
er to send for persons ard papers,
end to report ut the next session of
Cong. ess. The resolution was
adopted without debate.
The consideration of the sundrv
civil appropriation bill was then @.
sumed.
Al loo p. ~. message WIS read
T ON the House, iufoJ p'Dg the Se1>
ate & the action OF that body \
passing the river and ha"bo1 BIZ owe.
Presidents ye>o. 1Ee penG u2
business was suspended and the veto
message was read A vJ,e was j :
meu,steiy taAen upon the quest 90,
Shsll the bi,l pass, The ob,ect OBS
If the President 20 the contrary no,
wi standing" Tne following is The
vO.e ID de1all:
Yeas-Se ,ators .Aldricb. Alison,
Al Hony, Brown. Butler, c. Il, C9m-
de Cameron of Visions n, Cock
ell Coke, Conger, Davis of West
Virginia Dawes, Farley, Fe1,,,.
George Gormao, Gtover, Ham %
Hoar, jackson Jonas of Lousia,la
JoHes 0f FtoI -da, Jones OF New; d.
Kellogg, McDIi. Mcllilla Macy.
Miller Of Gait )rnia, Miller II New
York, ElG Ralscm,Sa lnde. S, Saws
ye.., Sherman, Sla5er, Yes Voorhees,,
Walker, Williams ard " don-4 =.
Noes-St atJ.5 az d, Bla 3,
=, * - of Pc asylvtn.t. "a, )
i f't,c",e, Hr !, a'e, - :
ltson, haw'ey,l gals lie q, Do.-
, Il, Pend et'.n, P'5ii Ro' X, Slll--
bury and YaoWys. 10.
Sena1ols Cfoiic'G., Hart;s- PiU h
LapDam aud Beck, vi an, on, q +,
INA. they wD..t, , have voted - , We {
> %,e,t wtn Senators q 'pn
JU0gs1on, Fai ..amer and II /, IT
Il IA, respectively, who We t al
sent
Senator Garland, IN the afirmae
| tive, vas - d win senator Eds
muuds, IN tne negative, -nd br,h
Were absent.
Senator Vance, who wo, q nave
v"Jed aye, was paired witu 'a0or
Mitchell, absent. Seca"or Sewell
was also paired
Atrer The vote was aanoJpced
. Senator La )ham, wb had esppoaed
! Gre reo.dve, exp'aiaed chat ne
had overlooked t. t fact tIat be h5d
pai ed, a d w.uhdrew his vote, and
oen5 ors Wan Wyck, Peldieton a ID
oAutsbu'y, whose responses had not
been recorded, voted in the mega
tive. LIS made he result as abUv e
stated.
/ 1le slndry civil bill was again
taken up, Senator Hoar, from the
Lorary Co0uittee, reported an ap>
ptopriatio1 of S3,5tC iof tbe p1I>
chase of lnalusc-lpt papers of Bene
jamin FraDE'in, aud books, &c, cf
Franklin collection belonging TO
Henry Stevens, of London. He
spoke Of the papecs as an interesv>
Iug contliblt,on to the dipl orpa &C
and peyg history OF the RevoluJo oO,
ana as properly part of tue arch. YES
OF our government. Among them
was a petition 30 the X ng signed by
all the sjo Ders Of the Declaration of
Independence. which was SEM 10
DR.. Frank :, then agent Of Penn
syivan'a, to be presented III IVA. and
WI ieh the X ng refused to receive.
1t was a eed u.
s.9nay,' NoO-Lees, from The same
-o 0 "a tee, repol led au item of
S2O,OJO ,or the pn"cnase of -tigipel
le ers, letter books and military
maps OF Count de RocDam-
be..a dating ON 1870 to
179h He stfyed that these
Included 152 letters flo Was 4
tor, wlittel d1i pg tbe pe''Jd IN
,I,ich tie count cOAu,a, ded the
,--eoch tr Jops ,o,operas'og With the
Auatica, in t3e tev Tut on; That these
reia.ed 10 the cDnducv of fbe We
aid tuat very few # chem bad beed
published The item was as eed to.
Ire approp, - ioh cpnm'otee re-
ported an reIn appro,r d,'ng SO
UOJ 20 meeo the e1 ca e1pend'tnf :
repderod necessary by the b'll res
Gently passed reorga z"g tie lette~
'Iier system provlt'rg for promo
tiol rom 80 10 100 g4ade, etc. He
had read at the clerks desk depa.
meat comnunicat ors showing the
esc mated cost of he che ge tp be
SZoO,000. Agreed to.
Senator Hoar offered an g. pend,
ment empowering tee GoverIor o.
Utah Territory TO appoiut officers Il
fill vacancies the Territories caused
by failure to elect succe sors tc
present incumbents He hal ieaC
eommunicat ons from Judges of the
Territory setting forth that the reg
istration offices having been vacated
uuder the Edmunds law, no regls'ra
ton had been made this year, ant