South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-06-16
CONGREGATIONAL.

In the Senate on the 9th IL. G..
DAVE OF this State. offered rcsoiu-
ton instrneting the Committee on
Post Offices and Post Roads, TO in.
gnire into and report TO the Senate
upon tie expedioncy Of reducing post,
&c ON letters 10 two cents, and on
newspapers and other printed matter
10 one bali the rates now charged. =
The postage on letters should be re-
duced and ali postage on newspapers
sent 10 regular subscribers should be
abolished. The resolution was adop.
ted
In the Senate on the 9Th House bills
were passed appropriating 100000
for public building at Lynchburg.
Va, $4,000 for United States
eourt-house al Clarksburg, West Va.
and $4,000 for custom.house and
a courthouse at Camden, n. j. The
House resolutions in regard to the
death of Gari5aldi we're agreed to-
The House took mp the general def
cheney appropriation bill, ( after con.
Guiding the consideration of GO pa.
ges OF tue bill, adjourned.
Ia the Senate on tho 9Th the Dis
trlct OF Columbia appropriation bill
was passed. a JOINT resolution was
passed appropriating ten thousand dol
lars, or so much thereof as may be
needed, TO furnish food to the people
made destitute by the Mississippi
floods IN the state OF Mississippi. In
the House, bill was passed increasing
to $40 per month the pension OF any
person who in the late war lost an arm,
les, hand or foot, or received disabiIi-
ties equal thereto. The general def :
cheney appropriation bill was passed,
most OF the motions 10 strike out being
voted down, and the legislative, exc
cutive aud judicial appropriation bill
was taken up, but no action was ta-
ken upon it.
In tile Senate on the 9th the Ja-
panese indemnity fund bill Was fur
Their considered, but without final &c
ton The Senate then adjourned
until Monday. In the House the le-
gsiatlre, executive and Judicial APP
preparation bill WAS under considera-
ton. a iouS discussion ensued on n
proposition TO equalize the salaries
ot House and Senate employees by q
reduction III the s&l;tries OF the latter.
The proposition WAS agreed to-ycas
60, nNye J. The committee rose at
ter finishing forty OF the one hundred
| pages Of the bill AIr. Robinson, OF
New York, presented the petition OF
Sip;imanin K. Meikleham. asking that
the remains OF 1'homas Jeife~s0n be
! removed from Virginia TO Wash.
ington for intermeut, and that mon
. ument be there erected to his memory.
In the House on the 10th the Ie-
! gisatiye, executive. and jndi
cial appropriation bill was furthe!
considered. An amendment from
the committee on civil service, regu-
lating tho appointment of clerks in
the pension dice, was ruled out on q
/ point of order. The committee, af-
ter the consideration OF so Of the 100
/ pages Of the dill, rose and the House
adjourned.
IN the Senate on the 18th in exc
cutiye session voted down, by so &c
iG, Mr.. Van Wyck's resolution tc
consider the tariff commission nomi.
Ua!ions in open session. Mr.. Brown:
resolution allowing each Senator 8
| clerk at a salary OF 81 200 was dis
cussed, without reaching a vote. The
Japanese indemnity bill was taken w
and Mr. Morrcl's amendment to pay
back in legal coin tie exact amount
received, ($755 900, was adopted. II
Tie House Senate amendment TO the
army bill making army retirement
compulsory at So years Of age insteal
Of 81 years, was concurred in-yeas
/ IGI nays 10 the other amondmentt
were agreed to without division.
in Tie Senate on the 18th Mr.
Browns resolution allowing each Sen
a.0r clerk Mt q salary Of POO wa.
I defeated by vote of yeas 20
nays %; the bill fixing the rank
aud pay Of certain officers on th,
retired list Of the navy was also de.
I tCated The japanese indemnity bil
WIS passed In the House the bill t
increase the water supply Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia was passed. The
legislative, executive and judicial ap
| proi'iatiou bill being under con
sidcration, several amendments wer,
offered prohibiting political assess
mcn's, but thoy were ruled out OF
/ points Of order.
Attacked By Blacksnalsos During
lho week Mrs. Camden, who lives OF