The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1882-08-09

The conference report on the deficiency ap-
preparation bill was presented. and q new con-
ference was ordered. -. The conference report
on the river and harbor bill, which makes some
changes in the app opriations, was adopteu....
Debate on the revenue bill was continued:
Tho revenue bill was discussed. IA bill TO
aupropriste $25, 600 for the removal OF the
bodies Of Lieutenant De Long and hls e'eVe1
companions from their present p'aco OF nurlaI
in Siberia to the United States was 70 erred;...
Tho naval appropriation bill was considered.
The motion OF Ar. Cameio on, of Pennsylvania,
to rec0ulmlt the naval I'LL, with instructions
to eliminate all general legislation changing
existing lows in regard to the navy, was de-
feated by a. vote of 20 10 81.
Rsuss
Mr.. Guenther, Of Wisconsin, from the COM
mittco On commerce, reported back the bill TO
regulate the carriage Of passengers by sea-.
MIR. Page submitted the conference report on
the riv. and larl,or bill. The report. which
ia q disagreeing ono, was adopted, and q new
conference, consisting OF Messrs. Page, OF
Gallo, mia (; Townsend, Of Ohio, and McLane,
of Maryland, were reappoiuled conferees....
Mr.. O'NIeil, of Pennsylvania, from the commit
tee on npl OPERATIONS reported the pension ap..
preparation bill, with Senate amendments, and
the amendments were all coucurred in except
one, which was verbally changed.
The House passed, after q short discussion,
the bull 10 regulate rates Of postsgs on second
cla.s matter at letter-caIrier Offices. Under
the law as it now stands the publisher OF .
paper in New York may send q copy through
the mails to Brooklyn, New Orleans, San
Francisco or any other letter-carricr Office in
the United States, and have it delivered by
carrier to the subscriber at the rate Of two
cents = pound, but the publishers may not send
8 CODY OF the same paper through the post
Office to be delivered by call Ter to a subscriber
in the city of New York without paying pust-
age at the rate of one cent q copy, or about
eight cents q pound. The bill JUS passed pro-
vides that the rate OF postage Oh second class
matter, deposited in o letter-carrier Office for
delivery by the carriers OF the Office, ehau be
uniform at two cents a pound.
Mr.. Washburn offered a resolution in the
House directing the secretary OF the navy TO
convene q court of inquiry TO investigate the
circumstances of the loss OF the Jeanette and
or the death of the officers and men, including
an inquiry into the condition Of the vessel on
her departure, into her management, into the
nroyislops made for the safety Of tho boats
crews OH leaving the wreck, and into the gen.
eral conduct OF her officers and men. 1t was
referred to the committee on naval Affairs.
The conference report on the river and har-
Dor bill was agreed to-. The Senate joint
resolutions were passed granting to the widows
Of Stephen A. Hurlbut, Judson Kilpatrick, and
Henry Il. Garnet, late minister to Liberia, the
salaries Of their husbands for one year.
The Senate bill granting the right Of way
for railroad and Geographic purposes to the st.
Louis and San Francisco halfway company
through the land ofthe Choctaw Nation of In
dams was passed.