The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-06-24
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL PRooEEDINas.

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
TIE Senate, June IA. resumed considera-
ton of the joint resolution to nav mail con.
tractors In various Southern States amounts
due them on their contracts for 1859. 1860 and
ls6l, and reappropriating $4,000 for that pur.
bin was 30 to "a. Mr.. Conger denied any liza
bility of the United states to make the pay.
ment, as service was rendered solely TO the
Confederate States by disloyal contractors
who violated their contracts with the Gov.
ernment. A message was received from the
PRESIDENT, transmitting copies of the full cor
respondence of the State Department with
Envoy Prescott and Assistant Secretary
walker Blaine. Ordered printed and referred
TO Committee on Foreign Relations. The reg
Mar order, House bill to amend the laws re-
lating TO the entry of distilled spirits in dis.
tlnery and special bonded warehouses; and
the withdrawal of same therefrom. was re
sumed and the substitute reported by the
FINANCE committee read. Mr. Bayard briefly
urged tine necessity of prolongation of the
bonded period from three to five years
instead of indefinitely......In the House the
legislative appropriation bill was taken up
Messrs. White and Kelley had n spat over the
assertion of the former that it was in testimo-
NY IN the MISREPRESENTATION that the whis-
KY ana tal1t men had joined forces in legis-
lation. Both members were rebuked for
nasty language The bill passed-l25 to as
Inc river and harbor bill was then proceeded
with.
THE resolution to appropriate $4,000 to
ern States prior to the rebellion occupied the
time reserved for the calendar in the Senate,
June 10. Mr.. Maxey argued that the structures
OF Conger were unwarranted, as the resolu-
ton prohibited payment by the United States
of any contractor who had been paid by a
State or by the Confederate States or his
payment beyond date at which the mail
carriage ceased. The measure went over
The House bill relating to the bonded period
upon distilled spirits came up as unfinished
business. several amendments were rejected
al ana the matter was postponed indefinitely
~ to 20. The House went into committee
on the river and harbor appropriation bill
ana Mr.. Page explained its provisions. At
graphs of the bin were read and without ac-
ton the committee rose.
BILL providing that in event OF the
death of President and Vice. President the
succession be vested in the Cabinet was re-
ferred to the Judiciary Committee, in the
Senate June Is. The Southern mail
contractors bin was discussed and
lald aside without action. The bill
to enable national banking associa-
tions to extend their corporate existence was
read and the committee amendment to ex-
empt national banks from attachments and
1njunctions by State courts was rejected
yeas "A, nays q. The affirmative vote was
wholly Republican. The Democrats voted
may" and were reinforced by Dawes, Mil
Ter, of California, and Mitchell Davis, of
Illinois, and Malone voted yea The bill was
proceeded with up to the sixth section
providing that all notes of existing banks
now in circulation shall be retired, de-
stroyed or cancelled and new notes bearing
different devices and description sub stituted
Tor them as they come in anG are redeemed,
the banks to pay the cost of printing, the cost
OF new plates, etc. .....In the House. Senate
amendment to the Sioux CITY & Pacific bridge
bill was agreed to. The river and harbor bill
was considered in committee of the whole
till recess. The evening session was devoted
TO the passage of number of pension claims
THE House of Representatives resumed
consideration of the river and harbor bill,
June II. The amendment striking out the
clause appropriating 100000 for a reservoir
at the headwaters of the Mississippi was re.
iected. An amendment was adopted direct
ing the Secretary of War to carry on the
works contemplated in the bill by contract
when not detrimental to the interests of the
Government. The bill then passed-ll9 to AZ.
The naval appropriation bill was ordered
printed and recommitted. %
IN the Senate, June 10, Mr.. Hoar re-
ported as a substitute for resolutions and bills
on the subject referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee the bill introduced by him last week
TO provide for the performance of the duties
of the Office of President in case of the remoy.
al, death, resignation or inability of both
President and Nice-President. ordered print.
ed and recomnitted. The bill TO protect inn
migrants on shipboard passed without dis.
sent. The joint resolution reapproDriating
$4,000, voted in 1877, to nav Southern
mail contractors passed as amended at the
instance OF Mr.. Conger. The river and har.
referred to the Committee on Commerce. and
Mr.. kellogg gave notice of proposed amend
ment. House bill to extend the charters of
nation! banks came up as unfinished bust
ness, Mr. Hawley temporarily in the chair
PENDING executive session, the meas
ure went over. In the House. Mr. Smith
of Illinois, under Instructions OF
the Committee on Banking and Currency,
moved TO suspend the rules and pass a bill
authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury,un-
til the LIST OF July, 1884 to receive trade dollars
upon presentation and give in change stand
ard silver dollars and repeating ali the laws
authorizing coinage of the trade dollars
Agreed to, motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill TO appoint internal revenue
collectors for four years was vigorously OBJ
posed by Mr.. Bayne and others. Lost-Sl to
100. Under suspension of the rules bills passed
appropriating 500 ,000000 for pensions, regu-
latlng Immigration, establishing bureau of
animal industry. fHi ufhiF