The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-25

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Of census employees. Bills, were introdrce5:
fiofi or d sisip cAnai 10 connect Lake ponchar.
train anu the Mississippi River; By Mr. Plumo
lKahs. ITO regulate promotions IL the army
and increase its efficiency; by Mr. Oarnes
(ky.)-To amend the laws + lating TO Internal
revenue and fixing the tax on each proof gal
lon distilled list u by Mf, warner natsonsi banks
MR.. SLATER addressed the Senate Upon
the Importance to the commerce of the North
west OF the Improvement OF the Columbia
River, Feb. ID. Mr.. Vance made q speech on
the thrift, in which he dsploIed the burdens
Q, hssh psGteetiye seSafssntnl class and
did more TO retard the growth and impair the
wealth of the South than amy other cause. MI.
ferred, requesting the President TO biin4 70
the attention of the Government OF Nic aragua
the necessity Of arranging by convention the
final settlement of all unad1usted cams
existing between the United states and Mica
ragua and of c tizens of either OF said govern;
ments against the othsE ~ YIN IN
eign Afairs, reported adversely the resolu.
ti5n Originally offered by Mr.. Robinson, of
New York, calling on the Attorney
er. if Joseph ' warren Keiftr, Aionzo
b, Cornell or Charles Carroll should be ar
rested In the British empire without having
committed any crime, the English Govern.
ment by suspending the writ of htbeas cor
pus, could lawfully detain Ii N on inuehnite
the United States to demand his release. Mr..
Robinson desired to debate the res luton, but
the Speaker held that~the pendtng motion to
lay on the table was not debatahle. The res
Out on was tabled. Yeas, III; nays, JOS.
TIE Anti-po ygamy bill! came up in the
Senate, 18th, and the amendments proposed
by the Commits ee on Judiciary were read and
agreed to up to the fifth section, which author
of offenders guilty before the passage of the
act of bigamyy polygamS or unliWiul cohab-
itaton, on such conditions as he may think
proper. Mr. HoaT suggested the query Whetn-
er, under his exeI else OF the pardoning power,
which was limited to pardons and reprieves
in individual cases, the President could, con-
sttutionally pardon whole classes of offend
ers against particular law upon such cond1-
tons as he may prescribe. Mr.. Edmunds
said the committee had been in doubt wheth-
er any provision or point was necessary at All,
and had inserted 1t only because the question
was an open one. The object of
il was to enable the Government to say to the
great body of the Utah people: "If you stop
this practice and sin no more you will not be
prosecuted for what YOU have already done"
committee amendments to the Sth section,
were adopted. The House managed to
spend the day over the Apportionment bill
without voting.
AFTER a short executive session, on the
10th, the Senate proceeded with the Anti-po
lygamy bill, the question being upon the
eighth section, as reported from the Judicia.
ny Committee. Mr.. Morgan asked whether
the bill would not exclude from his seat in the
House the delegate from Utah, who was rep
resented to oe "a polygamist Mr.. Edmunds
said, in reply, that an inquiry would be made
in due time on behalf of the committee
which reported the bin. Mr.. Vest denounced
the bill as in Its every feature a
bin OF attainder (infiicting punish
hibited by the Constitution. Mr.. Pendletoh
objected to several features of the bill, par
box known polygamists in trials for polyGa
my, etc. The remaining committee amend
ments and several sect ons of the bill were
finally agreed to and the bill was reported to
the Senate az fromthe committee of the whole,
Mr. Brown renewed his Amendment f1quft;
ing that not more than three members of the
board of commissioners shall be members of
the same political party. Agreed TO by
party vote-yeas, &c; nays, "a. Mr.. Davis, of
Mn Mab ooeeu WAS s absent Sn sn several nmend
ments were proposed and defeated by de
cisive votes, and after reafrangement OF its
sections the bill finally passed by vive voce
Vote The bill granting pension of 5000
a year to Mrs. Garfield passed the House. Mr..
Anderson's amendment TO the Apportionment
bill, fixing the number of representatives at
325, was agreed to by 1862 to lo4. All the Re
publieans except two, Darrall of Lou,
for 325. Tn" Democratic members from
South Carolina and Texas, beside
few from Louisiana and Maryland, voted with
the Republicans. The remainder of the Dem
ocrats voted solidiy against the proposition.
motion by Mr.. Springer, of Illinois, to re-
consider the vote by which the House had re-
was the signal for n seen" of q eat noise and
confusion. 4 motion TO table the motion to
reconsider was immediately made on the Re
publican side, and the Democrats demanded
the yeas and nays-13l to4 No quorum,
Democrats refraining from voting.
IN the Senate, Feb. 18th, Mr. Kellogg in
troduced bills providing for the following APP
Improvement of the Mississippi
River from New Orleans, $500, 000; improve
ment of the Ouachita River $50 900; improve
ment of the Red River above Shreveport, So
900; improvement of Bayou Lafourche, $75-
900; improvement of Bayou Teche, $4,000;
of the Caucasian River $4,000:
deepening the channel of the Atchafalaya
River, S300,O0o; building a lock at the
mouth of Bayou Planquemine, $3.50 600:
building a Post office and Court house
Court house and Post-office at Ope-
and Post Office at Morgan City $50, 900 The
Pension arrears resolution wont over and the
Senate adjourned until the 2oth...Tn the
House. Mr.. Springer moved to reconsider the
vote by which Mr.. Colerick's amendment to
the Apportionment bill was rejected T.bISd
lib to ia, and the substitute fixing the
number of representatives at sI6 was reieoted
lisa to "a. Mr. Page (Cal) desired to with
draw his resolution proposing 3l9 members
but it was the number favored by the
objection was made. 1t was how.
ever, rejected-yeas 81, nays Jas motion
to recOmmit was lost, and the bin passed
without division.