Morning journal and courier., 1883-12-11

the judgment of the Senate public debt is not public blessing and that financial meas ures looking in the contrary direction would meet with the disspproval of this body and be viewed with alarm by the taxpayers.
 MT. Hill of Colorado, called up his resolu tion directing the Secretary of the Interior to furnish copies of all papers on file in his department relating to the transfer of the land grant of the New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg railroad and after some dis cussion the resolution was agreed to and the Senate adjourned.
 HoUsE.-Under the call of States the fol- lowing bills were introduced and referred: By Mir. Herbert, of Alabama. fixing the com- pensation of United States marshals and dis trict attorneys; also limiting the time of ser vice of jurors; also granting pensions to the survivors of the Mexican war; by Mr. Bel ford, of Colorado, for commissioner to promote railway communication with South American States; by Mir. Wait, of Oonnecti- cut, to limit the purchase of silver and regu- late the coinage of silver dollars; by MT. Clements, of Georgia to repeal the internal revenue acts; by MT. Payson, of Illinois, 8 series of bills to enforce the forfeiture of numerous railway land grants and to declare other land grants forfeited; By Mir. Springer, of Illinois, an amendment to the constitution preventing special legislation also to pension soldiers and sailors engaged in Indian vars by MT. Townsend, of Illinois, to pension soldiers of the Mexican and Indian wars; by MT. Thomas, of Illinois, to squalize bounties to soldiers of the war of the rebellion; by Mir. Finerty, of Illinois, for the construction of four additional gunboats and three cruisers for the navy.
 A ? o'clock nine States with total of if ty-six members had been called and 3o5 bills introduced.
 By Mir Cobb, of Indiana, extending the time for filing claims for arresrages of pen sions two years from the passage of this act; by MT. McCord, of Iowa, to establish uni form system of bankruptcy; to provide for the election of President in the event of the death or disability of the President and to create the United States postal telegraph; by Mir. Willis, of Kentucky, bill to reform the civil service, to establish a bureau of statistics of labor and industries.
 The call of States had reached Maine and 1O5 Dames had been called and resulted in the introduction of 718 bills and joint resolu- tions, when unanimous consent was given for Mir. Hewitt, of New York, to introduce a resolution calling tho attention of the Presi- dent to the case of P. J. O'Donnell, an al- legged American citizen under sentence of death, in hopes that 8 stay of execution may be had to enable the President to inquire into his claim of citizenship and whether he has been tried under the laws of Great Britain in conformity with the requirements of inter national law. This resolution was adopted without dissent.
 An effort was made to adjourn, but it was negatived and the call proceeded. At 4:4O D.. ID. the House adjourned with an understand ing that the call be resumed where left of after the reading of the journal to morrow. Eight hundred and fifteen bills were intro duced day.