The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1884-05-15
NEWS AND NOTES.
4 summary Of Important Events.
ooNonEss1oNAL pnocEEDrNos.

qEE Senate was not in Sc sion on tho 3D.
THO House, soon after being called TO orr
dar went into committee of the whole On the
I'm amending tho Chinese immigration act
A4tfr mn exhaustive debate and the defeat of
sareral amendments the-committee arose and
renorfed the bill to the House. and 1t was
nassel: Yeas l54; nays, :. The negative
votes were east by Adams Iof Oh LIMOS, Brswer
Henderson lof Ilinois.l Hit, kean, Lyman,
Price, lice, skinner lof New York; Smails
and Spooner.
IN the Senate on the 5sh the agricultural
appropriation bill was favorably reported;
also the House bill to adopt international reg
nations for preventing collisions at sea; also
the bill granting a pension to the widow of
General Judson Fitzpatrick. Bills were
introduced and referred: 10 pre-
vent the acquisition Of real es-
tate by aliens; 10 restrict aliens
and foreign corporations in the ownersh p Of
land. 20 grant the Gulf, Colorado Il Santa Fe
Air Line Railroad the right to construct
bridges over navigable watercourses. The
shipping bill was taken up and occupied at
tention until executive session. ~. In tile
House the Virginia contested election case of
OFera VS.. Paul was called up. After cofx
on the minority report declaring O'Fcrrall not
entitled to his 1at, which was lost-yeas, 81 /;
naye, ll0. II isolation seating O'Ferrall was
then adopted. MIR. Laird introduced bill
granting patents OF lands to any Pacific Rail
road which shall complete It's road within
thirty days from the passage of the act. Ihe
tariff bill was considered III the evening eeS-
sion.
In the Senate ON the 9Th Senator Vestre-
ported favorably the bill for the erection of a
public building at Detroit. Memorials favor
ing the suspension of the coinage of the silver
dollar were presented by Senator Bayard aud
others. bill was introduced by senator
Coekrell to facilitate the negotiation OF bills
of f.aU n ft.1tff
The fee bridge bill across the Potomac River
was then taken up and substitute Tor
The original bill offered and passed. Mr..
Vance addressed the Senate in support of
Vests amendment providing for free ships
......l In the House the morning hour was dis
pensed with and the tariff bill taken up In
committee-Of-the whole Speeches were made
by Messrs. Brown ofPennsylvania, of Townsend,
Gibson, Randall, Blackburn, Eaton and Others
the debate being closed by Mr.. Morrison.
There was an exeitedscene when Mr.. Com
verse moved TO strike out the enacting
cause. The motion prevailed-l59 to 1856.
In the Senate on the 7th bill to place
General Grant upon the retired list of the
army was introduced by Senator Edmunds
and referred. Bills were also introduced to
create the Quillinette land district in Wa shing-
ton Territory; TO provide for adjust
der the eight-hour law. Mr.. Hin ad-
dressed the Senate on the bill to declare
forfeited the land grants of the New Orleans.
1utou AttuHV lChcButE AOllphllf.
The shipping bill was taken up. In the House
number Oh bills reported from various COM
mittees were referred. The Senate amend
ment to the bill repeating the iron-clad
oath was eoncurred in. The bill for the
relief of Fitz-John Porter, with the Senate
amendments, was considered, and the amend
mems were non-concurred in. The Senate
amendments were non cOncurred in in the bill
ESTABLISHING a bureau OF animal industry. The
0ill passed donating part of the abandoned
military reservation at Fort Smith to the city
oi Fort Smith, Ark, for the benefit OF the
In the Senate on the Ssh messages were
received from the House announcing nom
concurrence in the pleuropncumonia billand
the Fitz.John Porter bill and committees of
conference were appointed. The bill granting
pensions to soldiers of the Mexican war was re-
ported faYorably from the Pensions Committee
andpaced on the calendar. The shipping bill
was then taken up. Mr.. McPhersonfs S amend
ment cutting oil compensation for the return
u1p OF ships that may take out the United
states mail was rejected. a motion to strike
out the section providing for foreign mail pay
was lost The House hill, as amended,
then passed. ......In the House bills
were reported to enable National
banks to change their location and
name and to increase their capital stock; au-
thorRng the appointment Of Missouri River
commission; to amend the patent laws The
mouse went into committee of the whole on
tle state Of the Union The bill appropriating
SluJJ,VO for the Worlds Fair at New Orleans
was taken up and passed.