The Dickinson press., 1885-01-17
On Saturday, the senate was not in session,
but the house did a good days work. Mr..
Re- -. Id the attention of the horse +o

On Saturday, the senate was not in session,
but the house did a good days work. Mr..
Re- ~ Id the attention of the house to
to luc importance of proceeding with the ap-
preparation bills, and warned the house that
unless the measures were speedily disposed
OF there was danger OF an extra session of the
Forty -ninth congress. This admonition seemed
to have the desired effect, as the house refused
to take up the public buildings bill, and pro-
ceeded with the navy appropriation bill. This
measure was passed with very little discussion.
The naval appropriation bill makes provis-
ION for the naval service for the six months
ending June 80, 1856, on the basis of the bill
which passed the house the first session of this
congress, giving for each item Of expenditure
bill, with the following exceptions: For cur
rent expenses of the bureau of yards and docks,
in lieu of one-half, or 500, O0O, there is given
$9O,OOO; the current expenses of the bureau Of
construction and repairs, in lieu of one-half,
or $500, WD there is given $4,000; for cur,
ing, in lieu of one-half, or 1913, 600, there is
given $ssSD, 600, together with the unexpen-
ded balance of $4,000 from the ap-
preparation in 1884 for monitors; for
the pay Of, the navy and marine corps there
is given in lieu of one-half the amount con-
tanned in the said bill, a sum equal to the bal
ance remaining after deducting the appropria-
tons for the first six months from the whole
sum proposed in the SAID bill. There is moth
ing in the bill for steel cruisers, appropria-
tons to complete them having already been
which, added to the sum appropriated for the
first six months ended Dec. 81, 1884, $S,SGO,-
81, makes the total appropriations for the
navy for the entire fiscal year Of 1885, $14,S70,-
472, or $9l3,91 less than app ropriated for the
fiscal year of 1884.
en- TE.-There was a sharp discussion in
he senate on the resolution of Senator Haw-
ley, calling upon the secretary Of war for let
ters and documents bearing upon the contro.
versy between Gen. Sherman and jeff Davis.
Mr. Vest objected to the resolution and made
! speech of unusual earnestness, during which
he said tho passage of the. resolution was as
unnecessary as pockets to a shroud, and spoke
Of JEFF Davis as an old man who was broken
down and seeking rest from such controver-
sizes as was involved in the question the senate
was asked'to consider. Senator ingalls, stirred
up the Democratic senators by some peppery
remarks which called out Morgan, George anG
Lamar, the latter gentleman making a defense
of Mr.. Davis against the charge of being a trait.
or. The discussion continued for about al
hour aud was perhaps the most heated that has
occurred during the past two years.
Senator'S Wilson and Mitchell introduced bills
children of deceased soldiers and sailors o
the United States in the late war, from SO t
s12 per month. The bill of Senator Mitchell
also provides that the fact that q soldier or sail
or was regularly mustered into the service shall
be prime facie evidence of his soundness q
that time. G. #
Senator Conger introduced q bill authorizing
the secretary Of war to negotiate for and pur
chase the Portage Lake 4 River improvement
Company canal and Portage lake and LAX
superior; ship canal, the two canals togethe
to form a water way across AeWesnana P %ll
f,.ono KQwapnQna haV To Lake SuD6rlOr. Ih(
!, bill also provides that the canals shall be
free water way after their purchase by tn
United States. $50 o. u" .
HousE-A bill passed authorizing the Obi
! cago St Paul & St Louis Railroad compan
= to construct bridges across the Mississippi il
Minnesota and Wisconsin. A bill was intro
duccd for the better protection Of the Norther
and Northwestern frontiers and to ~facilitat
commerce among the states. 1t contemplate
the, building. of a canal through the State 9
New York, of sufficient size to allow the pa.
sage of vessels of war. District of Columbi
business was disposed of, and the consular an
I diplomatic appropriation bill considered.