Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-05-07
FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS-.


WASHINGTON, April 26-SENATE--The SEN
ate committe on military affairs, in reporting
adversely today through Senator Manderson
upon the bill proposing TO give Sergeant Thos
OHarter, OF Company /, First Indiana cavalry,
$4,000 and gold medal for scout and spy serv-
ices under Gen. Franz Sigel, says: '"Your com
mittee has reached the conclusion that Harter
should have made application at the time TO
those who had personal knowledge Of all the
facts, and not left It TO congress TO vote lump
sum quarter Of century or more after the
war had ended. There was, during the war, al
ways at the disposal of the quartermastergen-
eral, fund available to pay and liquidate per-
sons who performed services as spies and
scouts, and 1t rested with those who were per-
sonally cognizant OF this fact and Of the petit
TONERS work TO compensate him therefor"
HousE-The deadlock which has existed
since last week over the resolution to expunge
from the Congressional Record Congressman
Walkers mugwump speech was temporarily
broken to-day, the republicans permitting the
resolution to be laid aside, and consenting TO
the consideration OF the diplomatic appropria-
ton bill The issue has not been dropped, how
ever, as the republicans intend TO renew it
whenever the resolution is again taken up.
WAsHIsGToN, April S.-SENATE.-Senator
Voorhees, introduced bill for the relief Of
David B. Moore, late captain Company ID, Six
teenth Iowa V. l., and late first sergeant Troop
Il, Seventh U. S. cavalry and acting SER
geantmaior Seventh U. S cavalry, paving him
| fifty dollars per month Senator PETERS bill,
| granting Sergeant I. o. Hinton, Company !,
First Indiana cavalry, $4,000 and gold medal,
for losses and services which, in July and Au
gust 1862, saved Pope's army and the National
capital from capture by Lees army was ad-
yersely reported.
HOUSEHOLDS introduced Appropriating S25,
| 600 for The erection of n monument TO William
Henry Harrison. the grandfather of President
Harrison, at North Bend, O.; appropriatihg
s25 900 for the erection of monument at Putin.
Bay. O., commemorative OF Com Oliver Haz.
| zard Perry. and those VINO were with him in tho
battle Of Lake Ere correcting the naval record
| Of w. S. Fox late landsman on the U. S. steam
er Royal: for the extension Of letters patent to
| Mrs. Anna Kerstine, Of Cleveland, for patent
granted in 1873, to Harry G. kerstine, on an I'M
| provcment on CRATE bars, to remove the charge
| of desertion from the military record Of James
zimmerman, deceased, late private in Com
pany B, Eighty-second o, V, l.
WASHINGTON, April 2s-SENATE-Nothing Of
| general interest was transacted in the senate
today
| E-Representatiye Stone. OF Kentucky,
rcnorted favorably to-day his hill for the relief
| NJ I G. Shelhv Of Carlisle XIV navinq him
| "a .4lO for stores taken during the war. The
| house committee on banking and currency be-
| gan the investigation ordered by the Mutchler
resolution into the failure of the keystone and
| Surinp Garden national hanks Of PHILADELPHIA.
| Tho house committee on RAILWAYS and canals
authorized n favorable report on the hill anpro.
| nriatinp s4l GOO IN nav tho eYnenses n, a survey
Of n route for a shin canal 10 connect the waters
OF Lake Erie from point at or near Erie, Pa,
with The Ohio river at or near Pittsburgh. The
house committee on public buildings and
| grounds ordered favorable reports of the follow.
inc nnblic building bills. Henderson. XIV. 500.
| 600, Ioponsnort Ind $50 OO0. Mansfield. @
$4,000
| WAsutNcroS Anru oa-SrSArr-Nothinp
| ~ imnortanee transacted
Vorsr-Warrants were ssucd Thursday for
six,oen ahsentees n, Tburedav,s session
| Twelve n, them were snrved and the de,inouents
wore cited 10 onne,r today IN answer The re
calci,rants we've Nasers Rowers (CalN Demn.
COW N W Euis ISy1 uor,er oS Hemnbiil
| Ncnonaid Morodith WaG p,ctler Randall
! Stac,,over Trocv and Worw;cl Each cave an
oycvso Witch wos occen,od Ponroeen,atiyq
pnioy Irov h,s rro,ared and iptrodmcod IN
the bouec an amendment IN tbo rulas which a
adontcd will assure n iarye attendance of mem
| bors at Tho daily sessions NJ tho honse and ra
iioyo ,hat I'D, tro,, ,,o ross,ror, Sro,r
witch i, bos srrorod ,o,oly Tbe anordrnen,
dirocts tho sergeont.ot.arms N wIthhoid a, IN,
ond ~ oach n,onth ,ho nov ~ a ,na,nhor ,,n,i
no a,as yr;,, ,bo sorgoant.a,.orms a write,
s,o,omon, tha,ho has NOT hecn unrceossari,,
ahsont from tbe house during .he preced,ns
month
| wAep,.cros Anr,, ~ oSps.rr Seno+o,
Brico renorted favorahlv IN n hin IN incrcas,
Tho ronsion ~ lanes nero late nrivate ir
Comnonv q 1t3tb n VI No business of gen
oral iunortance transacted
Uorsr-Mr Rrecl,inridce NJ Kentucky. ant
Mr. NcMilIin criticised tho nresidnnt for com
mittinc the governmont IN tho doctrine that fC,
rot in n STATE the limited states was resnon
sihlc and for nav;nc indemni,v ont of n fun(
never intended for the nurnose Mr. Hit
defended the nresident M 1,hipman
nj Michigan offered nroviso ,bat n,
mart N the sum annronriated os n,
1morconcv fund shall he naid IN nnv mower 1,
sott,rmcnt of anv claim against The JTnitel
States No action was taken on Mr. Chipman.
nroviso RiIIs introdnccd. Nv Mr. Rrecken
ridgo NV To Grant n nension N Henry Cohen
Of Lexington Ky. at s2) per month. for seryic,