CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 151 and Cheaper Vessels and Supplies of Canadians Engaged in This Industry, but Also Mary Riley, .John R
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1885. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 151 and cheaper vessels and supplies of Canadians engaged in this industry, but also Mary Riley, .John R. Collett, Eliza Mason, and John C. Sayers, ;19k and especially because it i'! a ·nursery of seamen from which the nation has in the past drawn the men that have defended our flag on the ocean in ti:meofwar, ing for pensions-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. and which it is as essential to maintain as a resource and defense in case of a Also, petition of Rebecca Robinson, asking for pension-to the Com conflict with na-.al power as it is to erect forts and build n. nn.vy. mittee on Pensions. And as in duty bound will eyer pray. .Also, petition of W. G. Collier, praying payment of claim; also of .1\fr. MORRISON. I move that the House do now adjourn. James Gannfor return of whisky tax-to the Committee on Claims . The motion was agreed to; and accordingly (at2o clock and 35min- Also, of D. 1\I. Yocum, asking relief from stolen postage-stamp -to utes p. m.) the House adjourned. · the same committee. Also, of L. D. Hutchinson, for reimbursement of money expended in defending prosecutions-to the same committee. PETITION'S, ETC. Also, of S. R. 1\Iershon, for relief; and paper relating to claim of .J. S. The following petitions and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk, Fisk-to the same committee. under the rule, and referred as follows: Also, petitions of W. R. Boice; of James Clark Smith; of Archibald By Mr. BAYNE: A bill for thereliefof Joseph Walton &Co.-tothe B. Rue; of Edmond Penn; of Andrew C. Meadows; ofWilli..'tmD. Wol Committee on Claims. ford; ofT. 1\I. Pennington; of George W. Sweeney; of Sarah Wills; of By Mr. BLANCHARD: Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Benjamin W. Sloan; of John Hoffman; of C. K. Coffey; of John Owens; New Orleans, favoring Eads's ship-railway across the Isthmus of. Te of W. F. Goggin, and of the heirs of Amanda Goggin, deceased, for huantepec-to the Committee on Commerce. relief-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, memorial of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, asking atl in Also, papers relating to the claim of Capt. J. B. Sinclair, United vestigation of the claimed discovery in Brazil and Mexico of prevention, States Army, retired, for relief-to the Committee on Iilitary Affairs. by inoculation, of yellow-fever infection-to the Select Committee on Also, papers relating to the claim of First Lieut. M. 0' Brien, for re the Public Health. lief-to the same committee. By Mr. BRECKINRIDGE: Petitions of .Julia F. Crosby, adminis Also, petition of 1\Iilton Burch, late private Company C, Thirteenth tratrixofW. M. Crosby, deceased; ofP.A. Willis; of Sarah Case, widow Kentucky Cavalry, for removal of charge of desertion against him-to of George Case, deceased; and of Thomas Watkins, asking that their the same committee. several claims be referred to the Court of Claims under act of March 3, Also, papers relating to the claim of Firs't Lieut. L. W. Cooke, for re 1885-to the Committee on War Claims. lief-to the same committee. By Mr. BUCHANAN: Memorials of Henry R. Pierson and William Also, petition of John A. Morrison, for additional pay as officer in the Dennody-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Army-to the same committee. By Mr. BUTTERWORTH: Papers relating to the claim of .Joseph Also, petition of A. Brown, for removal of charge of desertion against Connerat, of Savannah, Ga., for reference to the Court of Claims under him-to the same committee. act March 3, 1883-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, petition ofT. C. Winfrey, for relief-to the same committee. By Ur. CURTIN: Petition of William Fichthom, capfuin Company Also, petition of Nathaniel Warford, for back-pay-to the same com C, One hundred and :first Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, mittee. for increase of pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. NEAL: Petition of the city of Chattanooga, for street across By Mr. FORNEY: Petition for the relief of Samuel Noble-to the United States grounds at Chattanooga, Tenn.-to the Committee on Committee on the .Judiciary. Public Buildings and Grounds. By Mr. HAMMOND: Petition of F. P. Westmoreland, of Georgia, By 1\Ir. O'HARA: Petition of Furnifold Jtiercer, praying reference of for a fee for representing the United States in the district court of the claim to Court of Claims, under act of 1\fa.rch 3, 1883-to the Commit United States at At1'Ulta, Ga.., with accompanying papers-to the tee on War Claims. Committee on Claims. By 1\fr. PHELPS: Petition of residents oi:Morris County, New Jer By Mr. HEPBURN: Petition of many citizens of Lucas County, sey, in favor of Mexican reciprocity tr&'tty-to the Committee on Ways Iowa, asking that the name of Thomas Williams be placed on the pen and Means. sion-roll-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. RANNEY: Petition .of the owners of the brig TallyHo, ask By Ur. HOUK: Petition ofRobertHeiskell, forrelief-tothe Com ing reference of claim to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on mittee on War Claims. Claims. By Ur. HOWARD: :Memorial of John W. Beaman and B. F. Scrib By Mr. ROBERTSON: Petition of Wesley H. Bratchen and others, ner, for relief (accompanyi.rigHouse bill}-tothe Committee on Claims. of Kentucky, to be placed on the pen ion-roll-to the Committee on By Mr. T. D. JOHNSTON: Petition of William P. Payne, to be put Invalid Pensions. on muster-rolls of Company F, Second Tennessee Cavalry-to the Com By 1\Ir. ROGERS: Petition and papers of Richard Hudgins, sole heir mittee on Invalid Pell.Sions. ofB. B. and Rachael Hudgins; ofLanretta.M. Herro!,' idowof Jo iah By Mr. KETCHAM: Petition of L. G. Dodge and W. C. Fon~ vice Herro!; of William Brents; of Warren Drake; of J. W. Hopkins; of president and cashier of the Merchants' National Bank, Poughkeepsie, Rnth C. Wallace, widow of Vincent Wallace, decea ed; of Ethan A. N.Y., a.sking that authority be given the Secretary of the Treasury to Deuell and Edward V. Deuell, and of Phillip R. .Tones, praying that issue a duplicate bond in place of one destroyed-to th.e Committee on their several claims be referred to the Court of Claims, under act of Banking and Currency. 1riarch 3, 1883-to the Committee. on War Claims. By Mr. KING: Petition for relief by H. Filhiol, of Louisiana-to By Mr. VIELE: 1\:lemorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the State the Committee on War Claims. of New York, in behalf of Joseph Francis, the inventor of the life-sav By Mr. LANHAM: Memorial of .JuanS. Hart, administrator of the ing car-to the Committee on Commerce. estate of Simeon Hart, deceased, for the payment of certain lost checks By 1\fr. WHEELER: A bill to appropriate $500,000 to complete the drawn by disbursing officers of the United States-to the Committee on Muscle Shoals Canal and improve the navigation of the Tennessee Claims. River-to the Committee on Appropriations. By Mr. LIBBEY: Petitions of George H. Plant, John Leathel'S, Also, petitions of F. E. Ashford, administrator of Bolling Byrd; Mary Frank and Susan Della Terrer Charles Murphy, and Maj. William M. A. Allen, widow ofN. G. Allen; John W.l\IcGivier; Lewid F. Martin, Maynadier-to the same committee. executorofFrancisC. Martin; Nancy Phillips, widowofWilsonPhillips; Also, petitions of Ignacio Chaves and others; of owners of San Cle Reuben Copeland, Steven J. Matthews, and Clark M. Tompkins, pray mente grant, New Mexico, and of owners of Onago de San Lorenzo ing that their several claims may be referred to the Court of ClalDlS grant, New Mexico-to the Committee on Private Land Claims. under act ofl\farch 3, 1883-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, petition of Basil Moreland-to the Committee on Indian Af fairs. Also, petitions of George W. Morse and of Sarah E. Holroyd-to the SENATE. Committee on Patents. By Mr. LORE: Petition of Robert H. West to be placed on pension THURSDAY, December 10, 1885. roll-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By 1\fr. McCREARY: Petitions of Elijah Hutchinson; of .James M. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. E. D. HUNTLEY, D. D. Crawford; of Maj. John .A.. Morrison; of .James P. Carroll; ofCulvem THOMAS M. BOWEN, a Senator from the State of Colorado, appeared Sanders; of Joseph Falconer; of George Denny, sr.; of Alderson T. in his seat to-day. Keene; of W. F. Scott; of the trustees of the Baptist church of Cra The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved._ Orchard, Ky., for relief-to the Committee on War Claims. EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS. Also, paper relating to Baptist church at·Somerset, Ky.-to the same The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communica committee.' tion from the Secretary ofWar, transmitting, in compliance with section Also, petitions of Tabitha Ball, Samuel M. Boone, .Jacob M. Pruitt, 1665 of the Revised Statutes, a statement of the expenditures at the W. D. James; Samuel King, James J. McKinney, Francis M. Moore, Springfield Armory, and of the arms, components of arms, and append Sarah A. Murphy, Robert Blain,~Charlotte T. Brown, George W. Wad ages fabricated, altered, and repaired at that armory during the :fiscal dle, William Huffman, Thomas J. Worthington, Beaufort N. Sampson, year ended June 30, 1885; which, together with the accompanying pa- 152 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE.