1876. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 1501 North Carolina, to Penn's store, Virginia, to the Committee on the Post­ PETITIONS Al\TJ> MEMORIALS. Office and Post-Roads. Mr. SAULSBURY presented a petition of citizens of Delaware, By M.r. SOUTHARD: The petition of Nancy A. Hammond, for a praying for an improvenent of the navigation of tl:re Jones Creek anu pension, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Dover River, in that State; which was referred to the Committee on By Mr. STEVENSON: The petition of 150 citizens of McLean Commerce. County, Illinois, for the repeal of the specie-resumption a{lt, to the 1\Ir. McMILLAN presented the memorial of John Schroeder, in Committee on Banking anu Currency. favor of an amendment of the homestead law, so a to save innocent By Mr. STRAIT: The petition of W. H. Jewell and others, for an settlers f.rQm the rules and regulations of the General Land Office; extension of time for homestead or timber-culture entri.es upon Gov­ which was referred to the Comlllittee on Pnulic Lands. ernment lands, to the Committe on Public Lands. Mr. KERNAN presented the petition of llomce L. Eme.J:y, praying Also, the petition of S. G. Anclerson and 43 others, for the mainte­ for the extension of his patent for improvement iu cotton-ginning nance of the present rate of duty on linseed and linseed oil, to the Com­ machines: which was refened to the Committee on Patents. mittee of Ways and Means. Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN presented the petition of George Whit­ By Mr. TOWNSEND, of Pennsylvania: Remonstrance of Samuel taker, late a private in Company C, Twelfth Regiment New Jer · y Bancroft, John Mason, jr., James Stephens, J. W. Kenworthy, and Volunteers, praying re!:!toration of pay and ·an honorable uischarge '; near 300 other manufacturers ancl mechanics of .Delaware County, which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Pennsylvania, against the passage of auy act reducing the duties on He also presented the petition of Mrs. Martha Ir-win, of Camden imported articles that enter into competition with American manu­ City, New Jersey, praying for an increase of pension; which was re­ facturers, to the same committee. fened to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. V ~CE, of North Carolina: A paper relating to a post-route Mr. INGALLS presented the petition of E. Valctou de Boissiere, a from Shelby to Marion, North Carolina, to the Committee on the Post­ citizen of FI·anklin County, Kansas, praying t.lle pa sage of a law Office and Post-Roads. placing machinery for manufacturittg raw silk imported into the · Also, remonstrance of the Whitney Sewing-Machine Company, United States on tho free list; which wa.a referred to the Committee ~~ainst an extension of letters-patent granted November 12, 18GO, to on Finance. Allen B. Wilson, to the Committee on Patents. Mr. WHYTE presented the petition of llodyer Bros. ; Hamilton By Mr. WAD DELL: A paper relating to a post-route from Dun­ Easter & Co., and other merchants of Baltimore, Maryland, praying darch to Lumber Bridge, North Carolina, to the Committee on the that the bankrupt· law be not repealed, but amended; which was re­ Post-Office and Post-Roads. fened to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. WALLING: The petition of John W. Rickey and 65 other The PRESIDENT pro tempore present-ed a memorial of the Legisla­ citizens of Fairfield County, Ohio, for the unconditional repeal of the ture of Wisconsin, in favor of the establishment of a tri-weekly mail specie-resumption act, to the_Committee on Banking and Cunency. route from Marquette, i~ the county of Green Lake, via Kingston, to By ?tfr. WELLS, of Missouti: The petition of Henry Zeas, for a Portage, in Columbia County; which was referred to the Committee pension, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. Also, memorial of the Mexican Veterans with the proceedings of Mr. WRIGHT. Some days since I had the honor to present a bill their convention at Saint Louis, on February 23, 1S76, to the Commit­ granting a pension to Armstead Goodlow, which wa referred to the tee on Reovolutionary Pensions. Committee on Pensions. I now present a petition and accompanying By Mr. WHITTHORNE: The petition of the heirs of Matthew Al­ papers in support of the bill. I move their reference to the Commit­ lison, for the refunding of money unlawfully taken from said Matthew tee on Pensions. Allison by the military officers of the United States ancl transmitted The motion was agreed to. to the Secretary of the Treasury, t.o the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. WILLARD: The petition of 143 citizens of Homer, :Michi­ REPORTS OF CO~miTIEES. gan~ that authority be granted to construct a briuge across the riYer Mr. INGALLS. The Committee on the District of Columbia, to at Detroit, Michigan, to the Committee on Commerce. whom were referred the bill (S. No. 100) to establish an insurance cle­ Also, the petition of 4 citizens of Vermontville, :Michigan, of simi­ partment aml to provide for the incorporation and regulation of in­ lar import, to the- same committee. surance companies in the District of Colub:lbia, and the bill (S. No. By Mr. A. S. WILLIAMS: Papers relating to the petition of Emily U:!l) to amend section 593 of the Revised Statutes relating to the Dis­ E. Weiss, for a pension, to the Committee on lnvalicl Pensions. trict of Columbia, and for other purposes, have instructed me to re­ Also, the petition of Alfred Rowland, to be relieved from the charge port a bill in the nature of a substitute for both of the e bills. I a k of desertion, to the Committee on Military Affairs. that the new bill may be read and placed upon the Calen,dar and printed, and that the bills No. 100 and No. 181 may be indefinitely postponed. The bill (S. No. 569) to provide for the incorporation and regula­ tion of insurance companies in the District of Columbia was read and pas ed to the second reading. IN SENATE. The PRESIDENT pm tempore. The other bills will be postponed TUESDAY, Ma'rch indefinitely, if there be no objection. 7, 1876. Mr. PAD DOCK. I am instructed by the Committee on Public Lands, Prayer by Rev. A. WOODBURY, of Providence, Rhode Island. to whom wa.a referred the bill (S. No. 256) to confirm certa,in school The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. indemnity selections of public lands by the State of Nebraska, tore­ port it without amendment. I send to the desk with the bill a letter EXECUTIVE COM.."\IUNICATIO~. from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, which is a snfficiimt The PRESIDENT pro ternpo're laid before the Senate a letter from expfanation of the bill, and I ask for its pre ent consideration. tbe Acting Secretary of War, trausmitting a letter from Major John The PRESIDENT :pro ttmt)Jm·e. The bill will be reported at length J. Upham, Fifth Cavalry, stating that section 2139 of the Revised for information, subject to objection. Statutes is by the ruling of the United States district court regarded The Chief Clerk read the bill. as excepting Indians from the penalty of introducing intoxicating The PRESIDENT pro tempm·e. The Secretary will read the letter liquors into the Indian Territory, and inviting the attention of Con­ of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. · gress to the recommendation of Major Upham for such legislation as The Secretary read as follows : will correct the evil. DEPARTMENT OF THE h""TERIOR, GENERAL LAl\"TI OFFICE, The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The communication will berefened to lf"aehington, D. 0., February 8, 1876. the Committee on Indian Affairs, and printed, if there be no objection. SIR: In reference to Senate bill No. 256, entitlerl "A bill to confirm certain school indemnity s lections of public lands by the State of Nebraska," which you filed in Mr. CONKLING. I venture to call the attention of the Chair to this Office for an expression of my views thereon, I have the honor to state that it the propriety of sending the communication to the Committee on the appears that Nebraska, having the Ii~ht to select schoollanils lmder the acts of 20th Revision o'f the Laws, and I will assign my reason to the Chair, which May, 18"26, and 26th F ebruary, 1859. (now section.'i 2275 and 2l7Gof the Revised Stat­ can then be judged of. It is desirable that corrections, if there be utes) as indemnity for lands in sections 16 and 36, granted for schools, l>u.t which were otherwise dispo ed of on account of pre-emption claims arA}nired prior to sur­ such in the statutes, should, as many as may, be embraced in some vey, or from other causes, selected certain lands a such indemnity, ancl ou th ir one bill and should not be found scattered over the statute-book. being reported to this Office and examined here, the selections, to the amount of The Committee on the Revision of the Laws ! ·understand is engaged 31 ,6L1.8G oores, were found to embrace tracts lying within tlle alternate sections re­ assiduously in collecting these instances. Therefore if the chairman served to the United States in acts of Con!!ress making land ~ - a.nts for railroad purposes, and the price thereof fixed at >2.50 per aero and which come under the of the Committee on Indian Affairs, who I see in his seat, should operation of the act of Congress of March 6, 186 , providing that the lands tht'rein agree with me, I should feel more confident than I did at first in sug­ referred to shall be subject only to entry under the pre-emption and homestea-tllaws.