2400 CONGRESSIONAL REOORD-SE.NATE. l\fARCH 30, .Also, the resolutions of the Board of :Managers of the Commercial report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs upon the snbjeot, ann dmft of 1\ Exchanr:Te, and the resolutions of the Maritime Exchange of Phila­ bill for the object indicated. The subject is commended to the consideration of delphia~Pennsylvania, protesting against the extension of the steam Congress. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. grain-shovel patent-severally to the Committee on Patents. EXECUTIVE l.LL'\SIOX, March 29, 1882. By 1\fr. CAMPBELL: The petition of honorably discharged sol­ The PRESIDENT p1·o tempm·e also laid before the Senate t.he fol­ diers of the late war, residing in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, for lowing message from the President of the United States; which was the passage of the bill to establish a soldiers' home at Erie, Penn­ referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be sylvaniar-to the Committee on Military Affairs. printed: By Mr. CURTIN: The petition of citizens of Pennsylvania for the To the Senate and HOWle of Representatives: passage of the bill to establish a soldiers' home at Erie, Pei:rnsylva­ I transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress a. communication from nia-to thesame committee. the Secretary of War, dated March 25, 1882, with accompanying correspondence, B~ 1\Ir. DAVIDSON: A bill for the improvement of Apalachicola plansi and estimates, in which he recommends an appropriation of $40,000 for the Bay, of the Choctawhatchie River, of the Tampa Bay, of the With­ comp etion of the new post at Fort Lewis, Colorado. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. lacoochie River, of Peace Creek, oftheEscambia River, and of Pen­ EXECUTIVE MANSION, March 29, 1882. sacola Harbor, in the State of Floridar-severally to the Committee on Commerce. The PRESIDENT pro tempore also laid before the Senate a com­ By 1\Ir. GEORGE R. DAVIS: The petition of officers of the United munication from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of Lieu­ States Army, relative~ allowance or commutation for fuel, &c.­ tenant-Colonel G. K. Warren, Corps of Engineers, containing inform­ severally to the Committee on Military Affairs. ation called for by a resolution of the 17th instant, in relation to the By Mr. FLOWER: Memorial of the German Society of the city of estimates of the cost of increasing the depth of the main ship channel New York, for legislation for the protection of arriving immigrants­ of Providence River and harbor. to the Committee on Commerce. 1\fr. ALDRICH. I move that the report be printed and r~ferre d By 1\fr. HARDENBERGH: The petition of the National Tobacco to the Committee on Commerce ; and I present a memorial of the --, relative to the abolition of export stamps and exportation of State harbor commissioners of Rhode Island, resolutions of the Gen­ tobacco; and also a protest against the pa-ssage of a free-leaf tobacco eral Assembly of Rhode Island, and a memorial of the mayor of the bill-severally to the Committee on Ways and Means. city of Providence and of the Providence Board of Trade bearing upon Also, memorial of various boards of trade, chambers of commerce, the same subject, which I move be referred and printed with the commercial exchanges, &c.~ for the passage of the Lowell bill to es­ report of the Secretary of War. tablish a uniform system ot· bankrupt0y-to the Committee on the The motion was agreed to. Judiciary. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communica­ By 1\fr. McMILLAN; Papers relating to the claim of Jane M. tion from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance Goodall-to the Committee on War Claims. with a resolution of the Senate of March 20, 1882, such information Byl\fr. NEAL: ThepetitionofCaptainJames B. Bazell, forrelief­ as has been collected by the Bureau of Navigation relating to the to the same committee. maritime canal at Suez, which, on motion of 1\Ir. MILLER, of Cali­ By· Mr. O'~ILL: The resolutions of the Commercial Exchange fornia, was referred to the Committee on Printing. and the resolutions of the Board of Maritime Exchange of Philadel­ PETITIONS .Al\""D MEMORIALS. phia, protesting against the extension of the steam grain-shovel The PRESIDE1\1'f pro tempm·e presented apetitionofUnitedStates patent-severally to the Committee on Patents. gaugers and storekeepers of the fifth district of Illinois, praying Also, the resolutions of the Philadelphia County Medical Society, that they be placed on the same footing with other Treasury officials, urging the passage of the bill to prevent the adulteration of food who are allowed thirty days' leave of absence annually without loss and drugs-to the Committee on the Public Health. of pay; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. RANDALL: The :.:esolutions of the board of managers of Mr. BLAIR presented a petition of the GrandLodgeofGood Temp­ the Commercial Exchange and of the board of mana~ers of the lara of New Hampshire, representing 3,000 members, praying for an Maritime Exchange ofPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, protesting against amendment of the Constitution of the. United States to prohibit the the extension of the patents on steam grain-shovels-severally to the manufacture and sale of all alcoholic bevera~es throughout the na­ Committee on Patents. tional domain; which was ordered to lie on tne table. By 1\fr. AMOS TOWNSEND: The petition of citizens of Cleveland, l\1r. LAPHAM presented a memorial of business firms of the city of Ohio, protesting against the extension of the steam grain-shovel Rochester, New York, in favor of the passage of the bankruptcy bill patent-to the same committee. known as the Lowell bill; which was O,J,'dered to lie on the table. By Mr. OSCAR TURNER: The petition of the mayor, council, and 1\fr. BROWN presented a petition of cotton merchants and others, citizens of Columbus, Kentucky, for an appropriation to protect said citizens of Macon, Georgia and a petition of railroan men and rail­ place from the encroachments of the Mississippi River-to the Com­ road employes of l\facont ~orgia, praying for an appropriation for mittee on Leaves and Improvement of the :Mississippi River. the improvement of the .harbor of Savannah, in that State; which By Mr. UPSON: The petition of Bernard Smith, to be relieved were referred to the Committee on Commerce. from the char~e of desertion-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 1\fr. PENDLETON presented a petition of the Grand Division of By Mr. VANCE: Papers relating to the claim of the heirs of W. Sons of Temperance of Ohio, representing 4,000 members, praying for Bulloch-to the Committee on Patents. an amendment of the Constitution of the United States to prohibit By Mr. WATSON: The petition of various boards of trade and the manufacture and sale of all alcoholic beverages throughout the other commercial organizations, for the passage of the Lowell bill to national domain; which was ordered to lie on the table. establish a uniform law of bankruptcy throughout the United 1\fr. DAWES. I present the petition of E. R. 1\Iudge, Sawyer & States-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Co., and a large number of other merchants of the city of Bosto~l · By Mr. W A~TER A. WOOD : The petition of citizens of Green­ praying fo:r the passage of the bankruptcy bill known as the Lowell wich, New York, for the repeal of the law imposing a tax on bank bill, or any other bill that may be before Congress having the gen­ deposits and the two-cent stamp on bank-checks-to the Committee eral features of that bill. This petition represents not olliy the in­ on Ways and Means. terests of large merchants but the experience of most intelligent gen­ Und,er clause 2 of Rul~ XXII, the petition of Joseph M.agoffin and tlemen of that class, derived from their dealings in all parts of the oth~rs, citizens of El Paso, Texas, for an. appropriation to construct country, and sets forth what they deem essential features of any an approach to Fort Bliss, was reported from the Committee on Mil­ bankrupt bill to form a permanent system. itary Affairs, and rt}ferred to the Committee on Appropriations. As this matter has already been reported upon, I mo-ve that the Also, papers relatins to the claim of George L. Key were re­ petition lie on the table. ported from the Comnuttee on Military Affairs and referred to the The motion was agreed to. Committee on Claims. Mr. VANCE. I present the petition of" The Little Sisters of the Poor," a charitable institntion of this city.J.prayin~ that an act may be passed authorizing the closing of an alley, ana. that they be re­ lieved from the payment of special improvement taxes to the District of Columbia. I move that the petition be referred to the Committee SENATE. on the District of Columbia. The motion was agreed to. THURSDAY, March 30, 1882. Mr. VEST presented the petition of George S. Case, W. L. Hick­ man, and others, citizens of Saint Louis, 1\Iissouri, praying for such Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. J. BULLOCK, D. D. legislation as will protect the land in what is known as Sawyer's The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and .approved. Bend, between the water-works in North Saint Louis and thenorth­ EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS. ern limits of the city, from the abrasion caused by the waters of the The PRESIDENT pro ten~>po1'e laid before the Senate the following Mississippi River; which was referred to the Committee on Com­ message from the President of the United States; which wasreferred merce.