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Excerpt from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 49: June to November, 1874 United states - Congress: Currency Inflation Bill passed, 144; Vetoed, 145; Vote on the Veto, 297 A11 Other Currency Bill passed by the House, 145; Sher man's Substitute for the House Bill, 297 Passage Of the new Currency Bill, 450; Bill to regulate In ter-state Commerce, 145; Railroad Commissioners' Bill, 145; Louisville and Portland Canal Bill, 145; Transportation Report, 297 Licensing Coasting Ves sels, 145; Mileage, 145; Senate Confirmations, 145; Relief for Sufferers from Overflow of Mississippi, 297; Geneva Award, 297, 450; Moieties Law re pealed, 297, 450; Centennial Appropriation defeat ed, 297; Steam-vessels Bill 297; General 0. 0. How ard acquitted, 297; Civil Rights, 450; Postage re duced, 450 District of Columbia Investigation - the Government abolished, 450; Passage of the new Bankruptcy Bill, 450; Canadian Reciprocity Treaty sent to the Senate, 450; Savings-banks Tax, 450; Fort St. Phillip Canal, 451; Richardson's Resigna tion as Secretary of the Treasury and Bristow's Ap pointment, 451; Sawyer's Resignation as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 451 J. C. Bancroft Davis nominated as Minister to Germany, 451; Congres sioual Appropriations Summary, 601; Mr. Cres well's Resignation as postmaster-general, 601; Hon. Marshall Jewell appointed as his Successor, 601 Sen ator Washburn, of Massachusetts, elected, 145; Sen ator W. W. Eaton, of Connecticut, elected, 297. Ar kansas: Conflict between Brooks and Baxter, 297. New York savings-banks, 146. College Regatta at Saratoga, 602. Grange Statistics, 602. Locust Plague in Minnesota, 601. Postal Treaties with France and Japan, 145. State Legislatures: 145, 297, 601. State Elections: 755, 898. State Conventions: 451, 601, 755, 898. General Custer's Black Hills Expe dition, 755. Decrease of Immigration, 755. Silk Statistics in United States, 755. Conflicts between Whites and Blacks in the South, 898. Louisiana State Government overthrown and restored, 898. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.