Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-04-29

k" NAA p kSS III
CONGRESSIONAL REPORT.
xxxv11I Congress First Session.
WASHINGTON, April 81.
SENArE.-Mr. Morrill,, from the Committee
on Commercs, repo, tod favorably on the bill
70 regul.te the, foreign coasting trade on Our
Northwestern fr, inter.
Mr.. Collamer, from the Committee on Post
Offices and Post Roads, reported back the
bill for the relief Of postm ssters who have
been robbed by the Confederate forces or
guerrilla and it was passed "
Mr.. Morrill,, from tue Committee on Com.
merce, asked TO be discharg d from the fur.
Their corsiderat on of the b II which extends
to district courts the same jurisdiction over
matters IN contract or port arising upon
steamboats, or other vessels, which is now
possessed over sea going vessels. tie asked
the refs renee Of the bill to tho judiciary
Committee. Il was so referred. :,
MIR. Howe called up the bill to establish ar
assay office at Carson City, Oreg,n, and ad.
dressed the Senate at some length in its de.
Tense. ID
oSI~tC piVCCGOCO W tuo COuSUl0E2 tlOI
of the bill for the repeal OF the fugitive slave
law: The oil was postponed until Wednes
day next, at one o'cluck. d
Mr. Sherman reported the House bill t.
provide for . national currency secured by
United States bonds, and to provide for tht
c rculation and redemption thereo,, with
am :ndments, the only impor ant one beine
the striking out Of the provision relative Il
axation by States of the capital, circulation
aud business Of banking aSsoclatiol,s, ant
the suhs itute of another. H k,o,,5r.s
On motion of Mr.. Howard the bill to amenc
the Pacific R.ilroad act was made the specia
order for Thursday next.
TIC House bill to establish a Bureau O
Military justice was taken up. 1t authorizes
= Bureau consisting of a Judge Advoca G an
two A sistant Judge Advocates. The bill
passed
The army appropriation bill was then taker
up, and the amendments of the Sena.,
Finance Committee agreed to.
uousE. Five thousand copies Of the bank
rupt bill reported yesterday were ords,e
to he printed aud bound in p .mphlet form.
Mr.. Voorhees,. # Indian, asked that a tel
egram rec lived by him to-day be read, as il
lad q bearing o. a personal explanation
He would not now indulge IN any remarks
because the gentleman II rield] who recent
iy read letters supporting to have bee vii
ten by Hon. Jno. &. Davis and Judge Ecklel
was not in his seat. E 81,
Consent Lavlng been given, the dispatch
~as read, as follows: -nstNo III H. -.
"TER2E HAUTE, April 2lst, 1864.
'Hon. D. W. Voorhees,:
''The lettsr purportir E to be written by me
to John Q Brock nridge, us.d by General
Garfield, is false, and q base iorg,ry.
~lSignedl $3.50. u. DAVIS"
The letter u legged to have been ~r tten by
Mr.. Davis recomme' .ded q young man, for
merly in the Union army, to Mr.. Breckin.
ridge for a position IN the rebel army.
On motion of Mr.. Morril the cons,derati n
of the int-rnal tax bill is to te continued
though the morning AID evening session.
he House went into a Commit. ee OF the
Whole on the sub ecr.
Mr.. Morrill, offered an amendment, which
was adopted, that Wholesale dealers In liquors
whose annu,l sales d, OF exceed SO, OUO,
shall pay . iire' s. e $40, and g. on ever,
$1,000 over $4,000. Every pers,n who
shall sell or offer for sale any distil ed spirit.
or fe mented ! Quors in quantities more than
three gallons at any time, Or where sales
amount annually to $25, 900, snail be regard
ed a a VIII lesale dealer.
The license of retail liquor dealers as in.
creas, d TO $25.
Mr.. Merrill, Of Vermont. offered an am I'd.
ment that oommerci4l brokers whose a,nua!
sales d. not exceed $25, 900 shall pay a license
Of $50, and tho e exceeding $25, 900, 81 for
ca, b add iional 81 600.
Mr.. Fernando WOOD enumeFa ted the vari-
Gus Classes Of brokers, in.luding tobacco,
c, fee, &C., and moved hat q | other brokers',
in ADDITION to commercial brokers, pay the
SANE license. ~
Tn, amendment, thus modified, was
ado, ted
Tne bill was further modified so that all
sseamy rs and We sells upon the waters Of the
United States, o n board of which pass ngers
or traYelers IRE provided with food or lody-
ing, snail pay 325 license.
Mr.. Thayer, of Penn, offered an amend
II emit requ ring hotel AID tavern keepers to
take out a Special license at a charge Of S25.
for selling | quors to be drank on the premises.
Mr. SevenS, of Penn, said thst the pres
ent law did not require the taking OF tw
licenses. Tavern keepers are he-vily taxed
by this bill, the license being increased &C
cor ing to the yearly rental. ard scarcely a
espectable hotel could escape with less than
$l,000 tax.
M. Frank, of N. Y, said that this question
of h tel licenses had been repeatedly before
the House, but it was so n,ys,ifed and twist
eli up that there was not 9 clear understand
ing Of the subject. He trusted this defec:
won d., however, be rcmed ed and thst the
ndment Of Mr.. Thayer requiring an ad.
d tional license Of 1875 wou d prevail. A
large amount of revenue would thus be re-
ceived by the GoveInmrn Mt. which realized
ahout $780, 900 from that class last year.
He replied to Mr.. Stevens, and showed that
the drirki g houses where the most crime is
committed sh ,uld not escape with the pal,ry
tax Of $40.
Mr. Boutwell, called attention to the ruling
of the internal Bureau, and quo,ed from the
law TO show that where persons carry on dit.
ferent branches of business in the same place
u license must be taken out for each.
Mr.. t=vens replied by saying that a house
did not carry on two branches OF bushes, by
$ selling llquor ; this privilege was inc uded in
the one license.
Mr.. Thay,r's am sndment was adopted.
pol WASHINGTON, April 90.
HoUsE.-Mr. Washburoe, from Committee
on Commerce, reported a bi to create an
additional supervising inspector Of stram-
boats, his duties to he confined to New Or
leans. ana also to boards OF 10, al inspectors
at Portland, Greg IN, and at Memphis. Tenn.
TIE Board o. Inspectors at Wheeling is dis
for the rsa.on that there are "
other boards of n spectors for the Ohio River.
The bill was passed.
Mr. Highly of Cal %fornia, from the select
committee 10 examine into Representative
sicClurg'- charge that his COLLEAGUE fMr. Blair,
Of Mo.) had violated the law in the matter Of
liquor speculation, and also to inves
igate the g%enuineness or falsene.s OF an al.
e. ed order fur liquors, made a report ihereo,
20 the effect that the original order s gnsd !