The Portland daily press., 1866-07-14
ajY TELEGRAPH.
Saturday Morning, July IA, 1866.
xxx CONGREsS---1st Session.
WASHINGTON, July 13.
TO THE DAILY PRESS.

WASHINGTON, July 13.
SENATE.
The Niagara Ship Canal bill was taken up,
the motion being that which Mr.. Morgan
made yesterday to postpone the bill until De-
ceinber. A discussion took place in which
Messrs TrumbuI, Harris, Hendricks and 9th
ers participated.
After long debate which branched into
politics, the Niagara Canal Bill was postponed
until December.
Sundry bills were reported from Committees
and referred. 3rv
A bill was introduced by Mr.. Wiley pro-
viding for restoring the rebel States to full
political rights in the Union. Ordered to be
printed.
A bill was passed suspending the collection
of internal revenue taxes from persons burn
ed out in Portland from July 5th, until the
close of next sessionIof Congress.
The Northern Pacific X. K. bill was taken
up but without being considered, the Senate
went into executive session. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
The House in Committee of the Whole took
up the miscellaneous appropriation bill. A
paragraph making an appropriation for the
expenses OF preparing and publishing the sta
tistical classification of eighth census was
struck out.
Mr.. Lynch moved an additional paragraph
for the government building at Portland, Me-,
used as Post Office, Custom House, and U.
S. Court room lately destroyed, or rendered
almost useless by the fire. After debate Mr..
Lynch modified his amendment by making
the appropriation one hundred thousand dol
lars, and SO modified the motion was agreed
to.
The committee here rose temporarily.
DILL was reported to protect the revenue,
fho
special order for tomorrow. 1t is partial
revision OF the tariff, and imposes the follow
ing duties: on cigars, cigarettes and cheroots,
$2.50per lb. and 80 per cent. al valorem; on
cotton, three cents per lb on all compounds
or preparations of which distilled spirits are a
component part of the chief value, a duty not
less than that imposed upon distilled spirits
The bill contains the section of the tariff bill
passed the other day, extending the proyiso in
section Of the tariff act of 1865, to sloops,
vessels or steamers to or from any part of the
Sandwich or Society Islands; also the section
in regard to the discoveries OF guano, also the
section allowing goods in bond to be carried
through the British Provinces from New
York, Boston and Portland, without payment
of duties, also tho section authorizing the re-
funding of duties paid in excess, also, the Sec
ton providing that dutiable revenue of goods
is to be ascertained by adding to their value
~SSo
try from whence they are imported the cost
of transportation, shipment, commissions,
ETC.. also the section admitting tree OF duty,
machinery for the manufacture of sugar from
beets, and also the section providing for Bu-
reau of statistics
The House again went into Committee of
the Whole, and resumed the consideration of
the miscellaneous appropriation bill.
An amendment was adopted discontinuing
nf 70 1e
enlisted slaves. ria
Five thousand dollars were appropriated to
repair the Custom House of Middletown,
Conn.
The Committee rose and reported the bill
and amendments to the House. The amend
ments were agreed to and the bill passed.
The contested election case of Fuller against
Dawson of Penn. was taken up and the re-
solution retaining Dawson in his seat was
adopted.
The Conference report on the anti-smug-
Cling bill was agreed to.