Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-08

tax was then reduced to one cent pel
! pound. The tax on gas companies was
amended, so that they are authorized %
add it to the price Of existing contracts.
by q vote Of twenty-four 10 thirteen
The bill passed. The resolution extend
ing tine jurisdiction Of the court of claims
to cover cases arising under reeeipls for
army supplies by the quartermaster OF
the army under Gen. Wallace during
the Morgan raid into Indiana and Ohio.
The fortifeation and naval appropriation
bills were passed. Several committees
on conferences were appointed.
House.-The deficiency bill was con-
sidered. It Rppropriates over 81, ,5O0,-
0OOi OF which SO, ,000, 900 are for the de-
flciency on account of pensions. A
lively debate sprung up on a motion to
strike out the appropriation of SS5, 900 for
completing the repairs and furnishing
the executive mansion. The old subject
OF the number of trunks and boxes full of
goods taken away by former occupant.
and the statement that $30, 900 Of a pre-.
vious appropriation had been expended
in refurnishing the White house with
tabie-linen, bed-linen, etc, at the time
the present occupant took possession,
was gone over again. The senate bill
for the relief of inhabitants, cities and
towns on public lands, was amended by
authorizing the corporate authorities to
enter them at the land-Office at the
minimum price for the benefit of
the corporation, and passed. The
senate amendment to the army
appropriation bill, Of S20O, 600. for
Rock Island bridge, was disa-
greed to by vote Of thirty-nine yeas to
one hundred and eight nays. That APP
propriatiug Sl50,000 for buildings near
Jeffersonville, Indiana, as government
stOrehOuses, was nOn-coneurred in. The
amendment prohibiting whipping OF
manning persons as a punishment for
crime in the rebel states was eoneurred
in, with an amendment making il an.
ply to the sentences of military courts
as well as by civil authorities. The
amendment providing for disbanding
the militia force in the late rebel states
was eoncurred in. Mr.. Jencks, Nom
the committee of conference on the
bankrupt bill, made a report that the
house reeede from all disagreement to
all senate amendments except one, from
which the senate is to recede. Mr.. May
nard moved to lay the conference re-
port on the table. Rejected-seventy-
one against eighty-three. The report of |
the committee was then agreed to, yeas
seventy three, nays seventy-one. The |
senate amendments TO the tax bill were
considered and non-coneurred in.
SATURDAY, MARCH 2
Se710te.-MT. Sumner, from the COM
mlttee on foreign relations, reported ad- !
versely on the resolution to protect the
rights of American citizens in Mexico. |
A tariff bill, to increase the duties on
I.
house bill of last session. 1t taxes the
best grades of wool twelve cents and the !
lower grades ten cents per pound, with |
ten per cent. dd Udl0reBl The bill passed |
without amendment, and goes to the |
president. The report of the committee |
Of conference on the bankrupt bill was |
agreed to-twenty-four against twenty. |
rhe bill was sent to the presi- |
dent for his signature. The COM |
pound interest note bill, Is finally |
agreed to, simply provides for the redemp- |
tion Of the compound interest notes on |
three per cent. certificates; the amount |
Of the. latter outstanding at any time not /
to exceed fifty millions. The house in /
demDity bill passed, thirty-six to eight |
The tenure Of office bill was passed over /
the presidents vetO-yeas, thirty-five,
nays, eleven. The military reooEatrue-
ton bill was passed over the presidents /
veto--yeas twenty eight, nays ten.
Mr.. DOOlittle, from the conference COM
mittee on transferring the Indian bureau
10 the war department, reported that the
committee could not agree. So the ill
iailed. A resolution of thanks to Cyrus
w. Field was passed. A resolution was
passed directing Gen. Howard to collect
aud report to congress information as ts J.
lestituton of the south. The seu'ee.eeII
passed the rest Of the night in executive
session.
HouSe.-The presidents veto of the
military reconstruction bill was received.
The bill was passed over the veto by a
vote Of one hundred and thiFty-ave yeas
20 forty-seven nays. only one republi-
IAN voted against it-Mr. Hale, of New
York. The bill 70 prevent the president
making removals from Office without
he consent Of the senate was passed
,ver the presidents veto, by one hun
ired and thirty-One yeas to thirty-seven
nays. The amendatory tax bill was
sassed. It's precise provisions We are
1t this tilne unable ii state. The judi
.iary committee made a report on the
Of the president They
imply state that the time is not allowed
o complete the Investigation, and they
ind sufficient reason to pass the matter
o the next congress. No evidence ac-
the report. MIR. Rogers,
dem. OF New Jersey, made q minority
eport, in WHICH he says;
There is not one particle Of evidence
DefQFe the committee to sustain any of
he charges which the house has charged
he committee to investigate, and thai
he case is wholly without particle of
violence upon which the impeachment
ould be founded. He FURTHERMORE re-
'orts that mo1t Qf the evidence taken is
& . secondary character, and such as
you'd not be admitted in a court of JUS
ice, and he can see no good in eontinu-
ng the investigation"
The same committee also reported on
he Surratt case. The FepOFt concludes
''Tne testimony OF the secretary cy.I
tate, secretary Of war, and others, here
nth submitted, explaining and tending
D justify the acts Of the government in
be premises does not, in the opinion Of
OUT committee, excuse the great delay
! eN p attempting 10 arrest she person
la4ssl with eOmplicity in the asssssi4 =
alton of the late president, and while
ne committee do not charge improper
lotives upon the officers of the govern
lelt, they are constrained from the
to report that, in their opinion,
ne diligence in the arrest of SuTrstt |
as not exercised by tha executive de-
Of the governments y
4 nessage vas received from the
resident Transmitting report Of the Sec
.IaFy of state in reference to the re-
lOval Of the protestant church at Rome.
considerable miscellaneous business was
one, of the precise character Of which
o information can Ds given.