The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-01-23

WASHINGTON, January %.
Mr.. HENDERSON No) from the Committed.
on ludian Affairs, reported, without amend-'
mcut, the House Joint resolution, to authorize
persons who settled ana made improvements
upon lands now included in the Sioux reserva-
tiOn, in Minnesota, before the boundaries of
said reservation were surveyed and located, to
enter the lands thus settled upon, as IN other
cases Of pre-emption.
MIR. GRIMES jIowa) from the Committee on
Naval Affairs, reported adversely upon the bill
providing for the appointment OF naval Judge
Acknowledgement, and a solicitor of the Navy,
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Academy, and for other purposes; and upon
the bill relative to the appointment and rank
of first and second assistant engineers; all of
which were indefinitely postponed
Mr.. NoRToN (MinnO introduced the following
resolution, which was considered and agreed
Uncreas, 1t is alleged that by the construction
of the Department of the Interior OF several
acts Of Congress granting lands to aid in tue
construction of certain railroads, settlers are
deprived of the full benefit OF the pre-emption
and homestead laws; therefore
ReSOiUcd, That the Committee on Public
what, if any, legislation IS necessary or mjty be
had to correct such construction, and to report
by bill or otherwise.
amend an act entitled IAN act for the disposal
Of coal lands of town property in the public
domain" approved July l, 1851 and the supple
mental act thereto, approved March 3. 1865,
which bill provides that the proviso of the
second section OF the act referred to be
amended as to give to persons in possession the
right to purchase at minimum rates, at any
Time before the day lNcu Tor Lne sale OF lands;
and also that no entry OF town sites snail here
after have validity until approved by the Com
missioner Of the General Land Office. Referred
10 the Committee on Public Lands.
Mr.. POLAND Nt) introduced a bill fixing the
salaries Of Judges of the supreme Court OF the
several Territories at $500. Referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr.. WILLIAMS (Oregon) introduced bill to
provide for the registration of electors in the
Territories Of the United states, providing that
the Governor in each Territory shall appoint
three persons in each county, to be board of
district boards when necessary; that meetings
of the boards are to be held for purposes of re-
gistraton, after due notice, and requires that
electors shall, before registration, take the oath
OF LOYALTY and that no person can be registered
who has given aid and comfort to the Rebellion.
Referred to the Committee on Territories.
a number OF petitions were introduced and
1t was ordered that digest of the statutes of
the United States on the subject of the collec-
ton of imports be prepared at the Treasury
Department and that they be printed for the
use of the Senate.
the mode of appointing pension agents.
The pending question was upon motion to
reconsider the vote by when certain House
amendments were cOncurred III and further
amended,
The Senate refused to reconsider its vote, and
so the bill goes to the House for concurrence in
The amendments passed by the Senate.
1t provides that pension agents shall be APP
sent of the Senate, instead of by the Secretary
of the Interior, as heretofore, that there shall
be no more than three in any State and that
offices of all agents appointed since the first OF
October, shall be vacated from the passage of
this act and shall be filled in accordance with
the provisions of the act.
The Tariff bill was taken up at one o'clock.
Amendments to the printed bill were reported
by Mr.. FesSenden, and adopted as fOllOWS:-
On screws, commonly called wood screws, nine
cents instead of eight cents per pound; on wood
screws less than two inches in length, twelve
cents instead of eleven cents per pound; on cot
ton seed OIL twenty-three cents per gallon; on
glass demiiohnS, ten cents per gallon capacity.
The following provso, attached in the printed
bill asection i'll relation TO fruits, was stricken
out
Propided, That the loss of quantity of the
fruits above named by decay on the voyage
shall be admitted, when such loss shall be OF
full packages or other Separable portions and
on oranges and lemons in boxes, loss OF guam
Iity may be allowed when such loss reaches
thirty-three per cent. OF the quantity IN the
boxes. such loss being certified by the apprals-
ers OF damages but 10 no other loss or damage
shall be allowed in abatement of duty.
In the original bill the importation of fire.
works is prohibited.
Mr.. FESsENDEN offered proviso, which was
adopted that fireworks placed on shipboard
before the lSC of May next may be imported on
payment OF duties and they may be imported
in bond on their way to other countries.
The bill was amended TO 90 into effect on the
list of April next.
Were now continued, and the bill was before the
Senate as in Committee of the Whole, and still
Mr.. CATTETLI IN. IJ, addressed the Senate at
some length, on the general subject of protec-
tive tariff, arguing in favor of protection as es-
sential 10 the welfare OF the country, ana against
free trade as calculated to build up the mecha-
nlcal interests OF foreign nations AT the expense
of the United States. He quoted from the sta
tistiCs of this and other countries, and intro
duced comparisons TO prove his position. The
industry of our own land, he said, supplied us
with ninety per cent. of our wants. Ifthe work
shops OF the United States were closed up, by
compelling them to do so, or to enter into un-
fair competition with the workshops OF Europe,
the result would ultimately be to decrease in
stead of decreasing prices, while you turned ont
of employment the laboring millions OF this
country.
Mr.. CATTELL, in the course of his remarks in
troduCed the following tables, prepared, he said
by the Chief of The Bureau or STATISTICS OF the
Treasury Department.
The value in gold OF the annual product Of the
people OF the UnlLed States, for Jue year lS6O, was
in round numbers as follows:-Ihose engaged ~
agriculture, Sl6O9OOO,OOO; manufacturers, !ncuu
ing all processes between the raw material anC
consumption. and thus comprises the cost o
buildings erected, railroads and canals equipped
mining, Sl00,OOO,OOO; fishing, Sl3,OUOOOO; hunt
ing S200,O00.0OO; wood cutting, &c., S2l,OOOOOO
represents the net annual earnings or oi
gross increase of money value derived IRON
railroads, canals turnptkes, steamboats,, &c.
employed in the transportation or passenger
and commodities within the country, In
including the money value OF all 1ncldenta
labor devoted thereto foreign commerce, $3.50,
100000, net annual earnings or gross increase o
money value derived from exchanging pro
ducts with foreign countries, that is, IRON
foreign Imports ana exports, ana from Ihe car
rying TO and fro OF passengers &C.; engaged II
Improving the face of the country and sub
DUNG TO the purposes of society, S2,4OO,OOO,OOO
This sum represents the yearly increase o
value of lands and other immovable property
newly brought into cultivation or improved
and comprise the permanent ways" of rail
roads and canals and all real property. Tota
gold value S6756 10000. The same reduced Il
currency at 40 estimate for 1866, So 45S 900 600
Ofthe sixty-seven hundred ,a and hfty,six mil
lions gold value produced in 1869, six thousanC
millions were consumed during the same time
leaving a surplus or annual gain OF seven hun
dred and fifty-fve millions. AS the product o
"a