Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-06-08
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

lfCOuceu q Dill concerning law claiLns IL
Arkansas, which WAS referred.
She!mah called up the bill relating Il
| United States notes and the substitute {
coin, providing that any contract herein
| afCeT made specifically payable In coli
-hsll be legal I'll and valid, and may b.
! enforced according TO its terms, notWith
/ standing anything ia the bill in relation
! 70 United States notes.
! The Arkansas bill came up from thu
! II 1use, sHd the Senate insisted on il
amendment, and ordered a commit.
! tee Of conference.
Trum hull called up the House bill t.
! admit North Carolina, South Carolina
! L 'usisns, Georgia and Alabama. II,
! explained that IN the substitute the com
mittee had stricken out Alabama, anC
| ny "A mistake Florida was inserted, con.
Lrary to the opinion Of majority of The
! com mi tee, though he personally had ia
/ vored inserting II. He stated the mum
| Der OF votes cast for and sgainst the Con
stitutiOn in the States enumerated, anC
in the matter Of Florida, read q eommu.
| nieation from the General of the army
! inclosiDga telegram from General Meade
dated Atlantis, June 3, 1868, which states
| that the majority in tavor of the Consti
| tuition in Florida is $3.50. Trumbull then
| proceeded to offer the substitute of the
/ committee, which has already been pub
/ lished.
Wilson moved to amend by inserting
| Alabama.
After long debate, and without &C
| tiou on the bill, the Senate went into
executive session and soon after ad.
joured.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Lawrence, Of Ohio, presented 3
| resolution of the Ohio Legislature, rsla-
! tive 10 q survey of the Miami and Erie
canal, for the purpose of enlsrging it to
| the capacity Of d ship canal, which was
referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Mr.. Blaine, from the Conference COM
mittee on the army appropriation bill,
made report, which was agreed to.
The House then proceeded to the busi
ness of the morning hour, the same be-
ing the consideration of reports of a pri-
vate character, including a joint resOlu
ton to advance Capt. ThOs. n. Stevens
twenty-0ne numbers on the list Of cap
taiDs in the navy, for services during the
war, which was passed, as was also one
for the restoration OF Capt. James s.
Armstrong, from the retired list to the
active list Of the navy.
Jones introduced Z resolution to erect
United States courtroom, postoffice,
etc in Convingt0n, KY, which was re-
ferred.
Perham, from the COMMITTEES on Iu-
valid Pensions, reported bill relating to
pensions. The first section construes the
existing pension laws so Sc to give the
precedence to relatives of deceased per-
sons having neither widow nor child, in
the following OTGer: First, mothers
second, fathers; third, orphans, brothers
aud sisters, who shall be pensioned
jointly, if there De more than one. The
other sections apply 70 matters of detail.
After some discussion and an explana-
ton the bill passed.
The House then went into a Commit
tee OF the Whole on the tax bill. The
sixth section, which gives the appoint
ment OF all revenue officers to the Com
missioner, being under consideration, a
large numbsr OF amendments were of
fgred, and after considerable discussion
were all rejected or Withdrawn, and the
question Was taken on GArfield's motion
10 strike out the SECTION, which was
carried Dy "a to As. The seventh section
was also stricken out and the eighth
considered, 1t regulates the duties of
Internal revenue stOrekeepers. Several
"A % leuuueutS OF USLalA were Ou6reQ Dy
Schenck and agreed TO.
Logan moved 10 strike ont the whole
secLIOs because it provided for bonded
aud if tEe whisky tax was
reduced, to be collected at the still the
only way 10 which the tax could be col
Iected-then there would be no uss OF
having bonded warehouses.
Schenck opposed aud L gan supported
the proposition.
The House then took a recess.
Ii evening session Mr.. Judd Withdrew
his molten To strike out the eighth sec
dou, with the understanding that the
section be reserved for amendment 10
view Of future acton 0n the whisky tax.
No amendment Will be made to the fol-
lowing sections. Tne fourteenth section
was, on motion Of Mr.. Schenck, struck
OUt. Several appointments Of details
" ere made 10 the sixteenth section.
Several amendments were offered to
the sixteenth section, reducing the sAla-
ries OF ASSESSORS, but were rejected.
Sections seventeen To twenty-One, In |
elusive, were passed over without |
Jenckes moved q verbal amendment |
10 the twenty-seeond section, when the |
Committee rose, and the Speaker pre-
,entsd a message from the President Ia |
regard to the trial Of American citizens |
n Great Britain, and the House adj |
oUrned.
SENATE.