New-York tribune., 1868-03-21


be understood that the House should not transact any
business during the days OF the trial
Mr.. BOUTWELL, Yes during the hours OF the trial
My understanding Is that the House does not adjourn
but will rel urn TO the chamber"
Mr.. JENCKEs suggested amendment to the resolu
ton providing that the days OF the trial the House
will meet at II o'clock 10 have morning hour
Mr.. WASHBURNE (Isep, Ill hoped that the amend
ment would not be agreed to- II would be utterly mpos
sbe for the Committee TO get along with that business
the House 10 meet at II o'clock
Mr. MAYNARD Rep., Tenn said that the committee
have not enough matured business to justify that pro-
Mr. BOUTWELL, declined to accept the amendment
1t could be presented to the House itself The RESOLUTION
was agreed 10.
The bill reported last Friday by Mr.. LAWRENCE (Rep
PENN for the relief Of Jonathan Jessup postmaster al
York Penn was taken up The bill authorizes IN the
settlement OF Mr. Jessups account allowance OF sSO
the amount of loss in stamps, ETC. by burglary ana
robbery After discussion the blll was passed h,,
Mir. FERRY qep. Michl reported back the Senate @ ni
for the relief OF VIM skunk postmaster at fro
Ohio. with an amendment reducing the amount amor IT, I'M
SS25 SOS The amendment was agreed to ana inc D
passed Also b snlnoTlzng an sadiona ma Cir" III
for service from July, 1854 TO july 1866 Ater solne us
MR. VAN wYcK DENIED PRIVILEGE.
Mr.. VAN WICK REP, n. " asked leave 70 , maAe ~,
report on whisky frauds from the CommiIIee istd U
trcnchment, but Mr.. WASHBURNE tRepp HL] lhsls'e"
va THF CIVIL EXPENSE APPROPRIATION BILL.
At the expiration Of the morning hour the house re
the Committee OF the Whole 10 sundry Cly Expenses
Appropriation BILL the first question being an amend:
courthouse at Des MONIES City Iowa. from $4,000 to
$4,000 The amendment agreed to-Yeas Co. Nays So
so make il read, For the construction OF public
building for COURT thonse postoiee ana oee Oh tie
increasing the offer for the courthouse at Madison W
sOO 10 sSO at p @ fo NO. noocs and custom
house at Cairo ILL.,, were adopted The amendments
striking out the items OF 100000 for repairing ana Ii
nishng the work of the Capitol extension and I9r
the dome, were on the appeal of Mr. NAsiibu fi'
disagreed to, and the items were restored ~ Gov t,o
amendments increasing
survey of the public lands in the Territories
to in spite of Mr. Washburnes Efforts In opp9Si,Ini ~
The appropriations for the repairs ana ngni9&g & OF
Pennsylvana-ave, Washington III and
sonth were struck out and the item for gas
tng plumbing &C. was I9G"Seu @ o Iso oS tSe National
Arsenal AT Columbus, ONO was rejected ,,,, -
This disposed Of all the amendments ana the OIL was
pA'seu BUSINESS on THE SPEAKERS TABLE.
The Senate bill exempt property In the district hel9
or used for coored schools from local taxation was passed
with an amendment -. , A. 90.
TO the account OF Major A. l. Brewer, late Army Pay
master who lost his life by the explosion OF steamer on
the Mississippi River was passed Other senate O' "eo
appropriately referred.
UNION AND CENTRAL PACIFIC RvIRoADs
The House Joint resolution TO regulate the tain Tor
freight and passengers on the Union and Central Pacific
Railroads and their branches constituting the scclc2!
Board OF Commissioners establish annually tarh Of
freight and passengers on those railroads not exC1es
lantc and the Mississippi River, north OF ST. Louis was
Mr. WAsHBURN rep Wis.,, who had introduced the
ioint resolution, explained and advocated u ne men
toned the fact that the same subsidy as Is WoveS On ~
Railroad Company for building g miles OF TOad l ioWa
whose terminus Is = miles fulther Iioh Wy i!
its starting point. He nsanccd road which was oul
III California III the shape OF rams morn I1ln rda u
mepto to San Jose which obtained the subsidy OF s6o
mile He complained that the resources of the Govern
ment diverted 10 those purely local enterprises me
first Pacific Railroad BILL he said made some pretensions
70 nrotect the rights OF the public hut the second one
passed in 1854. did not do so but inAde Ihe DOhs Vl
doubled the land grant The NicePresident had charged
the Company with 100000 as sum expended Dy nun ~
Washington, in confidential way, to secure the passage
of the bill in 1864. , .
Mr. HIGBY Rep Cali had never heard Of such
Mf' WAsHBURN Rep., Wis., discaimed any reflection
on members but remarked that II the record were @
yoted for that bill Notwithstanding the representations
that had been made touching the immense dhcu!cs ana
cost of building the Pacific Railroad he ventuieI 70 Sy
that could be built at an average OF SOy lle ne
mad computed that the Government had paid an average
Of $4,000 mile beside inc Iahu gran. 70 s fI4o
the grades he read from the report OF the Engineer
of the Road representing that of 652 miles oi Ioau
are on dead lever % Ihhgihe a ~ e ,j' froI,
feet per mile 32 ranging from 20 10 ~ ieeI " is
100 feet and 81 miles from 100 TO llO eet lie was ou
that the mountains almost impercepuble FROM inc
base OF the Rocky Mountains TO the summit the vertical
distance to be overcome is only 1900 feet ana iCr at
there a distance of between 81 ana y2 mlles saLng
from the level plain OF the Platte Valley The Union
Pacific Company, In its own report mentions the Iact
that It's for freight and passengers are four times
the average rates the Eastern roads being 10 cents
mile passengers and IS cents mile per tun IN god
for freight he %as haS bden driven of by
tba railroad me peOple had actually 10 pay
more for transportation than before At these
rates IL would cost $500 for passenger ana s,o iot
carload Of freight from Omaha city 10 san Francisco
THE quarrel between Vanderbilt and Drew made u ap
parent that where Congress had control OF such matters
ii should retain It, That war means that theIe sha pe
but one management OF the roads between ok and
the Great West lie thought i fortunate that no man man
could live over 100 years for otherwise he believed that
Vanderbilt would the world within the next years
Mr. PRICE Rep, IOwa) obtained the floor to reply TO
MT Washburn OF Wisconsin, but yielded 10 motion 10
! Mr WOOD Dem, n. " offered an amendment TO the
bill in relation TO the RIGHTS OF NATUEALIZED CITIZENS
! ABROAD. Foreign Affairs.
/ TIIF SOLDIERS BOUETIEs BILL.
The bill reported this morning by MI; MASHBt IN
0en Ind nm relation to bOunties provides bounty O
Ss per month for actual service, for the deduction OF al
bOuptes received from any source, and i0r the paye
~ tbe residue in scrip bearing per cent interest
which 70 receivable only in for pubhc lands
/ and not 10 be transferable. , .,
The Uouse adjourned with the understanding that the
session Tomorrow is to be for general debate only