Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-15
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The Case Of Georgia Submittsd to Asothsr
Conferences cOmmIstee.-eIOslag Gut
Of the Session.
Radical laundering, MaIevOIeace and Stu
pldlty---Deaih of Seaaf0r Norton
+ saaW05T Announced. jf1Ha0-
SENATE.

complished and the whole, question
settled by concurrence.
Mr.. Trumball opposed the PROPOSE
ton as involving the abandonment OF
the position of the Senate in maintain-
ing the right of the people Of Georgia
to hold an election during the coming
fail.
Upon this suggestion Mr.. Howard
withdrew his motion with view to
the possible settlement of the matter
in the Conference Committee. I'll
Mr.. Sumner, from the Committee
on Foreign Relations, reported a bill
for the relief of Nicholas p. Trist, ne
gotiator Of the treaty of GuadalOupe
and Hidalgo.
Various private bills were reported
and acted on.
Mr.. Wilson, from the Military Com
n1ittee, reported adversely ito the bill
directing the Secretary of the Interior
to deliver the Mount Vernon relics to
Mrs. Mary Gusts. He was personally
ia favor Of the BIZ, but had been over
ruled by the Committee.
On motion of Mr.. Morrill,. of Yer
mont, the bill to eonstrue the act of
March q, 1865 was passed. 1t allows
a Drawback on cotton goods exported
prior TO May L, 1869, where internal
tax was paid on the raw cotton-it
being intended to remedy the de
fieiency in the ruling of the Secretary
of the Treasury.
Mr.. Anthony was elected President
of the Senate pro tenn, TO preside
during the recess, the iee-President
having vacated the chair
The pension Of three thousand dol
lars a year to Mrs. Lincoln was con-
sidered Bayard and Morrill,, of Yer
mont, opposed the bill as creating
bad precedent, and Cameron favored
it. The bill finally passed, yeas q,
nays 80.
The bill to constitute Houston, Tex
as, a port of delivery, passed.
Mr.. Chandler moved to take up the
bill to encourage the building Of
American vessels to engage in foreign
trade, the passage of which, he said,
was deemed by the Administration a
matter of vital importance.
The bill was then taken up and read.
The first section allows a drawback
equal to the amount of duty paid On,all
foreign matter imported to be used in
the construction of vessels for the for
eign trade, and provides that upon all
domestic material so used there be
paid an amount equal to the amount
of duty thrt would have been imposed
had such materials been foreign.
Section second exempt5 from import
and internal duty all ship stores and
coal for the use of vessels from the
United States to foreign ports and
allows them to be taken in whole
packages in bond. Section third pro-
vides that for eight months from the
passage of this act American registers
may be issued to foreign built
ocean ships for foreign trade.
Mr.. Sherman was opposed to pay
ing back duties already received by
the Government, and was in favor of
striking out the first two sections.
Mr.. COnkling was in favor of taking
advantage of the opportunity afforded
by foreign war to extend our carry
ing trade.
Mr.. COrbett favored the retention of
the first two sections, believing the
payment of drawbacks equivalent to
the duties that would be collected on
ship building material, and that it
should be paid as a means of stimu-
lating the building of ships in our
own yards. He argued that the effect
of the third section would be to flood
! the country with old ships, as there
would not be time within eight
months TO build abroad.
E.. Mr.. Drake from the Conference Com
mittee on Naval Appropriation bill,
| submitted a report which was
adopted. .sr-
Mr.. Ferry reported a bill donating
| for school purposes, a certain lot OF
land, with building thereon, known
as an old Indian dormitory in Mack
! inaW. Passed.
Mr.. Sawyer reported bill to repay
the city of Milwaukee one hundred
| Thousand dollars advanced for the
construction of the new harbor.
1 Ordered printed and recOmmitted.
Mr.. Morrill,, of Maine took similar
! grounds, remarking the probability OF
| q foreign war as not sufficiently immi-
nent to justify the passage of section
| third.
A motion by Mr.. Dawes to table
the bill prevailed-2I to 10.
Mr.. Ramsey announced the death
! of his colleague, Hon. ID. S. Norton,
which occurred in Washington the
! previous evening. He said in view OF
| the little time of the session remain
ing, an address appropriate to the Oc-
| casiOn would be reserved till the next
session. He then offered a resolution
for the appointment of a committee ol
three members Of the Senate and five
Of the House to attend the remains to
! the place of interment. The resolu-
ton passed, and Ramsey, Thurman
and Stockton were appointed such
committee ON the part of the Senate,
The House then went into cOnsid-
Grafton of business on the Speakers
table.
Senate amendments to House bills
concurred in are as follows: To dis.
continue the Clarksville, Ark, land
districts; for the relief of the United
States and Brazil mail steamship
company; to require national banks
going into liquidation to retire circu
lating notes; to declare forfeited Z
the United States certain lands
granted the State of Iowa for railroad
purposes; granting the Louisville anC
Southern Illinois Railroad Company
right of way to build bridge across
Big Wabash river; to vacate For
Dakota military reservation in DalzOtS
Territory. Objection was made tx
taking up the Senate amendment
to the Apportionment bill, and thu
bill remains on the Speakers stand
The Senate bills on the Speaker
table were disposed of more summa
! rily. They numbered eighty, o
Il which twenty-five were for railroad
grants. The latter were objected u
even before the clerk had time to read
the titles.
Others were either objected to anC
4 remained on the Speakers table OF
referred to appropriate committees
except a few which passed, viz: fol
the relief of Third Arkansas Cavalry
I granting an appropriation for thu
erection of a bronze equeStriaI
statue to General Rawlings; authoriz
I ing the continuance of the invention
for pOst-marking mail packages
condemned cannon for the soldiers
monument at Omaha; repeating
the bill granting a pension to Mrs
Lincoln: Becker for removing the pO
Ilfaiss Maryland; and NJ. 6. Butler, Q
South Carolina; amending bankrup
( law.
Mr. CoIburn reported a bill to pro
vide for an inventory of the propert.
of the United States in the District o
Columbia. Passed.
Also bill to provide for a repor
of the receipts and expenditures of tn
Secretary and Clerk Of the House @
Representatives,
Mr.. Churchill introduced a bill t,
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