Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-06-28
FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
This Afternoons Proceedings.
TUESDAY, June %.

TUESDAY, June %.
SENATE.-The Atlantic and Pacific Rail-
road bill was taken up, and debated until one
O'Clock, when Mr.. Morton moved to 20 into
executive session; which was agreed to, and the
Senate then went into executive session.
various memorials, petitions and reports of
interest
1t was agreed that in the debate on the Tax
bill no Senator shall speak longer than five
minutes on any one amendment.
The bill to reduce internal taxes, and for
other purposes, was then taken up, the question
the passage OF this act no duty shall be levied
on tea, coffee and sugar.
Mr.. Davis suggested to strike "sugar" ont OF
the amendment, and Mr.. Yates accepted the
suggestion.
HOUSE.-By unanimous consent, Mr.. Latin
IN. " introduced bill granting the right of
way through certain government land at Sack
etts Harbor, n. Y, to the Carthage, Watertown
and Sacketts Harbor Railroad Company; which
was passed.
Mr. Hale, ME, } from the Naval Committee.
reported back bill to compensate H. K. Offiey,
Chief Clerk of the Navy Department, for extra
service rendered. Passed.
Mr.. Bingham, from the Judiciary Commit
tee. reported back Senate bill giving priority
in the courts to certain cases in relation to the
re venue, &c which was passed.
Mr.. Garfield, lOhio,) from the Committee on
Banking and Currency, reported back bill
applying the penalty clause of the act of June
Sd, 1864, in relation to national banks, to banks
that have gone into operation prior to that date,
which was passed
The House then went into Committee Of the
Whole on the Miscellaneous appropriation bill.
Mr.. Dawes (Mass.) defended himself from the
charges made yesterday that the committee had
introduced private claims into a general appro-
priati0n bill, and read letter from the Secre-
tary OF the Navy certifying that the amount in
the paragraph under consideration was an
unpaid balance long since due upon written
contract.
Mr.. Orth Ind.) coEtended that it was a pri-
yate claim and should 60 the Committee on
Claims, who were compelled to give to the
House their reasons for recommending the pay
ment of the claim in report. He charged that
this system of legislation was vicious, and he
hoped that all these paragraphs would be
stricken out
Mr.. Lawrence (Ohio) said that had the para
graphs under consideration read, "for payments
on account Of ordnance" instead of "to pay
Horatio Ames," there would have been no ques-
ton raised; and yet it was for payment for ord
nance that the appropriation was made.
The paragraph was passed with amendment.
Mr.. BOles (Ark.) moved an amendment to ap-
propriate $3.50, to pay James OvertOn for quar-
termaster stores and commissary supplies furn-
ished for and used by the armies of the United
MIR. Farnsworth moved to insert paragraph
appropTiating $40 800 to enable the Secretary
by Austin Wiley for @ Indian service in CaIifor-
mia. He said he voted to strike out q paragraph
to this effect yesterday, under the belief that all
the private claims were to be stricken out. AS
the other had not been, he wanted to restore
this. The amendment was adopted.
Mr.. Dawes moved to amend by inserting a
paragraph appropriating s55 400 to pay John
French Finn for supplies furnished to the Sioux
Mr.. POmeroy Qowa) moved to appropriate
Sill GOO to pay certain similar accounts which
have been filed and approved by the Indian Bu-
reau, and known as the Harney claims.
Mr.. Lawrence (Ohio) oppose the amendment,
Claiming that it was contracted in violation of
law. He said Gen. Harney was sent West with
authority to expend 100000. In 1863 Congress
passed bill apprOpriating $40 900 to settle his
bills, and in the general Indian appropriation
bill another SlG0 900 had been put in to settle
- all these slaIps psiApYSar And qn qH No one knows the
amount OF them. He was opposed to any fur
ther appropriations.
Mr.. Dawes defended General Harney, whose
course was approved by Gen. Sherman and Gen.
Grant, and incurred the debt to feed the Indians
to prevent an Indian war.
Mr.. Pomeroy reduced the amount of his
amendment to 30 000-the balance being COW
cred by the previous amendment offered by Mr.
Dawes; and it was adopted.
Mr.. McCrary (Iowa) moved an amendment
for payment of services rendered and supplies
furnished on account of service at the Fort Ber-
thold Agency, Dacotah Territory, S63 ,2O5.O5, or
so much thereof as the Secretary of the Interior
may find to be justly due. Adopted.
Mr.. Sargent (Cal) offered amendment TO
enable the Secretary Of the Interior to indem-
nifty A. M. Adams for losses sustained by depre-
dations by the Kiowa and Comanche Indians in
1s6s-S2S, ,4s2; which was adopted.
indemnify Jose Salzar for depredations by
the Navajo Indians in New Mexico-s9, ,OO0
which was adopted.
AN amendment offered by Mr.: Bingham, ap-
Propriating S29 900 to enable the Superinten-
dent of the Coast Survey to make observations
In Europe on the eclipse of the sun in Decem-
Der next, was adopted.