Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-09
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

I
! WASHINGTON, April S.--Mr. Pomeroy in
| troduced bill to transfer the Cherokee
and Greek Indian tribes, in the Indian Ter
ritory, to the Western District of Arkan-
sas,
House Appropriation bill, supplying
deficiencies in the salaries of United States
Ministers for the current fiscal year
Passed.
The calendar was taken up and concurred
in.
A resolution for the Joint Committee on
Indian Affairs, was discussed mainly upon
the propriety of committing to joint COM
mittee subjects which involved treaty
making
At the expiration of the morning hour,
the Senate, as q mark of respect to the
memory of Gen. Thomas, adjourned until
tomorrow
HOUSE.
Mr. Paine introduced bill providing
that after the present Congress the House
of Representatives shall be composed of
275 members, and of such members as any
State thereafter admitted may be entitled,
and directing the Secretary of the Interior
to ascertain from the preliminary census
report of 1870 the basis of representation
and apportionment of each State. Re-
ferred. zfg
Dawes after FOrney.
Mr.. Dawes offered resolution directing
the Clerk to report by what authority ST.
872 have been paid to the Washington
Chronicle for advertising ceItain statements
in relation to the Thirty seventh Congress.
Adopted
A MIssissippian( "A
The morning hour having expired, Mr..
Paine from the Committee ON Elections
reported the credentials of Henry w.
Barry, member elect from the third district
of Mississippi, as regular. Barry came for
ward and took the oath.
MIR. Cooke moved that when thes House
adjourned to-day it be until Monday This
was opposed by Mr.. Dawes. Rejected by
6S against SO.
Cotton Thread, Yarn, etc.
The House at 2 o'clock went into Com
mittee on the Tariff bill-the paragraph
under consideration being that as to cot
ton spool thread, and the amendments Of
fered thereto by Messrs. Schenck and ALI
son. Finally Mr.. Allison's amendment
was rejected, and Mr.. Schenck's amend
ments as reported in yesterdays proceed
ings was adopted. The next paragraph
taken up was that taxing at forty per cent
dd gdOrenI cotton thread, yarn warps or
warp yarn not wound upon spools.
Mr.. Maynard moved to add to the para
graph the words, son all numbers finer
than No. 60, fifteen cents per pound. The
amendment was opposed by Mr.. Schenck
and rejected.
shirts, Drawers, COrsets, etc.
The next paragraph was the taxing at
five cents per pound and thirty-fve per
cent ad valorem on cotton shirts, drawers
and other articles, knit or woven in
frames. .. -
Mr.. Kellogg moved to amend by adding
these words: On corsets or manufactured
cloth, woven or made in patterns of such
size, etc, as to be fit for corsets, three dol
lars per dozen. Agreed to.
Mr.. Holman moved to strike out of the
paragraph five cents per pound" Re-
jected. The next paragraph was that tax
ing at forty-five per cent. ad volorem, lace
of every description composed of cotton
aud fax not prepared by the needle.
Mr.. Kellogg moved to increase the rate
to fifty per cent. Rejected. As to the
next paragraph-taxing lace shawls and
there was no amendment offered.
Wool
Mr.. Cox moved to amend by making a
tax on woods on skins at one-haf the
rates Us on other woods. Discussion on the
paragraph was continued by Messrs. Nib
lack, Kelly, johnson, Covode and others.
Mr.. Wood asked Kelly whether, in his
opinion, the Fifteenth Amendment did not
sufficiently protect wool on skin.
Laughter.
Mr.. Schenck-It puts it on the free list
Mr.. Kelly-Since the gentleman from
New York has learned to abhor slavery
the wool Oh black skins will probably be
protected. Laughter.
The paragraph was passed without
amendment.
The next paragraph was that on flannels,
blankets, knit goods, hats and yarns, COM
posed wholly in part wool, taxing them
when valued at not over 40 cents per
pound 20 cents, over 40 cents and not ex-
ceeding 60 cents 80 cents, over GO cents
and not exceeding so cents 40 cents, and
over so cents per pound 80 cents per
pound with 80 cents advalorem.
The committee then rose, having dis
posed of, thus far, less than eight pages of
the bill, which consists of fifty pages.