Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-29
CONGRESSIONAL.
Pacific Railroad BiIIs---Tsy 5iiI---coffee-.
Tariff on MerGhandise---DPy Seeds.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, June 2s.-The Senate pro-
ceeded with the Atlantic and Pacific Kail-
road bill as the business of the morning
hour.
An amendment by Mr.. Harlan that
neither the original nor present land grant
shall apply to lands within the Indian
Territory, and requiring full compensss
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s1s.s SeSs-z.. I.sts.sec., was advocated bv
Messrs. Harlan and Davies as involving
the good faith of The Government in ex-
isting treaties by Which the Indian titles
had been created In the Indian Territory.
After opposition remarks by Mr. How
ard the amendment prevailed by 20 to 20
MI. Cameron then entered a motion to
reconsider the vote on the Texas railroad
bill, so as to amend it by providing thai
the amounts of foreign iron to be used
should be limited to 10000 tons. He
asked a present consideration of the
motion. Mr.. Casserly objected.
~ one o'clock. Mr.. Morton moved an
executive session, Gn which Mr.. Sherman
demanded the yeas and nays, iDvOlvinga
postponemeni,Of the tax bill. The motion
was agreed to, yeas, 81; nays, %, and the
doors were closed. At one thirty the
doors were opened, when it was agreed
by unanimous consent, that the five
minutes rule of debate on the tax bill
The Tax bill was then proceeded with.
the question being on the amendment of
Mr.. Yates, which was modified to provide
that no duties hereafter shall be levied on
teas and coffee. After discussion, the
amendment was rejected-yeas 9, navs Il.
The vote of the Senate refusing to strike
out the House provisions reducing the
duties on sugar, was, on Mr.. CamerOn's
motion, recOnsidered by 30 to "a, and the
HOula Pl4aSifa2tion tyag strfolyav, ont h.
q TO 26-leaving the rates at three cents
per pound according to the present
law. The reconamendatiOns of the
Finance Committee striking out
the House rate on pimentO, pep
per and spices of different kinds; on
wines. champs brandy, cOrdials and
manufactures of cotton, were agreed to-
The effect is TO leave entries as at present.
The paragraph relative TO oorsets and
manufactured cloth was Withdrawn BY
Mr.. Sherman.
The new paragraphs making duty on
elytes OF every description, six cents per
1000; on uitramarine, six cents per pound:
and regulating duties on Manila, Russia
and other hemps, unmanufactured, S25
per ton, were adopted.
other amendments adopted were as fol-
lows: On cotton bagging, or other manu-
factures not otherwise provided for suit
able uses to which cotton bagging is COM
posed, IN whole or part of hemp, iute, flax,
gunny-bags, gunny cloths, or other ma
torial and value less than ten cents Der
square yard, 2 cents per pound; on cotton
as above, valued at over ten cents per
square yard, cents per pound.
The following paragraph was debated:
On bituminous coal or shale, 80 cents for
ton of twenty-eight bushels-eighty
pounds to the bushel.
Mr.. Bowman opposed the proposed re-
duction as destructive of the coal interest
Of West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Messrs. Scott and Wiley followed upon
the same side, and without taking a vote
ON the paragraph, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Bingham, from the Judiciary Com
mittee, reported back the Senate bill
granting priority in the United States
Courts in certain cases to which State is
party. Passed.
Mr.. Garfield, from the Committee on
Banking, reported the bill constituting sec
ton 55 of the National Bank Currency
act of June g. 1864, which provides penal
ties for offenses against it 10 apply to
every president, director cashier, teller,
clerk or agent of national banks. Passed.
The House joint Committee of the
whole on the sundry civil service appro-
priation bill, to which amendments were
adopted increasing the appropriation to
the amount of S26O,OOO including S7640 to
Henry o. Holiday and D. t. Parker, in
satisfaction for judgement rendered in
the United States Court in Southern Lii
nois. $50, 600 for observation of the eclipse
of the sun IN Europe next Dec; $4,000
for statute for General Scott, Franklin
and Washington; SiS5, ,9SS for various In
dian matters, etc.
An amendment was also adopted re-
pealing the law which requires the laying
up of five or six revenue cutters on the
northern lakes and authorizing the Sec
retary of the Treasurer to put them all in
commission, to be specially charged with
aiding vessels in distress. The bill then
passed.
Mr.. Finkelbury, from the Committee
on Commerce, reported bill to regulate
the appraisemeDt in the inspection of inn
ports.