The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-05-06
Dom esfto News.

Domesftc News.
WASHINGTON. May 5.-The House Pa
cific Railroad subcommittee favored
granting franchises to the trape.conti-
mental. or thirty second parallel. The
main features of the bill will be left to
the fun committee. In the House, yes
terdhy, Beck's resolution calling on the
President why Terry suspended the
ha6eds corpus in Georgia. meeting with
objection, Beck objected to everything.
and the regular order was resumed.
Z. Mn the House, Puine intro
d1ced q bill for compensation in contest
ed elections, which was re. committed.
The; bill don't apply to the forty first
Congress. Civil service bill resumed.
Jenoks said the heavy vote against the
bill. yesterday, was in the interest of
thieves; motion to tnble the whole
matter was defeated and the bill re.com
mitted.
In the Senate, Edmunds, from the
Committee on Pensions, reported the
Senate bill to grant pension to Mrs
Lincoln. with q recommendation thut it
be indefinitely postponed; the bill was
accompanied with a report, which was
ordered to be printed. Wilson, from the
Military Committee, reported, with
amendments, bill relative to buildings
used for military purposes in New York
city, Drake, from the Naval Committee,
reported q substitute for bill to pro-
mote seamen for the navy. Vickers.
from the Committee on Commerce. re-
ported adversely to bill to regulate the
importation of emigrants under labor
contracts.
After considerable excitement in the
radical convention, to nominate Mayor,
there was split.
The Democrats carried the Elkton
Maryland election. Negroes voted.
In the House. the Committee on
Elections reported a bill regulating com
pensation in cases of contested cleo
tiOns.
A bill for til, relief of Capt. Beally's
seonts, of Tennessee, was pissed.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs re-
ported resolutions on Paraguyan investi-
cation, declaring thut Rear Admiral
Gordon neglected to perform his duty in
negiecting to aid Washburne in reaching
the Nicaraguan Government A minority
report was presented.
Tho balance of the day was occupied
in an effort to pass the Senate ioint
resolution, granting additional land and
privileges to the Northern Pacific Rail
road. House adjnrned till Monday with
out coming to q vote.
The Medical Association appointed n
Special Committee to see and consider
abortions, with q view of suggesting
some means whereby abortionists might
be expelled. Officers for ensuing year,
are: President-Stylla. Pa; Vice Presi-
dents-Wetherly. of Ala. Gibbons. and
Col. Hnrd, of Texas; Wiley, of Minn.
Ihe place OF next meeting is California.
Or. Rhyburn, who champions the negro
doctors. strove for a hearing. but was
refused amid much kissing. No definite
action. DR.. Wm. Walsh, connected with
the hospitals at Savannah, was elected a
member of the Association.
In the Senate, bill was reported from
the Finance Committee, granting sub
sidy OF $3.50. 600 per year, for two years,
ior seml-monthly steamship line be.
tween New Orleans, Campeachy, Sisal,
Tampic, and Havana.
Senator Sherman introduced q bill to.
DAY, proposing to reduce taxes over
S53, 3,5OO, 600 on income; sales of gross
receipts OF articles in schedule A, snla.
rles OF United States officers, passports,
legacles, snccessions. miscellaneous and
sPeclal taxes, except spirits aud tobacco.
which includes license taxes and all taxes
on employment. This will leave the taxes
on the following articles in force: Dis.
titled spirits, fermented liquors, tobucco
and gas; incomes at the rate af three prr
cent, and oil the stamp taxes or taxes
colIectable by stamps.
The report of the Senate Committee
on Pensions was adverse to the Honse
bill, granting Mrs. Lincoln q pension of
$4,000 per annum, for the reasons TINT
she is not in the destitute condition She
represents herself to be, and that in
1857 she received from Congress and Mr.
Lincaln's estate $4,000. The commit
te9 rAnOrt that fhaxy