Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-10

details were offered and agreed to.
| During the discussion which followed,
Mr.. Wood denounced the bill as a
swindle, and said he would guaFan-
tee to give the cOrpOrators $40, 600, 900
for their franchise, to which Mr.. In
gersoll replied that he could have it
for 81 10000
Mr.. Cox raised point that It was
not in order to put up franchises at
auction on this floor. He afterward
suggested an amendment which he
said would carry the bill through
Congress, viz: TO strike out the names
Of the corporators and insert those OF
n, mem M. i,1s':s ~ - OF Congress.
Mr. IngersOll, who insisted that Mr..
Woods statement was all bragadOciO,
moved the previous question, but the
House refused to second it.
Mr.. Swami then spoke in opposition
to the bill, which was finally passed
over till the morning hour tomorrow.
Mr.. Garfield, from the Committee
on Rules, offered aresOlutiOn devOting
exclusively to the business of the Dis
trict of Columbia, when claimed by
that committee, the third Friday in
each month, from two o'clock pm. to
the adjournment. Adopted.
The House then resumed the con-
sideratiOn of the joint resolution re-
ported yesterday, from the Commit
tee on printing, in reference to print
ing the patent Office specifications,
etc. Messrs. Jencks and Banks sup
ported and Messrs. Cox and Mungen
opposed the resolution. The latter
charged that there was a big Job OF
printing, engraving and lithOgraph-
ing concealed in it.
Mr.. Jencks offered an amendment
authorizing the Commissioner of Pat
ents to furnish also a complete set of
such specifications and drawings to
any public library that pays for the
binding the same into volumes, to
correspond with those in the Patent
Office, and that will keep them for
convenient access to the public.
Agreed to.
MeSsrs. Patton and Kerr also advo-
Gated the joint resolution, which finally
passed without a division.
MIR. Logan called up the bill for the
reduction of the number of army Off
GERS, but yielded to the introduction
of bills.
Mr.. Schenek gave notice that as
soon as the army bill was out of the
way he proposed tOpress the tariffand
tax bills.
Mr.. Stokes, from the Committee on
the Census, reported the census bill,
which was recOmmitted.
Mr.. Morrill,, of Pennsylvania, intro
duced a bill to provide for the One
Hundredth Anniversary of American
Independence by holding National
Exposition of Arts, Manufactures, and
Products of Mines, in Philadelphia, in
1876. Referred.
Mr.. BOles introduced bill for audit
ing and paying the claims of loyal
citizens in the late rebel States, and
also to provide homesteads for the col
Ored people Of the Southern States.
Referred.
Mr.. Stevenson, from the Committee
on Mileage, reported a bill to regulate
mileage; recOmmitted. 1t reduces the
mileage from 20 to 10 cents per mile,
and requires the travel to be by the
shortest practicable route.
Mr.. ArneH, from the Committee on
Education and Labor, reported a bill
amendatOry of the act establishing a
Bureau of Education. Recommitted.
Mr.. Logan moved that the bill for
reducing the number of army officers
be considered in the House as in a
Committee Of the Whole. Agreed to.
He then gave notice that he would
call it up tomorrow, and the House
at 4 o'clock adjourned.
ioeRGte.-mr. Ferry presented a peti-
ton and made remarks relative to the
illegal Imprisonment by the Domini-
can Government of Dennis S. Hatch,
a merchant of st. Domingo, and an
American citizen. He had been
brought before a military tribunal on
frivolous charges, and sentenced to be
shot, but pardoned by the Dominican
Senate on condition of leaving the
island, and was prevented from doing
so by the Government, and returned
to prison, and our Consul's efforts to
relieve him have been fruitless.
Mr.. Ferry moved its reference to
the Committee on Foreign Relations,
with message from the President on
the subject, in the hope of a speedy
action.
Mr.. Sumner inquired whether the
Senator had any suggestions to make
to the committee.
Mr.. Ferry replied that he would
suggest to the President of the United
States to demand the peremptory re-
lease of Mr.. Hatch, and if the demand
was not complied with to enforce it by
our naval force in that neighborhOOd.
Mr.. Sumner thought it would be
preferable to recommend judicial pro-
ceedings by the Dominican Govern
ment as to the cause of the detention
of Hatch.
Mr.. Ferry expressed the belief that
the real cause OF the imprisonment of
Hatch was the possession of certain
knowledge concerning an effort to
swindle the United States cut of
large sum of money in the purchase of
the island. Our Consular agent hav-
ing been expressly promised that
Hatch should be released, and the
promise having been fiagrantly disre-
garded, he thought it better for the
American Government to employ a
more forcible argument than words.
The subject was then referred.
Mr.. Williams, from Finance Com
mittee, reported to the House a joint
resolution extending the time for the
withdrawal of spirits from bond, with
a recommendation that it does not
pass.
Mr.. Bogard, in behalf of the minor
ity, expressed the hope that the rec
ommendatiOn of the majority would
not be the sense of the Senate.
Mr.. Trumbull, from the Judiciary
Committee, reported the House bill
TO admit Georgia to representation.
He said the committee had instructed
him to report it back with a state
ment that the conditions annexed to
the bill were the same as those an
nexed to the bills recognizing Virginia
and Mississippi as entitled to repre-
sentation, and which the Senate had
twice adopted, believing it unneces-
sary to insist upon their own views in
reference to these conditions. The
first proviso was in accordance with
the recent report of the Commit
tee relative to the election of State
officers.
Mr.. Thayer inquired If it was mi
noritv reDOFt.