Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-06-29
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.


WASHINGTON, June 2S.-Mr. Cameron
entered motion to reconsider the vote on
the Texas Railroad bill, so as to amend by
providing that the amount of foreign iron
| to be used should be limited to 20, geo
tons. He asked the present consideration
of the motion. -
Mr.. Casserly objected.
| At one o'clock a motion was moved for
an Executive session, on which Mr.. Sher-
man demanded the yeas and nays as in
volving the postponement of the tax bill.
The motion was agreed to; yeas 80, nays
2l, and the doors closed. sfF -
The Revenuc BflL
Al 1880 the doors were opened, when it
was agreed by unanimous consent that the
five minutes rule Of debate on the tax bill
should be enforced for to-day. The tax
biz was then proceeded with, the question
being on the amendment of Mr.. Yates,
which ives so modified as to provide that
no duties hereafter shall be levied on teas
and coffee. 49, - -. "
After discussion the amendment was re-
jected-yeas 0, nays IL. t
The vote OF the Senate refusing to strike
out the House provisions reducing duties
on sugar, was, on motion of Mr.. Cameron,
reconsidersd. by 30 to "a, and the. House
classification was stricken out by vote of
81 to 26, leaving the rates at three cents
per pound, according to the present law.
The recommendation of the Finance
Committee striking out the House rate on
pimento pepper and spices of different
kinds, on wines, champagne, brandy, cor
dials and manufactures of cotton, was
agreed to. The effect is to leave entries
as at present.
The following paragraph was debated:
On bituminous coal and slate, fifty cents
for ton of twenty-eight bushels, 50 lbs
to the bushel. --..- sr
Mr.. Foreman opposed the proposed re-
duction as destructive of the coal interest
of West Virginia and Pennsylvania. MIR.
Scott and Mr.. Wiley followed upon same
side. Without vote on the paragraph
the Senate adjourned. 81
HOUSE.
Mr.. Bingham, from the Judiciary Com
mittee, reported back The Senate bill grant
ing priority in United States courts to
certain cases to which q State is party.
Passed. a
The House went into Committee Of the
Whole on the sundry civil service appro-
priation bills, to which amendments were
adopted increasing the appropriations 10 the
amount of $500, 900, including $99, 900 for
observation of the eclipse of the sun in
Europe, next December, and SIS, 900 for
statue of Gen, Scott.
transportation In Bond.
Mr.. Flnkelnburg from the Committee on
Commerce, reported bill to regulate the
appraisement in inspection of imports in
certain cases, allowing the transportation
of articles in bond, except fine distilled
spirits, and perishabie or explosive articles
from New York, Boston, Baltimore, Port
Huron and New Orleans, TO any sea ports or
to Portland, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati,
st. Louis, Evansville and Milwaukee.
Mr.. Brooks, of New York, protested
against the bill, as one that would entail
large frauds in the Revenue. Bill passed.
Salt, etc
Mr.. Schenck, Chairman of the Commit.
tee on Ways and Means, reported, in &C
cordance with the resolution of the House
adopted yesterday, bill to deduct, on all
kinds of salt, 80 per cent, and moved its
reference to Committee of the Whole on
the state of the Union. Carried; 70 to %.
An Exhausted House.
Mr.. Garfield, from the Committee of
Conscience on the Currency bill, called up
the report submitted yesterday, which was
without action until 8 o'clock,
when the House, exhausted with the heat,
the Thermometer indicating 900, ad-
iourned