New-York tribune., 1870-05-11
WASHINGTON.


THE TARIFF BILL.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUHEl
WASHINGTON. Tuesday, May 10, 1870
The Subcommittee the Decay Of American Com
merce which has had under consideration for some days
the question of preparing bills for the establishment OF
steamship lines and granting them subsidies have agreed
to report the bill introduced by Gen. C. c. Washburne IL
provides for the establishing OF six steamship ines and
incorporatng four different companies allowing sub
sdy of s75OOO to each company. The first fs to ply De-
tween the ports Of Boston and Portland to Glasgow ana
Liverpool sailing from each OF said ports each alternate
week The names Of the corporatOrs are as follows:
John b. Brown, Harrison j. sbby, Samuel L. spring
Rufus f. Ward Woodbury. g. Dana Theophius c. Hersey,
Jonas II. Perley, Geo. W! Woodman, j. h JeWett' A.
d. lockwood, John NJ Forbes, E. I. Tobey'
william F. Weld, william Cafin, George
c. Richardson, Geo. b. Upton, Alpheus Hartley, VIM.
b. spooner Chas F. Hovey and Nathaniel Thayer. Inc
ply between the ports OF NewYork and Liv
erpool touching each voyage at the port OF Queens
town. sailing weekly from each port. The following gen.
tlemen tthe corpOratOrs: A. A. Low, Moses Taylor
Marshall o. Roberts, W. II. Aspnwall, Howard Potter,
Charles Lubing George W. Quintard, N. L. McCready,
Herman Livingston, f. v. Leow, and Charles Morgan.
The third line is to ply between the ports Of Philadelphia
and Baltimore and those OF Southampton and Bremen
sailing each alternate week during the year. The cor
porators arc John Edgar Thompson, James H. Orne,
Alfred Cope, John Tucker, WIN. McMichael, Henry
wnsor, j. g. Fell John o. James, John G.. Breemer,
Daniel FOX OF Phladelpni, james Corner, rHI6cfho
Booth, D. NJ Hodges, jr., j. Hooper, A. schumacher,
Thos Whtrdgc FW Brune John Garrett, Jas. Chester,
and Hamilton Easter. Tho fourth line is to ply between
the ports OF New-Orleans and Hamburg In Germany,
touching on the outward and return voyages at South
ampton also from the port OF Ncw-Oreans to the port
Of Rio Janeiro touching at Havana and at points in
the West Indies The corporaors for this line are John
j. Roe, w. NJ. Mcpherson, James Harrison, Gerard B.
Allen John s. Phelps George Knapp, Stilson Hutchns
W. Mckee, Chas. Denzer, John g. McCune, Chauncey 1.
Finey f. w. Gould, John A. Rofenger OF St. Louis, MO-;
Chas A. Whitney l. II. Oglesby, l.. j. Highly, b. b. rack
ard Lafayette Folger, A. Mtenberger g. WWest, Saml
Smith, c. Ii. Hartin, o. f. Hall, Geo. Fosdick' f.
Dolhonde, and W. NJ. Burwell OF New-Orleans. Inc
PostmasterG is authorized to contract with the
said companies for the transportation OF tho u D. malls
once in each week between the United States ana
Europe for ten years. The bill has not yet been coz
sidered by tho General Committee. IL Is understood
that the Sub Committee the reduction OF the sum
allowed by the Senate Committee for Increasing the ser
vice on the line between California and China from
to s3oOO They also favor the granting ola sub
sidy of $4,000 to establish line from Neworleans to
Vera Cruz and other Mexican ports.
In the Senate to-day the morning hour business was
cut short to enable Mr.. Wilson to get up his Army D
1t ia an entire substitute for the House BILL and Its pro-
visions have already been published After discussion
Of three hours the bill was laid aside without any acton
Considerable opposition manifested particularly to
2 men, The Southern Senators expressed the opinion
that It would be most i'll advised TO withdraw the troops
from the South and the extreme Western senators IN
sisted that reality troops should De sent 10 the
frontier At last MI Wilson consented that this section
should be struck out and pending motion to that effect
the bill was laid over The bill viii give rise to much
more debate than anticipated, and Its passage Is
very doubtful The Legislative and Executive appropra-
ton bill taken up, and discussed until a O'CLOCK
yhen after short Executive session. recess was taken
In the Evening Session Of the Senate the Appropra
tion bill was proceeded with. The Senate was rather
thin and 1t was dull and drcary as could well pe
imagined until after o'clock when the Senate was re-
enforced by the II members of the Committee on the Pa
chc Railroad who had been in concave up to that time,
and by other Senator's who begun to stroll in to see how
matters were proceeding The bill was thrown open 10
general amendment and Mr. Morrill, OF vermont CHAIR
man Of the Committee Public Buildings and Grounds,
sent to the amendment appropriatng 100000 for
new State Department building Great opposition was
at opco manifested on the part Of some OF tho
Western Senator's and exciting debate Immediately
sprung up Mr.. Howell opening the discussion with the
oftrepeated threat Of the removal Of the Capital The
Eastern Senators met the cry with irony and
sarcasm but this did not put down Mr. Howell and Mr.
Yatcs who thundered out that the removal was mani-
fest destiny" latter predicting that tho removal
would be accomplished within 10 years. Mr.. Schurz
uttered the belief that interest not sentiment would con-
troll matter and that the Capital would certainly DO
removed to the Mississippi Valley. Both the Nevada
Senators expressed opposition TO removal At II o'clock
Mr. Yates who had been decaiming on the subject in
grand STYLE found his audience reduced to five Senator's
and gave way for adjournment
n the House. to-day, Immediately after the reading Of
the Journal the bill granting land subsidy to aid in the
construction Of the Northern Pacific Railroad came up
as unfinished business Mr.. Wheeler who has charge
of the BILL insisted on vote under the tho "previous
question: To this the opponents of the bill would not
submit and the consequence was most prohtess and
and weary session Of nearly five hours The test vote on
last Thursday showed clear majority Of about forty In
Of the bill The minority composed about equally OF
Democrats and Republicans desire to kill the bill entire
ly or amend II In particulars The majority refused
to allow any amendments and tho minority determined
to "buser" and tire out the majority as to compel
them yield They spent to-day in endeavorng TO &C
complsh this end but utterly failed. Datory motions
with calls for the Yeas and Nays were kept up until
nearly O'clock when Mr.. Wheeler carried an adjourn
ment hoping that after nights reflection the factious
minority would think better Of their foolish delay OF the
business of the House, and allow the majority to rule
There arc many given in explanation Of the op
position the bill In the first place. the members repre-
senting those States directly interested In the Uno Pa
cc and Pacific Railroad, oppose the building OF
the Northern Road because cOmpetes with those roads,
Then number of Free Traders are inmical to the bill
for the reason that 1t contains clause compelling the
road to use American steel rails, which they think Is in
the interest protection and an unnecessary blow
to revenue reform" Then come large number OF
members mostry from the Eastern States, who are of
the opinion that political suicide with their consttu-
cnts for them away much Of the public domain
and lastly those members, before giving their votes
for such measures, would like to have some recognition
in the way Of stock bonds, should they fail to be re-
turned to Congress, and become exmembers protest
has prepared by the minority which 1t expected
will be accepted compromise tomorrow. This pro-
test ready to-day but the friends Of the bill refused
70 allow il to be read for the they say that 1t
ia ai1nnle nece of demapnRnism which should not