The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-07
CON G II e s s.
FORTY-FIRsT TERM THIRD SESSION


wAsHTNGToE. Dec The following bills we're intro
dqesd r Ia and d. temnoraliIy laid on the table
grsphich communication between America, Asia, and
The bill gives the Am ercan and East India Telegraph
Company the exclusive right for tweutyo
the Pacific coast OF the United States connect the
Pany shall begin to lay said cable within ons seSr snd
& Nat, wfhn three from the Of this
ns nSe By dssS of n
and is to protect the same from injury.
By Mr, Sumner iMsss). to secure wages TO in
,dS ps,ed S G wreck provided has
question sP1aiOns By which shai ali
ssicr IL frssS. 's'
s1SSatfs' S9
s9 % for rating ships and
SUCH n hts TO dsSerdd
goods any 70 S. Of ened %
allows Of baef e
to the amount Of duties on materials used in the
cheapening ship construction "1N
Of spd g = from OF the & Bs
line the words and within one year" 10 remove
BY @r. Oole create the Southern Judicial District
Several memorials were presented asking for oonpen
Kentucky and Tennessee during the war.
objected bills to be considered their order and each
and for five minui es only.
The Senate at 1873 adjourned
House of REPRESENTATIVES.
John Manning. member elect from the Fourth district
Of North Carolina presented himself and took the oath of
Mr. Arsher tMd }, from the Naval Committee reported
Of Surgeons Adams and Rudenstein of the navy.
Bills were introduced and referred as follows
by Mr; Sheldon Cab TO amend the currency act Of
by Mr. johnson (oa) TO establish of delivery
Also TO restore TO certain settlers in California rights
taken from them under act OF Congress
the lava and treste. Of the United states
H Mr. TO oT PSy ar SSs nsSa
tSp Of specie p payments; &;
into the Treasury, and the issuing of like amount
specie after six months from National banks to
States be received duties imports if they
have become rodeemable in coin.
RarCad qS%PfHy Con to build bridges over naysabs rivers
low water marx, and to build plans be approved
OS b, IN Mr. MeNeeiy, to abolish the Frssdmens Bureau
Resolutions were offered as follows
ucTma6D resVe 10 the alleged the
Granada, of Province TowG Mass by British cutter ia
she had on board too much provisions for Awo months
BY Mr. M5ngen reciting the paragraph in the Presi-
dents relative TO the European project TO AXE
SPs %
tho TO- ns TO
gress the possession OF the admin
stration going to show the grounds which his belief
is based Referred 20 the Committee on foreign Affairs
M M s ss Ss rsosHt s ass
especially the necessaries of is demanded by the
country, and instrucing the Committee of Ways and
Means TO REPORT immediately bill SO amending the tariff
LAYS as to reduce 'hs duties S on tea s ga e.
cent pig iron to 81 90 per ton and such general
ducton all other articles will in the main correspond
with the imposed by the tariff law OF 1885, framing
the law the purpose only, and for
lection. Referred the Committee OF Ways Means
MIR. Farnsworth (ll) from the Post Office Committee
statutes relating to the Post Office Department and tue
House proceeded TO consider il in the morning hour The
bill consists of 1872 pages and is intended substitute
for all the existing laws ON the subject.
The section in relation to the of letter carriers,
limiting it 10 $500 year gave rise TO considerable discus
sion, Messrs Sargent and AXtel contendng that
ception should DO made ia the of San Francisco
where labor high, and Msssrs Ayers OHei Kelley and
Cox ontending that the compensation Of letter
in Phsdephia and New York should be at least slaOo
year.
The House, however, rejected both pro opositious