Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-07-07
CONGRESSIONAL.


seSArh. Tuesday, June 2s.-The
j itlansic & Pacific Railroad DILL was
discussed and an aGiendme MT adopted
tIIat the land grants shall not apply 10
lands in the Indian Territory. The bill
.tan vent over. After short Kxeeu-
80 session the Tax and tariff bill was
,-roc.edgd with. Amendments were
.,Ionted. striking out the House classifi-
,.ation OF sugar, leaving tho duty as at
nreseut; regulating this duty on hemp
IF an kinds at S25 per ton; on bagging
valued at less than ten cents square
ward, a duty OF 2 cents per pound is
Jayied: costing over ten cents, 5 cents
per pound. The paragraph on Ditumin-
nus coal and shale, 80 cents ton, was
opposed by Messrs. Boreman, Wiley
and Scott. Adjourned
HousE,-The sundry civil service bill
was passed; also bills granting priority
in the United States Courts TO certain
cases to which State is a party; con-
struiup section So of the National Cur
rency act of June Sd, 1854, which pro-
vides penalties for offeases against it to
applyi'to every, President, Cashier,
Teller, Clerk or Agent of National
Banks; also bill making Buffalo, Gin
cinnati. st. Louis, Evansville, Mil
waukee aud Chicago, Ports of Entry.
The report of tue Conference Commit
tee on the Currency bill was discussed,
till the House, overcome by heat. ad-
journed.
SENATE, Wednesday, June pa
memorial was prese nted on the i'm
portauce of making a full appropriation
for the louisville Canal, according to
rte n fN.x q. nj
Tariff bill was taken up and discussed
until adjournment. The paragraph
liking the duty on coal at fifty cents
per tom was rejected, leaving the duty
as at present. The duty on live animals
was fixed at thirty per cent, al UGtoreDi;
free Importation for breeding purposes
can not come from Mexico and Canada.
HoUSE.-Senate bills were passed:
To establish Western Judicial District
in Wisconsin, and1n relation to certain
unsoId public lands in Luke and Porter
counties, Indiana. fhe Conference
Report on the Currency bill was taken
up. Messrs. Judd, Coburn, Armstrong,
Cox, Ingersoil, Burchard and Morgan,
opposed, and Messrs. Jones, of Ken.
lucky, and Garfield favored the report.
Finally it was rejected by a vote of yeas,
50; nays, 1872 Adjourned.
SENATE, Thursday, June 30.--The
bill for the protection of fur bearing
animals in Alaska was passed. The
Senate went into Executive session on
the treaty for the annexation of San
Domingo and it was rejected-yeas 2S,
nays .. The Tax and tariff bill was
takenup-and the duty on steel railway
bars reduced 10 one cent per pound.
After the further consideration of the
Trov hill tho Spnaea fpoi- raaasc
HoUSE.-The Indian Appropriation
bill was finished and a Committee OF
Conference appointed en- the Senate
amendments which We're not agreed to.
The Committee on Elections reported
john AZ. Rice, the sitting member frou
the Ninth Kentucky District, disquali-
fled under the Fourteetnh Amendment,
and the suhjeccyenf over until to-day.
The Funding bill was taken up and al
amendment to exempt the bonds from
taxation was rejected. 4 number oi
other amendments We're rejected and
the House adjourned.
SENATE, Friday, June 3l.-rhe Sothern
Pacific Railroad route was discussed
aud laid over. The Tax bill was taken
up and the amendment to tax United
States bonds was sTejected-yeas II, nays
So. = he bill was reported TO the Com
mitteeU the whole form the Senate
and the striking out of the income taS
agreed to, several amendments TO con
tinRe it in various shape being rejected
It wss provided that the tax on salaries
and dividends shall not continue beyond
August next, and an amendment &c
restore the tax Oh gross receipts wa:
voted down. Pending further action
the Senate took y recess. AT the even
ing session Mr.. Wilson offered AT
amendment continuing the income tax
for two years, at the rate of two and {
half per cent, which was agreed to-
yeas y, nays 81. So the .income tag
features ofthe bill /. rs modified by the
Senate, remain.
HoUsE.-Col, James Belger's petition
for restoration to the army was laid on
! the table. The President was asked
for information regarding the stoppage
of American fishing vessels on their way
to the Banks by British vessels tTh,
Funding bill was taken up and afiel
considerable debate was adopted ant
will now be returned to the Senate
During the. debate AIr. Wood made
some charge against the Committee OF
Ways and Means, which were replied
to in sharp language by Mr.. Schenck.
The Public Debt statement-Decrease O
Over saO.0OO,O 900 in june.
WASHINGTON, July ].
The recapitulatfon of the statement Q
the public debt of the United State
July Ist, 1870, issued from the Treasur,
Department, is as follows:
De5t Beari,ig Iisterest in Coin.
Bonds at 2 cent........S S22l ,589, 10000
Bonds ate u cent.........l. .SS655i, 10000
---S2, l07, $50. 1000
Debt Bearing Interest ia Ldscfih Money
Certificates at . cent. s45,5i5, ,0OOOO