The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-08

USE.............. ....... ....WAsHINGToN. Dec. 7.
John Manning, a member from the
Fourth District of North Carolina
presented himself and took the oath
Of office. AtA1 at' sktt
Bills were introduced as follows:
Mr.. Sheldon, Of Louisiana. to amend
the currency act of July 18th, 1870.
Mr.. Lynch. to provide for the gradual
resumption of specie payment. Mr..
Stevenson, to authorize the Cincinnati
4 Southern Railroad Company to
build bridges over navigable rivers;
that oyer the Ohio to be not less
than ninety feet above low water
mark, and built upon plans approved
by the Secretary of War. Mr.. Me-
Neely, to abolish the Freedman's
Bureau.
Resolutions were offered as fol-
lows: Mr.. ButintOn, calling ON the
Secretary of State for information
relative 10 the alleged seizure of the
schooner Grenada, from Province
town, Massachusetts, by 3 British
cutter, in the harbor of Port Hood.
United States, on the pretext that she
had on board too much provisions
for a two months fishing voyage;
adopted.
Mr.. MuDgen, reeiting the paragraph
of the Presidents message relative to
the European project to make the
Bay of Samana a free Fort of entry,
and declaring that Congress should
regard such an attempt as unfFiendly
to the United States and in contra
vention to the Monroe policy. Mr..
Crebs, reciting that recent elections
have developed the fact that a de-
crease in tariff duties, especially the
necessaries of life, is demanded by the
country, and instructiDg the Commit
tee on Ways aud Meaps to report i'm
mediately a bill amending the tariff
laws so as to reduce the duties on oil,
tea, coffee, sugar and salt fifteen per
cent. Gd galOreDa; Bessemer steel
twenty per CENT, and pig iron 81 80
per ton. Referred
FarnsWorth, from the Post Office
Committee, reported bill to revise,
consolidate and amend the statutes
relating to the Post Office Depart
meuts. Considerable discussion took
place on the section which declares
that it shall not be lawful to convey
By mail, deposit In the post Office, or
be sent by mail, any letters or circu-
lars concerning lotteries. so called
gift concerts, or other similar enter
prises. 1t was finally adopted. and a
penalty of not less than 500 added.
Mr.. Hill moved that the Postmaster
General be authorized to issue one
cent correspondence or postal cards.
Mr.. Earnsworth offered an amead-
ment, abolishirg the franking privi-
lege from and after the first day of
July, 1871, on newspapers, periodicals
and magazines, reciproeally inter
changed between publishers aud
weekly newspapers one cezt. The
price of an actual subscriber within
the county to go free as heretofore.
The stamping machines provided for
che President. each head Of Depart
meuG and clerks of the Senate and
House of Representatives with
which to stamp Official correspond
ence, including speeches of Senators
and members, and which, when
stamped, is carried free through the
mails, the postage thereon to be
charged by the Post Office Depart
meut against the various Departments
and Congress-, and that a hundred
| dollars be allowed each member
and Senator TO pay postage on the
correspondence of each session. The
amendment was ordered to be printed
in order that the House may act upon
it tomorrow, and the House, at !
o'clock, adjourned.
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