The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-01-18
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WASHINGTON, Jan. H.-House. BIZ
providing that cargoes In port Decembe
3lst, 1870. shall pay duties under the oil,
tariff law was passed.
! The naval appropriation bill, appropria
ting Sl9. 250, 900, was made the special orde
for Tuesday. ftte
; Mr.. Butler offered resolution authoriz
ing the President to appoint commission
to examine into who received the benei
/, from the Government aid furnished to thu
several Pacific railroads; the commission
! to have the power to send for persons ant
papers. 1t was referred to the Committee
on Appro .riations. ..ts......- .,...{
A bill exempting canal.boats from the
marine hospital tax was passed.
The bill regulating the transportation Of
live stock was finally passed-ayes, 124
{ noes, Stand goes to the Senate.
81 The appropriation bill was resumed.
While the salaries of the judges were un.
derdiscussion it was stated that the daugh.
tiers Of the late Chief Justice Taney had
been compelled to earn living as copyists
In the Treasury, and that the present Ad-
mlnistration had turned them out of that
Office. The salaries Of the circuit judges
remain at s, 900 per annum.
An amendment repeating the law author
izing the publication of the laws In the
newspapers was rejected. -
a communication was received from the
President transmitting additional papers
relative to the existence Of disloyal organ
izations in North Carolina, and ordered to
be printed. The papers consist of the re-
ports of army officers commanding the
United States troops in that State, and let
tiers from Governor Holden, covering long
statements and affidavits in relation to the
"Ku-Klux" and various disturbances in
North Carolina. a..H ...r ..., ..s
The bill ceding to Ohio the Soldiers Asy.
lum ut Dayton was discussed until adjourn
ment.
: Sendte.-Tbe House amendment to the
bill authorizing the issue of $500, 600, 900
five per cent. bonds was oOncurred in, and
the bill now goes to the President.
Mr.. Yates, Of Illinois, offered an amend
IS years OF age, and for fourteen years citi-
zens of the United States, be eligible to the
Presidency; which went over.
Mr.. Kellogg, of Louisiana, called up the
joint resolution for the disposal of public
lands in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, and Arkansas.
MIR. Harlan opposed Its passage, because
he regarded it az calculated to work injuri-
ously to the Interests of the poor people in
those States, many of whom are colored.
Mr.. Kellogg said the only object of the
bill was to pIace the public lands in the
States named on the same footing as public
lands in the other States OF the Union.
Those lands cannot now be entered, and
never will be entered, except under home
stead laws. Thousands of faip, broad acres
in those States, that would be taken by SET
tiers from the North and West, are now
closed to them. The restriction Of these
lands to the choice of actual residents has
been tried, and the lands have not been
taken up. 1t was strange that Mr.. Harlan
should seek to deny to the southern States
the privilege which his own State enjoyed.
Mr.. Harlan said the system which had
prevailed had been anything but benefit
to Iowa. Thousands of acres had been
taken up by non-residents, and IN some
sections You could travel for miles without
meeting settlement. In the States named
in the bill the provisions Of the law now
gave to 1900, 900 freedmen chance to be-
come landowners, and the reason they had
not yet been able to avail themselves Of it
was because they were so recently emanci-
.pated from slavery. To repeal the present
provisions would be to forever debar them
from obtaining freehold, and these lands
would be taken up by the wealthy people
Of those States and by non-residents.
Mr.. Kellogg expressed his willingness
that Mr.. Harlan should offer an amendment
to obviate the contingency of which he
spoke, and for this purpose the bill was in
formally laid on the table, and will be re-
suned tomorrow.