The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-24
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

pany to 81 ,000, 600 was further amend
ed, giving Government the right to tax
the vessels in time of war was concurre'
in. The Company is required, as o con
dition of the increased subsidy, to con
tinue its line between San Francisc
and New York, by way of the Isthmus o
Panama. An amendment increasin,
the subsidy for semi-monthly mail ser
vice to Brazil to $40, 900 per annun
was agreed to. Various amendment
involving subsidies were voted down.
House.-A bill limiting to one pc
cent, the cost of the reissue of legal
tender notes, etc., was passed. Nash
vile and San Diego were authorized K
receive goods in bond. Committee OF
Elections reported in favor of Giddings
of Texas, entitled to the seat of Clark
sitting member. The bill allowing re-
bate of tax on whiskey destroyed by fire
while in bond was passed. Senate bill
authorizing the erection of q railroad
bridge at Boonville, Missouri, was pass
ed. Consideration to Senate amend
ment to Deficiency Bill was resumed. A
substitute for the amendment in refer
ence to claims for cotton seized Govern
ment after the war was adopted, author
lied payment for cotton seized after
June 80, 1866, to the amount of the net
proceeds of such sales paid into the
Treasury, without interest, In the
South Carolina contested case, Wallace,
sitting member, was entitledto the seat.
House went into Committee of the
Whole ON the tariff and tax bill. Kelly
of Pennsylvania, moved to stike out the
enacting clause, which was done-95 to
70. The bill, on motion of Mr.. Dawes,
was recommitted to the Ways and
Means Committee, with instructions to
report a bill reducing the tariff to nine
ty per cent of the present rates. The
The vote on recommittal stood lit to
IS. Dawes proposition does not apply
to coal, salt, leather, or pig iron, the dn-
ties on which are to stand at the rates
reported in the original bill. Dawes
thereupOn reported back the bill as in
structed, and it was referred to the Com
mittee of the Whole. Various army
bills were passed. A bill passed declar-
ing the land of Fort Collins military
reservation in Colorado, subject to pre-
emption and Homestead entry; also a
bill providing for the establishment of
a military bill at Rock Island. A reso-
luton to pay the contestant for the seat
of Rogers, of North Carolina, 81, 500
was adopted.
MAY 8.-Senate.-The Post Office Ap-
preparation bill was passed. House Cen
eral Assembly Bill came up. Sumner
moved to insert the supplemental Civil
&c.
fered an amendment excluding the ku-
Klux from the benefits of the act. Hill
moved to amend so as to grant universal
amnesty. Sherman favored Sumner s
amendment, so as to give the House
chance for fair vote After debate, par
in by Trumbull, Boreman, Sher-
man, ard Stewart, Morton withdrew his
amendment.
House-The supplementary Apportion
ment Bill increasing the number of mem
bers OF the House from 283 to 292 was pass
ed House went into Committee on the
Whole on the Tariff and Tax Bill. Dawes
estimated the reduction in the revenue
made by the bill at $40 100000. The ques-
ton of tea and coffee gave rise to long
debate. The duties were stricken out
The duty on bituminious coal and shale
was fixed at IS cents ton. An item was
fixing the duty on "culm of coal
at fifteen per cent ad yalorem. Bill
the act to establish and protect
National cemeteries was passed. A bill
providing that officers shall hereafter be re-
tired at their actual instead of their brevct
rank was passed Senate amendments to
bill providing against the enlistment of
minors were concurred in. Senate bill au
the President to appoint Pay
master General of the Army, with the rahl,
of Colonel, was passed.
MAY 9.3Senate.-Goat Island Bill was
read second time The Amnesty Bill
came up as unfinished business, tie pend
ing question being on Summers motion to
substitute the Supplementary Civil Rights
Bill. Blair moved an amendment submit
ting the question of mixed schools to the
people of each city, county or State. Lo-
gan said an amnesty measure was neces-
sary in order to counteract the Cincinnati
Blair's amendment was re
jected-23 to 30. The first section of the
House General Amnesty Bill, was added
as an amendment-38 to II. The second
section was also added-3l to IA. Car
penter moved to strike out of the Civil
Rights Bill the provision to enforce the
rights of colored men to sit as jurors
snumbull moved to strike out the Civil
Rights Bill, in order to get direct vote on
which was rejected 20 to so. The
Vice-President gave the casting vote
Vickers moved an amendment excluding
from the operations of the bill church or
cemetery associations, and be-
nevolent institutions incorporated by State
authority. Adopted by vote of the Vice
President. An amendment providing that
The bill shall apply only to benevolent in
of public character was adopt
ed. The vote was then taken on the Civil
Rights Bill substitute for the Amnesty Bill,
which was lost-27 to %. This brought
the House Amnesty Bill up. Sumner Of
fered the Civil Rights Bill as amendment
rs to 2s. The Vice President voted in
the affirmative, and the motion was agreed
to. Morton's amendment excluding Ku-
klux was lost-23 to "a. Edmunds
excluding members of the
rhirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congress,
who had aided the rebellion was agreed to
-22 to 2l The vote was then taken on
The passage of the bill, and it was rejected
80 to 32-two thirds not voting in the at
irmative.
House. .-Sargent's motion to lay on the
able the bill allowing transferable land
warrants to discharged soldiers was neg
,tived- ll3 to 67. The tax bill came up
N the Committee of the Whole The duty
On salt being under consideration, amend
nents admitting free of duty salt used in
curing fish, meat, butter, and Cor fertilizing
purposes, were voted down. The duty was
inally fixed at cents per 100 pounds in
bulk, and II cents in sacks. The duty on
,and, betting, and other sole leather was
liked at Is per cent. ad valorem; on upper
Gather, dressed and undressed skins, 20
per cent; on morocco, 10 per cent; on CHI
cory, ground or unground, l per cent per
b. Committee rose. South Carolina con-
ested came up. Wallace was declared en-
titled to the seat, and the contestant was
allowed 81, l54 for his expenses.
MAY l0.-Senate- Sumner nitro
luced anew his Supplementary Civil Bill,
md moved to have it placed on the calen-
lar, which was done. The bill authorizing
he issue of 1000 breech-loading arms to
against inhabitants of Montana for defense
he Indians was passed. The bill fixing
he time of holding the Presidential elecr
ion in Louisiana on the first Monday in
November was passed.
House-The Fertilization Bill, appro
priating 81 ,9S5 900 was passed. The tariff
md tax bill came up, and q long discussion
snsued on the tariff on pia Iron, which was
molly fixed at 10 per cent less than the