Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-13
HOUSE.

The Yerba Buena Island bin was re-
committed to the Pacific Railroad Commit
tee with instructions to amend by provid-
ing that the President appoint three COM
missioners at the expense of the Central
Pacific road to hear all parties interested,
who shall award three months after their
appointment such a sum for the use of half
of the island as shall be just and equitable,
to be paid by the Central Pacific Railroad
Company.
A resolution declaring B. F. Myers en-
titled to seat from the Sixteenth Pennsyl-
Yanion District. Adopted.
Mr.. Wheeler entered a motion
TO reconsider the vote re-
committing the Yerba Buena bill so as to
give the Pacific Railroad Company control
Of the bill to bring it before The House at
any time.
Mr.. Holman moved to lay the motion on
the table. Lost-68 to 70.
The bill consequently remains for the
control of the company.
z. b. Vance.
The Speaker called the attention of the
House TO the fact that yesterday the name
Of Zebulon Vance was included in the gen
eral amnesty. He considered this an abuse
of the privilege conferred by the House, as
there had been ali implied obligation that
no person should be included in such bill
who bad been a member of Congress and
had resigned and given aid to the rebellion.
He was glad he did not know who had sent
up the name of Vance, nor from which side
of the House it came.
Mr.. Leach stated that he was the member
who sent the name of z. B. Vance yester-
day to be included in the general amnesty,
and cOntended he was perfectly justified in
doing so.
Mr.. Bingham moved to reconsider the
vote by which the amnesty bill passed laid
over.
Federal Revenues.
The Postoffice appropriation i'll came up
in Committee of the Whole. The PROPOSE
tons to furnish uniforms for letter carriers
and that house-holders supply letter boxes
were rejected.
Mr.. Wood offered a formal amendment,
and in his remarks criticised the statements
of Mr. Dawes a few days since as to the
receipts and expenditures of the Govern
ment for the coming fiscal year. He pre-
sented a tabular statement of the actual re-
ceipts from all sources for the first eight
months of the present fiscal year, ending
the 1st of March, 1872. This includes re-
ceipts from duties, internal revenue and
miscellaneous sources, and amounts to
S250, $685. SIS, which, together with the bal
ance at the same ratio, would make total
for the present fiscal year of 1915, 764, So.
Against this expenditure, as intimated by
the Secretary of the Treasury, for the fiscal
year ending the Both of June, 1873, would
= Sp,1v,IaI
over S2S,000,000 on account Of the
sinking fund, the payment of interest
on the public deb, etc, and included about
$500, 900 more than Congress would vote
for the improvement of rivers and harbOrs.
It would thus be seen that there would be
a surplus of over So, 000, 900. If this should
be paid towards the liquidation of the prin-
cipal of the public debt, it would leave S57, :
100000 to be reduced from taxation. BE
proposed that this should be taken off of the
duties on iron, the manufactures of iron,
tea, coffee, salt, coal and WuOlens, and also
from internal taxation by the income tax
and other similar sources Of income. He
also animadverted on the policy of ths5Sec-
rotary in keeping so large balance Of cash
on hand which now amounted to over
Sl74,000,000.
Mr.. Dawes replied to Mr.. Wood, and said
that the latter had not contrOverted sin
ole item Of what he (Dawes) had stated as
to the expenditures Of the Government.
The gentleman from New York (WOod)
had improved on the gentleman from Penn
svlvania (Kelly) by more than one hundred
millions in his estimate OF revenue, but be
asked the House to consider whether it was
exactly wise to go on in eXtravagant expen-
ditures with no other resources to meet
them than an expected increase in the rev.
enue, The first six months receipts ofthe
current fiscal yea1 multiplied by would
give the years receipts at Si6S,OOO,OOO, only
100000 more than the Secretary OF the
Treasury estimated.
A proposition by Mr.. Strong to prevent
any printing whatever on Government
stamped envelopes was discussed and re-
jected.
MIR. Conger from the Committee on Com
MERGE offered an amendment increasing the
subsidy forthe mail service to China to one
million dollars, provided that the service
shall be semi-monthly and in ships of Amer
lean construction.
Mr. Holman made APPOINT Of order on the
amendment.
The Chairman Overruled the point of Or
der.
Mr.. Holman appealed from the decision
of the chair and the decision was sustained
BY a very large majority.
Without disposing of the amendment the
committee rose and the House adjourned.
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The Murder Mania.