Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23

OWARD NONE; WITH CHART
UNITY, MINNESOTA, '
5 PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS-.
SENATE.-A bill was passed to in
20 per cent the pensions to soldiers and sail
who lost both eyes, both hands, or were oherwts,
totally disabled also bill TO create an additions
land district in Kansas. At the expiration OF tn.
morning hour the Senate resumed tho consideration
81 the t 6 to amend the e. M Cole
appropriation bill, made report An evening ses
sion was held, at which the following bills wert
amGn To- SSsss saos Of
the rank Of Professor Of Mathematics Ia the nayy
for the relief Of the widow Of Charles H. Pendleton
On the active st to 'ss
d. Gushing, for the capture Of the retel cruiser Al
bcmarle to pay chasw. Whitney So 600 for the en-.
Bestar, of Peoria for the construcion oi an
iron-clad steam battery IN 1868.
HOUSE. bills were introduced
under the cal Of states Mr.. voorhees,, of Indiana,
made personal explanation In which he declared
himself unalteraby opposed to Horace Greeley. Mr.
Bird said he would not vote the Cincinnati ticket
even II endorsed by theBatimOro convention Measrs
Randall and Niback stated that they would vote 70.
sppropriating $O0 600 for life size marble statue o}
Senator Baker, of California, was passed. d. c. Gid.
dines was declared entitled to the seat occupied by
Mr.: Clark, Of Texas. On motion, all debate on the
tariff bin was ordered to be closed by three O'Clock
next Thursday, by 127 to "a. Other 6usine ~ Of ma
general importance was transacted.
SENArE.-The bill to amend the en-.
! forcement act was passed. Bills wese Nlso passed
granting the right Of way to tho Davenport and st.
Paul Railroad; to authorize the Secretary Of War to
accept the peninsula in Lake Erie, At Erie Pa: to
amend the act to regulate the foreign and coasting
ern frontiers, and for other purposes for the better
preservation of harbors, hsvens, channels of nsyi-
gable rivers. and other navgable waters in the Unit
struct tunnel under Niagara river, and to erect
and maintain an inlet pier tLerefrom for the pur-
pose Of supplying the city with pure water.
HoUsE.-The Speaker presented a let
ter announcing the resignation Of Mr.. Brooks, of
Massachusetts. Several pension bills, aud . bill
codifytng the pension laws were passed. The House
then took up and disposed of the. senate amendment
to the naval appropriation blu, and ordered CON
terenee committee @ on the disagreeing vote. The tar
the Whole. The Speaker, the evening, announced
mess: ge from the President calling The attention
by immigrants.
SENArE.-The report of the confer
ence Committee on the deficiency bill was taken n,
and agreed to. Mr.. Trumbul reported, without
amendment, the House bill supplemental to the ap-
portionment act Of Feb. 2, 1872. No other business
OF importance was dispoeod Of.
HoUsE.-A bill was passed to estab.
lsh uniform time for Presidential elections. The
House then took up aud disposed of the Senate
amendments to the Military Academy appropriation
bill, and 3 conference committee was appointed on
TIE disagreeing votes. Tho Senate amendment to
the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill,
which continues the mission to the Central Amexs-
can states, was rejected. The House went into
Committee Of the Whole on the tax and tariff hill.
Upon rising, Mr.. Garfield made q conference report
on the deficiency bill.
SENATE. Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad depot bill WAS passed-aso bills to create
an additional land district in Minnesota; to secure
homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain
for the establishment of agricultural college to
settle Land titles in Iowa relation to settlers on
certain reservations IN Minnesota; In relation TO
settlers on lands adjacent to the West Wisconsin
across the Mississippi at near Red Wing, and TO
establish 1t as post-route. bill introduced to
provide for equestrian statue Of the late General
Raw'ins. The postal telegraph bill! was considered
HOUSE bill was passed authorizing
defendents of the United States Courts to testify
in their own behalf. The tariff bill was then taken
up In committee Of the whole. The duty on qufnine
was reduced from 25@10 per cent saltpeter placed
on the free list the duty on santonine reduced to
one dollar per pound strychntne to suc Per ounce;
to ~ cents psr ounce. Books for public ibraliea
colleges schools, philosophical societies. etc. we're
exempted from tax, and the duty on all paper nxed
offered resolution for final sdjourn-
ment from the Sd Of June to the last Monday In
. resolution for adjournment on Monday. June Sd'
which was agreed to. The Senate bill for the erec.
t1on OF new land districts was passed. with substt
settlers public lands; to confirm entries Of Ian
under the act of August lth 1854: to grsduste and
reduce the price Of public lands, and granting right
OF way to several railroads.
SENATE-The House resolution for
nnal adjournment the sd of June was referred. The
Committee On Commerce reported the river and
harbor appropriation bill with nendments, and
1t was made the special order for next Tuesday, The
House bill to amend the act to provide for greater
security Of life vessels propelled in whole or In
eEce Committee on the West Point appropriation
bill was concurred in. The habeas corpus susp ,sion
&C. came up, but was not disposed Of. The confer
5 9s. s eon.
cred.
HousE.-A report from the Confer.
enoe Committee on the bill to provide houses for the
m O$SSnf and 0fA~ T~l& ~
the Indian Territory, was agreed to. The House
went into Committee Of the Whole on the tax and
tariff BILL An amendment was adopted making the
duty on printing paper, whether sized OF unsized,
equal to twenty per cent. ad raioress. Mustard see
brown or white, were placed the free list. The
following duties were fixed On vermuth, forty per
cent. ad vasore; ground or bull, ten cents apound
in glass; on currents one cent per pound; on nes,
two and half cents pound; on raisins, two and .
half cents pound; aceteons and pyrolgneous ACIDS
Of specific gravity Of ls:47, or less nve cents per
per pound: copper in ore two and hslf cents per
pound: all regular or biz * coarse copper, three
cents; ON old copper, three and half cents, in
on all manufactures Of copper, forty per cent. ad
vatoreM; On emery ore, Sc . ton; on emery grains,
Two cents . pound; on prepared or condemned milk,
ty per cent of the existing duties; tn in sheets
OF plates. nfteen per cent. ad rdiorszn; on wood
screws, two inches or over in length, four cents
pound; leas than two incher, six cents; and less
than three-quarters, nine cents; on Mo0sic iron,
made from sand ore, 80 per ton. Mr.. Beck NOV
ed to insert paragraph authorizing custom duties
to be paid In legal tender. which was agreed to.
The committee then passed to the next section,
which, on motion was amended 20 - to read, 'thaf
all acts requiring duties to be assessed packages
commissions, brokerage, cost OF transportation,
incidental charges incurred in packing and ship
ping merchandise, are hereby repealed" Cocoa;
skins, excepting sheep sE with the wool on; books
printed In foreign languages, and books in the Eng
lsh languages Of IN edition unrevised in twenty
years; quicksilver: jute and jute bulbs dubious
roots and tropical and semi-tropical fruits of all
kinds; saltpcter gInpowder: extracts Of bark for
tanning purposes; quintne; corice ;emery ore and
seeds of forest trees added to the free list and
pershable fruits stricken therefrom, The commit-
tee then passed to the eighth section which allows
lumber, timber, hemp, MANILA iron, steel and COD
per to be imported free of duty to be used in the
construction OF wooden sailing vessels for forejgn
trade including the trade between the Atlantic a1l
Pacific ports Of the United States. An amendment |
was adopted allowing vessels built under the proy
sions Of the section to change in the coasWise trade
two months in any one yesr, the amendment to an.
ply to steamboats, on the interior waters of the |
United States.
Texas Transfers Roasted TO Death by the
SavAgcs.
From the San Antonio Herald, Msy4.
About eight days since while ncamp.