, 1872-12-14

Mr. WILSON said that the Portland relief bill
did not except lumber, and he thought this one
! ought not to do SO either.
Mr. SUMNER said the question Of putting the
East and Vest On the same basis did not enter
into thls case, because the main Teasona gi7eL
for excepting lumber in the Western the
fact that the neighboring numbering district il
Michigan had been deyasted by fire at the same
time as Chicago-did not exist in the case o1
Boston.
nIr. THURMAN (ohio), said he was not salts.
lied az to the conetitutionalty of legislation o1
this kind and moved to refer the bill to the
Committee On Judiciary.
After long discussion, the bill WAS so refer.
req; d. 354 Heas; i s.; nay nays, Is.
Judiciary would consider the bill and report aa
soon as possible.
CONTESTED ELECTIONS.
Ar. MORTON called up the bill to prescribe
the manner Of taking testimony in contested
At $40 p. m. the Senate vent into executive
session, and BOON after
Adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE.
INSURANCE CLAIMS.
Mr. WOOD, from the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, reported bill authorizing the Attorney
General to examine into and pay the claims of
certain insurance companias for the loss Of the
bark Calderas, payable ont Of the Chinese In
demnlty fund. The bill WaB recoranitted.
11r. RANDALL E0sEfa Ta.9 9Ao9s oifsred reso,nt;on
calling On the Postmaster General for informa-
ton and correspondence touching the style,
cost, and contract for postal cards, ordered at
the last session Of Congress also, for informa-
tlon and correspondence touching the present
contract for postage stamps the change in the
and the causes for it; to what extent, ii
any, the Government Is q loBer when
the present contract expires, and what steps, it
any, haye been taken for advertising for propo;,
sails under the law, both IS to postal cards end
postage stamps. Adopted.
PRIVATE B1IIB.
A number of private bills we're reported. and
the House at 1:20 P. NJ, went into Commit
tee Of the Whole On the private calendar, Mr. L.
Meyers (Penn.) in the Chair, and took up the
Mary, in Virginia, 565,000, for property de-!
stroyed during the war Of the rebellion,
Mr.. sHANA8 offered an amendment providing
that no part Of the money shall be paid until
porate authorities Of The College, shall
hare adopted, and caused to be entered
in the records Of the corporate n,
q resolution declaring the College to
bo open, and it shall, in al times thereafter, be
open for the admission on equal terms and with
equal privileges, OF all persons, irrespective OF
race, color, or previous condition Of servitude.
Mr. PIERCE, Chairman Of the Committee Oh
Education, who reported the bill, opposed the
amendment, because be regarded it as being in
tion would DO that1rstead of it's being college
open to oil citia & OF the United states it
would be college open only to colored citizens.
The colored citiz zenaRf America, and he repre-
such distinction: fhoy desire tie tie reeoghition eco
that Was made on the Civil Rights bill They
desired that every institution of learning should
be open to them.
1lr. SHANKS defended the amendment, ar
guing that the money in the Treasury was con-
and that amendment Was based Oh the provisions
Of the Constitution.
Mr. CRITCHER CVa) opposed the amend
ment and stated that there vas now within
Mr. SHANKs asked AIr. Crichter whether the
lew miles OF the college of William and Mary
college devoted exclusively to the education Of
colored children, aothat there was no necessity
for the proposed amendment
regulations Of that colored college forbade ad-
mission to white children.
but knew there was no white students
" Mr. IT.; sHANKs-~As iSRI; matter of choice, pre-
Bume. The suggestion Of the gentleman from
Mississippi s (Mr. Perce), as to the Civil Rights
hat becomes a law, and if it produce it's proper
effect, it will answer all the purposes Of my
but if this bill ia to pass first,
prefer that it should be properly guarded"
A1r. HAW1 * nl) opposed tho blu, and sent
General L. II. Roberts, Of Brooklyn, N. Y, who
the United States troops at the Col
ege, stating that from all the information he
obtained on the spot, be had an impression
rag set on fire, not by the United States soldiers,
mt by tho rebels, out Of pure "cuBsedness."
Mr. HOAR, memberof the Committee On Edu-
:ation, supported the amendment, and made a
'trong appeal In favor Of the bill.
The question Was taken, and it 7as adopted;
The Committee then rose and reported tho
ill. The first question was On the adoption Of
fr. Shank,s amendment and it vas |
1doptea; yeas, 80; nays, 76. The only
tepnblicans a oi n voting % against it we're But
,erco, Mississippi; and Sargent, California. No |
Democrats voted for it. The bill WAS then re- |
ected on it's passage, the vote being yeas, Sc;
lays, 126. The Democrats all joined in the vote |
gainst it.
TIE REVENUE ELL. |
The House then took up the Senate amend
1ent to the House bill abolishing the Offices Of |
Lsseasors and Assistant Assessors Of Internal !
.eyenue. All those that were mere verbal
mendments were concurred in without ques-
ion, the only important one remaining being
hat authorizing the appointment Of twenty-five
treasury Agents.
After a long and uninteresting debate, in which
be Senate amendment was opposed by Messrs.
,AWEs, KERR, and BECK, members OF the |
on Ways and Means, and defended
= Mr. BUTLER Mass.), who stated that dis
llers we're in Washington lobbying against it,
order that they might have q wider field for
10 evasion Of the revenue laws, the amend
lent was rejected by 26 to SO, and Committee
Conference ordered; the conferees on the part
the House being Dawes, E. Fl. Roberts N.Y.),
I'D Beck CKy.).
The House then adjourned, the session to-
lorrow being restricted to general debate.
Five Pilots Lost ut Sea.