The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-24
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

| ed, giving Government the right to take
the vessels IN time of war was concurreC
in. The Company Is required, as a con.
dition of the increased subsidy, to con.
time its line between San Francisco
and New York, by way of the Isthmus oi
Panama. An amendment increasing
the subsidy for semi-monthly mail SER
vice to Brazil to $780, per annum
was agreed to. Various amendments
| involving subsidies were voted down.
| HOaSe.-A bill limiting to one per
| cent, the cost of the reissue of legal
| tender notes, etc, was passed. Nash
| vile and San Diego were authorized to
| receive goods in bond. Committee on
| Elections reported III favor of Giddings
of Texas, entitled to the seat of Clark,
sitting member. The bill allowing a re-
bate of tax on whiskey destroyed by fire
while in bond was passed. Senate bill
authorizing the erection of a 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, 1865, 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 entitled to the seat.
House went into Committee of the
| Whole on the tariff and tax bill Kelly
of Pennsylvania, moved to strike 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 bill reducing the tariff to nine
ty per cent of the present rates. The
The vote on recommittal stood III to
To- Dawes proposition does not apply
to coal, salt, leather, or pig iron, sthe du-
ties on which are to stand at the rates
reported in the original bill. Dawes
thereupon reported back the bill rs in
structed, and it was referred to the Com
mittce of the Whole. Various army
bills were passed. A bill passed declar-
reservation in Colorado, subject to pre-
emption and Homestead entry; also
bill providing for the establishment of
a military bill at Rock Island. A reso-
luton to pay tho contestant fOr-the seat
of Rogers, of North Carolina, 81 800
was adopted.
MAY 8.-.SeRate.- The Post Office Ap-
preparation bill was passed. House Gen
eral Assembly Bill came up. Sumner
moved to insert the supplemental Civil
Rights Bill amendment Morton of
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 a
chance for fair vote. After debate par
ticipated IN by Trumbuil, 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 2S3 to 292 was pass
cd 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-
tion of tea and coffee gave rise to a long
debate. The duties were stricken out
The duty on bituminiOus coal and shale
was fixed at IS cents a ton. An item was
inserted fixing the duty on "culm of cOaP'
at fifteen per cent ad Yalorem. Bill
amending 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 breVet
rank was passed. Senate amendments to
bill providing against the enlistment of
minors were concurred in. Senate bill au-
thorizing the President to appoint Pay
master General of the Army with the rank
of Colonel, was passed.
MAY 9-SenGte.-GOat Island Bill was
read a second time The Amnesty Bill
came up as unfinished business, the pend
ing question being on Summers motion to
substitute the Supplementary Civil Rights
Bill. Blair moved an amendment submit
tiEg 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
movement Blair's amendment was re
jected-23 to 30. The first section of the
House General Amnesty Bill, was added
as an amendment-3S to IL. The second
section was also added-3I to H. Car
penter moved to strike out of the Civil
Rights Bill the provision to enforce the
rights of cOlored men to sit as jurors
Trumbull moved 10 strike out the Civil
Rights Bill, in order to get direct vote on
amnesty, which was rejected % to 80. The
Eice-President gave the casting vote
Vickers moved an amendment excluding
from the operations of the bill church or
carnations, cemetery associations, and be-
HevOlent institutions Incorporated by State
authority. Adopted by vote of the Vice
President. An amendment providing that
the bill shall apply only to benevolent IN
stitutions of a 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 2S This brought
the House Amnesty Bill up. Sumner Of
fered the Civil Rights Bill as amendment
Is TO 2S The Nice-President voted in
the affirmative and the motion was agreed
to. MortOn's amendment excluding ku
Klux was lost-23 to 24 Edmunds
amendment excluding members of the
Thirty-siXth and Thirty-seventh Congress,
who had aided the rebellion was agreed to
-22 to p. The vote was then taken on
the passage of the bill, and it was rejected
-32 to 32-two thirds not voting in the al-
firmatiye.
House. -Sargent's motion TO lay on the
table the bill allowing transferable land |
warrants to discharged soldiers was neg
atived- lI3 to 67 The tax bin came UP
I'm the Committee of the Whole The duty
on salt being under consideration, amend |
ments admitting free of duty salt used in |
curing fish, meat, butter, and Cor fertiliZing
purposes. we're voted down The dusy was
finally fixed at 5 cents per 100 pounds in |
bulk, and - cents In sacks. The duty on |
band, betting, and other sole leather was
fixed at Is per cent ad valorem; on upper |
leather dressed and undressed skins, 20 |
per cent; on morocco, 10 per cent on CHI |
cory, ground OF unground, l per cent per
To- Committee rose. South Carolina con-
tested came up Wallace was declared en- |
titled to the seat, and the contestant was
allowed 81, l54 for his expenses
NAY IO.-Seaate.- Sumner nitro
duced anew his Supplementary Civil Bill,
and moved TO have it placed on the calen-
dar. which was done. The bill authorizing
the issue of 900 breechlOading arms TO
against inhabitants of Montana for defense
tie Indians was passed. The bill fixing
tb. tirna of holding the Presidential elecr |