Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-13
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The bill granting to the Central Pa
cihc railroad company the use of hal
of the island of Yerba Buena, in Sar
Francisco, was taken up and dis
cussed. On motion to lay on the
table the house refused to concur
and the bill was recOmmitted to the
Pacific railroad committee with in.
Instructions to amend by providing
that the President appoint three eom-
missiOners at the expense of the Cen
tral Pacific road. to hear all the par
ties interested, who shall award, three
months after the appointment, such
sum for the use of half of the island as
shall be Just and equitable, to be paid
by the Central company.
The Speaker called the attention of
the house to the fact that yesterday
the name of Zsbulon B. Vance was
included in the general amnesty bill,
He considered this an abuse of the
privilege conferred by the house, as
there had been an implied obligation
that no person should be included In
such bill who had been q 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 caused the name of 2.
B. Vance, yesterday, to be included in
the general amnesty, and contended
that he was perfectly justified in doing
so.
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the vote by which the amnesty bill
passed. LAID over.
The resolution declaring B. F. Mey-
ers entitled to seat from the six
teenth Pennsylvania district, was
adopted.
Mr.. Wheeler entered a motion to
reconsider the vote recommitting the
Yerba Buena bill, so as to give the
Pacific railroad committee control of
the bill and to bring it before the
house at any time.
Mr.. Holman moved to lay the mo-
ton on the table. LOst-69 to 70.
The bill consequently remains in
control OF the committee.
The pOstOfice appropriation bill
came up in committee of the whole.
The propositions to furnish uniforms
for letter-carriers and that household
ers furnish1etter.h boxes, were rejected.
Mr.. Wood offered a formal amend
ment, and In his remarks criticised
the statements OF Mr.. Dawes made q
few days since as to the receipts and
expenditures of the government for
the coming fiscal year. He presented
a tabular statement of the actual re.
ceipts from all sources for the first
eight months of the present fiscal
year, which ended on the first OF
March, 1872. This includes the re-
ceipts from duties, internal revenue
and miscellaneous sources, and
amounts to $3.50, 500, ,SS9, which to-
gether with the balance at the same
ratio would make total for the pres
ent fiscal year of$875, 764, ,S32. Against
this the expenditures rs intimated by
the secretary of the treasury, for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1878, would
be 1907 ,7O5, ,Os6. This estimate in
cluded over $4,000, 900 on account of
the sinking fund, the payment Of in
terest on the public debt, etc., and
included about $500, 600 more than
congress would vote for the improv-
ment of rivers and harbOrs.
1t would thus be seen that there
would be surplus of over $50, ,0OQ, ,000
IL $25, ,OOO, 600 Of this should be paid
towards the liquidation of the princi-
pal of the public debt, and 1t would
leave $57, ,O0O, 600 to be reduced from
taxation. He proposed that this
should be taken of of the duties on
iron manufactures, tea, coffee, salt,
coal, and woolens; and also an inter-
nal taxation by income tax and other
similar sources Of income. He also
animadverted on the policy Of the sec
retary in keeping so large balance
of cash on hand. which now amounts
to over $174, goo, 600.
Mr.. Dawes replied to Mr.. Wood and
said that the Iatter had not contro-
verted q single item that he Nawes)
had stated as to the expenditures OF
the government. The gentleman from
New York { Wood had improved on
the gentleman from Pennsylvania
[KelIey1 by aors than 500. .0o0, 900 In