New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-26

OUTRAGES ON DOCTOR HOWARD
CUBAN lNDIGNITIES HEhPED ON HIN
MEXICAN REVOLUTION AFAILURE
ROBBERS SENTENCED
CONGRESS-.

| The Tariff Bill-Tea AMI Coffee Duty Re-
peal BiIl-Bili Bridging Ohio River
| Passed-(:ulf Steamship Service Bill
Passed-NIexicanG Gulf Railway Bill In
trOduced-BiIl to Construct and Aid in
Rebuilding Levecs-Bill to Incorporate
Mississippi Levee and telegraph Conn
pany-SynOpsis Of the New Orleans and
Mexican Steamship Bill.
WASHINGTON, March 25.-Senate After
| unimpOrtant business, the unfinished busi-
| ness being the tariff bill. came up, when
| Mr.. Chandler moved to lay it on the table
| for to-day, in order to proceed with bills
| from the Committee on Commerce.
Mr.. Sherman said he would not oppose
| the motion of Mr.. Chandler, as to-day had
been set for the consideration of bills from
the Committee on Commerce. He said he
did not know exactly what 20 do about the
tariff bill in view of the action of the Sen
ate on Friday last.
The question was whether it would be
we'll to await now the tariff bill of the
House, and take up and pass the House bill,
TO repeal the tax ON tea and coffee. At any
rate, he sugges ted now that the Senate to-
morrow take up and pass the House bill to
repeal the tax en- tea ard coffee, in view of
the uncertainty which prevailed in business
circles, for on Friday ne had received letters
and kilograms from furty leading CONNER
cial houses and organizations, asking the
meaning and the action of the Senate on
Friday.
Among the bills introduced to-day was
one by Mr.. Ramsey, OF Minnesota, to con
struct and aid IN rebuilding the levees ON
the Mississippi river, md for other pur-
poses, Incorporating tie Mississippi Levee
and Telegraph CompauY with a capital of
$4,000 ,G0o,.to construc levees and line
of telegraph from Cap. Girardeau, Mis-
Snuri m Enrt .IacL,soD IN hath
sides Of the river, free from State taxation,
and with a land grant Of twenty-five see
tions per mile along the line of said levees.
Section two provides tb.t for the per-
formance of the service here a referred to-
the contractors shall cons ruct within
eighteen calendar months from the date OF
the contract herein provided for. and place
on said line in condition tor active service,
not less than three first-class seagoing iron
steamships, which steamships shall have
been wholly constructed in the United
States, and after approved models and all
modern improvements adapted to seagoing
steamships of the frst-class, of not less than
1900 toLs b! rde a I'd shall be subject to
the approval and acceptance or rejection
| inspection and survey by naval
constructor to be detained for the pur-
pose by the Secretary of the Navy
| upon the request of the Postmaster
! General, whose report shall be made to the
Postmaster General; provided also, that the
! government of the United States shall have
| the right to take such steamships for its
| own Use in time Of war or threatened dan
| ger, either by direct purchase or by paying
sum of money equivalent to a fair interest
on the ascertainedrGalu and for wear and
| tear said ships may sustain while i'll the
| possession OF the government the cOmpen-
! sation in either casa to be determined by
! three sworn appraisers, one to be selected
| by the Secretary of the Navy. one to be
| selected by the contractors, and third to
| be selected by the two former, the price so
| paid in no case TO exceed the original cost
| of the vessel.
| SEC. That the Postmaster General and
| the other named parties to this contract be
and are hereby authorized TO make such
| changes, adding to or leaving out such
Mexican ports as the interest Of the Post
Office Department and the general inter
course of the two countries may require;
provided, further that the Postmaster Gen
eral be and is hereby authorized to pay the
contractors responsible compensation for
the first eighteen calendar months for any
suitable vessel or vessels as may be placed
as pioneers ON the above 1Qute prior to the
commencement Of the .COntract service
herein provided for
SEC. 4. That the said contract shall be for
not involve upon the part of the govern
ment of the United States an expenditure
exceeding sl50,000 per annum.
NOTE.-Eriends of the measure give as
surances that the above bill will pass the
House at an early day.
Mr.. Kellogg also called up the bill to
amend the act of March =, 1881, regarding
duties on foreign merchandise at the port
of New Orleans; passed. Also, an act to
of tn
certain public works of improvements;
passed. Also the bill to amend an act en-
titled an act to establish and declare the
railroad and bridges of the New Orleans,
Mobile and Chattanooga Railroad Company
as hereafter constructed post road, and
tor other purposes, approved March > 1868:
passed with amendments
Honse.-The bill bridg ging the Ohio river
near Evansville passed. The bill for gulf
steamship service between New Orleans
ami certain Mexican ports passed.
A motion to suspend the rules and pass
the supplemental evil rights bill failed,
yeas 9S, nays 7S-not two-thirds. it comes
up again next Monday.
a bill authorizing the building of Mex
lean gulf railway was introduced.
The bill authorizing the Baltimore and
Potomac railroad to build in the heart OF
the city failed to receive IA two thirds vote
yeas III, nays g..
The bill comes up tomorrow, when ma
jority vote will pass the bill,
The House adjourned.
[NoTE.-This is the Pennsylvania Central |
yeIsus the Baltimore and Ohio railway.
Today being set apart tor bills from the
Committee on Commerce. Mr.. Kellogg called |
M the Senate bill authorizing mail steam-
ship service between the port of New Or
leaps and certain ports in Mexico, which,
after consideration, passed by "a to 16.
The bill provides that the Postmaster
General be and is hereby directed to adver-
tise for proposals and authorized to con-
tract whith such American citizens as may
offer to perform the service herein contem- |