The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-05-17

Highness the Princess of Wales is expected
In she latter part Of June or early in July.
Proceedings In Congress.
In the Senate on Mon lay, May 6, the
Postofice Appropriation bill came up as
unfinished business, the pending question
being on the amendment increasing the
subsidy for mail service with Brazil to
$450, 900, and providing for semi monthly
service. An amendment by Mr.. Ferry, re-
ducing the amount to $500, 900, was adopted.
Mr.. Window stated that the service could
not be performed for that sum. and had
leave to withdraw all amendments offered
by the committee, thus leaving tho item as
it came from the House. The amendment
sppropristing $4,000 for Postoffice de-
6ciencies was agreed to. The amendment
abolishing the frsnking privilege after the
lst Of January was tabled. The section
prohibiting persons who have held Office in
any executive department Of the Govern
ment acting a. attorney, solicitor or agent
in the prosecution of any claim against the
United States was struck out. The bill
having been considered ip Comm of the
Whole, it was reported to the Senate, and
the Senate went into executive session. .....
Adjourned.
In the House on Monday, May 8, many
bills of no general interest were introduced,
the reading Of which consumed the morn
ing hour......A bill passed allowing the
Marshal for South Carolina the gross amount
four months from last September. ... The
Senate bill to fund certain liabilities Of the
city of Washington, existing on the LIST Of
June, 1871, and to limit the debt and taxa
ton of the District Of Columbia, was passed.
--..Adjourned.
In the Senate on Tuesday, May Z, Mr..
Chandler offered aresolution for the appoint
ment of select committee of Eve to in
quire whether any steamboat lines should
be subsidized by the Government, and if so,
which lines and to what extent Mr.. KEEL
logg objected, and the resolution went over.
1.-THE Postofice Appropriation bill was
taken up. An amendment was adopted in
creasing the subsidy to the Pacific Mail
steamship line to 81 900 900 on the existing
contract. The mail service with Brazil was
increased to 100000 per annum for semi
monthly service....Adjourned.
In the House on Tuesday, May Z, the
Committee on Elections made q report on
the Texas contested election case of Gid
dngs against Clark, that the sitting member
is not entitled to his seat, and that Gidiings,
the contestant, is.....The Committee on
ways auu S1cous IepoIteu JACK the SENATE
bill allowing rebate Of the tax on whisky
by FIRE or other casualty while in
bonded warehouses, with an amendment
excepting cases where the tax has been
actually paid. Passed......A number of
military bills were passed, among which
were the Senate bill to establish the pay of
enlisted men Of the army, and the Senate
bill to establish a system Of deposits to pre-
vent desertion and to elevate the condition
Of the rank and file of the army .Ad-
journed.
In the Senate on Wednesday, May s,
he Louisiana Election bill was called up
md discussed until the expiration of the
morning hour, when the Postoffice Appro-
,riation bill was taken up and passed ......
The Amnesty bill was discussed until the |
hour Of adjournment. An agreement was
shall terminate at 8 O'Clock |
Friday, and that the bill shall be sat out.
In the House on Wednesday, May 8, the |
Apportionment bill, increas-
ing the aggregate number, 2s3 Representa-
ives, as fixed by the Apportionment law of |
his season, to 292, the additional nine being |
o New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, |
Indiana, Tennessee, Louisi- |
ina, and Florida, to be elected by separate |
except l0r the f0rty-thlrd Con- |
,ress, when they may be elected on a gen.
.rsl ticket, was passed without division .....
The details the Of Tariff and Finance |
Dill were debated to-day, and he |
luty raised on soft coal from the rate of |
10 cents AIMED in the bill to rs cents per |
'ushel. The existing duty is $l.25. The !
est of the day was spent on salt, without |
lny result......Adjo urned.
In the Senate on Thursday, May 9
here was another conflict between the
Civil Rights bill and the Amnesty meas
Ire, which finally resulted in the latter be- |
ng tackled on the former, and this so con-
tItuting it as to prevent it receiving the |
equired two-tbi rds vote. The vote stood |
yes 80, nays 22.....Adjourned.
In the House on Thursday, May Q, the |
Tariff and Tax bill was discusse in Com
nittee of the Whole. A long debate, and q |
lozen votes on the salt duty, failed to secure
rec salt. The Michigan and New York |
alt interests likewise failed to secure an
Increase Of duty, which was finally lett as
t is in the bill, at eight cents per 100
pounds. The Committee then rose, after
,aving disposed 80 far of but 20 lines of the
,ill......The South Carolina contested cleo
ion case was taken up, and Mr.. Wallace,
he sitting mem Der, declared entitled to his
eat, and the contestant was allowed $2,l54
or his expenses....Adjourned.