The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-03-28
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above low water, nor less than forty
feet above the highest water; bridges
below the Big Sandy must be one
hundred feet above low water mark,
and forty feet above the highest wa
ter. Bridges below the Cincinnati
, Suspension Bridge must in addition
have a pivot draw, giving two clear
openings ofI6O feet each. The House
went into committee on the POstOfice
appropriation bill The question be-
/ ing on the increase of subsidy to the
Pacific mail steamers, Messrs. Blair,
lof Michigan, Hay, of Illinois, and
| Stephenson, Of Ohio, opposed the In
crease. and Mr.. Packard favored it.
The amendment making the increase
was rejected by 8 vote Of 81 yeas to
/ e2 nays. An amendment was adopt-
! ed prohibiting employees Of the depart
ment from acting as attorneys in
claims against the department for
two years after holding Office. The
rbill was then reported to the House
and passed. Adjourned.
MARCH 2L-In the Senate the Bay
field &St. Croix bill came up, and Mr..
Carpenter moved TO non-concur in the
House amendments. Mr.. Sherman
moved q concurrence. After some
discussion the 4ill went over. A bill
was introduced reducing the number
Of grades and officers in the navy. The
officers Of Admiral, Vice-Admiral, and
Commodore are abolished as fast as
they become vacant. Promotions on
the retired list are to be discontinued.
The tariff bill was discussed till ad-
journment.
In the House the bill incorporating
the Asiatic Commercial Company was
tabled by q large majority. The Chica-
20 relief bill was referred to the Com
mittee Of Ways and Means with leave
to report at any time after next Mon
day. The army bill appropriating
S29,54s 797 was discussed in commit
tee untll adjournment.
[ MARCH 22.-In the Senate, the Vice
i President laid before the Senate 9
memorial from 400 women of Utah
against the admission of that Terri
tory as q State. Bills were passed re-
| funding to the Winona q st. Peter
Railroad the duty on railroad iron, and
as to the rights Of part owners in
vessels. The bill to enable discharged
soldiers, sailors, or their widows to
acquire homesteads on the public
lands was passed. The Tariff bill was
taken, up and Mr.. Morton spoke in
favor of a revenue tariff, with In
cidental protection. The amendment
putting tea and coffee on the free list
was adopted by a vote Of IS TO Is. A
motion was made striking out the
second section reducing the duty on
eottOns, woolens, silks, iron, steel, and
other metals, earthenware, leather,
rubber, oilcloth, &C., ten per cent.
Without voting, the Senate adjourned
TN Monday.
In the House, a memorial was pre-
scented from the National Board OF
Trade, asking spirits be granted the
benefit of the importation act Of 1870.
It was ordered s., ,4SO be paid Mr..
/ Cessna for his expenses in contesting
| the seat Of Mr.. Myers, The rest OF
the day was spent in business Of the
! District Of Columbia. Adjourned.
MARCH 25.-In the Senate the tar
III bill was postponed. Bills passed
for the sale Of the Marine Hospital
and grounds in San Francisco; to ex-
tend the custom and navigation laws
over Alaska; authorizing bridges
across the Ohio, near Evansville, and
Mount Vernon, Ind; increasing the
salaries Of Consuls at London, Paris,
and HAVANA, Among the bills in
troduced was one to incorporate a
company to build levees and q tele-
graph line on the Mississippi River
with a capital of $40, 100000, and Civ
ing a land grant of twenty-five sec
tions per mile along the line of said
levee. Adjourned.
In the House a large number of bills
were introduced and referred. An at
tempt was made to get up Hooper's
civil rights bill, but after using up
much time it failed. The Senate bill
to enable soldiers and sailors or their
widows and orphans to secure home
steads on the public lands was passed.
A resolution was passed for the rec
ton of statue to Admiral Farragut,
in Farragut Square, in Washington
City. II limits the cost to $40, 900.
Plans may be submitted till Jan. 1,
1873. The steamboat bill was made
the special order for Thursday. Ad-
jnurned.
MARCH 26.-In the SenateMr. Nor
rill, of Vt, tried to introduce a reso-
luton for the repeal of the tax on gas
and all other internal taxes except on
spirits, beer, and tobacco, but Mr..
Morton objected. The tariff bill came
IN, but informally laid aside, and the
House bill taking the duty off tea and
coffee was taken up. Mr.. Trumbull
offered an amendment that the bill
take effect on July l, and that tea and
coffee in bond at that time go free,
and if taxes on them have been paid
they be refunded. Mr.. Trumbull
moved to amend so as to make salt
free. Rejected-yeas l9, nays %. An
amendment to include coal was re-
jected-yeas II, nays q. Mr.. Nor
ton offered as an amendment the
whoIeof the tariff bill reported from
the Finance Committee except the
part relating to tea and coffee Re
jected-yeas ., nays %. Mr.. Monill,
of VI, offered as an amendment the
free list in the Senate bill, and it was
agreed to-yeas 81, nays Is. Mr.
Wright as an amendment the second
section of the tariff bill, which redue-
es the duty on iron, steel, earthen and
glasswares, leather and India rubber
10 per cent. Agreed to by a vote of %
to II. Mr.. Sherman gave notice that
he would offer the entire tariff bill as
an amendment. Adjourned.
In the House the report Of the con-
ference committee on the bill. for the
removal of caucus to the United States
courts was agreed to. The bill grant
ing q site for depot for the Baltimore
& Potomac Railroad came up, and
nearly all the day was spent in filibus-
tering, but no conclusion was reached.
The Committee on Banking and Cur
reney presented the testimony taken
before that committee in relation to
the failure of national banks, with a
resolution that change is to be nee
cessary in the head of the Currency