Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-08

HOUSE.
Mr.. Butler Massachusetts introduced
bill fixing the time OF the operation of
the tariff free list ON the first Of July in
stead of August. Referred to the Com
mittee on Ways and Means.
Mr.. Dawes, from the Ways and Means
Committee, reported bill providing
that when il shall be shown to the salts
faction of the Secretary Of the Treasury
that parties are entitled to q refund duty
paid on goods in the public stores OF
bonded warehouse, from the first of Au-
gust, 1872, under the provisions of the
recently passed tariff, it shall be the
duty of the Secretary to draw a warrant
for the amount. Passed.
Ten thousand copies Of the tariff bill
were ordered printed for the use of the
members OF the House. The same num-
Der of copies of the new postal code were
also ordered printed.
The House took up the message of the
President vetoing the bill granting q
pension to Mary Ann Montgomery.
The Senate, having recOnsidered and
passed the bill, the Presidents Objec-
tiOns to the contrary notwithstanding;
and now the House, after brief debate,
passed the bill by the required constitu-
tional majority of two-thirds 10l,
nays A.
The Speaker laid before the House a
message from the President calling the
attention of Congress to an act approved
July l4th, 1870, directing the Secretary
of War TO place at the disposal of the
President certain bronze cannon, for the
erection of an equestrian statue of Gem
eral John A. Rawlings, etc. The Presi-
dent stated that no artist was named or
parties designated to whom theordnance
Is to be delivered. In order to remove
the ambiguity he desires Congress to
signify what action shall be taken as to
an artist, and to fix the amount of
money to be expended; and further, that
a board of officers shall be named to To-
cate the monument referred to. Re
ferred to the Committee on Appropria-
tons.
The Speaker also laid before the House
additional correspondence relating to
commerce between the United States
and certain British colonial possessions;
also copies of correspondence with re-
gard to the eXtraditi0n treaty between
the United States and Belgium. Re
ferred.
The House passed the Senate bill au-
thOrizing the construction Of a railroad
bridge across the Mississippi river at the
city Of Red Wing, Minnesota.
The Senate Amendments to the river
and harbOr bill were read.
The House nOn-c0ncurred in numer-
Gus amendments, including that con
fining appropriations 20 the next fiscal
wear, and asked for a Committee on
Conference.
The House nOn-cOncurred in the Sem
ate amendments 10 the f0rtificatiOn bill
and asked for Committee on Confer
ence.
The House cOncuiTed in the Senate
amendment 10 the bill authorizing the
Secretary Of War to release twenty-five
acres of land to the Pittsburg and Cana
da railroad.
The House took up and the clerk read
the Senate substitute for the bill to pre-
vent and punish distractions to Justice
Courts Of the United States. Referred.
The Speaker appointed Messrs. saw
yer, Sheldon and Randall a Committee
Of Conference on the River and Harbor
bill, and Messrs. Sihlaek, Donnan and
Twitchell a Committee of Conference
on the FortiflcatiOn bill.
The HOuse took up the Senate bill to
declare and enforce the civil rights of
citjzens Of the United States.
Mr. Poland offered aa amendment,
pH0viding that no penalty should exceed
one thousand dollars minimum, to be at
the discretion Of the court After dis
cIlssi0n, MIR. Poland moved TO pass the
bill under suspension of the rules, with