The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-03-12
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
THE WORK OF CONGRESS.
The Civil Rights Bill-Opposition to
Land SubsidIes-Taxation by States.

WAsHINToN, March IL.
Alfred Taylor is nominated for rear admiral.
Twenty-one millions in specie received in
Europe on the new loan was invested in five
twenties. A new loan is placed OF three hun
dred millions, and negotiations are pending
for placing further considerable amount.
SENATE. -Trumbull addressed the Senate on
the civil service bill. In the course Of his
speech he said he challenged any man to say
that he had ever uttered one word in disre-
spect of the President, or had assailed him.
He had not uttered fu!some panegyrics on the
President because he believed the President to
have too much sound sense to be pleased by
any such adulatlon. An appropriation OF fifty
thousand dollars for civil reform passed
through. Sixteen Republicans voted nay.
Adjourned.
In the House, the election committee unani-
mously resolved to report in favor OF Hundley
in the case of Harris VS.: Hundley, from Ala
bama. The votes in the House to-day indicat-
ed that the supplemental civil rights bill would
pass. could vote be reached. A large num-
Der OF bills were introduced and referred. a
select committee was ordered to investigate
Secretary Robson and naval affairs generally:
Brooks moved to suspend the rules and adopt
his resolutions regarding Mexico, offered last
Friday. Rejected, yeas Y, nays 80. Farms
worth, from the poslofdce committee, report
ed bill to suppress the system OF straw olos
for carrying the mail. 1t provides that any
person who has put In bid that has oeen ac-
cepted, and who then falls to enter lnto q con-
tract and to perform the service, snaIl moh3e Ie
deemed guilty of msdemeanor, and De maple
to penalty Of $4,000 fine and one years I'M
prisonment. Potter offered an amendment,
authorizing the Postmaster-General to accept
new sureties from contractors IN place OF eX-
listing suretes. Agreed to: The Dill, as amend
ed, was then passed. The bill making one.
third of the customs receivable In legal
tenders failed-S9 to 6S. Keelinger Offer
ed resolution declaring that the
policy of granting subsidies in public lands
to railroad and other corporations ought 10
be.discontnued, and that every consideration
OF public policy aud equal justice to the whole
people requires that the public lands be held
for homestesds for actual settlers, and for ed
ucational purposes. Agreed to without d.
vision. Hereford moved to suspend the rules
and adopt resolution declaring 1t 10 be un.
constitutional aud tyrannical usurpation OF
power for Congress to attempt to force mixed
schools on the States, or to pass any law inter-
fering with churches, public carriers or Inn
keepers. Rejectsd-yeas fifty, nays. eighty
committee on the charges against the secre-
tary of the navy. Messrs. Blair, of Michigan
Sargent, Peters, Voorhees, and Warren Getz
offered resolution instructing the committee
OF ways aud means to report on The proprlety
oil abolishing all internal revenue laws, and
imposing taxes on the States In. proper
tion to population. Agreed to. number OF
amnesty bills were presented and passed by
unanimous consent, and Without being read.