Litchfield enquirer., 1872-05-16
CONGRESSIONAL.

The Alabama correspondence has been finally laid before Congress. ssa5 s5ss auige
 After the 1st of July no duties will be levied on tea and coffee. u sE .- 5s .sa
 The Senate committee on elections is to investigate the case of the Kansas Sen ators. r.ssaests 7az B $ frz& us ss@szs 8
 The Secretary of War recommends the establishment of military post at Beaver City, in Southern Utah, ass4 as@s e6 5 iSenate.-On Tuesday of last week, k,s the Pacific Mail steamship subsidy was dis cussed and an amendment adopted in-g creasing the Brazil subsidy to $400. 0.000. os
 On Wednesday the Amnesty bilbawas discussed, and Senator Sumner offered his Civil Rights amendment. ,qasG , .a.zd sas
 On Thursday, Amnesty was again dis. cussed in the Senate MT. Ferry object ed to Mir. Summers plan of Education claiming that that subject should be left to local legislation. The Civil Rights amend ment was adopted by the casting vote of the Vice President and the Amnesty bill defeated. .s eaafa=s aag .asit.4l On Friday the Inaiority of the French Arms Investigating committee reported, that they could discover nothing wrong except perhaps some stretch of power sins making the sales The bill llsproviding for
 
 jana the same day of the State election was passed. aFyf Iisfy 4s ll1aa ssnaaa .a
 On Saturday, Mir. Stevenson submitted. minority report condemning the. action of the War Department in 3 the French Arms sales. MT. Summer denounced the one-sided organization of the, Committee F On Monday, . general railroad Iact for the territories was reported. The Enforce ment bill was debated and Mr. Casserly spoke at length on the election abuses he said were practiced at the Mare Island. Navy Yard. II no3gISss ..sl41kls.sss .34I. --
 HQuse = On Tuesday of last week the contested election case of Giddings es. Clarke was decided in favorspf the clain-. ant Giddings who is a Democrat 8osia s
 On Wednesday the Supplementary Ap- portionment bill was passed, giving ad-s ditional members to Vermont, New Hamp- shire, New York, Florida, Pennsylvania, Indianas Alabama Tennessee and Louis. jana. The Tariff bill, was, then diseusaeds
 On Thursday the tariff bill was again debated. The proposition to put salt on the free list was. defeated The Forti6ca- ton Appropriation bill was passed. .Ssas ~ On Saturday MT. Dawes succeeded in getting vote restricting debate on the
 On Monday Mir. Voorhies of Indiana denounced the nomination of Greeley. He would vote for him If nominated at the Democratic convention Another Dem ocratic member declared that he would not do so even if in that case A bill was then passed removing political disabilities from all persons who aided the late rebel lion. except Senators and Representatives in the Thirty-sixth and Thirty seventh Congresses, officers in the judicial, militia ry and naval service of the United States. A statue was voted to the late Senator Baker of Cal. It was voted to close thed de-, bate on the tariff bill. Thursday. s., 1 REDUCTION OF RAILROAD. FARES Tn the New York senate, Wednesday, the bill for, the reduction of fares on that portion of the New York and New Haven road lIlng within the state of New York was rejected. Now that tIis question is disposed oh the new tariff rates, which has been held dependent upon the action of New York assembly, win probably be promulgated without delay. The joint board of direc- l tors at their meeting in this city over 2 week ago, fully decided upon 2 reduction; both of through and way fares. --C Costra'sf.