Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-05-08
EVENING STAR.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Conclusion Yesterdays Proceeding

Conclusion Yesterdays Proceeding.
sTNATE-Arer our report ciosed-the post
C1rCe appropriation bill being under considera-
tom
The question then Tecurrcd on concurring in
The motion 10 strike Otst tAe Gth section pTohib-
If5ng eV-d-f artmeDt employees from engaging
ia the prosecution Of claims before the Depart
rieUt u which fttF nave been engaged. within
two ytars sfier leaving said der srtlnent, when
~ wa C1uCuTred iH-syes -. noes Is.
Nr. Feu'Ou renewed the amendment incress-
irs e. so. 900 the subsidy 70 the New York anil
10 JaUtirO line, which vas caTried-syes y.
Mr. CaSseTly then moved an amendman, re-
curing the Patilc mail line. = condition Of
the increased subsidy. 10 continue it, line be-
tween San FranCi~sJ ami NeW York, by way OF
the i-thmus OF Panama.
Mr.. Nye moved - amend the amendment by
applying it, conditions 70 aDN other company
which may secure tie mail contract between
san Francisco, China and Japan
Tie amer dment OF AIF. CssserIy was agreed
tO-ayC- -. noes T.
Pending action on Mr. Nye's amenlment the
Senate, a. g. - ?. IL, adjourned.
EOCSE-AfteT our report closed
THE TARIFF BILL
being Urler cons .l-rat0H,
Mr.. Dawes moved 20 amend Mr.. Kelley's mo-
zion adopted IN committee Of the whOlel by
committing the BAL % the committee OF WAYS
ami means, and lu~tTucting them TO report
forthwith! the tariff bi!l striking out the claIs.s
relating to iron. cotton, &c. and substituting
therefor The following, viz:-''That on and after
tle dtv and wear when this act shall take effect,
az Ecu OF t-t NNNIe- imposed bN law the drti-
C'cS ~ tL.s section enumerated, there shall be
levied. collected and paid on all goods, wares
and merchandise IN this section enumerated
and provided TOR. Imported from foreign coun-
t.le~ 90 per cent OF The several duties aud rates
ct duty r0w i'm posed by law upon said articles
-evoTslly. it being The intent OF this section TO
reduce existing dlties on said articles 10 per
cent. OF said du 'y-tEat y to say. On all manu-
features of Gotten. or OF which cotton is II
conn OneHt part OF Chief value; on all woods, hair
ot the alpaca, goat and other animals, and all
manufactures wholly or in part OF wool or hair
Of the alpaca or other animals; on all iron and
manufactures OF iron. or manufactures of which
iron Il the component material OF chief value,
except cotton machinery; on all metals not
herein otherwise provided for, and ON all manu-
Lectures OF meIaIS o. Whicn eIther OF them l.
the component part OF chief value; on all man
ufaCtUTvs of lndia-rubber. gutta- psrcha. or
straw, and on Oil-c!OthS Vi all descriptions Pro-
rj2e9, That the rate of duty upon umbrellas
paTaSOls and sunshsdeS shall in no case be less
than l. imposed upon goods OF the same mate
rial and quality a. The coverings thereof"
The amendment OF Mr.. Dawes was adopted
yeas Ill. NAYS -.
The question then required on instructing the
committee to report forthwith the tariff bill
with MI Dawes substitute, and il was deter
mined in the affirmative-veas III. navs IS.
Mr.. Dawes, ia accordance with Instructions
immediately reported back from the committee
Ol the whole the Amended bill, and il was re-
tened TO the committee OF the whole to take
The place OF the former bill.
The House then, az SO p. m, took a recess,
MILITARY KILLS..
The House reas>embled at 80 7. M. TO hear
and consider reports from the military commit
tee Mr.. COburU reported bill ia relation 10
The pay OF enllste.! men; passed. Also, reported
q BAL allowing enlisted men to deposit funds for
safekeellHE Nltl any paymaSter. passed. Also.
reported bill to amend the act OF 1855 for en-
t0.IIug and calling ont the militia. IL allows
officers who were on the plains on duty sixty
DAYS leave Of absence without reduction of paw
provided that they only obtain such leave of
absence without reduction o. pay, provided they
only obtain such leave Of absence once in two
years: passed 40, reported bill to regulate
tie employ mCut OF members OF the corps OF
Srg ,neeTs on extra duty; passed. Also, re-
ported a bill 70 establish an army prison for the
Incarceration OF soldiers convicted of crime
fa>Set. Also, reported bill 10 allow soldiers
and sailors and their widows and orphans to
acquire hOmesteal- on the public lands of the
United States. TT allows TO acres OF land to
moved to amend by granting the bene-
It's OF this act also to military telegraph
Operators who were sworn into thes service OF the
United States. Pending consideration the
House at 10 7. m adjourned
RS~At place called Starke, iii Florida. there
l. but one church, IN which pastors and con gre
cations OF dItieren- denominations take turns at
holding their service.
IA writer severely describes the exodus at
Eden. saving, The devil drove women out OF
PARADISE" Yes. yes, but he could not drive
paradise ont OF woman.
Hz-AEOther Minnesota schOolmaSter il in
difficulty on acCOaHt OF the exceptional weak
HlIICe,EcS~ ii a little boy who Succumbai after
ciiy an LOGr and q AIirs logging with a hickory
stick.
rS-Thc Hcarf's J. lrH73 saws that the recOgni-
tICD OF God IN tie Constitution sis as much Out
q Place ia tLtt document as il would be in a
written plan i,T = machine for spinning ard
weaving
rTILe vomaus right movement il very
uIEOla. ar i'm Ar. George Hunt, of Hopkins
vile. Is. lie mildly asserted his martial
privileges by knocking Ms. III down the 9th +
CAV, when the lady, under the inspiration OF the
latter DAY ideas. ''>aw him" and went a fire
place -fTUT1frr better. George uras
the worst game OF poker he ever had hand in