Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-05-30
PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS-.

ence Committee on the deficiency bin taken up
and agreed TO. Mr.. TruInbulb reported, without
amendment. the House bill supplemental to the aI-
pOrtionment act of Feb 2.1S72. No other business
OF Importance was disposed OF.
HoUsE.-A bill was passed to estab.
lish uniform time for Presidential elections The
House then took up and disposed Of the senate
amendments to the Military Academy app ropristiop
bill and conference committee was appointed on
the disagreeing votes. The senase amendment o
the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill,
which continues the mission to the Central Ameri-
statee, Taa rejected. The House went INTO
Committee of the Whole on the tax and tariff bin.
Upon rising, Mr. Garfield made conference report
on tue deficiency bill.
SENATE. The Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad depot bill was passed-also bills to create
additional land district in Minnesota; to secure
homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain
for the establishment Of an agricultural college to
settle land titles in Iowa in relation to settlers
certain reservations in Minnesota in relation to
settlers lands adj iacent to the West Wisconsin
Railroad authorizing the construction of a bridge
across the Mississippi at or near Red Wing, aud to
establish IT az post-ruue. bill was introduced to
provide for equestrian statue of the late Genera.
Rawlins. The postal telegraph bill was considered.
HoUsR-A bill was passed authorizing
defendents of the United States Courts to testify
in their own behalf The tarin bill then taken
up in committee of the whole. Tue duty quinine
reduced from 25al0 per cent sahreter placed
on the free list the duty on santonine reduced TO
one dollar per pound strychnine to 3tc per
on rum essence oil, and bay rum essence or oil,
to 80 cents per ounce. Books for public libraries,
colleges, schools, philosophical societies. ETC., were
exempted from tax aud the duty ON all paper fixed
at % per cent, of the existing tariff Mr.. Butler, Of
Massachusetts,, offered resolution for final adjourn
ment from the Sd Of June to the last Monday in
November next. Mr.. Dawes moved rs substitute,
a resolution for ad iournment on Cnday, June 81,
which was agreed to. The senate bill for the crec
ton of new land distItcts passed. with subst-
ue. Bills also passed for the relief Of certain
settlers on public lands; to confirm entries OF Ian
under the act of August 4th 1884; TO graduate and
reduce the price of public lands, and granting right
Of way to several railroads.
SENATE-The House resolution for
final adjournment the I'D of June was referred. The
Committee ON Commerce reported the river ana
harbor appropriation bill with amen dments, and
it made the special order for next Tuesday. The
House bill to amend the act to provide for greater
security of life on vessels propelled in whole or in
part by steam passed, report of the confer
cnce Committee On the West Point appropriation
bill concurred in. The habedS corpus suspension
act came up, but not disposed of. The confer
enCe reporC on the Indian appropriation bin va.
agreed to. The army appropriation bill wss consid
cred.
HoUsE.-A report from the Confer
ence Committee on the bill tolroyde houses for the
Pottawatomie and shawnee Indians of Kansas, in
the Indian Territory, was agreed to. The House
went into Committee of the Whole on the tax and
tariff bin. An amendment was adopted making the
duty on printing paper whether slzed or upslzed,
equal to twenty per cent dd cGloTeR Mustard seed,
brown or white, were placed on the free ilst. The
following duties were fixed: On yermuth, forty per
cent I'd Udl0reM; ground or bulk, ten cents apound
in glass: on currents one cent per pound; on ngs,
two and Il half cents pound; on raisins, two aud
half cents pound; aCcteous and pyrolgn, ols acids
of specific gravity of s:47, or less five cents per
pound and over that specific gravity THIRTY cents
per pound; copper in ore two and half cents per
pound: all regular black or coarse copper, three
cents: on old copper, three and a half cents, in
plates, bars and copper IN rolled plates, ete., ana
On all manufactures of copper, forty per cent al
r1i0yfu; II emery ore, 20 ton on emery gram
two cents a pound on prepared or condemned MIX,
thirty FIVE per cant al ruurCBi on plate glass; II ne-
Is per cent. of the existing duties; On tn IN sheets
or plates, fifteen per cent. at ga 0reH; on Wood
screws two inches or over in length, four cents a
a pound; less than two inChcr, six cents; aud less
than thrcc-quarterS, nine cents on Moose IRON,
made from sand ore, $500 per ton. Mr. Beck NOV
ed to insert paragraph authorizing custom duties
to be paid in legal tender Hhlch vas agreed to.
The committee then passed TO the next section,
which, on motion was amended SO as TO read, ''thas
all acts requiring duties to be assessed on pacSdees
COMMISSIONS brokerage cost II trsnsI oftaton,
shipment transhipment, aud other Ike costs and
incidental charges incurred in packing ana snip
ping merchandise, are hu,uE repeated. Cocoa'
skins, excepting sheep sk MS "th the WOOL ON DOCKS
printed in foreign languages, and books IN the Eng
lish languages of an tdIlUu unrcyiscd in twenty
years quicksilver: Jute and Jute bulbs, ou0olls
roots and tropical and selnl-trupcal fruits OF all
kinds. saltpeter. gunpOvdor; extracts of bark for
tanning purposes quiuine; HCoricc emery ore and
seeds Of forest trees added to the free list and
perishablc fruits stricken theretram. The conmlt-
lee then passed On to the eighth section whiyh allows
ha,,
ucr to be imported free of duty, 10 he used N the
construction Of wooden sailing vessels for foreign
trade including the Cade between the Atlantic am
Pacific ports OF the United states. An amendment
was adGpted allowing vessels built under the provi-
sous Of the section 10 change IN the clastNse trade
two months in any one ye r, the amendment 70 APP
PLY to steamboats, on the interior waters OF the
United States.
SENATE. A bill authorizing the Sec
rotary to issue bonds in lieu of bonds destroyed, was
passed The conference committee on the consular
diplomatic bill mace a report which was laid over
The army appropriation bin was taken up aud pass
ell, with amendments appropraiug S2oLooo 10 en-
large tho military depot at Fort Leaveuworth, kan
sas and $4,000 for experiments with ana testing
heavy ordnance.
Horsr.-The Senate bill to establish
collection district at Duluth, and create st. Paul,
Mum, a port Of delivery, was passed The confer
,uce Committee Military Academy appropriation hi
was agreed to. The House then PROCEEDED % aet on
private bills IL sorted trom the Committee on CLAIMS
4 conference committee was ordered on the
st ambuat bill
SENArE.-The supplemental apPor-
aonmcut hin was called up, but went over. The bill
tor prevention of cruelty 10 animals in transit also
went over. and the senate resume the consldeTa-
ton II the habeas corpus sCsptusIuu biil which, al
t,r discussion, vas postponed until December
HuUsE.-The tariff and tax hill, as
amended ia Committee of he Whole, WIS passed
under suspension Of the rults-ayes ~, NAYS
~. Tho seuatg resolution for tnal Adjournment
on the aat} Of May was concurrtd ~. mt WAS
r,.srd 9irast5ua the Secretary ~ War % employ
Bfuiiluiu Pittman the Photographic reporter Of the
court ut inquiry in the OF General Buell., 70 fur
nt.n t.-n trmslltinns. ono lnr TO War ICparuneni