The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-13
42d CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, March 12.
HOUSE.

| 1ue Dlll BThutlnb 10 tne CcnlfhI fhCllC
Railroad Company the use oil halt the
Island Of Yerba Bnena, IN SanFrancisco
was taken up and discussed. ..-
The House refused 10 table the Ycrba
Buona bill by q vote 70 to 04. II Is now
voting IN recOmmit tho bill with instruc'
tions.
The bill was recOmlnitted TO the Pacific
Railroad Committee with instructions "a
amend by providing that the President
shall appoint three commissioners at the
expense ol the Central Pacific Railroad
Company, TO hear all the parties interest.
cd, who shall award three months alter
their app ointment, snCh sum for the use
Of halt of the Island as shall be just and
equitable, to he paid by the Central Com.
pany.
MIR. leach stated that he was the mem.
her who sent IN the name of ]. b. Vance
10 be included In the general amnesty,
and contendcd that he was perfectly jus.
titled in doing so.
Mr.. BINGHAM moved 10 reconsider the
vote by which the Amnesty bill was
passed. Laid over.
The resolution declaring B. F. Myers
entitled 10 scat from the 10th district,
was adopted. 5
Mr., WHEELER extended his motion to
reconsider the vote recommitting the
Yerba Buena bill, so as 10 give the Pacific
Railroad Company control Of the bill to
bring il before the House at any time.
MIR. HOLMES moved to lay that motion
on the table. Lost-08 TO 90. The bill con.
scquently remains in the hands Of the
committee.
The Postofice appropriation bill came
up; the Committee ofthe Whole proposing
to furnish uniforms for letter carries.
Before vote was taken, the SPEAKER
called the attention OF the House to the
fact that, yesterday, the name Of ]. B.
Vance was included In the general amnes-
ty bill. He was glad he did not know
who had sent up the name Of Vance, nor
from which side Of the House it came.
Mr.. WOOD offered an amendment, and
in his remarks criticised the statements OF
DAWES as 10 the receipts and expendi-
lures Of the government for Che fiscal
year. He presented tabular statement
Of actual accounts from all sources for
the first eight months. This included re-
ceipts from duties, internal revenue and
miscellaneous sources, rivers and harbors.
II would thus seem that there would be
surplus Of over $s2,000,000, and if $25,-
100000 Of this should be paid toward the
liquidation Ofathe principal OF the
public debtitwould leaves ,O00, 900 to be
reduced from taxation. He proposed
that this should be taken off the iron
manufacturers. He also animadverted on
the policy Of the Secretary in keeping 80
big q balance on hand, which now
amounted to $11, 100000.
Mr.. DAWES said the latter had denied
the statement and replied to Mr.. WOOD
and said the latter had not controverted
a single item to what he DAwEs) had
stated as the expenditure of the Govern
ment. f.
A proposition by Mr.. STRONG TO pre-.
vent any printing whatever on Govern.
mont stamped envelopes was discussed
and rejected.
Mr. CoNGER, from the Committee on
Commerce, offered an amendment in.
creasing the subGidy on the mail service
to China to 81 100000.
Mr.. HOLMAN made point of order on
the amendment.
The CHAIR Overruled the point Of
order. r.. .. s..
Mr.. HOLMAN appealed from the deci.
sion of the CHAIR, and was sustained by
large majority. . Hl
Messrs. SARGENT, BRooKs, GARFIELD,
DAWES and KELLY favored, and WooD,
KERR, BUTLER (of Mass) and HOLMAN
opposed the amendment.
Without disposing of the amendment
the committee rose and the House ad.
journcd. .
SENATE.
Mr.. SHERMAN reported adversely the
bill to refund taxes TO State officers.
The bill granting right Of way to the
Great Southern Railroad in Florida, was
taken up. l..-.,
Mr.. MORRILL,, of Maine, opposed the
bill, saying that the people had been
aatonished at the action OF Congress since
1855 in voting away public lands to rail-
roads. Bill passed.
A resolution wasadopted that the Presi-
dent furnish the amount OF monies paid
for telegraphic dispatches the past three
years.
Mr.. MORTON presented the petition Of
5000 soldiers OF Indiana for information in
regard to the homestead law and for the
equalization OF bounties. s--5-z-a.ssHt
A bill authorizing the construction of q
bridge at Bonneville was reported.
A bill was introduced to prevent the
destruction Of public lands.
The Senate then resumed the consider
alton of the legislative appropriation bill.
The pending question was on the amend.
ment repeating the law authorizing the
publication of laws in the newspapers. g,
Mr.. PoSTERoY opposed the amendment.
Messrs. FLANAGAN and CoRBET also
opposed It. ..'t
Mr.. PoATERoY moved to lay the amend.
ment on the table. Agreed 10.
An amendment was adopted appropri-
ting five thousand dollars for the publica.
tions oflaws in newspapers. . =
MIR. EDMUNDs offered an amendment
providing that after the publication Of the
laws OF the present Congress, the publica-
tion Of laws in newspapers shall cease.
Adopted. ub.l ll4l,lJ -Ifi
An amendment was offered raising the
salaries Of the Assistant Secretary, Sec
ond comptroller, register, auditor, com,
missioner Of customs, supervising archi.
tect Of the Treasury Department, and
Assistant Postmaster General. J.,
Mr.. SHERMAN offered an amendment to
the amendment increasing the salaries Of
all the heads OF bureaus to $1,000.
A motion to lay on the table was lost.
Mr.. SAWYER moved 10 add commits
sioner of education to the list Agreed
to.
Mr.. LOGAN moved TO add supervising