New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-08

Defeating lIOrrilI's Amendment-Def-
cheney BiIl-MOney TO The sOu1h-
brazilian Mail Service BiII-Rebate
of Tax on Burned Whisky Claims
for Cotton Seized-Substitute for the
Bill.
WAsHNGTON, May 7.-General Sheldon,
of louisiana and Mr. Young, of Georgia,
were active in defeating Mr. Morrill's
amendment and adopting a substitute to
the deficiency bill. If it gets the concur
renee of the Senate it will give a large
amount of money TO the South.
Sendte.-Mr. Sumner talked mixed schools
over the morning hour.
Consideration OF the pOstOtfice apprOpria-
ton bill was then resumed, and a million
addition subsidy was given to the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company.
An amendment giving 100000 to the
Brazilian mail service passed by vote of
twenty-five to twenty four.
HOUSc.-Mr Beck, from the Committee
of Ways and Means, reported back the
Senate bill allowing a rebate Of the tax on
whisky destroyed by fire or any other casu-
atty while in bonded warehouses, with an
! amendment excepting cases where the tax
has been actually paid. The bill then
| passed.
The House then resumed the cOnsidera-
ton of the Senate amendments to the de
ticiency bill. The amendment in reference
to claims for cotton seized bV the govern
ment after the close Of the war. requiring
! proof of the loyalty Of the claimants, came
up, and gave rise to a long discussion, the
Committee on Appropriations recommend
ing a nOn-COnCurrenCe, and reporting a sub
stitute for it, less exacting on the claimants.
Mr.. Bingham made a speech against the
substitute reported from the Committee on
Appropriations, but Mr.. Peters asserted and
proved by the record that a similar prOpO-
sitiOn was reported at the last meeting of
Congress from the Judiciary Committee by
its chairman, Mr.. Bingham himself and
Mr.. Garfield added that the Committee on
Appropriations had adopted the very Ian
guage of the bill reported by the Judiciary
| Committee on the same subject.
The argument against the Senate amend
ment was that the cotton seized after June
30, 1860, and to which alone it applied was
seized in violation of law and in defiance
of the published order of the War Depart
ment, torbidding the seizure of cotton after
that date.
Finally the substitute reported by the
Committee on Appropriations for the Senate
amendment was adopted, as follows:
That the Secretary OF the Treasury be
and is hereby authorized and directed to
pay to the lawful owners, or their legal
representatives. of all cotton seized after
June 30, 1865, by the agents Of the govern
ment, the net proceeds, without the interest,
of the sales Of the said cotton actually paid
into the treasury Of the United States; pro
vided that the receipts thereof shall be
taken and received in full satisfaction of
all claims against the United States for or
on account of the seizure Of the said cotton:
and a sufficient sum for such payment is
hereby appropriated, and the Secretary of
the Treasury is hereby authorized to pre-
scribe rules and regulations for the ascer-
tainmenU Of ali the necessary facts for the
execution hereof
This ended the Senate amendments to the
deficiency bill.
The House then took up and disposed of
the Senate amendments to the Indian ap-
preparation bilk
Mr.. Kelly made a motion to strike out
the enacting clause OF the tariff and tax
bill, which was carried by a vote of ninety
five to seveury-fve. The bill was recon-
mitted to the Committee on WAYS and
Means, with instructions to report a bill Ie-
ducing the tariff to ninety per cent of the
present rates.