Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-02-06
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Proceedings of the Second Session Of the
FOrty.SecOnd Congress-.
SENATE.

SENATE.
- WASHINGTON, d. G., Feb. 5.
Petitions pro and con about the title o.
/ the bankrupt law were presented.
Rice, of Arkansas, introduced resolu-
ton directing the Committee on Elections
and Privileges to inquire whether there
was legal governmental Arkansas. Went
over under rules.
The Committee to consider the Credit
Mobilier evidence, taken by the House
Committee, as it effects Senators consists
of Morrill,, of Maine, Scott, Stockton,
Wright and Stevenson.
The finance bill resuming specie pay
ment this year and free banking next, was
tabled, yeas %: nays q.
The conference report about the sloops
of war was adopted. 1t providesior eighty,
four to be constructed at private yards.
The diplomatic bill was resumed. The
Mexican Commission was stricken out,
the commission being defunct.
HOUSE.
Beck, from the Committee on Ways and
Means, reported q bill TO amend the inter
nal revenue law, the effect Of which he
| explained as follows:
| The first section restored The provision
| of the law OF 1862, which allowed pro-
ducers of tobacco to sell at the place OF
production to consumers, TO an amount
not exceeding 500.
The second section provides to increase
the fractional parts of barrels required to
be stamped by including third, of barrels.
The third section provides that The man
who made wine from grapes raised by
himself might sell it at the place of pro-
dHct:on without naying the S25 special tax
required.
On that explanation the bill was passed.
Packer, of Pennsylvania. from the COM
mittee on Roads and Canals, reported q
bill authorizing the construction of Il rail-
road bridge across the the Mississippi river
at Memphis, Tennessee. In reply to ques-
tions by Finklenburg, he stated that the
main span of the bridge was to be at least
400 feet in the clear, and that the bridge
might be built with draw.
Finklenburg, of Missouri, opposed the
bill, remarking that all were agreed that
no bridge with draw should be built over
the Mississippi below st. Louis. Such
bridges had already done damage enough
above that city. No such detriment to
commerce should be permitted below that
point and it was questionable whether any
bridge should be permitted between st.
Louis and New Orleans.
The Merchants Exchange of st. Louis
had met yesterday in order to consider that
subject anu uc eApeclcu W iIciti lIOlu tuat
meeting tomorrow. He hoped that the
bill would either be committed or referred
to the Committee of Commerce.
Cox New York, gave notice that he
would move to lay the bill on the table.
Potter asked Packer whether the bill
had been recommended by the engineer
officers of the government. Packer replied
that it had not but that the interests of the
government were entirely guarded by
making the matter subject to the judg-
ment and control of the Secretary of
War.
Potter cautioned the House against re-
peating the blunder that it had committed
sometime ago in authorizing a bridge
across the Ohio River at Cincinnati, which
had subsequently to be changed at great
expense, for which the Government was
held responsible. He was satisfied that
no bridge should be permitted by Congress
across any Of the great rivers of the cOun-
try without the most careful deliberation
and without the examination and report
of some officers of the Government not
connected with private interests. = r
The morning hour having expired, the
bill went over without action until to
morrow.