The Portland daily press., 1874-05-30

manders H. b. Robson and HI Dell. Manley
to be commanders, and number of promotions
of Masters and Ensigns to he Lients. an'
Various Matters.
Internal revenue receipts to day $391 ,31O.4O.
The amount of U. S. currency outstanding is
1885, ZIG, 282.
Forty Third Congress Session
SENATE.
WASHINGTON. May 49,
A memorial of the American Seamen's
Friend Society was presented, asking an ap
preparation for the repair of the Bethel Chape
at Newport.
Mr.. Buckingham presented a memorial from
the freedmen residing in the Chickasaw and
Choctaw mountains, representing that they are
delegation to visit Washington TO state theiI
grievances. Referred to the Committee on In
dian Affairs.
Mr. Sherman, from the Committee on Fl
nance, reported back the House bill to amend
the customs laws and to repeal moetes, with
several amendments, and gave notice that he
would ask the Senate to proceed to its consid
Grafton Tuesday. Placed on the calendar.
A resolution giving the consent of Congress
that the officers of the gunboat Monocacy be
permitted to accept silver medals from the
King of Siam was introduced. Referred to the
Naval Committee.
A resolution to pay Sykes, the contestant for
seat from Alabama, IS, 374, was introduced
and laid over.
The resolution that the Secretary of the
the Treasury furnish the names of the cotton
agents appointed by Presidents Lincoln and
johnson was ordered printed.
Mr.. Wright moved to reconsider the vote of
yesterday rejecting the bill to establish the
Territory of Pembna
The Finance Committee was discharged
from inquiry into the expediency of allowing
tobacco producers to sell to unlicensed dealers.
The bill changing the time of holding United
States Courts in Arkansas and legalzlng ent-
ries on public lands under the homestead laws
in cerain cases were discussed without action
till the expiration of the morning hour.
Mr. Logan of Illinois moved that when the
Senate adjobrn to-day it be to meet on Mon
day next Agreed to,
The resolution of the House to suspend the
joint rules requiring the engrossment of bills
SO that the revised code may be sent in print to
the President for his signature was disagreed
to-
The Chair submitted the House finance bill
with resolution of the House disagreeing to
the Senate amendment and asking a Commit
tee Of Conference. The Senate insisted upon
the amendments and granted the conference,
yeas 81, nays "a.
Yeas -Alcorn, Bogy. Carpenter, Clayton,
Conover, Dorsay, Ferry. of Michigan, Gilbert,
Mitchell, Morton, Norwood, Oggiesby, Patter-
son, Pease, Pratt, Ramsay, Rawson, Robertson,
Sprague, Upton, Window, and Wright-31.
Nays-Anthony. Bayard, Boutwell,, Buck
ingham, Chandler Conkllng, Cooper, Ed
munds, Fenton, Flanagan, Frelinghuysen,
Hamilton of Maryland, Hamilton of Texas,
Hamlin, Morrill, of Maine. Morrill, of Vermont,
Sargent, Salisbury, Sargent, Schurz, Scott,
Sherman, Stewart, Wadleigh, and Washburn-
"a.
Messrs. Dennis and West who would have
voted for the motion were paired with Kelley
and Dawes, who were against it.
Mr.. Wright asked to excused from Sc rvice ON
the Conference Committee. No objec ton be-
ing made the chair appointed Messrs. Morton,
Sherman, and MerrmOn the committee.
The amendment of the House to the bill to
legalize and establish pontoon railway bridge
across the Mississippi river at Parire sdu Chem
was concurred in and the bill passed.
The right of way through public lands to the
Arkansas Valley Railroad Company was refer
red to the Committee on Public Lands.
The bill authorizing the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company to construct branch road
and change the location of its road within the
District of Columbia was passed after being
amended SO that the entire branch road will be
outside of the CITY of Washington.
Bills from the Committee on Pensions were
considered and quite a number were passed;
also bills explaining the meaning of the fourth
section of the act ngranting country land to
certain officers and soldiers who have been en-
gagged in the military service of the United
States; to equalize pensions in certain cases
and to increase the pensions of soldiers and
sailors who have been totally disabled.
There was no quorum and under the previous
agreement the Senate adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE.
On motion of Mr. Dawes of Mass, it was
ordered that tomorrow being Decoration Day
there shall be no Sc ,sion of the House.
Mr.. Orth of Ind, from the Foreign Commit
fad o6vQrc " IN tha forf1 f1ar linf
of James L. Orr, Minister to Russia 1t was
placed on the private calendar.
The House then took up the bill for the
gradual reduction of the army, and was ad-
dressed by Mr.. Hurlburt of Illinois, in oppo-
sition. He denied the wisdom, the expediency
or economy of the measure. He recolected
that lugubrious afternoon aSfew months ago,
when tie chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee gave melancholy picture of the
finances of the country, when that gentleman
was undertaken and chief mourner at the funer-
al of the national credit, and yet a few days
ago that same gentleman was able to carry
out all its obliga tions.
Mr. Dawes-I the gentleman understood me
as saying that the country was either unable or
unwilling to discharge every obligation it ever
made, he totally misunderstood me.
Mr. Hurlburt-I have not time now to turn
from the matter before the House to make a
side issue with the gentleman from Massachu
sets. The question now before the House is
WneU0er OF uDG IL SUdll pass Dll tudb Will
break up not only the organization of the
army but the spirit of the army. [ speak not
for the staff department. but for the fighting
branch of the army.
MIR. Hawley of ILL.,, member of the Com
mittee on Military Affairs, spoke in support of
the bill. There were many things in it which
did not meet his entire approval, but as a
whole he approved and supported it. The peo-
pie were not in favor of large standing army
but of so much as was necessary. He was of
<l1r Il
reduce the army to such degree as would en-
danger any interestof the country.
The House then proceeded to vote on the bill
and amendments.
The amendment as to a new section repeating
the law prohibiting promotion in staff corps
was agreed to.
Mr.. Albright of Pa, moved to strike out the
18th and 14th sections relating to the paymas-
ters department and substituting section
providing tnat the department shall consist of
one Paymaster General with the rank, pay and
emoluments OF colonel of cavalry, one assist
ant pavmaster general, with rank, pay and
enOluments of lieu tenant colonel of cavalry,
two deputy paymaster generals and fifty pay
masters, with rank, pay and emouments of
majors of cavalry. Rejected-yeas SO, nays
110.
Mr., Butler Of Mass. offered an amendment
that the headquarters of the army shall
never be removed from the national capital ex-
cept in time of war. Rejected without di-
vision.
The bill was then passed-yeas 119, nays 1O4.
The only changes made in the bill are to in
sert between lines 4S5 on the first page the
words, Except graduates of the military acad-
emy," and to strike out section q.
The report of the conference committee on
the bill to facilitate the expectation of dis
titled spirits and amehdatory of the acts relat-
lating thereto, with substitute for the bill
was agreed to.
The House then resumed the consideration of
the Senate amendments to the legislative ap-
preparation bill, commencing with the amend
affecting the Department of State, providing a
third assistant Secretary of State, with sal
ary of $500, and reclassifyIng the clerical
force. The amendments were agreed t0-yeas
129, nays 20.
The amendment requiring fee of So to be
collected on passports was coucnrred ip.
All the amendments increasing the clerical
force in the various bureaus of the Treasury
Department, were on-concurred IN.
The Senate amendment restoring the appro :
preparation of $200,0OO for the postage stamps
for the Treasury Department was concurred in.
The House had originally submitted for it an
item of $4,000 to pay fol the expense OF furn-