The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19

"AAOAo VI III part Dy bICdL1s DSlIl2 Ll6 uDull-
| ished business from Saturday. Mr.. Morton,
| from the committee on privileges and cleo
| tlons, submitted a report in the case of P. B.
). Pinchback, and a resolution declaring him
| entitled to q seat as senator from Lo IisiaDs
! from March 4, 1873. Ordered printed and laid
on the table. Pending discussion on the
steamboat bill, the senate weut into executive
session and soon after adjourned.
In the House, on the 9Th, Mr.. Kelley
introduced bill to increase the public reve-
l.ues and decrease the interest on the public
debt. Mr.. Grassland introduced bill pro-
vidipg for q tax on incomes above 3, coo. -.
The bill of Mr.. Ward, of Illinois, giving boun-
| ties to the heirs OF soldiers who served less
than one year Ia the army, came up as unfn-
| ished business from last Monday, and was
| passed by vote OF 191 to 90. .. Mr.. Dawes
moved to suspend the rules to make it in order
| to offer to an appropriation bill an amendment
! for the modification, suspension or repeal OF
section 25 of the revised statutes, regulating
the time for holding elections for represents
tives in congress. He stated that in order to
make the time uniform, the law required,
several state constitutions would have to be
changed between now and 1876. Motion was
agreed to-yeas, 161; nays, 81. -. Mr.. Savior
of Indiana, from the committee on patents,
made an adverse report on the application for
the extension of the Wilson sewing machine
patents. The report shows that the patents
have been in existence twenty-One years; that
COLuBluaIlOlA5 VI E6NluS ukdGlt1l0 COLIpdltlOe
which own the patents have received 3, ,O9O,
600 from them, and that the public has, there
fore, paid heavily for the invention. The
report was laid on the table. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 9th, the vice
president announced as the conference COM
mittee on the part of the senate on the legis-
lative, judicial and execut We appropriation
bill, Messrs. Morrill,, of Maine. Sargent and
Davis. On motion OF Mr.. johnson, the vote
by which the bill referring to the court of
claims the claim of G.. W. Custis Lee, for the
Arlington estate, was indefinitely postponed
yesterday, was recOnsidered and the bill placed
on the calendar with the verse report. MIR.
Cameron, from the committee on foreign re-
lations, reported favOrably on the Joint Teso-
luton authorizing the president to appoint
commissioner to attend the international peni-
tentiary congress to be held at Rome next
year. Placed on the calendar. Mr.. Logan,
from the committee military affairs, re-
ported favorably on the house bill to reduce
and fix the a6jutant-general's department of
the army. Passed -. Mr, Ingalls, presented
the resolutions OF the Kansas leg stature ask
ing an appropriation by congress OF SlOO,OOO
to aid the settlers on the western frontier to
purchase seed, and for their support during
the coming year. Referred. Mr. Bogy pre-
sented a memorial of the St. Louis chamber
of commerce, in favor of opening the south
west pass of the Mississippi, and remOnBtTa-
ting against the opening OF the south pass
thereof. Referred Mr.. Ferry, of Connect
icut, moved that the senate adjourn as
mark of respect to has late colleague, Mr.
Buckingham, whose funeral took place to-day.
Agreed to, and the senate adjourned.
In the House, on the 9th, after the
pre-restoration of a memorial praying for the
restoration of the tax on sugar-the repeal of
which had resulted in the lose of fourteen
million dollars in gold to the government,
without any reduction in the price to the con-
sumer-Mr. O'Neil, from the committee on
appropriations, reported the pension apprc-
pCiatiOn bill, which was made the special order
for to- morrow. It apprOpriates thirty million
dollars. The Indian approx ration bill was
then taken up as in committee Of the whole,
and ell parts Of the bill, except the ChOctaw
and Chickasaw amendments were considered
as agreed to. After a lengthy discussion the
bill was passed-ayes, 1852, noes, 62-and the
house adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 10th, the steam
boat bill was recommitted to the committee on
commerce, with the understanding that it
should be reported back Saturday or Monday
next. The senate then took up the bill to
provide a government for the District OF Co
lunbia, reported by the special committee.
Mr.. Hitchcock called up hOuse bill to perfect
the United States governments guarantee Of
District of Columbia 3-65 bonds, and to
authorize them to be registered at the United
States treasury. Passed. q. The Vics-presi-
dent then called for the business on the cal
endar. The committee on public buildings
and gre unds being entitled to the floor, Mr..
MOrr !, Of Vermont. from that committee
called up senate bill to make appropriation
for the public buildings at Covington, Ken
lucky. Passed. House bill for the protec-
ton of the United States Custom-hOuee at
Louisville, Ky, was passed. Senate bill to
grant q site for The Peabody school in St Au-
gustine, Fla, was taken up, to which there
amendment pending, submitted last
session by Mr.. Edmunds, providing that if at
any time any distinction shall be made in the
admission of pupils on account Of race or
color the site shall revert to the United states,
and it was rejected yeas, % nays, q. The
bill was then passed. ... House bill to author
ize he purchase of q site for public buildinns
at Harrisburg, Pa, and appropriating $780,
600 for that purpose, was read and passed
After an executive session, the senate ad-
journed.
In the House, on the 10th, Mr.. Myers
introduced bill supplementary to the acts in
relation to immigration. Referred to the COM
miutee on foreign affairs. The bill has refer
ence especially to the coolie trade. 1t pro-
vides that when immigrants have entered into
q contract or agreement for term Of service
within the United States, either for labor or
fer lewd and improper purposes, such immi-
grafton shall not be deemed voluntary, and
the United States consul shali not deliver the
required permit or certificate. 1t makes it a
penal CfTense for Americans to be engaged in
such trade It forbids the importation of
women for the purposes Of prostitution in
validates all contracts in relation thereto, and
makes The importation or holding Of women
for such purposes felony, punishable By fine
and iupTIsonment. It also makes tbs immi-
grafton Of the following classes unlawful /:
Persons who are undergoing sentence for
| felonies end crimes other than political, or
whese sentence has been committed on ac-
cJunt OF their immigration, and women
! brought for purposes Of prostitution The
| house then went into committee OF the whole,
Mr.. McCrsry IN the chair, on the post-of1ce
appropriation bill The amount recommended
! TO be appropriated by this bill is as follows:
! For the general service Of the pOst-Office de-
pertinent, S36, 000, 861; for steamships service,
1851, 500; for official stamps for the use of the
! post-Office department. 1886, ,C00-total S37,-
! 524, 36l to be provided for as follows /; reve-
nues Of the department, estimated at SZ9.-
| 14S, I56 by appropriation for deficiency out OF
| The treasury. SC, ,s52, 705; by direct appTopTla-
! ton out Of the treasury, Sl, ,523, 500. The
total amount recommended by this bill Is less
/ than estimates Mr. Smith, Of Ohio, moved
/ an amendment repeating the Law Of 1872 for
additional mail steamship service to Japan
/ ard China, and annulling the contract made
under it. Agreed to without discussion
| Mr. Coburn moved an amendment requiring
| public documents and seeds cent by members
| Of congress to be sent through the mails free.
/ Pending action on it, the committee rose md
! the house took q recess till half past Z, the
evening session being for debate only
In the Senate, on the 18th, MIR, Nc
Creery introduced bill settiDg forth that it
had been noticed in the medical Journals Of