Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-25

referred:
By Mr.. Wait, of Connecticut: To
regulate the license of vessels en-
gagged in the coasting trade and
fisheries.
By MIR. Stephens, of Georgia:
Calling on the Secretary of State for
any information in his possession
touching the disposition of foreign
governments toward international
action for the restoration of silver to
full use as money.
The committee on census agreed
to-day to report to the House Rep,
resentative Coxs apportionment bill,
with amendments, increasing the
number of Representatives from 301
to 311, and striking out the second
and third sections of the bill, which
provided that the Representative Or
Representatives from any new State
should be added to this number, and
also the mode of electing represen-
tatives.
The new bases of apportionment
is as follows: Alabama 8, Arkansas
5, California 5, Colorado l, Connec-
ticut 4, Delaware 1, Florida 2, Geor-
gia 10, Illinois 10, Indiana 13, Iowa
10, Kansas 6, Kentucky 10, LOUIS
lana 6, Maine 4, Maryland 6, Mass
achusetts II, Michigan 10, Min
nesota 5, Mississippi 7, Missouri Il,
Nebraska 3, Nevada 1, New Hamp-
shire II, New Jersey 7, New York 80,
North Carolina 9, Ohio 20, Oregon 1,
Pennsylvania 27, Rhode Island 2,
South Carolina 6, Tennessee 10,
Teas 10, Vermont 2, Virginia 10,
West Virginia 4, Wisconsin 8.
By Mr.. Smith, of Georgia: To
admit free of duty bagging- for
baling cotton; also, jute butts and
other articles used in the manufac-
ture of such bagging.
By Mr.. Acklen, of Louisiana: To
regulate the collection of customs
duties on sugars.
It fixes duty of 2 3-16 cents per
pound on melado concentrated mo-
lasses, sirups of cane, wet sugars and
all sugars not above No. 7 degrees
intrinsic color, when testing no,
above 81 degrees in the polariscope;a
duty of 2 1-12 cents per pound on
all sugars above No. 7 and not above
10 degrees, when testing not above
S8 degrees, and on all sugars not
above No. 7, when testing above
81 degrees and not above 9S degrees;
a duty of 2 14-15 cents per pound
on all sugars above Nc. 10 and not
not above No. 13 degrees, when
testing not above 90 degrees, and on
all sugars not above 10 degrees in
color, when testing above
SO degrees and not above 92.
duty of 27-16 cents pc
pound on all sugars above No. 13 ano
not above No. Is, when testing above
81 degrees and not above 96, a
duty of 4 cents per pound on all
sugars above No. 16 and not above
No. 20 degrees, and on all sugars
testing above n degrees, and a duty
of cents per pound on all sugars
above No. 20 degrees, and on all res
fined sugars that assimilate to refn-
ed sugars. It provides that raw
Muscovado or drained sugars and
raw beet sugars, when above No. 13
and testing less than 80 degrees
shall be classed for duty as not above
No. 13; that all sugar candy or con-
fectioneries made wholly or in part
of. sugar and all sugars that are
colored, tinctured or adulter-
ated shall pay duty of SO
per cent. ad valorem, and tina
. all dutiable sugars not above No. 20
degrees shall be tested in the polari~
scope, and that such other means
shall be employed as the Secretary OF
; the Treasury may deem necessary to
accurately determine the intrinsic
, color and quality of all imported
sugars in order to levy duty thereon
Committees were then called fo1
reports, and there being a rumor that
Mr.. Bicknell, af Indiana, intended to
call up his joint rule for counting
the electoral vote, the Republicans
demanded the reading of each bill
and report in full in order to con-
sumo the morning hour.
Mr.. Money, of Mississippi, re-
ported from the committee on post
Offices and post-roads resolution
directing that committee to inquire
into the expediency of establishing
a telegraphic postal system under
; the Government of the United
States; also into the cost of repro
ducing the facilities for transmitting
| telegraph messages equal to those
now possessed by existing corpora
tions, and granting it power to send
for persons and papers. There be-
ing no report accompanying the res
olution it was not received.
The morning hour having expired,
on motion of Mr.. Upson, of Texas, a
bill was passed changing the time
for holding the terms of the United
, States circuit and district courts for
the western district of Texas.
J Mr.. Cox, of New York, chairman
| of the committee on the census, re-
| ported back the bill for the appor-
tlonment of Representatives in Con-
gress among the several States,
: MIR. Sherman, of Illinois, presented