The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-03-03
Forty-seventh Congress First Session.

Carolina. TO be United Consul at Bahia.
Forty-scventh Congress First Session.
WASHINGTON, March >. 1882.
SENATE.
Mr.. Butler presented petition from al
the bank presidents, the president OF the
Chamber Of Commerce. and q number Of
leading businessmen Of Charleston, :. e.,
asking q modification Of the treaty with the
Hawaiian Islands.
Mr.. German offered a resolution direct
ing the POstma,ter-Gencral 20 transmit q
statement giving the amount expended du-
ring the fiscal year ending June 30. 1881,
for special facilities for fast mall. list Of
the railroad companies receiving the same.
and the amount paid 10 each company, the
additional service furnished by each COM
pany. II any. and 20 what extent the SER
vice has been expedited also detailed
statement of contracts made for special
fast-mail facilities during the present fiscal
year 10 date. the amount 20 be paid 10 each
railroad company, and character Of the adj
ditional service to be performed by each
company. Adopted.
Mr.. Kellogg, from the Committee On
Commerce. reported favorbly the bill re-
Gently introduced by hun 10 extend the
limits Of the port % New Orleans and FOR
other purposes. He offered 4 resolution.
which was adopted, directing the Secretary
Of War % transmit IN estimate of The cost
of removing wrecks and other distractions
from Bayou Ia Fourche. La.
Mr.. Vance offered a resolution rcciting
that the cost OF collecting the internal re-
venue tax in the sixth collection district
Of North Carolina is nearly sixty per cent,
being greater than that oi any other dis
trict in the United States; that many and
serious charges against the officials are
openly made in the newspapers and else
where. and are generally believed; pro-
viGing Tor the appointment by the Prc,i-
dent Of the Senate of committee Of three
fo investigate the charges and complaints.
with power 70 compel the attendance OF
witnesses, 81.
Mr.. sherman regarded the resolution q,
extraordinary and IN the nature Of IN
executive order. lie supposed it referred
20 q matter pending in executive session
and before the Committee on Finance. He
would not object 10 calling on the Trca-
-urv Department for information. but he
certainly objected 10 a rccitai.bout which
the senate could know nothing.
Mr.. Vance said be had twice applied for
the information DE dcsircd-Oncc 10y q
senate resolution. and the other through
the Commissioner Of internal Revenue.
and in each instance had encountered clear
and mmistakabc evasion Of his demand.
Tie read from "a letter Of the Commissioner
that the reports OF examining officers in
the District were not included in the re-
spouse 10 the Senate resolution, because
these did not contain charges. but mere
criticisms Of agents Of the Department
on current work of the District ana
their suggestions Tor an Improvement
Of the service. These reports, being those
Of Specia. Agents Brooks and Kellogg, Mr..
Vance said. were matters which he had
specifically called for. The matter had
been public scandal in North Carolinaio for
ten years, and rs he wanted 20 get at the
truth Of il he would insist upon vote on
the resolution at the earliest moment. The
matter was laid over under objection.
Mr.. Conger, from the Committee on Com
merce. reported iavOrably, with amend
ments, House bill to promote the efficiency
OF the Life-Savng Service, and 10 encour-
age the saving Of lie from shipwreck. The
amendments consist of two sections OF the
Senate bill, which provide pensions for two
years for the widows and children OF
+ keepers and surfmen who may lose their
/ lives while in service, and for the payment
I Of salaries 10 keepers and members OF crews
during the time Of sickness or disability re-
sultlng from wounds or disease contracted
/ in the line Of duty. Placed on the cal
endar.
I Atl:4OP. NJ. the Senate took up the Chi
nese bill.
NJ. E.o..,- - n,..~o. g,,cl-. IN .t,pporf
I OF the bill. He was followed by Mr.. Far
ley, Of California, also in support Of the bill,
who consumed the remainder OF the after
noon, yielding finally to an executive ses-
sion. The executive session consumed an
/ hour and twenty-three minutes, after which
tae Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
/ There was a good deal of confusion in
/ the House this morning, owing 10 the fact
that q number Of members were demand
ing the recognition Of the Speaker, but Mr..
Aiken. Of south Carolina, declared his IN
tentiOn Of obieciing 10 everything until
order was restored.
Mr.. Harris, OF Massachusetts, chairman
Committee on Naval Affairs, reported q
bill authorizing the construction Of vessels
of war for the navy. Presented and re-
committed.
The morning hour having been dispensed
with, the House at l2:4J went into Commit
tee Of the Whole tMr. Rice, OF Massachu-
sets, in the chair,l ON the consular and
diplomatic appropriation bill. which appro-
PIRATES sl,l9s.530. being $4,000 less than
was appropriated last year. and Sll5,00t
less than the estimates.
Mr.. Ellis, OF Louisiana. said he intended
to speak in favor OF a more vigorous for.
eign policy than had prevailed during the
last ten years, but would wait a more IN
yorable occasion.
Mr.. Whitthorne, of Tennessee, followed
in advocacy Of vigorous foreign policy,
particularly commanding the attitude OF
the late Administration regarding the inter
oceanic canal, the South American rcpub-
Hes. and the CiaytoE-Bulwer treaty, and
declaring that the proposed Peace Con
gress - Of the South and Central American
Governments was not only proper but VI
tally important; but, Garfield was dead
and Blaine was no longer Secretary OF
State. The great West and the enterpris
ing East did not govern. IL was Tho
shadow Of Wal-street "recnlatve CO.