Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-17
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.

SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate, on motion of Mr.. Harrison
the House amendments to the Senate joint
resolution, making further appropriation
to relieve the sufferers by the Mississippi
OVERT DIV, were taken up, and the first, In
creasIng the appropriation by fifty thousand
dollars, was coneurred In.
Mr.. Harrison asked non-concurrence In
the other, which directs the use Of por-
ton of the appropriation for the hire of
laborers to strengthen the threatened levees.
He thought that the whole of the money
was needed for relief, and objected to the
creation of separate levee fund as involv-
ing an expenditure not foreseen in the
supervision of the work OF the laborers, and
further, that The people threatened with
disaster ought to contribute their labor to
protect their homes from the flood.
Mr.. Hampton coincided in the belief that
as the damage by the flood had been so dis
astrous the monev ought not to be applied
in any other way than in the relief OF the
sufferers.
The latter amendment was then non-con-
CURED in.
Mr.. Anthony presented and had read
memorial from three hundred officers of the
line and staff of the navy, repre-
senting all grades OF rank, from
Rear Admiral down, protesting against
the restoration of officers who have been
OlSIQlSseu uTuUkGnuebSs Dc6u lOTClOlJ TO-
tired, or who have resigned to escape court
martial The memorial was ordered printed
In the Record, with the names OF the signers.
Mr.. Sherman presented a protest from
many ex Union soldiers against the passage
of any bill restoring to the rolls of the army
General Fitz John Porter.
By unanimous consent the regular order
of business was laid aside, and Mr.. Logan
addressed the Senate upon the measure in
troduced by him, to appropriate and expend
the entire income derived from the internal
revenue taxes on the manufacture and sale
of distilled spirits, for the education OF all
children living in the United States. At
the conclusion of Mr.. Logan's remarks the
bill was referred.
Mr.. Miller, of New York, reported from
the Committee on Post Offices the proposed
amendment to the pending post office ap-
preparation bill. 1t authorizes the Postmas-
ter General to make contracts for ocean mail
service between the United States and for
eign ports by American vessels at specified
rates of compensation.
A message was received from the Presi-
dent transmitting the report Of the Secre-
tarv of State in further response to the Sen
ate resolution of December 18th, calling for
the Peru-Chili correspondence. Referred
to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
The Senate, at 3 o'clock, resumed con-
sideration of the post office appropriation
bill, the question being on the Sen
ate committees amendment increas-
ing the appropriation for special facili-
ties from S500,O00 to $650,000, changing
the term ''trunk line" to "railroad lne,"
and adding q proviso that 'said facilities
shall be ratably distributed as near as may
be on the railroad lines leading to and from
the principal cities in the different sections
of the United States"
After some debate the amendment was
adopted as were also items of increased ex-
penditures recommended by the committee,
as follows. Miscellaneous items. $40, 900;
railway post Office clerks, $50, 600; route
agents, SIS, 900; mail messengers, $4,000.