The CHAIRMAN. As this section pertains to the free list only, the Chair will regard it as a single paragraph, open to amendments by additions and insertions. If amendments are made, they can be arranged in alphabetical order by the engrossing clerk.

Mr. DAWES. As tea and coffee have been made free, it becomes necessary to place certain other articles on the free list. I move to add to the free list the following:

Cocoa, crude and butter, fiber, leaves, and shells of, and racahout.

Mr. CONGER. I move to amend by adding "coca and its shells." That is the substance from which chocolate is made.

Mr. DAWES. There are three ways of spelling the word. If my friend will tell me which way he prefers I will adopt it.

Mr. CONGER. They are different articles; one is called “coca " and the other is called "cocoa."

Mr. DAWES. Let it be added if the gentleman desires.

The amendment, as modified, was agreed to. Mr. HARRIS, of Virginia. I move to add to the free list "printers' type."

The amendment was not agreed to, upon a division-ayes 51, noes 72.

Mr. HOLMAN. I move to add to the free list the following:

Printing paper used exclusively for books other than blank books, and for magazines and news

papers.

Mr. DAWES. I suppose we had settled the subject of printing-paper in a preceding paragraph.

The CHAIRMAN. It is for the committee to determine that question.

The question was taken upon the amend ment moved by Mr. HOLMAN; and upon a division, there were-ayes 61, noes 70.

Before the result of the vote was announced, Mr. HOLMAN called for tellers. Tellers were not ordered, there being ten in the affirmative, not one fifth of a quorum. So the amendment was not agreed to. Mr. FOSTER, of Ohio. I move to amend by adding to the clause putting "hides of cattle," &c., on the free list, the words "except sheep-skins with the wool on."

The amendment was agreed to.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BUSINESS

The SPEAKER. By the rule of the House the Committee for the District of Columbia at this hour, two o'clock, of the third Friday of the month, is entitled to the floor for the exclusive consideration of its business.

Mr. DAWES. I hope that gentlemen of the District Committee will consent to postpone their business until Friday of next week.

Mr. STARKWEATHER. As I said to the gentleman this morning, if we can be assured of having next Friday for the business of our committee, we have no objection to waiving our right to-day.

Mr. DAWES. sent to that.

I hope the House will con

The SPEAKER. If there be no objection the Committee for the District of Columbia will be allowed Friday of next week after two o'clock, instead of to-day, for the presentation of their business. The Chair hears no objection. The Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union will resume its session.

MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. SYMPSON, one of its clerks, announced that the Sen ate had concurred in the resolution of the House for printing extra copies of the report of the board of Indian commissioners for 1871; also in the resolution of the House for printing extra copies of the preliminary report of the commissioner of the United States to the international penitentiary congress of London.

The message also announced that the Senate had adopted a resolution (in which the concurrence of the House was requested) to print additional copies of the report and accompanying maps of the Darien surveying expedition.

The message further announced that the Senate had agreed to the report of the com. mittee of conference on the bill (H. R. No. 1661) making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1872.

The message also announced that the Senate requested the House of Representatives to return to the Senate the bill (S. No. 931) authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Arkansas river at Little Rock, Arkansas. The message further announced that the President, having returned to the Senate with his objections the bill (S. No. 955) granting a pension to Mary Ann Montgomery, widow of William W. Montgomery, late captain in Texas volunteers, the Senate had, in pursuance of the Constitution, proceeded to reconsider the thereto) had repassed the same. bill, and (two thirds of the Senate agreeing

The message also announced that the Senate had passed, without amendment, House bill of the following title:

An act (H. R. No. 534) to provide for holding the United States district court in the city

of Toledo.

The message further announced that the Senate had passed House bills of the following titles, with amendments; in which the concurrence of the House was requested:

An act (H. R. No. 1297) amendatory of an act entitled "An act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and mechanic arts," passed July 2, 1862, and acts amendatory thereto;

tion of seamen.

The message also announced that the Sen ate had passed bills of the following titles; in which the concurrence of the House was requested:

An act (S. No. 744) for the relief of William G. Langford;

An act (S. No. 1107) for the relief of Wilson Bowlby, collector of internal revenue for Oregon;

An act (S. No. 1025) to quiet the title to lands of the settlers on lands belonging to the West Wisconsin Railway Company;

An act (S. No. 1036) granting the right of way through the public lands to the Jackson. ville and St. Augustine Railroad Company; An act (S. No. 986) to settle land titles in the State of Iowa;

An act (S. No. 944) to provide for the claims of the Pottawatomie Indians residing in Michigan and Indiana;

An act (S. No. 1015) to quiet the title to certain lands in the State of Iowa;

An act (S. No. 1002) granting the right of way through the public lands to the Pensacola and Louisville Railroad Company of Alabama;

An act (S. No. 842) to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi river at or near the city of Red Wing, in the State of Minnesota, and to establish it as a post road;

An act (S. No. 1088) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to settle the claims of Messrs. Durfee & Peck and E. H. Durfee, for supplies furnished the Indians in Montana in the winter of 1869;

An act (S. No. 562) in relation to settlers on certain Indian reservations in the State of Minnesota ;

An act (S. No. 508) for the relief of certain tribes of Indians in the northern superintend ency;

An act (S. No. 349) to provide for the pay ment of D. B. Allen & Co. for services in carrying the United States mails;

Arr act (S. No. 450) to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain;

An act (S. No. 218) to create an additional land district in Florida ; and

An act (S. No. 536) to confirm sales of Shawnee Indian land in Kansas, under the direction and with the approval of the Secre tary of the Interior.

TAX AND TARIFF BILL.

The House resolved itself into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, (Mr. WHEELER in the chair,) and resumed the consideration of the bill (H. R. No. 2322) to reduce duties on imports, and to reduce inter nal taxes, and for other purposes.

Mr. CONGER. I move to amend by inserting in the free list "gilling twine and fish net twine used by fishermen on the ocean, lakes, rivers, and waters of the United States."

The amendment was not agreed to; there being-ayes seventeen, noes not counted. Mr. L. MYERS. I move to amend by striking from the free list "calomel."

Mr. DAWES. If the gentleman will wait a moment, I will move to make quicksilver free.

Mr. L. MYERS. That will answer my purpose.

The amendment of Mr. L. MYERS was not agreed to.

Mr. DAWES. I move to amend by inserting "quicksilver" in the free list. The amendment was agreed to.

Mr. SARGENT. I move to amend by inserting in the free list "jute butts."

The question being taken on agreeing to the amendment, there were-ayes 50, noes 55; no quorum voting.

Tellers were ordered; and Mr. SARGENT and Mr. BECK were appointed.

The committee divided; and the tellers reported-ayes 62, noes 60.

So the amendment was agreed to.

Mr. WALLS. I move to amend by inserting in line ten, after the words "bulbs and bulbous roots," the following: "and tropical and semi-tropical plants of all kinds."

The amendment was agreed to.

Mr. KELLEY. I move to amend by inserting in the free list "tin in pigs, blocks, and bars."

The amendment was not agreed to; there being-ayes twenty-five, noes not counted.

Mr. L. MYERS. I move to amend by striking from the free list "sulphate of magnesia," (Epsom salts.) That has been put in by mistake.

Mr. BROOKS. I do not know that.
The amendment was not agreed to.

Mr. KERR. I move the following amend ment after line eighty-nine.

The Clerk read as follows:

After line eighty-six, insert the word "buckwheat."

The committee divided; and there wereayes 56, noes 45; no quorum voting.

Mr. HALE demanded tellers.

Tellers were ordered; and Mr. HALE and Mr. KERR were appointed.

The committee divided; and the tellers reported-ayes forty-three, noes not counted. So the amendment was disagreed to.

Mr. MCINTYRE. I move the following amendment to come in between lines sixtyseven and sixty-eight.

The Clerk read as follows:

Between lines sixty-seven and sixty-eight insert: Salt in bulk or in bags, sacks, barrels, or other packages.

The committee divided; and there wereayes 77, noes 66.

Mr. DAWES demanded tellers. Tellers were ordered: and Mr. DAWES and Mr. MCINTYRE were appointed.

The committee again divided; and the tellers reported-ayes 64, noes 81.

So the amendment was disagreed to. Mr. STARKWEATHER. I move the following amendment.

The Clerk read as follows:

Insert in the free list:

Saltpeter, crude, refined, and partially refined. Mr. KELLOGG. I move to amend the amendment by adding "gunpowder."

The amendment to the amendment was agreed to.

Mr. STARKWEATHER. That makes them both free.

The amendment, as amended, was agreed to. Mr. TOWNSEND, of New York. I move the following amendment.

The Clerk read as follows:

On page 8, after line sixty-one, add the word "jute.'

The amendment was agreed to.

Mr. BUTLER, of Massachusetts. I move

the following amendment.

The Clerk read as follows:

Insert on the free list "barks, extract of, for tanning purposes."

The committee divided; and there wereayes 60, noes 20.

So the amendment was agreed to.
Mr. HILL. I offer the following amend-

ment.

42D CONG. 2D SESS.-No. 224.

The Clerk read as follows:

Insert on the free list "lumber for building and fencing."

The committee divided; and there wereayes 70, noes 62.

Mr. CARROLL. I move to insert "fine" before lumber."

Mr. FARNSWORTH. I accept that. Mr. LYNCH. I demand tellers. Tellers were ordered; and Mr. LYNCH and Mr. FARNSWORTH were appointed.

The committee again divided; and the tellers reported-ayes 66, noes 83.

So the amendment, as modified, was rejected. Mr. DUELL. I offer the following amend

The amendment was rejected.

Mr. McCORMICK, of Missouri. I move to insert on the free list "quinine."

The committee divided; and there wereayes 65, noes 30.

So the amendment was agreed to. Mr. WILSON, of Ohio. I move to strike from the free list "lard."

The amendment was disagreed to.

Mr. McNEELY. I move to strike out "charcoal," in line fifty-seven, and insert "coal."

The committee divided; and there wereayes 60, noes 75.

So the amendment was rejected.

Mr. HIBBARD. I move to insert in line

fifty-three " grindstones, whether finished or

unfinished."

The committee divided; and there wereayes 40, noes 55.

Mr. HIBBARD demanded tellers. Tellers were ordered; and Mr. HIBBARD and Mr. KILLINGER were appointed.

The committee again divided; and the tellers reported-ayes 47, noes 55.

So the amendment was rejected.

Mr. W. R. ROBERTS. I offer the following amendment:

That on and after the 1st day of August, 1872, all licorice extracts, stick, mass, or paste, shall be admitted free of duty.

I will just say that this article enters largely into the manufacture of tobacco, and the duty protects nothing.

The committee divided; and there wereayes 50, noes 30.

Mr. KELLEY demanded tellers. Tellers were ordered; and Mr. KELLEY and Mr. W. R. ROBERTS were appointed. The committee again divided; and the tellers reported-ayes 80, noes 45.

So the amendment was agreed to.

Mr. SYPHER. I offer the following amend

ment:

Add to the free list the following:
Sal-soda and soda-ash.

Mr. RANDALL. I raise the point of order that we voted on that proposition yesterday. The CHAIRMAN, (Mr. WHEELER) The

counted.

So the amendment was disagreed to.

Mr. COX. I offer the following amendment: After line one hundred and forty-four, insert the word "mustard."

This will have the effect of putting mustard seed on the free list.

Mr. DAWES. Mustard seed is on the free list already. We put it on the free list a short time ago.

Mr. COX. Then I withdraw the amend ment, and offer the following:

In line seventy-three, before the word "spunk," insert the work "British;" so it will read British spunk."

I move this that we may be able to import some British spunk.

Mr. DAWES. We have enough of it already.

Mr. COX. Well, as the gentleman shows so much spunk, I will withdraw that amendment, and move to strike out "whalebone" and insert" backbone." [Laughter.]

Mr. STORM. I offer the following amendment:

Add to the free list the following:
Emery ore.

The amendment was agreed to.

Mr. HAZELTON, of New Jersey. I offer the following amendment

Mr. DAWES. I raise the point of order that we have just put emery ore on another list at six dollars per ton.

The CHAIRMAN. The point of order comes too late.

Mr. DAWES. It could not have come any quicker.

The CHAIRMAN. The Chair announced that the amendment was agreed to, and had directed the Clerk to read the amendment sent to the desk by the gentleman from New Jersey, [Mr. HAZELTON.]

Mr. DAWES. I do not know how this free list is being made up. We cannot understand what is going on. I rose just as soon as I heard the word announced by the Clerk; but before I had time to turn round another amendment was being put.

The CHAIRMAN. The Chair announced the result of the vote on the amendment of the gentleman from Pennsylvania.

Mr. DAWES. The Chair no doubt announced the result; but the question was not understood.

The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will report the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey, [Mr. HAZELTON.]

The Clerk read as follows:

Add to the free list the following:
Soda-ash.

Mr. L. MYERS. I raise the point of order that that amendment has already been rejected.

The CHAIRMAN. The amendment which was rejected associates this with another article. This is a different proposition.

The question being taken on the amendment of Mr. HAZELTON, of New Jersey, it was disagreed to.

Mr. SPEER, of Pennsylvania. I offer the following amendment:

Add to the free list the following:
Newspapers.

The amendment was disagreed to.

Mr. BIRD. I offer the following amend.

ment:

Add to the free list the following:
Chlorate of potash.

The amendment was disagreed to.

Mr. KERR. I offer the following amendment:

Add to the free list the following:
Coffee substitutes other than chiccory.

This is necessary to complete the law.
The amendment was disagreed to.

Mr. EAMES. I offer the following amend

ment:

Add to the free list the following:
Garancine, an extract of madder.

The amendment was disagreed to-ayes twenty, noes not counted.

Mr. COTTON. I offer the following amendment:

Add to the free list the following:
Seeds of forest trees.

The amendment was agreed to-ayes sixtyfive, noes not counted.

Mr. WALLS. I move to strike from the free list the following:

Fruits, perishnable, not dried or preserved, and not otherwise specified,

Mr. DAWES. That is right.

The amendment was agreed to.

Mr. HOLMAN. I offer the amendment only by way of precaution.

Mr. DAWES. I was mistaken; leather is fixed at ten cents. We reduced it from twentyfive cents to ten cents.

Mr. HOLMAN. That is too high a duty for leather.

The question was put on Mr. HOLMAN'S amendment; and there were-ayes 37, noes 103.

So the amendment was rejected.

Mr. L. MYERS. I move to strike from the free list "tin crystals."

The question was put; and the amendment was disagreed to.

Mr. CONGER. I move to add to the free list medicinal barks," and on that motion

I call for tellers.

Tellers were not ordered.

The question was put; and there were-ayes forty, noes not counted.

So the amendment was rejected.

Mr. BARNUM. I move to add to the free list "fire wood."

The question was put ; and there were-ayes 50, noes 72.

Mr. BARNUM called for tellers.
Tellers were not ordered.

The amendment was rejected.

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Mr. KELLEY. I move to add to the free list cotton-waste, whether for paper-stock or other purposes."

The question was put, and the amendment was disagreed to-ayes four, noes not counted.

Mr. McNEELY. I move to add to the free list "all books used in schools, colleges, and other institutions of learning in the course of instruction of pupils and students."

The question was put; and there were-ayes 47, noes 75.

So the amendment was rejected.

Mr. WILSON, of Ohio. I move to strike off from the free list "tallow."

The question was put, and the amendment was rejected.

Mr. COX. I move to add to the free list "wheat."

The question was put, and the amendment was disagreed to.

Mr. CONGER. I move to add to the free list "Peruvian bark."

The question was put, and the amendment was agreed to.

Mr. KELLOGG. I move to add to the free list all fire-wood except pine."

The question was put, and the amendment was disagreed to.

Mr. McNEELY. I move to add to the free list "the holy Bible."

Mr. W. R. ROBERTS. We want American Bibles, not British Bibles.

The question was taken upon the amendment; and upon a division there were-ayes 65, noes 60.

Before the result of the vote was announced, Mr. DAWES called for tellers. Tellers were ordered; and Mr. BANKS and Mr. DAWES were appointed.

reported-ayes 64, noes 68.
The committee again divided; and the tellers

So the amendment was not agreed to.
The Clerk read as follows:

SEC. 5. That for all purposes the standard for vinegar shall be taken to be that strength which

requires thirty-five grains of bicarbonate of potash to neutralize one ounce troy of vinegar, and all import duties that now are, or may hereafter be, imposed by law on vinegar imported from foreign countries shall be collected according to said standard.

SEC. 6. That all goods, wares, and merchandise which may be in the public stores or bonded warehouses on the 1st day of January, 1873, shall be subjected to no other duty upon the entry thereof for consumption than if the same were imported respectively after that day.

Mr. DAWES. I move to amend section six by changing "January, 1873," to "July, 1872."

The amendment was agreed to.
The Clerk read as follows:

SEC. 7. That the eighth section of the act approved June 30, 1864, chapter one hundred and seventy-one, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding, after the word ribbons," in the second clause thereof, the words "wholly of silk, or commercially known as such." And the proper officers are hereby directed to cause all entries of ribbons, other than ribbons wholly of silk, or commercially known as such, on which duties have been assessed at the rate fixed in said second clause of said eighth section, to be reliquidated and adjusted at the rate specified in the last clause of said section: Provided. That no reclamation upon the Treasury of the United States, or action for the recovery of duties exacted on ribbons not "wholly of silk, or commercially known as such," under color of the provisions of said second clause of said eighth section, shall be maintained, except in cases where suits have been actually commenced and are now pending in the courts of the United States where the provisions of the fourteenth section of said act have been complied with: And provided further, That all ribbons manufactured wholly of silk, hereafter imported, which shall be entered as silk and cotton ribbons, or by any other name than "ribbous wholly of silk," shall be forfeited, unless it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the collector and naval officer of the district where the entry shall be made, if there be a naval officer, and if there be no naval officer, to the satisfaction of the collector, or to the court in which prosecution shall be had, that such designation was made by mistake, and without intention to evade or defraud the revenue.

Mr. KELLEY. I move to strike out section seven of the bill.

Mr. RANDALL. I ask unanimous con sent that there may be some explanation made of this section. It is alleged that it will take $2,000,000 from the Treasury. Mr. KELLEY. And for the benefit of a few favored individuals not known to the House.

Mr. CONGER. I object to debate. The question was taken on the motion to strike out, and there were twenty-three in the affirmative.

Before the noes were counted,
Mr. KELLEY called for tellers.

Tellers were ordered; and Mr. KELLEY and Mr. Cox were appointed.

The committee again divided; and the tellers reported that there were-ayes 70, noes 52.

So the motion to strike out was agreed to.
The Clerk read as follows:

SEC. 8. That from and after the passage of this act all lumber, timber, hemp, manila, iron, and steel not advanced beyond rods, bars, and bolts, copper and composition metal which may be necessary for the construction and equipment of wooden sailing vessels built in the United States for the purpose of being employed in the foreign trade, including the trade between the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States, and finished after the passage of this act, may be imported in bond, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe; and upon proof that such materials have been used for the purpose aforesaid, no duties shall be pail thereon: Provided, That vessels receiving the benefit of this section shall not be allowed to engage in the coastwise trade of the United States except upon the payment to the United States of the duties on which a rebate is herein allowed; And provided further, That all articles of foreign production needed for ship stores, or the repair of American sail vessels engaged exclusively in foreign trade, may be withdrawn from bonded warehouses free of duty, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.

Mr. HALE. I move to amend the section just read by striking from the first part of the section the words "for the purpose of being employed in the foreign trade, including the trade between the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States;" and also to strike out the following proviso:

Provided, That vessels receiving the benefit of this section shall not be allowed to engage in the coastwise trade of the United States except upon the payment to the United States of the duties on which a rebate is herein allowed.

Mr. LYNCH. I move to amend the proviso before the question is put upon striking it out so as to make it read as I have drawn it up here, and which I ask the Clerk to read.

The Clerk read as follows:

Provided, That in order to secure to all American vessels engaged in the foreign trade the advantages which they now possess over foreign vessels by reason of the right to change ports in the United States with cargoes, and to extend to them every privilege calculated to enable them more successfully to compete with foreign vessels in the carrying trade, all vessels receiving the benefits of this section shall be allowed to engage in the coastwise trade three months in any one year, and no more, except upon repayment of the duties on which a rebate is herein allowed.

Mr. HALE. I hope my colleague [Mr. LYNCH] will not press that now.

Mr. LYNCH. Very well; I will withdraw it, and move to make the proviso read as follows:

Provided. That vessels receiving the benefit of this section shall not be allowed to engage in the coastwise trade of the United States more than three months in any one year except upon the payment to the United States of the duties on which a rebate is herein allowed.

Mr. HALE. I ask my colleague [Mr. LYNCH] to withdraw his amendment until the question is taken on the one I have offered.

Mr. LYNCH. I prefer to have my amend ment first voted on.

The question was taken upon the amendment moved by Mr LYNCH; and upon a division, there were-ayes 23, noes 40; no quorum voting.

Tellers were ordered; and Mr. LYNCH and Mr. HALE were appointed.

The committee again divided; and the tellers reported that there were-ayes eighteen, noes net counted.

So the amendment moved by Mr. LYNCH was not agreed to.

The question was then taken upon the amendment moved by Mr. HALE; and upon a division there were-ayes 50, noes 69; no quorum voting.

Tellers were ordered; and Mr. HAZELTON, of Wisconsin, and Mr. HALE were appointed. The committee again divided; and the tellers reported that there were-ayes 61, noes 62. So the amendment was not agreed to. Mr. LYNCH. I move to amend by inserting,

after the words "United States," in line four. teen, the words "more than two months in any one year;" so as to make the proviso read as follows:

Provided, That vessels receiving the benefit of this section shall not be allowed to engage in the coastwise trade of the United States more than two months in any one year except upon the payment to the United States of the duties on which a rebate is herein allowed.

Mr. HOLMAN moved to amend the amendment by inserting at the end of the proviso the following:

Provided further, That the provisions of this section shall apply to the materials above enumerated which shall be used in the construction and equipment of steamboats engaged in navigating navigable waters of the United States.

The amendment of Mr. HOLMAN was agreed to; there being-ayes, sixty-three, noes not counted.

Mr. COX. I move further to amend the amendment of the gentleman from Maine [Mr. LYNCH] by adding the following:

Provided further, That from and after the 1st day of July next the act entitled "An act concerning the registering and recording of ships and vessels, approved December 31, 1792, and all acts and parts of acts supplementary thereto, be, and the same are hereby, repealed, so far as to admit to registry foreign-built vessels of wood or iron, the property of a citizen or citizens of the United States, if the same be purchased in good faith by such citizen or citizens.

Mr. LYNCH. I raise the point of order that the amendment is not germane. It proposes simply a repeal of the navigation law, and has no reference to the tariff.

The CHAIRMAN. The Chair sustains the point of order. The amendment of the gentleman from New York [Mr. Cox] is not germane to the pending amendment.

Mr. KELLEY. I move as an amendment to the amendment of the gentleman from Maine [Mr. LYNCH] to insert before the first proviso the following:

And an allowance shall be made upon all articles produced in the United States actually used in the building of such ships after the passage of this act, equal to the duties imposed by law upon like foreign articles imported into this country; and shall be paid from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

The amendment of Mr. KELLEY was not agreed to; there being-ayes twenty-five, noes, not counted.

The question then recurring on the amendment of Mr. LYNCH, as amended, it was agreed

to.

Mr. COX. I offer the following amendment:

Add the following:

And provided further, That from and after the 1st of July next the act entitled "An act concerning the registering and recording of ships and vessels, approved December 31, 1792," and all acts and parts of acts supplementary thereto, be, and the same are hereby, repealed so far as to admit to register foreign-built vessels of wood or iron, the property of a citizen or citizens of the United States, if the same be purchased in good faith by such citizen or citizens.

Mr. HALE. I rise to a point of order on that amendment.

The CHAIRMAN. The Chair sustains the point of order.

Mr. COX. That is intended

Mr. LYNCH. I object to debate. Mr. COX. I should like to be heard on the question of order.

Mr. COBURN. I offer the following amend

ment:

Add to the section:

Provided further, That iron ocean steamers may be imported free of duty, for the purpose of foreign trade only, and thereafter they shall be entitled to the same registry as vessels constructed in the United States.

Mr. LYNCH. I rise to a point of order. Mr. HALE. It is not in order to this bill, as it provides for a repeal of the registry law. The CHAIRMAN. The Chair sustains the point of order.

The Clerk read as follows:

Distilled spirits:

SEC. 9. That the act entitled "An act imposing taxes on distilled spirits and tobacco, and for other

purposes," approved July 20, 1868, be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows:

That section one be amended by striking out the word "fifty," and inserting in lieu thereof the words 'sixty-five:" Provided, nevertheless, That distilled spirits lawfully deposited in a distillery bonded warehouse when this act shall take effect may be withdrawn therefrom on payment of the taxes thereon at the rate within the time and in the manner fixed by law at the time of such deposit: Provided further, That the special tax paid by distillers prior to the taking effect of this act, which has not been exhausted by the exemptions allowed by law, shall be refunded upon proper application out of any moneys arising from internal taxes not otherwise appropriated. And that said section be further amended by striking out the words "in excess of the number of gallons," and inserting, in lieu thereof, the words "amounting to one half gallon or over,' and add after the words as a gallon" the words and any fractional part of a gallon less than one half gallon in any cask or package shall be exempt from tax."

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Mr. DUELL. I desire to offer an amendment.

Mr. BECK. I ask the chairman of the committee whether he will not move that the committee rise, so as to allow some explanation of this bill, now that we have got to the internal revenue part of it?

Mr. DAWES. If it were not for lack of time I think that would be desirable.

Mr. BECK. Let us have half an hour to explain some of these matters.

Mr. DAWES. Is there anything in this part of the bill he desires to explain?

Mr. BECK. No; unless an amendment be made to consolidate all these things. Mr. DAWES. Then let us wait until that is done.

Mr. DUELL. I move on page 15, line seven, to strike out "sixty-five" and insert the following:

Seventy; and this sum shall be in lieu of all taxes upon sales of distilled spirits by distillers.

Mr. SPEER, of Pennsylvania. And I offer the following amendment to that amendment: Strike out the ninth section and insert as follows:

That all laws or parts of laws authorizing the collection of internal taxes be, and the same are hereby, repealed.

Mr. DAWES. I do not think we ought to pass any such amendment as that, raising the tax from sixty-five to seventy.

Mr. BECK. It was in view of just such amendments as have been offered that I asked that we might be allowed to explain these provisions of the bill.

Mr. DAWES. In order that there may be some explanation of the bill, I move that the committee rise for the purpose of allowing a short time for debate.

Mr. GARFIELD, of Ohio. Oh, no!

Mr. DAWES. If I could be assured the House would vote down all amendments I would withdraw the motion.

Mr. GARFIELD, of Ohio. I have no doubt we will.

The committee divided; and there wereayes one hundred and two, noes not counted. The motion was agreed to.

The committee accordingly rose; and the Speaker having resumed the chair, Mr. ScoFIELD reported that the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, having had under consideration the Union generally, and particularly the bill (H. R. No. 2322) to reduce duties on imports, and to reduce internal taxes, and for other purposes, had come to no resolution thereon.

ORDER OF BUSINESS.

Mr. DAWES. I move that the rules be suspended, and that the House resolve itself into Committee of the Whole on the special order; and pending that motion, I move that debate on the tax and tariff bill be extended one hour.

Mr. GARFIELD, of Ohio. I raise the point of order that the latter motion cannot be entertained.

The SPEAKER. The Chair does not think it competent for the House to agree to such a motion. Under a suspension of the rules the

House directed that all debate on this bill should cease on Thursday at three o'clock p. m.

Mr. DAWES. I withdraw the latter motion. Mr. BUTLER, of Massachusetts. I rise to a parliamentary inquiry. To-morrow is assigned for business of the Committee of Claims. Will it be competent on Monday to move to suspend the rules so as to extend the time for debate?

The SPEAKER. It will, of course, be competent for the House, under a suspension of the rules, to undo what it did under a suspension of the rules on Monday last.

Mr. BUTLER, of Massachusetts. Then I move that the House take a recess until half past seven o'clock this evening.

Mr. SPEER, of Georgia. I move that the House adjourn.

Pending the motion to adjourn,

ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED.

Mr. FOSTER, of Michigan, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found duly enrolled bills of the following titles; when the Speaker signed the same:

An act (H. R. No. 546) for the relief of Charles F. Tracy;

An act (H. R. No. 752) to appropriate to Henry Clay Williams a sum of money found due him on the adjustment of his accounts;

An act (H. R. No. 1072) to fix the times for holding United States courts in the eighth circuit;

An act (H. R. No. 1182) to create an additional land district in the State of Minnesota;

An act (H. R. No. 1654) making appropri ations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1872, and for former years, and for other purposes;

An act (H. R. No. 1766) to authorize the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company to change their projected line of railway in the State of Michigan;

An act (H. R. No. 1958) to authorize the city of Buffalo, New York, to construct a tunnel under the Niagara river, and to erect and maintain an inlet pier therefrom, for the purpose of supplying the city of Buffalo with pure water;

An act (H. R. No. 2093) to grant an American register to the Hawaiian bark Florence;

An act (H. R. No. 2187) to confirm the action of the board of aldermen and common council of the city of Washington, designating a depot site for the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company, and for other purposes;

An act (H. R. No. 2195) relating to certain lands in the State of Alabama;

An act (H. R. No. 2290) regulating the mode of making private contracts with Indians;

An act (H. R. No. 2341) to allow the pleasure-yacht Red Hot to take the name of Addie Parker, and be registered under that name; An act (H. R. No. 2631) to withdraw from settlement and sale a certain section of land in Wyoming Territory; and

An act (H. R. No. 2685) to establish an additional land district in the Territory of Dakota.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE.

By unanimous consent,

Mr. TOWNSEND, of New York, obtained leave of absence until Tuesday next.

Mr. BOLES obtained leave of absence until the 3d of June.

Mr. HAMBLETON obtained leave of absence until Tuesday.

JANE DAVIDSON.

On motion of Mr. MOORE, by unanimous consent, leave was given to withdraw from the files of the House the petition and accompanying papers in the case of Jane Davidson, widow of John Davidson, late lieutenant of the United States revenue marine service.

BRIDGE ACROSS THE ARKANSAS RIVER.

The SPEAKER. A message has been received from the Senate requesting the return of the bill (S. No. 931) authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Arkansas river, at Little Rock, Arkansas. The bill will be returned to the Senate if there be no objection.

There was no objection; and it was so ordered.

NEW JAIL FOR THE DISTRICT.

Mr. POLAND, by unanimous consent, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported back the bill (H. R. No. 1552) in relation to the construction of a new jail for the District of Columbia, with Senate amendments.

Mr. POLAND. I move that the House non concur in the amendments of the Senate, and ask a conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses.

The motion was agreed to; and it was so ordered.

LEAVE TO PRINT.

Mr. ROOSEVELT asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to have printed in the Globe some remarks he had prepared as part of the debates. [See Appendix.]

Mr. LYNCH asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to have printed in the Globe some remarks on the section of the

tax and tariff bill relating to shipping. [See Appendix.]

Mr. ELDREDGE. I object to leave being given to the gentleman from New York [Mr. ROOSEVELT] to print his speech.

The SPEAKER. The gentleman's objection comes too late.

Mr. POLAND. I think we ought to know the subject of the speech.

Mr. ROOSEVELT. The gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. ELDREDGE] did not object until, leave having been given, he turned round and asked what was the subject of my remarks, and I informed him that they were in exposure of the frauds in the government of the District of Columbia.

The SPEAKER. Under those circumstances the gentleman has no right to object.

The yeas and nays were ordered.

The question was taken; and it was decided in the affirmative-yeas 91, nays 77, not voting 71; as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Acker, Adams, Archer, Arthur, Beatty, Beck, Biggs, James G. Blair, Braxton, Bright, Buckley, Caldwell, Campbell, Carroll, Crebs, Crossland, Davis, Dox, Du Bose, Duke, Eldredge, Farnsworth, Finkelnburg, Henry D. Foster, Garrett, Giddings, Golladay, Griffith, Haldeman, Hambleton, Handley, Hanks, George E. Harris, John T. Harris, Hay, Hereford, Herndon, Hibbard, Holman, Kerr, Lamison, Leach, Lewis, Lynch, Manson, Marshall, McClelland, McGrew, McNeely, Benjamin F. Meyers, Moore, Morgan, Morphis, Niblack, Packard, Packer, Hosea W. Parker, Eli Perry, Randall, Read, Edward Y. Rice, William R. Roberts, Robinson, Roosevelt, Scofield, Seeley, Sherwood Shober, Shoemaker, John A. Smith, R. Milton Speer, Thomas J. Speer, Sprague, Stevens, Storm, Strong, Sypher, Terry, Dwight Townsend, Turner, Tyner, Upson, Van Trump, Vaughan, Waddell, Wakeman, Warren, Whiteley, Whitthorne, Williams of Indiana, and Winchester-91. NAYS-Messrs. Ames, Averill, Banks, Barber,

Barnum, Barry, Bell, Bigby, Bingham, Bird, Austin Blair, Buffinton Burdett, Benjamin F. Butler, Coburn, Coghlan, Conger, Cotton, Critcher, Dawes, Donnan, Duell, Dunnell, Eames, Ely, Forker, Wilder D. Foster, Frye, Garfield, Hale, Hancock, Harper, Hawley, Hill, Hoar, Houghton, Kelley, Kellogg. Kendall, Ketcham, Lamport, Lowe, McCormick, McIntyre, McJunkin, Merriam, Leonard Myers, Orr, Isaac C. Parker, Peck, Pendleton, Perce, Peters, Poland, Rainey, Ritchie, Rogers, Rusk, Sargent, Sawyer, Sessions, Sheldon, Slater, Stevenson, Sutherland, Taffe, Thomas, Washington Townsend, Twichell, Waldron, Wallace. Walls, Wells, Wheeler, Willard, Jeremiah M. Wilson, and John T. Wilson-77.

NOT VOTING - Messrs. Ambler, Beveridge, Boles, Brooks, Burchard, Roderick R. Butler, Clarke, Cobb, Comingo, Conner, Cox. Creely, Crocker, Darrall, De Large, Dickey, Elliott, Farwell, Charles Foster, Getz, Goodrich, Halsey, Harmer, Havens, Hays, Gerry W. Hazelton, John W. Hazelton, Hooper, Killinger, King, Kinsella, Lansing, Maynard, McCrary, MeHenry, McKee, McKinney, Mercur, Merrick, Mitchell, Monroe, Morey, Negley, Palmer, Aaron F. Perry, Platt. Porter, Potter, Price, Prindle, John M. Rice, Ellis H. Roberts, Shanks, Shellabarger, Slocum, Sloss, H. Boardman Smith, Worthington C. Smith, Snapp, Snyder, Starkweather, Stoughton, Stowell, St. John. Swann. Tuthill, Voorhees, Walden, Williams of New York, Wood, and Young-71.

During the roll call, the following announcements were made:

Mr. DONNAN. My colleague, Mr. WALDEN, is confined to his room by sickness; if here he would vote "no."

Mr. AMBLER. I am paired upon the Atchison, Topeka, and Sante Fé railroad bill with the gentleman from Massachusetts, Mr. CROCKER, who has been obliged to leave the Hall on account of sickness. As the question involves that bill, I do not vote. If Mr. CROCKER were here he would vote "no," and I would vote "ay."

The result of the vote having been announced as above recorded, the House (at four o'clock and forty-eight minutes p. m.) adjourned.

PETITIONS.

The following petitions were presented under the rules, and referred to the appropriate committees:

By Mr. BIRD: The petition of citizens of Clinton, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, remonstrating against so amending the Constitution as to allow persons of foreign birth to be elected President.

By Mr. COBURN: Petitions of soldiers and sailors of Baltimore, Maryland; Westminster, Maryland; Palmyra, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Havana. New York; Milford, Connecticut; Wilson, Niagara county, New York; Boston, Massachusetts; Lexington, Massachu setts; and Charlestown, Massachusetts, asking the pasaage of a bill providing industrial homes, &c., for the orphans of soldiers and sailors who served in the Union Army.

By Mr. COGHLAN: The petition, charts, &c., of Frederick Coombs, praying relief.

By Mr. DUELL: The petition and accompanying papers of John C. Lemon, late colonel of the tenth regiment New York cavalry, asking relief.

By Mr. SEELEY: The petition of soldiers and sailors for leave to assign them lands, &c.

IN SENATE. FRIDAY, May 17, 1872.

The Senate met at eleven o'clock a. m. Prayer by Rev. RICHARD SMYTH, D. D., Professor of Magee College, Londonderry, Ireland.

On motion of Mr. CHANDLER, the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.

STEAMBOAT LAW.

Mr. CHANDLER. House bill No. 2116 was perfected the other evening; all the amendments agreed upon and ready for its passage. I ask that the formal vote be taken on its passage. It is the bill (H. R. No. 2116) to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the better security of life on board of ves.

sels propelled in whole or in part by steam, and for other purposes," approved February 28, 1871.

The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there objec tion?

Mr. EDMUNDS. I think we had better wait a little while. I may withdraw the objec tion after awhile.

SHIPPING OF SEAMEN.

Mr. CHANDLER. Does the Senator object to the vote being taken on House bill No. 2044, to authorize the appointment of shipping commissioners by the several circuit courts of the United States, to superintend the shipping and discharge of seamen engaged in merchant ships belonging to the United States, and for the further protection of seamen?

The VICE PRESIDENT. If there be no objection the bill will be read the third time, and the question is on its passage. The bill was passed.

ORDER OF BUSINESS.

Mr. FENTON. I desire to put on its passage a bill of only eight or ten lines. The VICE PRESIDENT. Pending the morning business the Senator from New York asks unanimous consent that the Senate consider the following bill

Mr. EDMUNDS. I think the best way is to go straight ahead.

The VICE PRESIDENT. The Chair will therefore submit the business on his table from the House of Representatives.

HOUSE BILLS REFERRED.

The bill (H. R. No. 2564) to relieve certain persons therein named from the legal and political disabilities imposed by the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States was read twice by its title, and referred to the select Committee on the Removal of Political Disabilities.

The following bills and joint resolution from the House of Representatives were read twice by their titles, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:

A bill (H. R. No. 21) to allow persons accused of crime to testify in their own behalf in the courts of the United States;

A bill (H. R. No. 482) regulating the compensation of criers and bailiffs of the United States courts;

A bill (H. R. No. 1017) to prevent and punish the obstruction of the administration of justice in the courts of the United States; A bill (H. R. No. 2779) to repeal certain statutes prescribing an oath of office;

A bill (H. R. No. 2780) for the relief of W. W. Griffin; and

A resolution (H. R. No. 152) amending joint resolution approved March 2, 1867.

The bill (H. R. No. 2340) to change the name of the pleasure-yacht Ellie, of Boston, Massachusetts, was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

The bill (H. R. No. 2781) for the relief of Henry A. F. Worth was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Claims.

FINAL ADJOURNMENT.

The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the following concurrent resolution from the House of Representatives:

Resolved by the House of Representatives, (the Senate concurring.) That each House of Congress shall be adjourned sine die by the Presiding Officer thereof on Monday, the 3d day of June, 1872, at twelve o'clock meridian.

Mr. SUMNER. I think that ought to lie on the table for the present.

Mr. SHERMAN. My impression is that it had better go to the Committee on Finance, whe have charge of the tariff and tax question.

Mr. SUMNER. Very well; I have no objection.

The resolution was referred to the Committee on Finance.

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.

Mr. FENTON presented a petition of citi