1882. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 2509 zens of Maryland, .for the establishment of a light-house at Drum· Mr. HAMPTON presented a memorial of the city council of Charles­ Point Harbor, Calvert County, Maryland-to the Committee on Com­ ton, South Carolina., in favor of an appropriation for the completion merce. of the jetties in the harbor at that place; which was referred to the By Mr. .CRAPO: The petition of Franklin Crocker, forTelief-to Committee on Commerce. the Committee on Claims. He also presented a petition of inmates of the Soldiers' Home, of By Mr. DE MOTTE: The petition ofJolmE. Hopkinsand91 others, Washington, District of Columbia, ex-soldiers of the Mexican and citizens of Indiana, for legislation to regulate railway transporta­ Indian wars, praying for an amendment of section 48~0 of the Revised tion-to the Committee on Commerce. Statutes, so a-s to grant them an increase of pension; which was By :Mr. DEUSTER: Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, . referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. asking the Government for a. cession of certain lands to be used for Mr. ROLLINS presented the petition of ex-Governor James .A. park }Jurposes-to the Committee on the Public Lands. Weston, Thomas J. Morgan, G. B. Chandler, Nathan Parker, and · Also, the petition of E . .Asherman & Co. and others, against the other citizens of Manchester, New Hampshire, praying for the pas­ pas a~e of the "free-leaf-tobacco" bill-to the Committee on Ways sage of the Lowell bill, establishing a uniform bankrupt law through­ and 1\ieans. out the United States; which was ordered to lie on the table. By Mr. HENRY S. HARRIS : Memo1·ial of the German Society of Mr. BROWN presented a petition of citizens of Georgia, North New York City, for legislation for the protection of arriving immi­ Carolina, and South Carolina, praying a modification of the Hawaiian grants-to the same committee. treaty so that rice raised in the Hawaiian Islands shall pay the same By 1\Ir. HOUSE : Papers relating to the claim of R. M. Richards, tariff duty as is paid by rice from other countries; which was re­ of Davidson County, Tennessee-to the Committee on War Claims. ferred to the Committee on :Finance. By Mr. J. K. JONES: Papers relating to the claim of William B. He also presented a petition of citizens of .Augusta, Georgia., pray­ 11orden-to the same committee. ing an appropriation for the improvement of Savannah River, both By Mr. LEEDOM: The petition ofH. C. Barnes and 66 others, citi­ above and below .Augusta ; which was referred to the Committee on zens of Pike County, Ohio, for the repeal of the law imposing a ta.x on Commerce. bank deposits, banks, &c.-to the Committee on Ways and Means. He also presented a petition of citizens of Albany, Georgia, pray­ By Mr. M.ANNING: Papers relating to the claim of Collen Becker­ ing an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor of Savannah; Cite and of William Rankine-severally to the same committee. which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. By Mr. MOORE : Papers relating to the claim of John M. Bowman, Mr. GROOME presented the petition of Hon. J. D. Clark, of Mary­ of .Austin Beatty, and of Rosa Bloom-severally to the same com­ land, in favor of an appropriation for deepening Dividing Creek, ill mittee. Talbot County, Maryland; which was referred to the Committee on By Mr. MORSE: The petition of Rebecca Stone and others, pray­ Commerce. • in~ for the passage of the French spoliation clai}:Bs bill-'-to the Com­ Mr. COKE presented the memorial of the Houston (Texas) Cotton nuttee on Foreian Affairs . Exchange and Board of Trade, in favor of declaring the city of Ry Mr. l\IULJ5ROW: Memorial of Captain C. L. Lincoln and oth­ Houston a. port of entry; which was referred to the Committee on • ers, for an amendment of the United States militia la.wa-to the Com­ Commerce, and ordered to be printed in the REcoRD, as follows : mittee on the Militia. To tJt,e lumorable tM &nate and House of Rqresentati11u By Mr. PAYSON: The petition of citizens of Iroquois County, of the United Statu of .America in Oongrus a88embled: Illinois, calling for an investig-ation into the conduct of General S. The memorial of the Houston Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade, of'the city D. Sturgis at Gnntown, Mis&ssippi~to the Committee on Military of Hons~n, Texas, praying that the city of Ho~n be decla.red a port of entry Affairs. of the Uruted States, respectfully represent~ · By Mr. WILLI.AM E. ROBINSON: Papers relating to the appli­ The city of Houston is a port of delivery of the United. States~,. ~itua.ted at the head of tide-water on Bnffafo Bayou, fifty miles from the Gulfof ..Mexico. -cation of Sergeant Charles L. Denman, for reappointment to the The popula.tion of the city of Honston is estimated. to be 20,000. The following .Army-to the same committee. statistics are given for the year ending September 30, 1881: .Alsq, papers relating to the proposed purchase of copies of Hunter's Taxable we:llth ..................................................... $7,028,000 00 work entitled Port Charges of the World-severally to the Com­ Capital invested in public works (gas a.nd water).-·................ 275,000 00 mittee on Foreign Affairs. Capital invested in ma.nufaeto.res.-.......... ··-···-..-- .. ·····--· .. 1,500,·000 00 By Mr. RY.AN: The petition of citize:Q.s of Reno County, Kansas, Capital invested in shipping. • .. • • . • . • . • • . • • • . • . • . • . • . 350, 000 00 Capital invested in banks ..... _ ..---·········---· ··---·-............. 700,000 00 for a. bill to establish a. board of commissioners of interstate com­ Capital invested in cotton compresses (4). ......... ••••••.•.. .•.• •• • 335,000 00 merce-to the Committee on Commerce. Estimated sales of merchandise, manufactured articles, and lUJ?ber. 15, 000, 000 00 By Mr. SCRANTON: The resolutions adopted by tlle Saint Mary's Catholic Total Abstinence Society of Providence, Pennsylvania., con- Postal revenue and bu.rineu for tM year ending J uM 30, 1881. • earning the 'imprisonment of .American citizens in British prisons­ Grose revenue ............................................. --........ $35,259 80 Deposits by postmasters and ex-postmasters .••...••.•.•...•..••..•. 187,373 42 to the Conimittoo on Foreign Affairs. Disbursements, same account...................................... 187,372 51 By Mr. P. B. THOMPSON: The petition of Charlotte T. Brown, Reoeipi.a from money.orders a.nd fees .............................. 245,128 82 for restoration to the pension-rolls--to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ Disbursements (ll!oney-orders paid) ................................ 293,517 02 sions. Estimated increase of .revenue and deposits for the year ending December 31, By Mr. OSCAR TURNER: The petition of Samuel Shultz, for com­ 1881, say 10 per cent. pensation for property taken and nsed by the United States .Army Vessels drawing nine feet of water now discharge their cargoes at the railroad wharves, sixm.ilesbelow the city limits. The work of ship-channel improvements, during the late rebellion-to the Coinmittee on War Claims. now nearly completed by the United States engineers, will afford passage for ves· sels of twelve feet draft to the same point. The work of extending twelve-foot navigation from thence to the city of Houston has been commenced under the appropriations made by Congress. SENATE. This will afford to the city of Houston navigation for a.ny vessels now able to' cross the Galveston- outer bar. The present navigation to the city is si1r feet­ MONDAY, April 3, 1882. the business being done by steamboats, lighters, and light-draft sailing vessels. In addition to her tidal position, Houston is the aekiiowledged rallioad center Prayer by tli.e Chaplain, Rev. J. J. BULLOCK, D. D. of Texas. Nine railroad lines diverge from this point, embracing a mileage of The Journal of the proceedings of Friday last was read and ap­ 2,296 miles. The extension of. these lines now in progress embrace the construc­ proved. tion of 1,090 miles additional railway. The comyletion of the Southern Pacific Railway, expected during this year, will EXECUTIVE CO:M:MUNICA'l'IO~. make the c1t:v of Houston the nearest tide-waterpointon that great J:ailway line for The PRESID. ~NT pro ten~porolaid before the Senate a communica­ the trade of Mexico and the Territory of New Mexico. tion from the Secretary of ·war, transmittin~, in response to a. reso­ The extraordinary facilities centering at Houston. for the transfer of bonded goods to and from foreign vessels in the Gulf_of Mexico are .referred to as a.n argu· lution of March 15, 1882, a. report from Captarn Amos Stickney, Corp~ ment in favor of declaring Houston a port of entry. The same argnmen.ts mayoe <>f Engineers, relative to Bayous Courtableau, Teche, and Terre adduced in behalf of the bonded trade, coastwise from Atlantic ports. Bonne, Louisiana; which was referred to the Committ~e on Com­ The freights handled at Houston by the railroads in the year ending August 31, merce, and ordered to be printed. 1881. are estimated at 3,185,138,000 pounds-tons, 1,592,569. Of the above it is estimated that-the following were the products of Texas: PETITIONS A1ID MEMORIALS. Pound-s. The PRESIDENT pro tempore presented the petition of R. B. Will­ Cotton, 669,190 bales ................••..•..... -·.. 334, 595, 000 ia.mson1 ?fWashington, District of Columbia., praying an examina­ Wool ................ ___ . ............................... -.......... 7,432, 723 tion of nis method ofc>urifying the air in public buildings, churches, Live stock ...........................'. .............................. 29,304,100 halls, and other places, and referring to tests of such method made Hides, tallow, &o .......... .••••• ....... .......... ........ .......... 5, 254,241 Grain1 hay, &.c...................................................... 103,664,315 in the Supreme Court, the Treasury Department, and Light-House Lumber (number of feet, 264,859,540) ..•••....•....•••..•.•••..•..••.