The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-29 00:00:00

CONGRESS.

THE SENATE.

On the 4th the first session of the Senate of the
Forty-first Congress was called to order by Vice-
President Colfax, and all the new Senators, except
Hamilton, of Maryland, and Brownlow, of Ten-
nessee, who were absent, were sworn in.—On the
sth the Cabinet was confirmed :—Secretary of State,
Elihu B. Washburne, of Illinois ; of War (tempo-
rarily), General Schofield ; Treasury, A. T. Stewart,
of New York ; Navy, Adolph E. Borie, of Phila-
delphia ; Interior, J. D. Cox, of Ohio ; Postmai.
ter-General, J. A. J. Creswell, of Maryland ; At_
torney-General Eben R. Hoar, of Mass "-eh usetts ;
The President also nominated Colurr:
ous Delano, of
Ohio, to be Internal Revenue Commissioner, vice
Rollins, resigned ; W. T. Sherman to be General ;
P. 11. Sheridan Lieut.-General; J. M. Schofield,
Major-General ; and, C. C. Augur, Brigadier-Ge-
neral. All these nominations were confirmed with
the Cabinet. In the United States Senate, yester-
day, Senator Brownlow, of Tennessee, was sworn ,
in. Bills were introduced by Mr. Wilson for a
redistribution of national banking capital ; Mr.
Thayer, repealing the Tenure-of-Office Act, and
Mr. Edmunds, amending it ; and by Mr. Wil-
liams, suspending the Tenure-of-Office Act for
four years. Mr. Thayer gave notice that he would
call his bill up to-day. Two messages having
been received from the President the Senate went
into Executive session, and afterwards adjourned.—
On the 6th various bills were introduced, among
them one by Mr. Grimes, to reorganize the navy.
Mr. Patterson introduced a bill to repeal the clause
of the Act establishing the Treasury Department
which disqualifies for the Secretaryship persons
engaged in trade or commerce. He asked its im-
mediate consideration, but Mr. Sumner objected,
and it was referred. After some further business a
message was received from the President, asking
Congress to relieve Mr. A. T. Stewart from his
disqualification. Mr. Sherman offered a bill for
the purpose similar to that proposed by Mr. Pat-
terson, but Mr. Sumner again objecting, it was not
received.—On the Bth Mr. Conkling introduced a
bill, which was referred, to prevent secret sales of
gold or bonds by the Government. Mr. Sherman
introduced a supplementary currency bill. Mr.
Sumner moved that his bill giving a pension of
$5,000 to Mrs. Lincoln be considered, but on
the motion of Mr. Edmunds it was referred to the
Pension Committee. A concurrent resolution
offered by Mr. Anthony was agreed to, for a
special joint committee on removal of political
disabilities. On motion of Mr. Sumner, the Dis-
trict of Columbia Equal Rights Bill, which had
been killed at previous sessions, was again taken
up and passed. Nominations for Chaplain were
then made, and Rev. Dr. Newman, the nominee of
Mr. Cameron, was elected on the second ballot.
Mr. Pomeroy introduced another Equal Rights
Bill for the District, which strikes the word " male"
from the charters of Washington and Georgetown.
Mr. Robertson presented a Constitutional Amend-
ment.—On the 9th the Public Credit Bill was re-
ported by the Finance Committee in the same form
in which it passed last session. The Supplementary
Currency Bill was also reported by the Commerce
Committee. Mr. Sherman moved to take up the
bill to repeal the Tenure-of-Office Act. The Vice-
President said it had been referred to the Judiciary
Committee, and the only way to get at it would be

to discharge the Committee from its consideration.
Mr. Sherman made a motion to that effect, whereupon
Mr. Sumner objected to its consideration, and it
was laid over. Bills were introduced by Mr.
Sherman supplementary to the National Bank-
ing Act; by Mr. Sumner, to secure copyrights for
paintings, sculptures, &c. ; by Mr. Morton, grant-
ing right of way to Memphis, El Paso, and Pacific
Railroad, and prohibiting Treasury sales of gold ;
by Mr. Ramsey, to facilitate telegraphic communi-
cation with Europe ; by Mr. Corbett, for preserva-
tion of our harbours and navigable rivers against
encroachments. A message was received from the
President asking permission to withdraw his pre-
vious message in reference to Mr. Stewart's dis-
ability. On the motion of Mr. Sumner it was tabled
and ordered to be printed ; and on the motion of
Mr. Sprague the request was granted. The bill to
protect fur-bearing animals in Alaska was passed in
the same form as at the last session. —On the 10th
Mr. Thayer called up the till repealing the Tenure-
of-Office Act. After some discusssion, the bill was
referred to the Judiciary Committee by a vote of
34 to 25. Mr. Sherman offered a resolution for the
appointment of a joint Select Committee on the
Civil Service, which was laid over. Mr. Williams
moved to take up the Public Credit Bill, so that
it might come up to-day as unfinished business. The
motion was agreed to—yeas 36, nays 18.—On
the 11th Mr. Grimes' bill to reorganize the
navy was reported and ordered to be printed.
Various bills were introduced. The Public
Credit Bill was taken up, and Mr. Sumner moved
to strike out the second section legalizing coin con-
tracts hereafter to be made. He said the recent
decision of the Supreme Court had made it unneces-
sary. A message was received from the President,
and the Senate went into Executive Session. On
resuming Legislative business, Mr. Sumner's motion
to strike out the second section of the Public Credit
Bill was agreed to—yeas 27, nays 14. Mr. Morton
moved an amendment to the first section, so as to
apply the exception to gold payment to the Five-
Twenty Bonds. The amendment was rejected—
yeas 14, nays 32, and the Senate adjourned without
final action on the bill.
STANDING COMMITTEES.

The following Standing Committees arc an-
nounced (Democrats are marked thus *) :
On Foreign Relations —Mr. Sumner, chairman ; Messrs.
Fessenden, Cameron, Harlan, Morton, Patterson, *Cas-
serly.
On Clommerce—Mr. Chandler, chairman; Messrs. Cor-
bett, Kellogg, Spencer. Conkling, Buckingham, *Vickers.
On Finance—Mr. Sherman, chairman ; Messrs. Wil-
liams, Cattell, Morrill, Warner, Fenton, *Bayard.
On Manufactures—Mr. Morton, chairman ; Messrs.
Yates, Robertson, Boreman, M'Donald.
On Agriculture—Mr. Cameron, chairman ; Messrs.
Robertson, Tipton, Gilbert, *M'Creery.
On Appropriations—Mr. Fessenden, chairman ; Messrs.
Grimes, Wilson, Cole, Sprague, Sawyer, *Stockton.
On Military Affairs—Mr. Wilson, chairman ; Messrs.
Howard, Cameron, Mortar; Thayer, Abbott, Schurz.
On Naval Affairs—Mr. Grimes, chairman; Messrs. An-
thony, Cragin, Nye, Drake, Scott, *Stockton.
On the Justiciary—Mr. Trumbull, chairman ; Messrs.
Stewart, Edmunds, Conkling, Rice, Carpenter, *Thurman.
On Post Offices and Post Road—Mr Ramsey, chair-
men; Messes. Pomeroy, M'Donald, Harlan, oOle, Gilbert,
*Thurman.
On Public Lands—Mr. Pomeroy, chairman ;
Tipton, Osborn, Warner, Sprague, *Casserly.
On Private Land Claims—Mr. Williams, chairman ;
Messrs. Ferry,
Sawyer, Kellogg, *Bayard.
On Indian Affairs Mr. Barlan, chairman ; Messrs. Ross,
Coorbnetrt,enTshinanyse—r,NEßru.cEkidninguhnamds,,
Pool,chairrn *Dana- Messrs.vis Tipton,
Spencer, Platt, Brownlow, Schurz, *A.PCreery.
On Revofutionary Claims Mr Yates, chairman ;Messrs.
Pool, Fowler, Brownlow, *Saulsbury:
On Claims—Mr.llowe, chairman ; Messrs. Wille
y,Scott,
Sprague, Robertson, Pratt, *Davis.
District Columbia—Mr. Hamlin. chairman. Messrs. Pat-
terson, Sumner, Rice, Harris, Pratt, *Vickers.
On Patents—Mr. Wiley, chairman ; Messrs. Ferry, Car-
penter, Osborn, *Norton.
On Public Buildings and Grounds—Mr. Morrill chair-
man ; Messrs. Trumbull, Ferry, Cole, *Stockton. ,
On Territories—Mr. Nye, chairman ; Messrs. Cragin
M'Donald, Schurz, Howard, Boorman, *M'Creer y. ,
On the Pact tc Railroad—Mr. Howard, chairman ;
Messrs. Sherman, Ramsey, Stewart, Wilson, Harlan,
Drake, Rice, Abbott, Fenton, Scott.
On Mines and Inning Mr. Stewart, chairinno;N Messrs.
Chandler, Anthony, Yates, Rcss, *Saulsbury, F vler.
On the Revision of the Laws of the United States—
Mr. Messrs. Sumner, Carpenter,
Conkling, chairman;
Pool, *Bayard.
To Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the
State—Mr. Cragin, chairman ; Messrs. Edmunds, *Davis.
On Printing—Mr. Anthony, chairman ; Messrs. Harris,
*Casserly.
On the Library—Mr. Cattell, chairman ; • Messrs. Howe,
Fessenden. _

On Enrolled Bills —Mr. Thayer, chairman ; Messrs. Pat-
terson, Abbott.
On EnTrossed Bills —Mr. Boss, chairman ; Messrs. Buck-
inohorn, *Norton.
On Education -- Mr. Drake, chairman ; Messrs. Morrill,
Pomeroy, Sawyer, Corbott.

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