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,.--.,o nes0lufloef OF INQUIRY.
On notion Of Mr.. ANTHONY,
Resolved, fhatths Secretary Of the Treasury
be requested to institute an inquiry, and to re-
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discnargod wNnOut detr1m0nt 10 tn0 puohC
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SMALL NOTES IN oEoRorTowN.
Mr.. GRIAES, at the request Of the city ooun.
Gil Of Geors setown, District Of 0olumbls, iatro
duced bill to authorize ~ Issue Of certain
notes for circulation, 10 the aGlountof $50, 600
redeemable 10 sums Of $5 In Treasury notes.
.a--NL THE BLACK CODE M
Mr.. WILSON, ef Massachusetts,, introduced
q bill to repeal certain laws and ordinances oil
the District Of Oolnmbis, In regard to persons
Of color. He explained that the object Of this
bill was 70 repssl the anoisnt laws Of Maryland
extended over the District In its early days, sod
also % repeal The lay Of Cousress suthorisipe
the city ot Georgetown to enact certain law
anensble 10 the sane laws, and subject 10 thl
same penalties for their violation, % the
whites. - .......
Mr.. WILNOT took oceasitn 10 speak Of the
bill Tor the abolition Of slavery 10 the District
| Of Columbia, declaring that this Congress would
be most derelict Of duty Of any men that eveI
occupied the eeats Of power n they failed te
act upon that bill, and moved to make the bill
| the special order for Thur.dAy next, but sub
sequentiy withdrew his motion. u
l re-. ~. RAILROADS IN MISSOURI. -.s.ggr'
Mr. WILSON, Of Massachusetts,. called up Ii,
joint resolution in relation to railroads In Mis-
souri,, and urged It's passage ss dmpie meas
ure Of justice to The Hannibal and st. JOSEPH
and Pacific railroads, which had suffered greatl,
by the rebellion, and had been employed some
times to the exclusion Of other business in ID.
United States transportation ssrvIce.
Mr.. HENDERSON spoke at length, detailing
the difficult, dangerous, and exhauating service
rendered, end asserting that compensation foI
such service was necessary immedia.ely, q,
those roads must be given up 10 the Govern
ment.
A dIscussion ensued r,lative 10 the effect o
certain phraseology upon the question Of dam
ages 10 property Of other railroads, Or Of in
dividuals, participated 10 by Apssrs. Pomeroy
Hale, Clatk, Howard, Harlan sndsu Harris.
The resolution was adopted.
CASE OF THE sESAr,R FROM OREGON.
The resolution in the case Of BENJAMIN
Starke, appointed by the governor OF Oregol
as United States Senator from that State, cominI
up, by postponement Of prior orders,
Mr.. DOOLITTLE favored tho resolution
4 He reviewed the testimony against Mr.. StsIkr
and bis own disclaimer, and examined search
ingly his repeated statements Of the actual dis
solution Of the Union In connection with hiI
willingness now to take the olth, and drew ths
conclaslon that loyalty was not an element o.
the oath which.he would take.
| His colleague, Ar. HOWE, replied, taking
Il tuC pVottAOu buds ~ WINS bIbtsT OI6XOu lila
10 knocking at the door; that the applicant had
right 10 admittance, and that the remoo
strants appealed, by the provision OF law 10
the case, not to majority, but TO two thirds oi
the Senate. Hereviewed The positions Of former
speeches on the subject, ard held that loyalty
was qualification that could not be judged OF
till the seat was taken.
TREASURY NOTE BILL.
Mr.. FESSENDEN, from the Committee o
Conference on amendments to the Treasury
| note BILL reported the bill with recommend
alton to the House to recede from its diea
greement to the Senate amendment changing
the time OF the redemption Of the notes from
twenty years 10 five years, at the option Of the
Government, with other changes 10 effect
making the duties on imports payable In coin,
and pledging them for the payment Of inter-
est. The report was agreed 70.
On motion Of Mr.. WILSON, the Senate went
into execu i've session.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 10
RESOLUTION or THAMES
Mr.. ROSCOE CONKLING, Of New York
offered resolution tsndering The thank, ,oi
Congress 10 Generals Hslleck and Grant for
planning the recent movements within their
| respective divisions Of the army, and to the
Ofhcers, soldiers, and Others under those gene
ralp, for executing those plans to such brilliant
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Mr.. r. CONKLING said that he desired that
the men who had earned these honors should
w ar them. He desired that this resolution
should lie on ths table until We bear from thsse
generals, 90 that the country hall know whether
these victories were the results of plans outside
ot their respective departments, or Of plans Of
their own. -.... b, 'r.r.. -..-c,r
Mr.. COX, Of Ohio, moved that this resolu.
tion be referred to the Committee ON Military
Affairs. He understood the gentleman from
New York, Mr.. Conkling,) the other day, 10
say that these victories were due to the Com.
mittee on the Conduct Of the War; He (Ar.
Cox) wished to have these honors fall where
they belong; but he thought this was an upju.t
determination.
Mr.. R. CONKLING thanked the gentleman
for bis alluslon. His (Af Conkllng's) expression
the other day was that It was mainly due 10 the
influences put in force by this House, among
which was the committee alluded TO- and ha