Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-01-10
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Mr. PENDLETON of.red the following, on which he
demanded the previous question
That whereas Msjor General Gran Of the United states
Amy commanding the Department Of Tennessee, published
the following order:
"No 1.-The jews class violating every sesaatOnof
trade established by the department. expelled from the
thin twenty four hours from the receipt OF this
orer by post commanders They Ii at all this ciass
Of people are furnished with passes and required 10 leave
AMI returning after snch order will be and held
conf ill opportunity occu 70 send them ont as
prone- And permits viii be given to this class Of
Die 10 visit make applications to trade
And whereas that pursuance this order citizens OF the
United resident sail department have been expelled
conduct with NJ proof han THAT they were members OF
certain gous denomination and whereas such der be-
a;aong bs.weeu The guilty sna the innocent, 1, illegal
aud unju and in m execution tyrannc ana crnei lhero
R,orrd That sad orders the condemna
ton Of this House IT the President Commander In
Chief
Mr.. wAsHBURNE moved to lay the resolution on the
The yeas and nays were ordered and tie resolution
laid on the table-yeas Sc nays SO
THE BANKRUPT BILL.
The spec al order being the bill to establish uniform
system OF bankruptcy. wus takenup
Mr. r. CONKLING addressed the House on the bill
Ii would bs remembered that before the close of the last
session the coumrcia disasters OF some years previous
bad occaoped demand for change in the bankrupt Law
of the land At the extra session OF July 1861 numerous
petitions aud several bills presented q the House
and il was thought wei then TO commit the subject fol-
the sake Of dcbera alton aud for other reasons to select
committee Of FIVE members OF the House After the I'D
iournment OF thst session the committee with such dill
ssnce an might be gathered Mt home aud from abroad the
msteria which would enable them to decide wisely the
question whether such bill should be reported or not
and T. perfect tho they night Introduce
b,nkrpt law had lust passed the Brtsh Permanent and
,bch iooh eject IN TIE i4th Of November 1861 Upnr
that bill had been based report made ny five eminent
English lawyers, and which they had bestowed three
wears labor aud which bill c0nained many hundred pages
The committee Of this Hour imported the report OF tia
FusIsh ayyers aud the bill hased upon IT, The necess
of uniform system Of bankruptcy has hec1 long recog
ni.ed Mr. Webster In ISi2 sent TO the adges and l-gs
fraternity OF the Throughout the whole
try calling upon them for all the informal and critcu
tv COLD give In gard TO the act or JSi and Ia ref
eace To the provisions OF bankrupt bull IN general Ih
commi,tee had considered all the arS Forwarded y
This circular OF Mr. WebsteTs and Isl coll cted also Thu
various bills Which from time 70 time bad been introduced
and entered into correspondence somewhat extensive
with the various judges laeyer and businsss mel
tarouahout the oougty who were supposed to be nte
GENT aud ell read upon this suJect Bg The light thu
couired the committee With great care had drawn up Thu
bi was introduced here and ordered to DO printed
This biI Gas sent all the cO1niy - tar0ss person.
who were supposed to be enlightened on it, and criticism
comm nt and suggestions invited There came gres
number If letters making BGnie suggestions winch were
coudered by the COMMITTEE and OF which the COMMITTED
avaed them selves in stl further perfcing the bilht
bin now at the dssk Petitions signed by two hundred
thousand had been presented asking for general
bankrupt law Among these petitioners there was large
ORION great majority vi the creditors ths noavy
creditor interest Of the country The tate OF the bill de-
pended not On the considerations at large for or against
but on considerations applicable to us IN the present ex
eency and elnergeocy Of our ahnirs
uniform bahkrspt systom j. essential TO every com
nercisI community Two reasons existed for the by q
p;torm sytem Of bankruptcy aud by that alone can be
down that system of endorsement
which was the great source Of fictitious capital o. unreal