Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-06-02

SON. from the COMMITTEES on the District of Columbia,
made adverse report the bill to prohibit the
ming at large of horses cattle, hogs &c in the District
and the committee discharged from the further
sderaton of the said bill Mr.. GRIMES made favorable
report on the bill to enable the Superannuaed Fund So
crty OF the Maryland Annual Conference OF the Methodist
Protestant Church to hold property in the District Of Co
lumbia and accept devise Under the will Of the late
Wm. Doughty.
Mr. CARLILE. from the Committee on Public Lands
reported back the bill to grant lands to Wiscon to aid
in the construction of ship canal from Green Bay 10 Lake
Michigan, with amendments.
Mr. DAVIS submitted resolution concerning Gen But
ler; which was laid over
Mr.. DooLITTLE called up his joint resolution rendering
the thanks of Congress and awarding medal to Lieut.
Col Bailey, and had ii referred the Committee on Mill
tary Anairs.
Mr.. d. stated that Col Bailey was an engineer on the
La Crosse railroad before the waI aud with the
An Wisconsin regiment, and was now acting engineer
of the Nineteenth Army Corps and had built the great
dam the Red river which saved Com Porter feet
from destruction being left the hands ." the rebels
Soon after coming East he bad built Fort DIX Mary
land aud subsequently, took charge of of the most i'm
poftant Notifications at Wasif gon He had uls o. Oh be-
ng transferred with his regiment to New Orleans, built
there one OF the largest iorfcsons erected dunG The
war But the GROWING act that by which he had
cued Com Porters valuable fset The great dams
Red river had been bu from eight ten days aft
others had declared such thing mpracticabe With tho
fleet lying U the shallow waters above, with the army
short OF provisions and forage it decided if this thug
could not be done in ten days the army would have to
leave Then it that THE thing undertaken and
accomplished by Lieut. Col Bailey three thousand
men being placed at hs disposal aud hundreds Of teams
The consideration of the internal bill then
resumed and occupied the Senate during most of the re-
malnder Of tie days sitting
In the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, bill was passed
ma IN
consusgenera consus, and commercial agents excusvs
Jurisdiction over affairs pertaining to the vessels Of their
respective countries while in foreign ports
Mr.. DAWES, of Massachusetts,, called up the bill passed
by the Senate two three days age amendaoIy Of the
law requiring the registration OF the voters of the city of
Washington. Uuder the preseut law tho Of
the several wards required to make up the pol-.ts
embracing all persons who liable to the payment Of
school taxes at the close of December and after having
published the they further required to afford
opportunity TO persons whose have been omitted to
insert them on the pcllsts Under this laN person
who not liable To the payment of the school tax
the 3lst of December last s legal voter.
The bill Of the Sonse provides that the commissioners
of elections may the day of election require the
aud receive the vote Of any person, who qualified
voter in other respecs, the following conditions:
Ii in his answers, OATH he shall positively that
he ha resided IN the city Year next preceding he day
OF sald eecgn designating psrtcu ary the place Of HIS
residence, and that possesses The other qua hc1tun
and IT, furthermore qualified elect OF the city not
candidate for any ic, election shs take an
oath before said commissioners, which any # them
may administer, that he is well acquainted with such ap
pcant, that he fact resident the city and has
been year next previous TO such election, h4t he
(qualrd elecor) has good reason to believe, ad does
believe thai all the statements of such applicant true
the commits shall his 10 be regist red
the clerk ana shall then receive the Of said applicant;
il said applicant shall preseHt the affidavit OF himself
nils iEad hy iustt ~
peace and for the county Of Washington, which shall
ati,y the commissioners that the applicant has been
resident Of the city one next preceding he day of
such el-cton and that hs Otherwise qualified elrctor,
the commissioners may the applicant to be
registered as heretofore provided, they shall then
ceIve his vote
MIR DAWES said that unless this bill was Immediately
passed many persons would be deprived Of hsr right to
vote Monday next Mr. STEELE of New York, thought
that to consider the bill instead Of fret referring the
subject to the Committee for tie District of C"lum-
bia, would be usurp the business Of that committee
The people, be sid, would not suffer by waiting till p 1t
Friday. Mr.. Cox, of Ohio said the committee should be
treated with respect Why this has el Was It to
facture voters from Cf the Loyal League and
newly appointed clerks in order control doub tu eec
lion 2 MIR BEAMAN, OF Michigan, saw no disrespcc: to
the committee. He could conceive Of no crssity for
referring he bill to that committee 1t should bs passed
now. Mr.. Dawes explained hs for moving in
consideration Of the bill at that 1t certainly
out OF dsrespect t. the committee
The bill having been taken up and put upon its prs
sage, Mr. JAMES ALLEN moved that be laid upon the
table THIS disagreed to-ysas az nays AZ And the
bill was then passed.
bill authorizing the President to construct military
railroad from the valley Of the Ohio East Tennessee in
such will beet the interests OF the Gov
ernneut, and insure speedy completion Of the sSme
then taken up; and, after remarks in support OF
by Messrs ScueSCK, MALLORY, and SMITH Of Ken
lucky, it was passed.
The joint resolution from the Senate providing for an
amendment Of the Constitution sboshing slavery every
where within the United States was then taken up
Mr HOLMAN, Of Indiana objected to the second read
ing This objection raised the question Shall the reso-
Luton be rercted2" And the question being taken it
was determined in the negative. The question then
cured on the passage Of tho resolution when Mr. NOR
Rs, of New YorS made speech in 's support Several
other speeches made during the evening.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE l. 1864.
The National Bank bill disposed Of in both Houses
by the adoption each of the reports Of the committee
of conference to which referred the dsagreeng votes
on amendments made thereto.
In the SENATE the report of the committee pre-
sented by Mr. SHERMAN, who explained that there were
only six points of differences between the Senate and