Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-04-08
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CONGRESSIONAL REPORT. ii 'l
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xxxvu1 consEess.---Flrstua session.
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! ,SEsATE.-The bill to authorize the Post.
master General to contract for carrying the
overland mail from Atchison, Mo-; TO Folsom,
T. IT, TIE amend dp4ss,pt 4s, Of NJ, Wilkinson tp the
bill % provide for 4 territorial Government for
I Montal0, was adopted. Il strikes out tho
word White in, section 5. - -. 49, 80
|, ,Mr,,Sherman presented a memorial from
the Cincinnati horticultural Society. praying
C9Igress y, SUSAN agriculture by liberal
appropliatioqsr baR Referred to the COMMITTEES mite
On motion 81 81, Nj Nj. Powell the secretary Of
War was directed to trapsrnlt to the Senate
all orders issued authorizing any person Or
persons totase possession Of churches of any
property belQhging thereto. g - ~
T On motion Of M. Powell, the, Secretary Of
the Treasury was directed to report the
amount Of monty expanded, number Of Off
GERS appointed, and salaries paid under the
law to collect direct taxes. - ,.-s, -,
Houss.-- The House resumed the considet-
alton Of the bin declaring .. portion Of the
Delaware Railroad and boats to be post and q
Mr.. Garfield resumed his remarks, arguing
that the present running Of the New Jersey
raj roads was insufficient FOR Governments
transportation, He spoke Of the Camden and
Amboy company as an odious monopoly.
The subject was passed over and the House
resumed the, consideration Of the national
bank bill. Tie 80th section was amended 50
as 10 limit The rate Of interest on loans, dis,
counts, etc, to per cent. '.-" .. 80. %
Mr.. Stevens, Of Pa, to-day offered = sub
stitute for this section, restoring Z per cent
as originally in the bill. ~. =. -.
After various propositions to compromise
in order to harmonize views the substitute Of
Mr.. Stevens was adopted, thus restoring the
original 30th section. - ~ -N. 80
The section designating places Of redemp-
ton was amended SO as to include St. Louis,
Louisville, Chicago, New Ot1eans, Baltimore,
Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Boston, New York,
San Francisco, Detroit. Pittsburg, Albany,
Cleveland, Milwaukee, Portland and Buffalo.
Mr., Wilson. of Iowa. moved, to make New
York the only place Of redemption. Rejected.
Mr.. Eldridge offered an amendment pro-
posing that notes shall be redeem d in gold.
Without further action the Hourse ad-
h. ,--ds. s5g WASHINGTON, Aprils1.
SENATE.-The greater part Of the morRing
hour was consumed by Mr., Nesmith, in. ad-
vocacy Of the bills, establishing branch
mint at Portland, Oregon, and assay Offices
at Carson City, Nevada and Dallas City,
Oregon. He commented severely on the
Secretary of the Treasury and the Director
il Philadelphia for attempting to defeat the
bills. Mr.. Nesmith's remarks in regard to
the Director of the mint were severe. Is
On motion of Mr.. Grimes it was resolved
that the President be requested to commune
cate to the Senate the names of all persons
who have been sentenced BY court-martial for
frauds CT speculations sgainst the Govern
ment and pardoned by him since the LIST of
December, 1868, together with the entences
from which his pardon relieved them, etc. q
Senate adjourned. o1 b'ilo~ l.. l. "t s
HOUSE. Mr.. Holman, Of Ind, gave notice
that he will on Monday introduce a resosu-
ton instructing the Committee on Military
Affairs to report a bill increasing the pay of
privates in the army. s,ls mon . SIC vr.-l.
Mr.. Wilson, of Iowa, asked leave to in
troduce . bill regulating commerce among
the several States. Itdeclares that each and
every railroad company is authorized to trans
port freight and passengers from one State to
another, any change in the laws of any State
to the eon'rary Notwithstanding. -,
Objection was made to the Introduction OF
bill for srefunding to loyal States certain
sums of money expended by them in raising,
organizing and equipping troops for the Union
army, 1t provides for board of three con-
missioners, to hold session in Washington
and report to Congress the ascertained sums
due 10 States, towns, cities and counties. -
The bill was referred to the, Committee on
Ways and Means. II 'r.J.- ~,sia,9u y4-gs
Mr. Elliott, from the Committee on Com
merce. reported bill to establish uniform
international code of signals to prevent col
lis,on on water; also a bill Regulating the
tonnage and measure of ships. %, Both bills
were passed. --.-------
Mr.. Ward, of N. Y, from the Committee
on Commerce, reported back the joint reso-
luton providing for the giving Of notice for
terminating Of the reciprocity treaty or the
making of arrangements for securing recIp-
rocity for the United States, Its considera-
ton was postponed four weeks.
The House went into Committee OF the
Whole on the national banking bill. oG