Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-04-29

H stS99sAis s5Aa tslaJ fHe preservation " the
Wy Demands tsie passage otsIAis blu and tax
alss @iaielent4er ear demands satll du-ing and
wthe wa. Alr. hasson, III alluaiDg 10 the RS
RaM oa.ill dIrooS said that be brooks had
Rst " hlg, then Know Nothing ard now WAS
| q l@n0eFat The gentleman igom New York
ibf@Nsl hatl defended the Irish which was not ii4
a5a tuce with ms former An0w- Nothing Drinci-
tpes str, Brooks denied taai he had ever be-
aelsq 70 She kiioWsN othing party. and be had
HlsNe been la hnow-A otning Lodge. Mr.. kas-
lslIi enpoiRted 70 the sentiments of Tie Erpress
iP AIah the gentleman Brooks was part
lEgolNEol Mg- Brooks replied that he Was in
4l.ea when that party Was organized, lie never
+ f&a avthng to DO with the kno#- Nothing par
/ a Fernando Wood was in favor Of giving q
leera elpport TO Government In thiselnergen-
ne sas net prepared 70 criticize too closely the
faialNalen OF public Affairs. The Committee
| Use, Ven Dir. Garfield proceeded to make rood
n for 4 assertions by producing letter from
! 4Eage iles of lndlsna which came into his pos
! 4ssl9n recommending youngman TO ,joha G
Eeeknndge as desirous of entering the service ef
| p S9uh III some capacity, and safely commend
I 4 hifnlk a faithful man. st the evening session
81 hara and Delaware Bay itailroad biIi was IA
4 Fnup chen Dir. Wilson offerd substitute there
N nam II, that for the better regulation Of Com
| lhree alphe fhe several States. every railroad
/ cpnpanyn the United States whose road is oper-
| atd hy eam, be and isherety authorized to tran
! sartire dit and passengers from one State to
laRther, Aything IN the law OF and State TO the
| e4trary Notwithstanding. The consideration oi
! tiE biii "a p0stponedfor two weeks. The House
/ p4sedth bill authorizing the construction OF q
aaFoad age over The fails Oh the Ohio, near Lou
isl he. H. Rice reported bill setting apart the
| olq house af Representatives. a National Stafu-
ari Hall, lie several States being invited to thith
rkatues, ln marble or bronze. not exceeding two
IN lumber for each eli theirnioss ustrious ciyioor
ImIaTy lnn. After several spec ches the House
adHuTned
4ZNATE, III WEDNESDAY April 90 A JOINT resoll-
tio4 was intHpduced by Mr.. HARRIS, providing for
thef&king efan industrial census IN 1855 BY the
stat Tisqaestion of appointing Committee
Of0 0nterene On the Montana disagreement was
dis4ssed b4 40 conclusion reached The bill
repaahng th3tugitiye Slave I4awwas taken up and
| disclosed By Aiessrs. Foster Sumner and Brown,
unt1 the hotE fabourument
| HtusE, WEDNESDAY April 20 the day session
was occupied 9n considering the Tax Bill. No
speel1es werf made, and ffty-tworesolutions we're
considered anIpassed upon During the evening
Session the bllFor al new coinage Of one and two
cent pieces waspassed, The bill for reconstruct
ing oserthFow1 States Governments was then Ia
ken A., and Messrs. MORTON OF Illinois, and
BR0aaALL, OF oil'ennsyyafia, spoke il favor sf the
bill, aid the HHise adjourned at 10 0 clock.
SE4GE THlBsnAY AprI2l. The Senate passed
the Hause bill brthe relief Of Postinasters who
have deem robba by the rebels or guerillas A
resolution to prhide for the printing the official
reports OF the oaeations of the armies ofthe Un
ted St4es WAS pissed The bill to establish an as
say Office at Earbn City, in Nevada, and Ut Dallas
City, Oregon, ws called up, ana an amendment
for abranch Alin}at Dallas City, instead OF all as
say olfte, was adopted The bill was then laid
aside The bill Is repeal the Fugitive Slave law
was then consideled, but after SOME discussion
was postponed unil Wednesdapnext The House
bill to provide nltional currency by the pledge Of
QliitedStates bonds and to provide for the cirou-
lation asld redemption thereof, was reported, with
amendItents Aite;a an Executive session, the Sen
ate adjourned
The House of Representatives,, IN Committee Of
the " lble resumed the consideration OF the In
ternal Ilx bill. Seteral amendments IN regard to
5he tax bh liquors were otierd but were rejected
When The House took a recess until evening" the
committee had acted on seventy five sections of
the BILL At the evening session, the bill for the
constructor OF shipelnal, to unite the Nississip-
pl with the northern lakes, ioT the passage OF
armed VESSELS, was postponed until the second
Tuesday bf December next The bill to encourage
was passed. The bLl to pay the mil-
tin Of Pennsylvania for services III 1862 sdiscue-
sed IN Committee OF the V hole until ten clock.
but was not disposed Of
SENATE. FRIDAY, Arm. %. Tie House bill
en- up, and after being somewhat amended was
passed The Army Appropriation bill was next
considered Mr. Wilson offered an Amendment
that enlistments in the regular army shall be for
three wears anG shat coored troops shall be placed
upon fbe same footing as white soldiers IN regard
to clothing, arms, pay, bounty, &c, which was
adopted bya vote ct 81 TO 5. An amendment by
8r Davis pFoyld9ing for The payment lor properly
taken in The military service during the war vas
rejected One or two other amendments were re-
eeted and the bin finally passed. After an Ex-
eeafiye session the Senate adjourned until don-
day.
In the House of Representatives Sir, Voorhees
presented dispatch from John &. Davis, OF In
diana, pronouncing the letter read day or two
since by Mr. Garfield a forgery. The considers
ton Of the Internal Tax bill was then resumed IN
Committeeof the " hoieapd ocallpled the attention
Of the House at both the day and night sessions
n Numerous amendments were offered. Some we're
adopted and others were rejected. Consideraoie
progress was made IN the bill.
House.. SATURDAY, April 23.-Ihe Senate
was not in Session Saturday. Ia the House q
bill was PASSED creating an additional supervising
lnsbector Of STEAMBOATS, for New Orleans ana
Boards of LEGAL inspectors at Portland, Oregon,
and at Memphis Tenn. 4 resolution was adopt
ed amending the fourth section OF the Act of
March 2 1893. empowering United States Tom
pnissioners to take bail in criminal eases and pro-
viding them with seal. The committee who, ln-
vestgated the charges against AepreseatatiNe
BLAIR, Of Missouri. Of Specializing in liquors.
while in military command in the Department Of
Missouri. reported that Mr. BLAIR had not yiolat,
ed anv law. Some remarks followed Of a personal
character from Mr. BLAIR and his accnser, Alr.
NIcCLURG. The consideration Of the Internal
Tax Bill was then resumed, the House having re-
solved itself into committee for that purpose
SENATE. MONDAY, APRIL 25.-lti the u s,
Senate. on Monday, a bin was introduced for the
adjustment Of the claims Of aliens against the
United States Alr Sumner introduced joint
resolution to facilitate postal and military conlmu-
nieation between the States The subject Of the
tisa4reeing votes of the two Houses on the billto
provide territorial government for Montana was
taken up Dir Doolittle made very lengthy
speech against allowing negroes the right of aut-
fTaee In said territory. After n reply by Mr.