Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-07-08


lating the regular and volunteer engineer arm,
corps vas passed The Senate amendment t.
the civil appropriation bill were approved
conference report on the disagreeing ameadmen
to the tariff bill was agreed upon The Horse a
greed TO extend the contract for carrying the over
land Paiae mail, and adjourned.
THURSDAY, June 30
SESATE-The bill TO encourage and facilitate tele
graphic communication between the Eastern anC
Western continents was received from the House
with proviso making it unlawful y contract with
newspapers or associations for transmission of dis
patches any terms different irorn those open to all
other newspapers This WAS concurred IN. Mr. Foster
moved that the Senate insist on Its disagreement on
the bill amending the pension act, and ask for
ference. Carried, Mr. Wilson called up the bin fol
the more speedy punishment of gnerriAs Mr..
Trumbu obtained leave TO take up the joint resolu
ton reported from the Committee on the Judiciary
on the Blair case, and it was adopted
E0usE-blr julien reported the Senate BILL which
passed, regulating the disposal Of coal lands anc
town property on the public domain The House
passed the Senate bill to aid in the construction Of
Thtercontnental Telegraph. The House conenrred
in the Senates amendment to the bll assii latine
the rank of warrant officers in the Navy. The bill
Tor the construction Of new railroad between New
York and Washington was recommitted to the So
lect Committee. Mr.. Garfield made arepOrt from the
Select Committee to investigate the affairs Of the
Treasury Department, which was ordered to be prn
ted, and the minority OF the Committee We're given
leave to present their views. The Senate bill to la
eiitate tradeon the Red River of the North was pass
ed, The Amendatory Enrolment bill was returned
from the Senate with amendments. The Senate bill
to establish Bureau for Freedman's Affairs was re-
ferred. The House passed the Senate bill authori-
zing the Secretary of the Navy to invest the Naval
Pension fund; also, the bill to punish persons aiding
seamen to escapei also the bin providing for thee-
cheney Of the Navy 1t repeals the clause in the en-
rolment act for transferring soldiers to the Navy
and gives sailors the same bounty as soldiers. The
bill establishing the salaries Of postmasters was pas
sed.
FRIDAY July l.
SESATE.-The Senate resumed consideration of
the bill to reimburse Pennsylvania for her militia
expenses during theinyasion last Summer The bill
was further debated, and then laid aside The joint
resolution for the repeal Of the Gold bill was passed
by vote Of twenty four to thirteen The East Ten
nessee Railroad bill was discussed for while and
then postponed and the House bill providing for the
reconstruction of the seeded States taken up and
discussed. The House amendment striking out the
word white was rejected. A substitute offered
by Mr.. Brown was adopted by vote of seventeen to
sixteen. The bill was then passed-yeas, twenty
six rays three. The bill, as passed, provides as
follows; That when the inhabitants of any State
have been declared in state of nsurrection against
the United States by proclamation of the President,
by forces and virtue of the act entitled San act fur
ther to provide for the collection of duties on imports
they shall be- and hereby are, declared to be ineapa
bic of casting any vote for electors Of President or
Flce-President, of eeeting Senators or Represen
tatiyes to Congress until said insurrection in said
State is suppressed abandoned, and said inhabi-
tants have returned to their aegancet the Govern
of the United States, and until such return to
obedience shall be declared By proclamation of the
President issued by virtue Of an act of Congress
hereafter to be passed. authorizing the same. The
Enrolment bill was returned from the House and a
fa~.E
Appropriation BILL and the bill providing for the con-
struction of the Pacific Raiiroed were passed. Ad-
journed
HousE.-Aiter the passage Of the resolution to re-
peal the Gold act. the House took recess until even
ing, when the Civil appropriation bill was passed,
and also the bill maklng appropriations for the cree
ton of fbuildings for the Branch Mint at San Fran
cisco. The House coneurred in the report of the
Committee of Conference on the Northern Route
Pacific Railroad bill, and the Central Pacific Rail
road bill. Adjourned.
SATURDAY. July 2
SEHArE.-The Enrolment bill was finally passed.
The bhl TO guarantee to States whose Governments
have been usurped or overthrown a republican form
Of government returned from the House with the
Senate amendments disagreed to the Senate reced-
ed from its amendments and agreed to the House
bill. The Committee of Conference on the bill TO
encourage emigration made report in favor of agree
ing to the House bill with certain amendments,
which strikes cat among other things. the require
meut that the immigrant shall throw of has aegi-
anee, by oath, to She country from which he comes.
The report was agreed to- a bill providing for the
education Of engineers for the navy was passed. A
large number of other acts were passed and at three
O'Clock on Sunday morning the Senate adjourned
HoUsE--lhe principal business transacted was
the adoption of tho report of the Committee Of Con
ference on the Enrolment bill and the passage of
bin to further increase the revenue by imposing
special income tax.