Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-12-19

! olieEeu bhe aInendInent, WnlcL
} was adopted:
And at the same time TO furnish The
Z Senate copies Of such reports as may bs
or have been received from officers and
agents appointed to visit the portion o
the Union lately In rebellion, Including
, especially the reports Of Hon. John Co.
d vOde and Maj.-Gen. Carl Schurz.
The resolution wa adopted, and the
I Senate at forty-five minutes past two
O'Clock adjourned.
XXxIXTH CONGREss-FIRST SESSION.
Senate.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-Mr. Brown
offered a resolution instructing the Judi
ciary Committee to inquire into the eX-
diency and rightfuiness Of providing by
law for the adoption of the eight-houT
system of labor in all employment
/ within the jurisdiction of Congress,
wherever practicable. The resolution
lies over Informally.
Mr.. Foote, of Vermont, rose to an
| n0unce the death Of his late colleague in
the Senate, Hon. Jacob Collamer.
Customary resolutions of respect were
then passed, and the Senate adjourned
till Monday.
The following is the committee TO in
quiTe into the condition Of the late so
called Confederate States Stevens, of
Pennsylvania Washburne, of Illinois /;
Morrill,, Of Vermont; Order, Of Ken
lucky Bingham, of Ohio Conklin, Of
New York Boutwell,, of Massachusetts;
BLOW, Of Missouri, and Rogers, Of New
Jersey.
Washburne, Of Illinois, introduced a
resolution providing for an adjournment
over the holidays. This was, after de
J t,41 1-.r-T-1 E-s-. 4Ts- fsv.. g. +1--
twentieth of December to the ninth Of
January. The resolution, as amended,
passed.
Mr.. Stevens of Pennsylvania, from tie
Committee on Appropriations, reported
a bill appropriating thirty Thousand dol
lsrs for repairing and furnishing the
Presidents House, and the bin for the
payment Of invalid and other pensions,
which were passed.
Mr.. Henderson, Of Oregon, offered a
resolution declaring that treason against
the United States Government is a crime
that ought to be punished, which was
passed unanimously.
Mr.. Wilson, Of iowa, offered a resOlu-
ton, which vas passed, that all the pa
pers IN reference TO the late s0-called Con
federate States, be referred to a select
committee Of fifteen, and that no repre-
. FNA4AeaL4F u mum SUN 1tdLEo Ut d4A1lLACu
until Congress shall declare that such
States are entitled to representatives.
Mr.. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, favored
adjournment till the ninth of January,
and Il resolution was finally passed to
that effect after the passage Of an aDprO-
priatiOn Of fifty thousand dollars for the
Presidents House.
Mr.. Stevens reported a bill appropria-
ting fifteen million four hundred and
forty thousand dollars for the payment
Of invalid and other pensions.
Mr.. johnson said lie had no objection
to the bill, but he wanted to increase the
pension Of the lower grades Of pension
ers, by given them more than eight dol
lars per month, which was not enough
for their support.
Mr.. Stephens approved Of Mr.. John
sons remarks, but said the bill was pre-
pared il accordance with existing laws.
He should be willing, at the proper time,
TO vote for increase of bounties. and
make them payable out of rebel estates.
Bill was then passed.
Mr.. Stevens also reported a bill making /
appropriation for the support of West
Point Academy. Referred to the Com
mIttee Of the Whole, and made the
special order of the day fOr January tenth.
Mr.. Clark, Of Kansas, introduced a bill,
referred to the Committee on Military
Affairs, to eqUaIize the bounties Of
soldiers, by providing for a uniform
bounty Of one hundred dollars per
month %, counting the whole term of
enlistment.
In cases of honorable discharge by rea-
son Of disability incurred in service, or
because their services We're no longer re-
quired, all b~Uunties heretofore paid, to
be deducted from the total allowances.
In cases Of death the bounty to revert,
first, to the widow second, to the chill
dren; third, to the father, if a loyal resi-
dent Of the United States; next, to
mother and next to brothers and sis
tiers.
After the passage of the Henderson
resolutions declaring treason TO be a
crime, Mr.. DOnnelly introduced the fol-
lowing, WHOM were agreed to:
WHEREAS, RepublicaninstitutiOnsc can
find personal safety only upon a basis Of
the universal Intelligence Of the people;
and whereas the great disasters which
have afflicted the nation and desolated
one-lalf Of its territory are traeeable in
a great degree to the absence of common
schools and general education among the
people Of the late Irebellious States;
therefore
ResOlUed, That the Joint Committee
on Reconstruction be instructed Ia IN
quire as to the eXpedieRcy OF establish
ing in this capital a BureauOf Education,
whose duty it shall be to enforce educa-
ucn, without regard 10 race or color,
upon the population of all such States as
shall fall below the standard TO be estab-
lished by Congress, and to INQUIRE
whether such a bureau should not be
made an essential and permanent pary of
any system Of reconstruction.
Mr.. Sloan, Of Wisconsin, asked leave
to introGuoe the following:
hesOtUeG, That the Committee on
and Canals be directed to inouira
whether persons visiting the National
CaPIlA from the West are subjected to
unnecessary Inconvenience or oh
EAGLES IA passing through the city of
Baltimore, II report to this House 81
early day, whether it would be lust
and eXpedient to authorize the Northern
Central Railroad Company, Of PennsyI-
yanIai 70 extend their road to this CITY.
chm L. Thomas, Of Maryland, objected
10 the reception of the resolution.
On motion Of Fir. Cobb, it was resolved !
the Committee on the judiciary he
iIrected 70 inquire whether the act Of
congress by which 50 much Of the District
columbia as lies south Of the Potomac i
was ceued TO the state Of Virginia, is not :
.o'd' as bei8S IN conflict with the provi-
Io4ss o. me Constitution of the United !
states, n II 50, what legislation is I
and necessary to enable tie Gov =
'rnment to resume its Jurisdiction over 2
nat portion OF the District, to report by u
Ill or otherwise. -
On motion Of Mr.. Paine, q resolution !
vas referred 10 the Committee on Mill {
airy AIiairsr that justice demands that u
case OF any increase of the standing a
.fnty within i've years from January d
irsJ, eighteen hundred and siXtv-siX. an q
commissions below that of Lieuten- y
nt-General shall be granted to such
.nerItoriOus and capable volunteer off,
ers and soldiers as have not heretofore
-eid commissions in the regular army,
that sDob as nave been partially dis
.oied and are yet capable of performing
ne ute necessary in peace or war,
nan be preferred in granting such COM
MISSIONS.
WheR the resolution concerning the p
apers OF thesO-called Confederate States
.as offered, Mr.. Johnson moved TO lay
on the table, but the House refused
yeas TO ll9 nays.
Mr.. Eldridge, of Wisconsin, said the
asolution was a violation of the Const-
l5lon and the laws Of Congress, which :
the oath to be administered to all >.
RENDERS elect as they may appear.
Ar. smith said it was unfair to intro
uce the proposition al this time when
le House had stricken it from the origi-
NJ resolution.
After some further discussion of an I'M 49,
nporia1t character the resolution was
under operation of the previous
lestion.
After the announcement of the death
Senator Collamer and e~Ulogistie re- \
.arks by Morrill,, Henry j. Raymond of
fGrk' Order OF Kentucky, Alley Of
massachusetts,, and Wentworth of fui-
the usual resolutions We're adopted.
Id the House adjourned until Monday
ADvERTISEM'Ts. Fl
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