Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-02-23

strange the gentleman should have kept II In
the Judiciary Committee SO long.
Mr.. Powell offered resolution calling on the
President for copy of General Order, No. %,
Issued by General Banks at New Orleans.
Feb %, 1854.
order under which the election was held in
Louisiana.
Mr Powell said 1t was. bu' that General
Banks had not reported In his letter on the
Louisiana question, once pu blished.
Mr. Powell's resolution was adopted.
The morning hour here expiring, the Chsir
decided that the railroad bill to regulate COM
merce between the several States was before
the Sen ate as the special order.
Mr.. Nye resumed his speech In favor OF the
bill, and controverting the view OF States
rights which claims for New Jersey the power
to restrict transit across her borders.
sEoUsR-On motion OF Mr.. Stevens, the con :
sideration Of the six hundred million loan bill
was postponed till Monday.
On motion of Mr.. Morrill,, it was resolved
that the House Will to- day take recess fronli
half-past four until seven O'Clock for the pur-
pose OF con sidering exclusively general appro-
priation bills, only one OF which, he said, had
The House resumed the consideration of the
bill reported yesterday from the Comm tttee on
the Judiciary, namely THAT so much Of the
Joint resolution explanatory of the act to sup
press insurrectIon, punish treason and rebel.
lion, and to seize and nfiscate rebel property,
approved July II, 1862, as prohibits the for
felture of the real estate of rebels beyond their
feet from and after its passage.
An unsuccessful motion was made to lay the
bill on the table-yeas Is, nays 81, Inc Speaker
giving the casting vote in the negative.
The bill was then passed-yeas ~, nays II.
The House resumed the consideration OF the
Senate bill reported from the House Commit
tee for the District OF COLUMBIA yesteroay'
with amendments, authorizing the Metropolt-
tan and the Washington and GeorgetoW n
street railway companies to charge eight, In
stead of eight cents fare.
Dat, ootd hat ~ Wi
ticket system, one. fourth of the travel Is free
He showed yesterday that the losses OF the
Washington and Georgetown Railroad com.
pany amount 10 $4,000 year. Eight cents a
passenger is charged in Philadelphia and other
cities. The losses of the Metropolitan csmpa.
nv were 1851 a week. That company would
have to stop unless relief were CESlnted. He
further stated that the stock of the Washington
ard Georgetown Railroad company Is selling
in the market at it's original cost, With but few
buyers.
Mr.. Stevens wished to know whether colored
persons were not elected from the cars.
MIR. Patterson said some mean conductors
had so acted, but the president OF the Washing
ton and Georgetown company had informed
him such conductors had been discharged.
MIR. Dawes wished to know what was the
meaning OF the signboard attached to cars,
"Colored persons admitted"
Mr.. Patterson replied that that notice was
painted in good English, and no man could
better understand it than the gentleman from
Massachusetts.
Committee for the District OF Columbia and
passed, namely Authorizing the Corporation
of Georgetown to levy special taxes for certain
purposes, and Incorporating Messrs. Delmon-
leo, of New York, and Messrs. John w. For
ney, H. ID. Cook and others, of Washington, as
the Continental Hotel Company of this city.l
The House resumed the consideration OF the
bill anne datory OF the charters of the Metro
politan and w ashington and Georgetown Rail
road Companies.
Mr. Schenck thought the argument tor an in
crease of fare would apply to merchants aud
others. If the cost Of horses, provender, ma
terial, etc, has increased two or three times as
before the war, it should not be overlooked that
the railroad companies do five or six times as
much business as they did heretofore.
Mr.. Washburne, of Illinois, said bill had
heretofore been introduced to reduce the fare
to three cents. This Washington and George
town Company had been spoken of as an
abused Corporation. 1t was not so. He kne "
that there were gentlemen who would at once
construct a street railway from the Capitol to
the Treasury Department, and charge only
three cents, If Congress will give them a char
ter.
Mr.. Davis, of New York. In reply, said the
Company would still further lose unless the
proposed relief shall be granted. He said, in
reply to a question, that the free list on the
road included members of Congress and EN-
ployees, the police, and others.
Pending the consideration Of this subject, the
morning hOur exDired,