The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-12-19
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.

COngressiOnal-Payin the Army-Respect to
the Memory of the Late President-The Rebel
Debt not to be Assumed, and the Federal Debt
to be Paid-Mr. Davis, Why not Tried-Mexico
Does She Seek Recognition 1.-The Test Oath
not to be Dispensed With-Right of Suffrage
in the District-Mr. Stevens on the Southern
States.
WASHINGTON, December lsth.-In SENATE
Mr.. Grimes presented the petition of Admiral
Farragut and one thousand one hundred other
naval officers, asking an increase of pay. Re-
ferred.
Mr.. Wilson submitted resolution providing
for the appointment of an examining board to
relieve officers of the regular army who have
not rendered meritorious service in the late
war, and fill their places by appointments
from the Regular Army Veteran Reserve Corps
and voluntary force.
Mr.. Wilson also offered bill to grant a mil
lion of acres of public land for the benefit Of
public schools in the District of Columbia.
Mr.. Foot, from the "Lincoln Committee, .
offered resolution that the 18th of February
be selected as the day on which the testimo.
mails of respect be paid to the memory of the
late President, on which occasion Congress
will listen to an address from the Hon. Ed.
win M. Stanton, and the President and Ca.
binet, the Foreign Ministers, and the officers OF
the Army and Navy who have received the
thanks Of Congress be invited.
After an Executive session, the Senate ad.
journed.
In the House, Mr.. Harris, of Maryland, and
Mr.. Hooper, of Utah, appeared and qualified
The credentials of Mr.. James NJ johnson
member elect from the Third District of Ala.
bama, were presented and referred to the Com.
mittee on Reconstruction.
Mr.. Price, of Iowa, offered a preamble set
ting forth that as an attempt may come in
some shape to repudiate the national and as
sumo the rebel debt, C) therefore Resolved,
That no representatives from the Southern
States should be admitted until an amend
ment be made to the Constitution precluding
such result. Referred to the Committee ON
Reconstruction.
Mr. MoultOn offered resolution calling
upon the President to inform the House why
Jefferson Davis has not been tried for treason
against the United States, and what, if any.
obstacles stand in the way of q trial OBJ
lection being made, the resolution lies over.
On motion of MIR. Orth, q resolution was
adopted, calling on the President for any in
formation showing whether the " SO. called ~
Mexican Empire has asked recognition from
the United States
A resolution was passed declaring that the
test oath shall not be dispensed with.
Mr.. Wilson reported u bill from the Com
mittee on the Judiciary to extend the right of
suffrage in the District of Columbia. Made
the order Of tho day for the 10th January
The House went into Committee of the
Whole on the Presidents Message.
Mr.. Stevens made a speech in regard to the
Southern States, contending that, having placed
themselves in rebellion, they were in the atti-
tnde Of q belligerent, and the war had been
waged against the United States accordingly.
They were in the character of conquered pro.
,inces, and 1t was for the ccnquerors to declare
what should be done with them. They were
dead, and 1t was for Congress to giveslife to the
dead body by the passage of such laws as
would bestow upon them republican institu-
tions, as provided by the Constitution.
Without the same political and civil rights
enjoyed by the white citizens, the conditions OF
the blacks would be worse than they were in a
state Of slavery.
The object and scope of his remarks was to
give the blacks the rights claimed by the De-
claratiOn Of Independence and to place the
South in a territorial condition, with the view
Of their subsequent admission as free States.