The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-12-21

signed by nineteen thousand voters II was referred
without debate to the COMMITTEES on Reconstruction.
THE FOR TREAsoN-AseAssiNAl or
PRECEDENT LISooS-sTARvArios or UNION PRISONERS ETC
Mr. LAwREscr, rep) OF Ohio, submitted series Of re-
solutions, which, on his own motion, were aid ON the
table, and ordered to be printed for future action,
namely
soon public .y s .G e sss
the rebellion, should have fair and impartial trial
snt IN 81 lin
the truth eissry estaSsied and affirmed that treason
crime and that the offence may be made inamous and
saay and for ever that 10 sss ,s own Will has The
sonyison Of said Jefferson bayis
and teiaws may lie fully vndsa.ed and
ana and ha m @ So s sans that
Resove That in se MANNER and for IKE reasons such Of
srminsiy responsible FOR The murder and starvation Of
Union prisoners Of should be tried and punished for
sss hsy
son Of the late 9r are lie e nS
the recent rebellion guilty and rspcnsbls for
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and by nc law Of war and the nsases Of
Es.olysd That the Committee the judiciary be in.
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and said III bill
THE HOLIDAY RECESS.
q wen The po
Journ on Thursday the 2st inst they adonrn TO meet
on Friday the 9th of January He said these were the
best terms the House could obtain from the Senate and
on his motion the report was concurred In.
AID FOR DESTITUTE INDIANS.
The House debated and passed the Senate Joint resou
ton authorizing the President of the United States TO
divert certain funds heretofore appropriated for the i'm
mediate subsistence Of destitute Indians and Indian
tribes.
ABANDONED AND coyr1scATED LANDS IN IHE SOUTH
On motion of Mr. STEVENS resolved that the Su
perntendent OF the Froedmcns Bureau Major General
Howard, be directed to inform the House whether any
real estate seized under the act Of July II, 1862
enemys property and the title of which by that act
vested in the United States, had been assigned
allotted TO freedmen for residence and homestead by
order of any department OF the government and II So
whether the has been restored to the rebel owners
and the people Of color ordered of, and by whose au
thory and also whether the abandoned plantations had
been thus occupied and thus restored and known to the
said superintendent of the Bureau TO state under what
pretence of authority property vested in the United
States under the conscacn OF enemies not as traitors
property was thus taken from the United States and
stored on conquered enemies.
TIE INTERNAL REVENUE TAX AND DUTY ON DOMESTIC MANU-
FACTUREs.
The House concurred in the Senate resolution that the
Committees Manufactures of both houses Inquire If
tho from the Internal Revenue act upon the product
of the domestic manufacture is greater than the duty
premium gold expenses OF exchange and transpora
ton upon similar products imported aud If thereby the
foreign product liz entered for consumption upon
favorable than the domestic product to report
remedy by bill or otherwise.
THE PARIS EXHIBITION
The SPEAKER laid before tho House message from the
President enclosing report OF the Secretary or State
in relation 70 the universal exposition to be held In Paris
In 1867 and in which the United States invited by
the government of France TO take part The subject ID
commended to the early and favorable consideration Of
Congress.
DEATH KELLOGG.
Mr. HAIs announced the death Of his innmc1iate pre-
decessor, Orlando Kellogg, and paid fitting 9ibute 70
the private and public character Of the deceased
Messrs. GRswoip, RAsDALL and Mc0RHEAD also de-
livercd brief euogies, when the usual resolutions o.
respect were adopted and tho House adjourned.