Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-12-15
CONGRESSIONAL.
sENATE.

/ ing committees for the session We're announ-
/ eed Bills were inlFoducedin regard 10 the
carriage of passengers and freight by rail-
roads from one State to annther, aud to in
corporate the International Telegraph Com
/ ny and establish telegsapllie communication
between New York and The West Indies
liFegynt portions OF the President Mes
sage ald bills previously introduced were re-
/ terred 70 appropriate committees. reso-
lugion calling for vigorous operations against
! the hostile Indians was introduced A pc
| tition of naval surgeons for increase OF pay
was presented The Senate coneuTred III
! the joint resolution for committee 10 take
action relative TO the death OF President
Lincoln. Adjourned to the llth inst.
HOUSE.
/ In the House OF Representatives a bin
was introduced and referred 10 the Judieia
~ Committee. to guard agaiut the office Of
/ President Of the United States becoming va
cant. 1t provides for the succession to that
/ position Of the Nice-President, President
pro ten. of the SeAate, Speaker Of the
/ House, Chief Justice and Associate Justices
/ of the Supreme Court. Resolutions were
4 offered and referred to the Judiciary Com
mttec, proposing an amendment to the Con
stitution, making duties on exports legal
| that the rebel debt shall never be recogBiZ
! ed and that Congress shall have power to
secure equal liberty and protection to all
| persons throughout the country Besola
tons were adopted srring 70 the portion
Of eho Iros-iylout's BTasSage relating to tho
| freedmen to a speciaf committee of nine.
inshuctiBg the Naval Committee to inquire
into the expediency of naval depot on Lake
Erie, and instructing the Military Commit
tee to report on the propriety Of paying
| bountles to the two years volunteers dischar
ged before the expiration of their service,
and on the expediency Of establishing Mil
tary Academy in the West A bill revigiug
the grade Of full General was introduced
and referred to the Military Committee A
bill for the elief of the widow of President
Lincoln was presented and referred. A res
olution requesting the President to furnish
information in regard 70 a decree of Maxi
Emilian re- establishing Slavery in Mexico
was submitted but laid over. Adjourned
TO the 18th inst
The following are the chairman of the
Senate Committees:
Public Lands-Mr Pomeroy Of Kansas.
Foreign Affairs-Mr Sumner of Massa-
shusetts.
Finanee-Mr. Fessenden Of Maine.
Commerce. Chandler Of Michigan.
Manufactures-Mr Sprague Of Rhode
Island.
Agricultpre-AIr. Sherman of Ohio.
Military Afairs-Mr Wilson Of Massa-
chusetts.
Naval Affairs Mr.. Anthony Of Rhode
Island.
Pensions-Mr. Lane Of Indiana.
.Judieiary-Mr. Trumbull Of Illinois.
Post Ofice-Mr Dixon Of Connecticut
Claims-Mr. Clark Of New Hampshire
Revolutionary Claims-Mr Ramsey Of
Mass
District of Columbia-1Ir. Morrill, of Yer
mont
Private Land Claims-Mr Harris of New
y ork
Indian Affairs Mr. Doolitle Of Wiscon
sin
Public Buildings-Mr. Foot Of Vermont
Patents-Alr Cowan of Pennsylvania
Territories Mr. Wade OF Ohio
Public Railroads Mr.. Howard Of Michi-
gan.
Secretary Stanton report to Congress
gives the history Of the fnal events of the
war, and then proceeds t9 show the wonder
full military resources Of the country, aud
indicates what it could deAif suddenly called
upon to assert the national dignity The
national military forces numbered ,0G0, 5l6
men, May /, 1865. 1t Is to be reduced to
$4,000. and over 100000 have already been
mustered out. The military appropriations
Of the last session OF Congress- were over
$500, 600 ,000, and the estimates for the next
year are less than S34, ZOO 600. Over ST.
000,000,000 have been paid to the soldiers,
and S270, 900, 600 were taken home by the
SOC. coo men lately mustered out The
number of men called for by the Govern
ment was 2,759, 600, and the number obtain
ed was only l02, 1876 short of this The
number Of negroes in the army in July last
was 223, lj6; Of these, 81, pa have been
mustered out After the disasters on the
Peninsula, in 1862 over $4,000 troops were
enlisted, organized aud sent South in less
than a month, and 10000 infantry were sent
to che armies from Ohio, Indiana. Iowa,
Wisconsin and Illinois, in 20 days; there
fore the country need not be apprehensive
of the lack Of means of defense in case of
emergency
The Report to Congress of the Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue shows that the
receipts Of that Department for 1868 were
$4l ,003, 1927 1864, $ll6, 850672; 1860,
! $2ll; I29, 52S. The cost of collecting the
interna' revenue is q per cent. The cost Of
collecting the customs is 34 per cent. which
/ II l6bo tHal tile cost OF c0lectiDg customs I'D
Great Britain. Among the receipts for 1863
are From bank dividends, S3,987, 200;
railroad dividends and interest on bonds,
50, ,25S, 404; insurance companies, 81 72G,
! 100; salaries of Government employees,
3 $50, 333; licenses, ST., sos, ,69l; incomes,
| so, ,567, $40, over $6,00O,000 more than in
1854 The receipts from iron aud steel, in
/ the various forms, were $9,2l9, 9,7I3-S6,
000,090 more than in 1864; from petrole-
um, $3.047.2 2-an increase of $500, 600
over 1864, cigars, $3,069, AS; tobacco,
| $S,0I6,l 80; fermented liquors, 1851, ,09l
distilled spirits, Sl5,996, 633- nearly SIS,
eco coo less than in 1864, notwithstanding
| that IN 1865 the tax was 50 per gallon, aud
/ IN 1864 anly 90 cents The receipts for the
current fiscal year viii reach $272, 900. 600
about S60, GOO, 600 more than last year. Al
terauons IN the mode of appointing assist
ant assessors, aud an Increase in their com
! penSatiou, as well as that of the clerks in the
Internal Revenue Bureau, are urged.
Slavery First Abolished in the Keystone
State.