The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-12-11
Congressional.

congressional.
WASHINGTON. December 1O.-In the Sen
ate, Mr.. Wade reported, from the Commit
tee on Territories, q bill to admit Ncbras-
ka, and introduced bill to admit Colorado,
which latter was referred to the Committee
on Territories.
MIR. Edmunds, from the Joint Committed
on Retrenchment, reported with amend
mcnts, the bill introduced by Mr.. Williams,
on the first days of the session, in regard
to the term of Office, 1t prohibits removal
without tho consent of the Senate, &c. Mr..
Edmunds gave notice that he should cali
up this bill on Thursday.
MIR. Connors introduced bill to grant
aid in the construction of the San Francis
co Central Pacific Railroad, which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Public Lands.
The bill to regulate the elective franchise
in the District of Columbia was taken up.
on motion of Dir. Morrill,. Mr.. Trumbull
having previously tried and failed, to call
up tho bill to repeal the amnesty power of
the President.
In The House, under the call Of States
Tor bills, the following were introduced cnd
referred: Mr. Ward, of New York, intro
duced bill to guarantee certain States
that have been In rebellion, . republican
form OF government. Mr. Barling-A bill
grantlve the right to land the Submarine
Cable of the American Atlantic Telegraph
Company. By Mr.. Rogcrs-A bill to repeal
lio laWS.
WASHINGTON, December 1O.-Tt is not
true, as telegraphed hence, that the Su-
preme Court has made a rule dispensing
with the test oath. It is still admins
tered.
The Urhted States Consul, at Vera Cruz,
reports to the State Department, that
Maximilian was to leave Orizaba on the
Sth November, for the city Of Mexico, and
that his mission was likely to be regarded
in friendly manner by the French troops
Of that Republic.
A resolution was introduced by Mr. Rol-
Inns, lnstructiny the Committee on Naval
Affairs to report bill making heads Of
mechanical departments at the various
navy yards subject to the approval of the
Senate
MIR. Eliot introduced q resolution, direct
ing the Secretary of War to communicate
information in reference to the Norfolk
riot, of the 10th April, 1866, and as to the
Imprisonment, in Georgia, of Rev. Vim.
Fincher, missionary to the freedmen.
Mr.. Perham introduced resolution call
ing for information as to pensioners in
rebel States.
Mr.. Kelly introduced resolution declar-
ing that the proposition that the war debt
OF the country should not be extinguished
by the generation that contracted it, is not
economy, and does not meet the approval
OF this House. Referred to the Committee
of Ways and Means.
Mr. Spaulding introduced resolution
directing the Reconstruction Committee
to inquire into the e1pediency of proposing
a JOINT resolution, declaratory Of the pur-
pose OF Congress to admit tho rebellious
States on the ratification by them of the
constitutional amendment, and the cstab-
lishmcnt OF republican form of govern
mcnt.
Mr.. Hart introduced resolution, calling
on the President for information as to all
pardons granted by him. Mr.. Bromall
introduced resolution instructing the
Committee on Ways and Means to inquire
into the e&pediency Of abolishing the five
per cent internal revenue tax on manu-
factures and products Of mechanical skill.
LONDON, December 10.-Five-twenties
before the official hours were quoted this
morning at II.
1t appears from official documents COM
municated to the House to-day, that the
Government had information as long ago
as September, 1865, that John II. Surratt,
implicated in the Lincoln assassination.
had escaped from Canada to Europe
Months elapsed before he could be pro
pcrly identified for arrest, which was ac-
conlplished early this month, in Alexan-
dria, Egypt. A person who crossed the
Atlantic with Surratt makes affidavit that
Sur-att acknowledged his own as we'll as
his mothers completely in tho assassina-
ton.
The President has replied to a resohl-
ton OF the House, asking whether any por-
ton OF the Mexican territory has been
occupied by United States troops; and if
so, by what authority and for what pur-
pose.
Select committees were announced as
follows On New Orleans riot-Elliot
Shelleberger and Campbell. On murder
of United States soldiers in South Caro-
hna-Pikc, Farnsworth and Cooper. On
Southern Acknowledgement McClunc.
Mercer.
In the Senate, quite q lengthy discussion
ensued on the suffrage bill, particularly on
the class disfranchised-thos citizens who
left here to join the Confederate cause.
This prohibition was s:ronuousiy opposed
by Wilson, of fMassachusetts, among others.
who said it was too small matter to make
difficulty about. MIR. Cowan said that
every citizen of the District who joined the
confederate arms was guilty of treason ::
he did not apply this to the people OF the
Southern States but here there was nc
doubt OF the form of Government, and no
ono could doubt where his allegiance was
due. He moved to extend tie privilege of
the bill to females, and cpntended if ne
grocs had the right to vote, women had
also. Adjourned without vote on the
ame: Iment.
In the House, Mr.. Bingham introduced
q bill to legalize all procamations after
the fourth OF March, 1861, and before the
first OF December, 1865, respecting mar
tlal law, military trials by courts, military
commissions and the arrest, Imprisonment
and trial of prisoners charged with partici-
patton i'll .he late rebellion against the
United States, or aiders and abettors
thereof.
The committee on reconstruction have