The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-03-15
w ERA. MARCH Is. 1866.

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burne, of Illinois, who ventilated this
branch of protection much to the disgust
of his Down East brethren. He was
charged with spirit of hostility to the
interests of New England, but denied
the unjust Impeachment. An extended
debate followed on protection in general,
and wool, coal and the cod fisheries in
particular, when the committee finally
rose, and the House soon after adj
!journed.
SENATE-March Z.
In the Senate. resolution was adopt
ed, instructing the Committee on Jul
dietary to inquire what legislation is
necessary to protect officers of the army
from arrest and prosecution by civil
courts for acts done in obedience to orders
from superior officers in the United
States service. Mr.. Sprague offered a
resolution, which was adopted, instruct
ing the Committee on Foreign Affairs
to report bill for the appointment Of a
commission of two judicial officers-one
from the army and one from civil life
to examine the subject of cholera pre-
ventives, and to attend the cholera con-
gress in Europe. Mr.. Davis called up
the resolution offered by him few days
since, calling for committee to investi-
gate cotton frauds, and offered substi-
tute for his original proposition, pro-
viding for standing committee of the
Senate on the subject of "abuses of
power" of which a majority shall be
composed of opposition Senators. The
matter was briefly discussed, and action
on the proposition postponed; when, at
one o'clock, the Constitutional Amend
ment was taken up, and Mr.. Sumner
took the floor in opposition to it. He
spoke at his usual length, grounding his
opposition against the Amendment
upon it's inadequacy to secure the proper
rights and immunities to the negro. He
was followed by Mr.. Doolittle, who
spoke briefly in opposition to the pro-
posed Amendment. An effort was then
made to call up the bill for the admis-
lion of Colorado, when the Senate went
into executive session. and soon after
adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. March I.
In the House, the Senate bill in re-
lation to the Court of Claims was taken
up, read twice, and referred to the Ju-
dietary Committee. The same action
was taken in the case to continue in force
the Freedmen's Bureau bill. Mr.. Ste
vens of Pennsylvania, reported bill to
reimburse that State for moneys adj
vanced to the Government for war pur-
poses, which was referred and made the
special order for next Wednesday. Mr..
Washburne reported from the Recon-
struction Committee the testimony taken
in relation to the States of Louisiana,
Texas and Florida, which was ordered
to be printed. The joint resolution,
giving the consent of Congress to the
transfer of the counties Of Berkeley and
Jefferson to West Virginia, was taken
up and concurred in. Mr.. Bingham
moved that five thousand copies of the
joint resolution to admit Tennessee, with
the testimony and accompanying docu-
ments reported from the Reconstruction
Committee, be ordered to be printed and
referred to the Committee on Printing.
Some few other bills we're reported and
acted ON preliminarily only, when the
House went into Committee of the
Whole, and resumed the consideration
Of the bill regulating trade with the
British Provinces. Speeches were made
in favor of the bill by Messrs. Hogan,
Morrill, and Brooks, and against it by
Messrs. Kelly, briggs, Wentworth,
Spaulding, Phelps and Blaine. A motion
to strike out the enacting clause of the
bill was lost. The committee then rose,
and the House soon after adjourned.