The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1866-06-08
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

SENATE.-Mr. Wilson repoTteda ser
les Of resolutions providing for the adj
iOurnment Of Congress until Monday
next a. a token Of respect to the men,
ory Of Lieutenant General Scott, and
also that a committee, composed Of
members of both Houses, shall attend
his funeral, which is to take place at
West Point to-day. The resolutions
were unanimously adopted. y bill de-
tining the number and regulating the
appointment OF officers in the United
States navy was reported from theCOm-
mittee on Naval Affairs. The Senate
concurred in the report of the Commit
teeOf Conference on the amendments
to the Pension bill. This bill now goes
to the President. The Tax bill was re-
ceived from the House. 1t was refer
red to the Committee on Finance, and
five hundred extra copies ordered TO be
printed. The Senate then resumed the
consideration of the joint resolution
from the Committee on Reconstruction,
the question being on the amendment
proposed by Mr.. Howard as Il subSti-
tute for the third section, which dis
franchises all persons who have taken
an oath to support the Constitution OF
the United States, and afterwards en-
gagged in war against the Federal Gov
ernment. Mr.. DoOlittle made speech
against the amendment, and proposed
several amendments modifying it,
which were voted down by Il vote of
b NAYS to 10 yeas. Mr.. HOWard's a.
mendment was then adopted-yeas -,
nays 10, a strict party vote. The Sem
ate then adjourned until Monday.
HOUSE.-A message was received
from the President transmitting the re-
ply of Brigadier General Whittlesey,
Chief Of the Freedmen'S Bureau in
North Carolina, to the report Of Gener-
ais Stpedman and Fullerton. which
was referred to the Select Committee
on Freedmen. The House concurred
in the Senate amendments to the House
bill regulating commercial intercourse
between the several States. This bill
now goes to the President. As passed
by Congress, it authorizes any railroad
company to transport passengers, mafls,
freight, &c, from any one State to any
other State, and 10 connect with roads
fOther States, SO as to form continuous
lines for transportation Of the same to
its place of destination. The House
then took up the bill authorizing the
CIevelandand MahOning Railroad Com
panv tocOnstructac tacC1tlnuationo Of their
road from Youngstown, Ohio, to Pitts
burg, Pennsylvania. After long dis
cussion the bill was passed-yeas II,
nays II. The Senate joint resolution
authorizing the Secretary of the Navy
to appoint a commission to examine a
site near Portland, Maine, with refer
ence to its fitness as a fresh water site
for iron-clads, was passed. The House
concurred in the Senate resolutions in
reference to the death of Lieut. Gen.
Scott by a unanimous vote. The report
of the Committee of Conference on the
"Pensi0n" bill was agreed to, and the
bill stands as passed by both Houses.
The bill for the completion of the Pitts
burg and ConnellsviIle Railroad, be-
tween Cumberland, Maryland, and
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, was taken up
and passed after brief debate. The
road is to be completed in three years.
The bill regulating the pay Of the Uni
ted dStatesarmy was taken up, and pend
ing vote was laid aside until Monday.
The House then adjourned until Mon
day next.