Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1866-01-12
proceedings of Congress.


FRIDAY, Jan. Booth Houses of Congress
assembled to-day, but the attendance of mem
bers was quite small, and the proceedings I'M
! i'm portant In the Senate, Mr. Sumner as
usual, presented a batch of petitions from the
/ colored population. He also introduced a
! resolution declaring that the nation is pledged
to the payment OF the national debt, and that
| the rebel debt must not be recognized. bill
to enlarge the powers of the Freedmen's
Bureau was introduced, and bill to gnaran-
tee freedom to colored people in the late rebel
/ lious States.
/ In the House a communication was received
| from the Secretary of War, inclosng the re-
cord and testimony in the trial Of the Hon. b..
| G.. Harris A large number of bills and re-
| solutions of inquiry were introduced and
( referred, after which the House resolved itself
| into committee of the whole, when Mr.. Spald-
ing, of Ohio, made speech against the doc
| trine of secession, &c. Both Houses adjourned
until Monday next.
! MONDAY, Jan. ga communication was
laid before the Senate to-day from the Mayor
OF Washington, giving the result Of the late
\ election in that city in opposition to negro
4 suffrage. The memorial of the New York
| Chamber Of Commerce, asking for legislation
/ to exempt Northern creditors from the opera
! ton of Southern statutes of limitation, was
also presented, and a resolution adopted call
! ing on the Secretary of War to inform the
Senate why the commission to investigate the
claims of loyal slave owners to compensation
/ for coored volunteers, has not been APP
! pointed
In the House a number of bills were intro
! duced and referred among the civil appro-
priation bills, to build % military and postal
/ railroad - between New York and Washing
ton; to adjust the claims for damages for the
destruction Of property by the military dur
ing the late war. The committee on naval
affairs, on motion of Hon. John l.. Thomas,
4 of Md, was instructed to inquire into the ex-
pediency of deepening and widening the bar
Dor Of Baltimore, and Of rendering the ship
channel large enough for vessels of the largest
| tonnage and also as to the expediency of
| locating a navy-yard on the Patapsco river,
near Baltimore. A resolution was adopted
against Withdrawing the military forces from
| the late rebellious States until Congress shall
| declare their retention no longer necessary
and another instructing the currency commit
| tee to inquire into the expediency of making
| national bank notes a legal tender for the pay
ment of all dues except duties on imports.
Among various other resolutions was one
| proposing that, in view of the high rate of
| rents in Washington city a tax of 20 per cent
be levied On all rentals in that city exceeding
! 5000 per annum in aid of the education of
colored children. A bill was reported authori-
sing The Secretary of the Treasury to issue six
| per cent. coin bonds to fund all the floating
debt. The remainder of the day was occupied
| in a general discussion concerning reconstruc-
| ton, &c.
TUESDAY, Jan. 9.--Tn the Senate to-day,
Mr.. VIM j. Mcdonald was appointed chief
clerk in place of General Hickey, deceased.
Several petitions were presented, and the
House resolution adopted accepting the invita-
tbo Tnit nd 4 tiri to in fhp
Paris Industrial Exhibition.
In the House, the special committee on the
proposed military and postal railway between
Washington and New York was announced.
Hon. Francis Thomas, of Nd, is on the COM
mittee The House took up the resolutions of
Mr.. voorhees,, oflndiana, endorsing the restora-
! ton policy of President Johnson. Mr.. V adj
vocated his resolutions in an eloquent speech,
| and was replied to by Mr.. Bingham, of Ohio,
who offered n substitute therefor. Both the
| substitute and the original resolutions were
referred to the reconstruction committee. A
communication was received in the House
from the President in response to n resolution
| asking information respecting any attempt
made to secure the recognition of Macmillan 5
Empire in Mexico, transmitting n volumin-
Gus correspondence.
| WEDNESDAY, Jan. 1e.--A bill was intro
| duceG in the Senate to-day to dehLe aud fix
|
| States army. The bill to extend the right of
suffrage in the District of Columbia was, with
amendments, recommitted to the committee
on the DISTRICT of Columbia. The resolution
| inquiring of the President why Jefferson
/ Davis had not been tried was adopted; and
| important resolutions concerning Mexico re-
ferred to the committee on foreign affairs.
| In the House, the naval appropriation bill
was reported, and resolution adopted in
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inquire into the expediency of amending the
internal revenue law so that taxes may be
| laid only on incomes over 81, 200. The same
committee was instructed to inquire as TO the
expediency of reducing the duty on cotton
fabrics A resolution was adopted request
! ing the President to inform the House why
| Jefferson Davis has not been tried. A number
of other resolutions were either adopted or
referred, after which the House took up the
| bill extending the right of suffrage to the
colored population Of the District of Columbia,
on which an animated debate ensued.