The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-07-25
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The amendment ~ Inn y vas agreed to BY

ON motion, of Mr. Kasson,, new, sec
tiopps' were added reorgahizing collector
lofa adintsrnal efeyenae and z idisbursint
agsnts, and making appropriations fol
IIlighthOuseIkBepeIs. sTs slajiusoH g
The committee next proceeded to con
slider the House bill authorizing the re
lIinBursement Of tie Territory ofsNebfas
Ilkagfor lssrtaifi expenses incurred in re
peliing lifdianb hDstiEties. Both billi
were rsported toitha House and passed
.dTIlee Spaaker laid before the House. a
| lmessag6 6ifrom 6 the President in relation
Ito the Joint resolution declaring sfhf
lIStatesf Tennessee restored to her tormeI
prOper political -rela ti0ns to The unlqpn p
IPortiohs OF The message were received
by the Republicans with derIsiVe lahgh'
liter. Its conclusi9R was greeted by the
lDemocrats A1ith ppIausfs aUTAT II
The readng2 of ffksDmesagell having
llbeen COM laeteaya BY Mr.. I M'Pherson
lIClerks9 alid tt afttl having been laid on the
Iitable and ordered to be printed, Mr.
Stevens rose and said:
Mr.. Speaker--Inasmnch as the joint
resolution has become q law bS the on,
tire and cordial approyaB OF the Presl'
dent, { Laughter. / ann desired by the
| ICommittee ofFifteento ask to be dis
charged from further consideration OF
the credentials of the, same, and that
thew he. referred to- the Committee on
Elections, which mOtfuDd now make.
mar. Randall; of Pennsylvania, Oaiied
lfor decision of the House. - ~ ~. =,
The question being divided, the first
part of the motion. disoharging tho he
construction Committee, from q farther
consideration of the credentials of the
membersfrOm Tennessee, WAS agreed to,
| the second parbsef the motion. being in
| reference of credentials to the Commit
| tee on Elections, Mr.. LIE Blond called for
| the yeas and nays, which were ordered,
| The vote twas, yeas, 80, mays, %, the
| Democrats voting in the negative. -.
| In order that the Tennessee members
! might be sworn in at once, Mr. Bingham
enduired ofithe Speaker whether the
President had returned the iotat resolu.
| tion with hisSapprogaL y 4
The Speakerreplied that the President
when he approves bill, does not send
it to Congress, but to the State Depart
ment, apd the message just read an
nounced that he had approved the joint
resolution, it was therefore, not return.
| ed to the House.
Mr.. Kassep, Afrom the Colnmi tee Of
Conference on, tho Indian Appropriation
bill, made report which was agreed to-.
Mr.. Hotchkiss, from the Committee on
Claims, reported a$bill authorizing the
payment of rewards offered by the Presi.
dent and War Department for the cap
tme of Jefferson Davis and the assas-
sins Of President Lincoln, was read
twice and postponed till tomorrow. 1t
divides the money as follows: For the
capture Of Booth and Harold it gives to
L. C.. Baker, 1880; E. j. Cenger, $17,
500; Luther B. Baker, S.. 900; James R.
O'Brein, $1,000 Lieut.. edward p. Doher-
tv, late 10th New York Cavalry, $4,000 {;
Sergeant Corbett and each SorgcyhG,
CORPORAL and private Of the party that
captured Booth, $1,000. For the capture
of JEFF Davis it gives to Lieut.. Col.
Pritchard, $4,000; each of the Captains
S727 60; each of the Lieutenants. S565 oS;
each of the 1st Sergeants, $3.50 Is; each
Sergeant, $268 As; each Corporal, SlS7 6l;
each private, $l66 70. .u, ,.sr. q.
The following sums are allowed for
the capture of Payne: Major II w
Smith, 81 900; Richard C.. Morgan, Ely
Derive, C. B. 'Rosch, Thomas Sampson
William Mermerdisch, John II. Kimble
and P. M. Clark, $500 each, and Susan
Jackson and Mary Ann Griffith $3.50 each
for the capture of Atzerott; to Major
Arkman, $4,000; u. W. Grinnell, $1,000;
James W. Piesdan, 5000; Christopher
Ross, David Banks, Albert Bender, Sam
uel, j. Williams, George W. Yonng and
James Longaire, LOG &C each
Mr.. Dawes, from the Committee OF
Elections, made report on the case of
the members elect from Tennessee, stat
ing that the committee found the ere
dentials in due form, and recommended
that they be now sworn in.
Mr.. LIE Blond, while concnrriug III the
report of committee, found it hard to
understand how they arrived at that
conclusion, because, if the State of Ten
nessee had been ont of the Union and
was ouly restored to day, valid cleo
ton for Representatives could not have
been had in Augost, 1865,
Mr.. Dawes said that after the eXpoS-
ton of the member from Ohio, he would
ask the House for vote on the report OF
the Committee of Election. Agreed to.
The Speaker insisted on the member
from Tennessee to come forward and
take the oath. In response to the invita-.
tions of Messrs. Maynard and Stokes,
representing the Second and Third Dis
tricts of Tennessee, and Mr.. Taylor, rep,
reseutiug the First District, advanced
amid much applause and nclapping of
hands from the side of the Speakers
chair, and then, with uplifted right
hands, took the oath solemnly admins
tered by the Speaker. The perfect ST.
lenco which was observed while the
oath wasLsing administered, was follow
ed by repetition of applauses. ~
When the ceremony was concluded
the Speaker stepped down and shook
hands with the newly induCted members,
who we're then congratulated By groups
of members,
The bin reported by Mr. Hooper, from
the Committee on Banking and Curren-
CIV. to amend the national currency act,
came up as the next business in order.
Mr.. Hale made q short speech in ex,
planation. ......,-.......
The House proceeded TO the considera.
tion by sections of the amendments.
Pending the action upon it the House at
u o'clock took y recess until 7, NJ.
... ..t Negro Riot.
CAIRO, Ill. July %. "A riot between
the whites and negroes, occasioned by a
railroad conductor attemptinp to cut