The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1866-08-17
SOME OF THE LAST ACTS OF THE
REMP CONGRESS.


its total disregard Of the wishes of the
people. The President would have
been justified had he arrested the con-
spirators and placed them in the Gov
ernment forts.
The concluding acts of this Rump
CongreSs-the acts of the three last
days of the sessiOn-aTe in keeping
with its d0ings for the last eight
months. We will mention a few of its
resolves just previous to adjournment.
BY a resolution the pay Of members
of Congress was increased sixty per
cent, and the employees Of the two
Houses twenty-five per cent.
The Bill to allow pensions to the old
soldiers of 1872 was defeated. Reason
giVen-"Waai Of HtOHey.n
n resolution was adopted which ap-
pr0priates ten thousand acres Of good
land" to the orphan children Of color
ed soldiers, and is to be called the ma
tiOnalfarm for Orphans" These or
phans are to live on this farm, and ii is
to be managed and worked by a Bu-
reau, whose officers are TO be white
men. An amendment was offered to
appropriate a National farm to the or
phans Of white soldiers. Not agreed
to. Reason, "tc0l5t Of money!"
Ten thousand bushels of lime were
donated to the colored ladies Of Wash
ingtOn, who were politely requested to
WhiteWash the houses in which they
lived at Government expense.
\ jOintresOlution Wasadopted direct
ing the Secretaryof the InteriOrt to con-
tract with Miss Winnie Ream, an old
maid Of Massachusetts,, for a life-siZe
model and statue Of the late President
Lincoln, to be executed by her, the
priceuGtto exceed $4,000. amend
meDt was offered appropriating Sl0,-
600 toad in the erection of the monu-
mcnt to George Washington.-Noted
down '}ro1t Of money!"
y resolution was offered in the House
appropriating the following sums to
the pdtriots who captured Booth and
Harold, the assassinS Of President Lin
coin, viz s. 300 to Col. Baker, 5000
to Lieut.. Doherty, s., 900 to each Of the
detectives, to Sergeant COrbet and the
other Sergeant Of the party S2,5t5, to
the Corporal s., ,29l 90, to the priyates
-, OBS.
Mr.. Stevens ldisuniou) protested a
gainst this robbery Of the treasury.
Col. Baker, said Mr.. S., ''Was not out
Of Washington city at the time Of the
arrests, and had no more to do with
them than he .Mr S., had.
Mr.. briggs ,disuni0u) said that "this
man Baker was building 5000, 600
Hotel in Lansing, Michigan, and, he
was informed, out of money made in
this war. He supposed he wanted 81
800 more with which 10 build a stable"
Mr.. Stevens again appealed to the
House MOTTO vote this money to Baker.
ItWOuId be robbery. The evidence fur
nished by the War Department show
ed that Col. Baker had done no service
at all. Mr.. Briggs denounced the TpsO-
luton as n great outrage. He admit
ted that AIr. COnger should get at least
$4,000, but he could not understand
what Influenced the committee to give
nearly one fourth of the whole to Col.
Baker.
Mr.. Schenck ldisunion) also spoke a
@ainSt the appropriation, and limited
that the Republican party would ''go
under" if thiskind of robbery was per-
sisted in.
Mr.. Dawes tdisunion) spoke against
the appropriation to Lieut.. Doherty.
In that expedition Doherty proved
himself a miserable coward. The evil
dencc established that while five men
We're guarding the tobacco warehouse
where Booth and sHar0ld were, and
while Conger was endeavOring to get a
guard around them this Lieut.. DOhcTty
was lying under a shed, and no power
of COnger's could drive him out Of it;
and now Lieut. DOherty came in and
claimed that he did the whole work.
After some further discussion, the
vote was taken and the resolution lrds q
d0Dtcd By Il inrge D1g0ritY. So Baker
gets 81 800, Lieut.. Doherty s., ,0DO, and
so on!
Mr.. Schcnck offered 4 resolution,
which was adopted, appropriating S5O,-
009 - a Massachusetts shO0I-master to
write 0uta history Of the rebellion!
Another resolution was adopted an
thorizing the Secretary of War to con
tract with a Massachusetts, Yankee for
the Use Of his alleged discovery Of
mode of treatment of the disease Of
horses feet, and his services for one
year. SomeSl0,0G0 it's supposed, Is To
be bestowed upon this Ma>sach 1scttS
di-unionist for his humbug liniment.
The bill making an additional apprO-
priati0n Of eleven millions of dollars to
the negro treedmen's Bureau was a
dopted.
Mr.. Banks presented the conference
report on thcciviI bill, which was there
fore read by the clerk. 1t retains the
provision for the increase OF the COM
pensation Of members and senators,