Litchfield enquirer., 1866-03-08

The House resumed thS 5Ssl slIiefsliob of the joint resolution reported oo Mond1y, to amend 164 aGopstitpfjon, Alf. Hieby spo in support ~ t6 amend6ne m tending to 6i4e effect. life m tality f0 portions Of the C0lstitntion.-
 II, l4pdalf 0pp06sd #, haeauss fhe States to 6e A9cted hY 1t were not EpFesented. Mir.
 Kelley supp0fted the ameDdment As impera.
 lively needed. MT. Hale took ground against the measure as unconstitutional. designed to
 override and abolish State legislation, and q 1departdfe from tlle theory Of the FeieraI a0Ss ernmert.sa Mr. Price spoke in favor of the, .amendment& 0nsinntion of Mrsa lYoodbridSs Y fesolution sasssdoptsd requestine inlornhfioas relative to tlie distribution of the rewards for the arrest of the assassiDs of President Lincoln.
 MT. Mercur offered Q resolution of inquiry rel alive 10 issuing csftiE satest0 so]Sliefs &o have .lost thsiEFe egnlar 1iacheera snsIsrs. Mr. Ean. Horn offered . resolution declarine the feten- fion of4hs EFghcha soldiers ifaMexieo to be a. violation of fHe pledRe lately announced by the
 Emperor before the French Chambers. se s In the Senate, "Wednesday, Ion resumiug she consideration of the concurrent reaolution, Mr. sNya addressed the Senate in favor Of the reso- lntion. Mr. Stewnrts sopposed the measure.
 Iu the House the consideration of the Con- stitutional Amendment was resumed. MT. Da- wis spoke against the measure, believing that
 the Southern States were not out of the Union
 and had not lost their rights under the Con- 'stitusioa. MT. Woodbridge favored the amend. Anent on the ground of it's necessity. At the same timeshe expressed his confidence in ihe
 honesty and patriotism of the Presidaat. MT.
 Bingham supported the, amendment, contend Ing that it in no respect interfered with the rights of the States Mi. Conkling moved that the subject be postponed to the second Tues
 day in April next, which was adopted bya vote iof l l3 to, 36. MT. EIdlidges motion to lay the subject on the table was lost yeas. Al i, nays no sSss sss ss Inthe Senate, Thursday. MT. Wilson repor-
 tedsa resolution for the disbandonment of the
 militia of the rebel States and to prevent their Reorganization. Mir. Brown called up the bilr granting landfor railroad from Springfield,
 Mo. to the Pacific coast. The line of this
 read being through the Indian Territory, this
 point was briefly debated. and the subject de ferreds for further consideration. Mr. Sherman |reportedsth House Bill to amend the act to
 prevent the importation of cattle. It provides
 that the Secretary 0fs the Treasury shall have
 power to limit and annnl the prohibitions and
 provisons of the original bill, wherein his judgs ment. circnllstances and the interests of the country soauthorizs, The bill was passed ,and only, awaits the signature of the President to become law. The House Concurrent resoln
 ton being next in order, MT Stewart took the floor in ncentinuation of his speech of the pre-.
 vious day MT. Stewart was followed by Mr. Johnson, who also opposed the measure,
 |@ h the House, MT. Coffroth offered resolu- ! ton of inquiry as to the expediency of compen- tsatiugthe citizens of Chambersburgh, Penn for their losses incurred during the rebel raid. ! Adopted. MT. Price reported substitute for Ithe House bill to construct railroad from Portland, Oregon, to the Central Pacific Rail- road aMr.s Wilson, of Iowa. reported several Iamsndments to the Senate bill to protect all tpersons in their civilriehts. Tue measure was ldebated by Messrs Wilson of Iowa, Rogers and Ceok. At MT. Raymond's request; a bill
 bearing on the same subject, and previously submitted by him, was read, and he notified the House that at the proper time he should loffes thesafne IS assnbstitute for the one be-
 fore them, The Miscellaneous Appropriation Bill was next taken up, and an amendment
 providing that no monies should be expended
 in9violatioa of the act prescribing an oath of l office, adopted also. an amendment striking
 out ansitem. of $40, 900 for sums advanced by tBrigham Young 10 Indianss..
 h the Senate, Friday, Mr. Wilson reported iBn resolution to compsnsatez Miss Clara. Burton
 for .servieessin searching for missing Union
 soldiers. Mr. Lane of Kansas offered reso. lution of inquiry into the expediency of calling Ia National Convention to consider proposed
 constitutional amendments. MT. Doolittle rose
 to personal explanation. denying the state tment in despatch that he had disparaged Mr.
 Sumner at public meeting in New Haven. ' The bill granting land tn aid insthe constrnc- 1 tion of railroad from Springfield, Mo ,to the l Pacific coast. and incorporating the Atlantic
 and Pacific Railroad Company. was passed - | The House concurrent resolution being in or der, Mr.. Cowan addressed the Senate in oppo: | sition to the resolution, and in favor of the immediate admission of the rebel States. Mir.
 Cowan was followed by MT. Davis and MT. l Doolittle on the same side. MT. Wilson next addressed the Senate in favor of the bill.e ,ss If In.the House, MT. ,Schenck presented the resolution of the Ohio General Assembly, re-
 commenting the appointmant of volunteer Of ficers to fill vacancies in :he regular army. On motion of Mr. Perham, an inquiry was ordered l into the propriety of providing by law that
 soldiers whe enlisted in 1861 and 1862, and
 served more than year, shall receive the Gov
 ernment bounty to which they would have been
 entitled had they served two years. Mir. Van Horn, of New York, reported a bill to con
 structa ship canal aroundsthe Falls of Niaga- ra, which was read twice and recommitted.-
 Mir. Boutwell, presented a petition of colorcd eitizens of Georgia, asking for the privilege of sn6fage. Also petition of white citizens of Alabama not to remove the National troops,
 and representing the utmost. Restitution to ex- ist in the State. Mir. Baker asked to offer an
 Amendment to the Constitution, excluding
 from the Presidency, Vice Presidency. Con.
 gress, the Army and Navy, and the Judiciary,
 &c., of the United States, all who have volun
 tarily aided the rebellion by taking part in the
 rebel, civil, military or naval service The
 Senate Civil Rights Bill bsing next in order,
 Mir. Thayer spoke, in it's support. MT. Hill
 moved an. amendment excepting from those declared oitizens such as have voluntarily borne
 arms. against the government braided it's ene-
 mics, also to accept the right of suffrage from the civil rights conferred. MT. Eldridge spoke in opposition to the bill. The bill was further debated by Mir. Thornton, MT Windom and
 Mir. Shellabarger. On motion of .Mr. Wilson it was voted to postpone further consideration of the subjectt to Tkursday Mr. Raymond de-