The Portland daily press., 1866-07-17
BY TELEGRAPH,
Tuesday Morning, July II. 1865.
xxx CoNGRESS---lst Session.
WASHINGTON, July I6.
TO THE DAILY PRESS.

ACuiN6lON, cuy III.
SENATE.
The bill for the erection of Marine Hos
pital at Tokohina, Japan, was passed. W
An evening session for tomorrow was
ordered to consider the bills from the Com
mittee on Claims.
The bill creating the territory of Monta-
ma with a surveying district was passed.
The joint resolution for ,he codifcation
OF the custom laws at a cost not to exceed
$4,000 was passed.
The bill for the speedy completion of the
Northern Pacific Railroad was taken up.
MIR. Howard favored the Northern Pacific
Railroad.
Mr.. Sherman opposed it, MIR. McDougal
favored it and Mr.. Morgan hoped it would
be recommitted.
Pending the discussion the announce
ment of the action of the House upon the
Presidents veto of the Freedmen's Bureau
bill, was made by the clerk of that body.
The Pacific r. r. bill was postponed and
the veto message read.
The question was then put ''Shall the
bill pass, the objections of the President
Notwithstanding ?"
A motion to postpone was disagreed to.
Mr.. Hendricks spoke in opposition to the
bill
Mr.. Salisbury auded the President for
his veto.
The vote was then taken, resulting, yeas
thirty three, nays twelve.
The Chair announced that the bill having
received a two-thirds vote in both Houses,
he, (Mr. Foster) proclaimed it to be law.
Notwithstanding the objections of the
President. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
The bill exempting pensions from the in
ternal revenue tax was passed.
resolution was offered and adopted, di-
recting the Secretary of War to furnish the
House with copies of the opinions given by
the members of the so-called Confederate
States, to Jefferson Davis, at or about the
time of the negotiationg preceding the sur
render of Johnson to Gen. Sherman, con-
corning the effect of such surrender on the
political rights of the people then in rebel
lion against the United States, and any
other papers on the subject
The joint resolution granting the right of
way one hundred feet on each side of the
track through the military reservation to
the railroad Co.'S was referred to the Com
mittee on Military Affairs.
A bill was introduced to legaliZe the oc-
cupalion Of public mineral lands, and to ex-
tend the right OF pre- emptlOn.
A resolution was adopted directing the
Committee on Printing to inquire into the
eqpediency of repeating so much of the
act of June 25th, 1854, as directs annual
reports of the Postmaster General of offers
received and contracts made for conveying
mails, not TO be printed, of repeating so
much of the act Of July 23d. 1896 as re-
quire such reports annually to be made to
Congress.
The Rousseau and Grinnell affair was taken
up. MIR. Hale argued that the prOvocation pal
lated the offence efaa
The veto message of the Freedmen's Bureau
bill was here received and read. 7as,ss IS
On motion of Mr.. Eliot, the message was laid
onithe table. and ordered to be printed.
MIR. Eliot gaee notice that he should call it up
to o-morrow for action. u
Mr.. Leblond moved that 10000 copies be
printed, as it was very good document, and
suggested that it would be better to take action
upon it Immediately.
Mr.. Eliot said he had no objection.
Cries of "Now," Now"
The vote of laying the message on the table
was reconsidered
The Speaker then announced the question to
be. "Shall the bill be passed, notwithstanding
the objections of the PRESIDENT"
The vote was taken. and resulted--yeas ia,
nays 33.
The Speaker announced that two thirds hav-
ing voted in the affirmative. the bill had again
passed.
Demonstrations of pleasure followed. Speaker
Colfax voted yea.
The consideration of the Rousseau and Grin
nell case was resumed.
MIR. Wilson favored the expulsion of Mr..
Rousseau. 1 l-,ph
After some debate, Mr.. Hale's amendment de-
claring it inexpedient to take further action in
the matter was rejected.
A motion was made to substitute the resolu,
ton of the minority for the two first resolutions
of the majority. h NJ
An amendment was suggested that the House
do not excuse the act of Mr.. Rousseau, but dis.
approve Of the assault although the provocation
was great.
Mr.. Raymond obtained the floor, when the
subject was laid over until tomorrow
committee of conference was asked on the
Senate amendments to the Indian Appropriation
bill.
A joint resolution relative to an ad valorem
tax on cigars was introduced and laid over.
The thermometer in the Hall was at 90. Ad-
ourned.