Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-05


not Headed" so Much-Davis' Trial
Again Canada Smuggling to BIO Checked
Up-Blair's Rejection. asfl
Special TO st. Louis Republican,
WASHINGTON May 3.-The only i'm
portant action of Congress to-day was
the passing by the House of the Senate
bill, without amendment, to admit Colo
RADIO into the Union as a State. There
was little or no debate on the measure,
and the summary action OF the House
astonished itself An effort was made to
amend the bill so as to strike out the
wor1 white from that portion of the
Constitution of the new State which reg
ulates the qualification Of voters, but this
was defeated by very large majority,
only thirty-six votes being cast in its
favor. Among those who voted for uni
versal suffrage-Messrs Alley, Allison,
Baker, Blow, Boutwell,, Brandagee,
Broomall, Conkling, Connolly, Farquhar,
Grinnell, Harding Of Illinois, Hubbell of
New York, Jenckes, Julian, Kelley,
Lynch, Paine, Rice of Maine, Rice of
Massachusetts, Rollins, Spaulding, Ste
vens, Washburne, Window, Williams
and Wilson of Iowa. The bill now re-
quires the signature of the President to
become law. There are good many
who anticipate veto of the bill on the
ground that the State has not the re-
quired population.
The Senate bill to authorize bridge
across the Mississippi at Quincy, Ill. I
Hannibal, Mo-, and Burlington, Iowa,
was received in the House, and after a
debate between Mr.. Blow, Of ST Louis,
Mr.. Kasson, of Iowa, and Mr.. Harding,
of Ill, it was referred to the Committee
on Post Roads, where it will remain for
some time.
The Senate, to-day, apparently repent
ing of its action of yesterday, recalled
from the House the Postal Appropriation
bill, so that it could reconsider its vote
on the amendment passed yesterday,
prohibiting the payment OF salaries TO
any officer appointed by the President
during the recess of the Senate, until said
officer is confirmed by the latter body.
A motion to reconsider the vote agreeing
to the amendment was made, and then
the whole subject was laid aside until
seine future day. The Senate will proba-
bly, pass separate law on the subject,
and remove it from an Appropriation
bill, to which it is in no wise german.
Judge Underwood, of Virginia, who is
now here, states that the Grand Jury of
the District Court of which he is Judge,
meets at Norfolk on Monday next, and
they will bringin a bill indicting JEFF.
Davis for the crime of treason This is
the first step The second one will be
the report of the House Judiciary Com
mittee, which has the question of his
trial under consideration If this report
is speedily acted on, the Government
will at once proceed with Davis trial on
the indictment to be found.
The Treasury Department is urging
additional legislation to prevent SNUG
Cling from Canada, and the Senate Com
merce Committee had under consiIera-
ton to-day bill to remedy the defrat of
the present law
The nomination of Gen. Frank Blair
as Collector of Internal Revenue at St
Louis was rejected by vote in the Sen
ate, in Executive session, of s for to q
against II was stated in the debate that
he was appointed for the purpose of
dealing Radicalism a blow in Missouri,
and that was the principal reason for his
rejection.
The President has ordered pardons to
be issued to all North Carolinians who
had applications or petitions on file, and
directed them TO be completed and sent
to the petitioners. This includes all the
petitions from that State on file in the
Office of the Attorney General, several
hundred in number.
The internal revenue receipts to-day
reached s., 100000
The Reconstruction Committee sub
mitted to Congress all the remaining
testimony. The entire amount is to be
printed at once, making several large
volumes. The evidence submitted to-day
is of the same general tenor as that
which preceded it. The only important
witness is Hon. Bedford Brown, Of n
c., who declares he was a Union man
throughout the war He represents that
there is great feeling of discomfort,
amounting to despair almost, among the
people Of North Carolina, because they
are not admitted 10 representation in
Congress Mr.. Brown fayors the admis-
sion only Of loyal men.
There appears to be no doubt of the
ruth Of the statement published yester-
day, that Secretary Stanton supports the
policy, and opposes that Of
Congress; that, in fact, all Of the Cabi-
net but Secretary Harlan maintain the
;ame position.
1t is understood that the Government
-ully approves Of the course Of Commo-
lore Rogers at the bombardment Of Val
paraiso.