The Portland daily press., 1866-05-10
xxx CONGREss---First Session.
WASHINGTON. May9.

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WASHINGTON. May9.
SENATE.
Mr.. Grimes from the Naval Committee, re
| ported with an amendment the bill to pro
| vide for the better organization of the Pa,
Department of the Navy. 80
Mr.. Morrill, from the Committee of the Dis
trict of Columbia, reported bill repealin,
the city charters of Washington and George
town, and providing for their government b.
| Commissioners. n
Mr.. Grimes from the Naval Committee, re
| ported bill to restore Commander lCharle
Hunter to his former rank in the Navy. Hun
| ter captured a blockade runner on the coast o
| Cuba, at which the Spanish Government tool
umbrage and he was dismissed. The bill pass
ed. S J
The bill regulating the transportation of nj
tro-glycerine was referred. to the Committed
on Commerce.
A bill was introduced to regulate appoint
ments to, and removals from Office, and order
ed to be printed. =
Five thousand copies of the Smithsonian
report were ordered to be printed. :.
The Finance Committee reported upon the
expediency of providing by law that ali public
officers shall deposite Government funds in
the United States sub Treasury.
The bill to prevent the introduction of chol-
era was debated, but without action.
The Post Office appropriation bill was taken
up, the pending question being on MIR. Trum-
bulls amendment, before reported.
Mr.. Wilson made speech eulogising the
Republican party, and condemning the recon
struction policy of the President
Mr.. Cowan spoke in defence of the Presi-
dent, for whom he would say to the Senate,
"get your tribunal, and five hundred or five
thousand, if you want them, of the leaders,
with JEFF. Davis at their head, are ready for
you." ~
Mr.. Doolittle in brief speech, reviewed the
relations OF the President to the Union party,
alleging he was adhering to the Baltimore
platform upon which he was elected N
Mr.. Nye made some remarks condemnatory
of the Presidents exercise of the pardoning
power in the case of rebels. 81
Without action the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
The bill was unanimously passed, giving
Admiral Farragut Secretary with the rank
OF Lieutenant in the Navy. es--
A bill was reported and passed, repeating
the 23d section of the act of the 37th Con-
gress, relating to passports, which repealed the
then existing law in reference to persons liza
BILE to military duty.
The reconstruction amendment to the Con-
stitution, was then considered.
Mr.. Broomall supported it. He said so far
from treason being made. odious, it was a
most popular institution at the South, and
loyalty had been made odious. -f
Mr.. Shankland opposed it. He said if the
people of the rebelious States submitted to
the terms sought to he imposed upon them,
they ought not to come back into the Union
as free American citizens. They had been
overcome by numbers, not superiority in wis
dom or bravery. They had erred, but they be-
leved they were then right.
Mr.. Raymond followed. -
Debate was further continued by Messrs.
Mckee and Eldridge. s1
In the course of colloquy between Messrs
Wilson, OF Iowa, and Raymond, the latter
speaker stated that he understood it was in
tended to bring the measure to vote te-mor-
row, and that thirty gentlemen were desirous
of speaking. a
Mr.. RAYMOND in the course of his remarks
expressed approval of the measure, except the
third section. He also alluded to the eager
ness with-which Mr.. Stevens acceded to the
suggestion Of the name of General Grant as a
candidate of the Union party in aeee, lAa .l.A
Presidency, as giving assurance that there
would be no dissent in the party on that sub
ject, when the right time should come.
MIR. Eldridge spoke against the joint resOlu-
tiOn. and denounced the Reconstruction Com
mittee as having entirely disappointed the
country.
Mr. Mckee supported the measure and pro
posed to amend Mr. Garfeld's motion to re
commit with instructions to strike out the
third section and insert the following:
"All persons who voluntarily adhered tt
the late insurrection, giving aid and comfor
excluded from holding any office OF trust o.
profit under the Government of the United
States"
Mr.. Boutwell, denounced the Democratic
party, whose position every traitor in the
South, and every sympathizer with treason IL
the North sustained; and in this hour OF ma
tional peril it was their sad misfortune to b.
compelled to admit that he who secured thu
suffrages of the people for the second office il
the Government, accepted the doctrines o
the Democratic party as his policy. MI
Boutwell, supported the measure before tn
House.
Messrs. Spaulding, Elliott and SEellabarge
spoke in favor of the resolution.
Mr.. Stevens gave notice that at 3 o'clocl
tomorrow afternoon, he would move the pre-
vious question, and ask vote on the resOlu
ton.
Several bills were introduced, including on
| concerning the elective franchise in the Ter
ritories, and the admission of new States, an.
one to increase the pensions of disabled OH
| GERS in the volunteer service. Referred.
The House then took recess until 7.S0 T
NJ.
| EVENING SESSION.
The tax bill was considered until 10 O'Clock
when, having disposed of sixteen pages, tn
Committee rose, and the House adjourned.
From H0raal0.
~ NEW YORK. May 0.