Smyrna times., 1866-03-14


The Senate on Wednesday passed bill rem {
dering it obligatory on all persons in making
their income returns to state the amount OF the
same in legal tender currency and when stat
ed i'm coin, the assessors shall reduce the same
to its equivalent in legal tender currency At
ter the transaction Of otLer business, the joint
resolution fixing the basis Of representation
was taken up, and Mr.. Sumner addressed the
Senate in favor Of his proposed amendments tO
allow universal suffrage Mr. Doolittle follow
ed, and advocated the basis Of representation
on the number Of voters. The subject was
then laid over.
In the House bill was introduced to con
tinue the frcedmen's ) bureau. The resolution
from the Senate giving the assent OF Congress
to the transfer Of Berkeley and jefferson coun- /.
ties to West Virginia was concurred i'll. After
disposing Of several bills and resolution, in re-
/ latOn to the District Of Columbia, the reclprO-
city bill was discussed, and test vote to strike
out the enacting clause was voted down, when
the House adjourned.
Another proposition to amend the cOnStltu-
ton Of the United States was introduced III
the Senate on Thursday, to dlsquallty from vot-
ing or holding Office all persons who willingly
took part in the rebellion. 1t was referred 10
the reconstruction committee. Resolutions
were offered declaring that to Congress, and
not to the Executive, belongs the power OF re-
) establishing civil governments III the lately Sc
cedcd States The joint resolution III relation
to the basis Of representation was then taken
up and debated until the hour ofadjournment
The House passed the Senate bill to pay MISS
, Clara Barton Slj, 900 tor money expended by
her in searching for missing soldiers, and To-
| enable her in continuing the search. The Dlll
to limit the Judges Of the United States Su-
u prcmc Court to one chief justice and eight as,
I sociatcs WAS passed. Messrs. Boutwell, and
= Washburne of Illinois, two Of the committee
| on reconstruction, made report, proposing as
9 an additional condition for the admission OF
: Tennessee that suffrage be conferred without
I regard to race or color. The Judiciary com
i mittee reported back, with an amendment, the
q bill to facilitate commercial, postal and militia
: nv communication among the several States
1t was laid OvcI for future consideration The
bill to secure the civil rights to all persons il
the several States was discussed during the
remainder Of the day.
r. The scat Of the Hon. d. w. Voorhees,, dem
;" of Indiana has been given to Mr.. Washburue
: rep, the contestant
Z In the Senate on Monday last, three prOpO
i sitions for amending the constitution were sub
: mitted Senator Grimes presented the one
/ suggested by Mr.. BrOOmall Of the House. anl
It almost precisely the same as that submitted
- later ia the day by Mr.. Sumner Senator VII
Il son submitted another, with some new an,
r novel features and it is believed that from III,
1t three one may be prepared which will secur'
l. the required two-thirds support
TIE HOUSE
rs occu pied most of the day in consideration o
4 the Reciprocity treaty in Committee of tn
% WI, lc The items Of cattle lumber and quar-
ricd stone excited the livcliest debate. Tn
80 question came up again this evening, and VI
= = the final vote was lost by - to 53 Sir Fred
" erirk Bruce manifested hi, interest in the nca,
urC by his presence on the floor.
/. Irish Liberty.
John Mitchcl-his irrepressible longines e,
L., All Alabama plantation. we'll stocked with ia
IN negroes, having been batllcd, and his efforts t
establish >laychnldinP de>potsm in the Sout
ri having been utterly defeated has bctaken him
= self 10 Paris, where he find, despotism read
: made, and i cnrapturcd with it, of course. II
Franra, any meeting II twenty or more person
IN for political purpnso- even TO nominate
l>t cand date To represent their district in tn
~ Chamber If Dcputcs-is forbidden and pun
nE ishcd; while any newspaper may be suppressed
n, at the arbitrary pleasure of the GOyernmen
Is without having been convicted of any ofens
ut or fault whatever. John thinks this delight
y full. SAYS he:
III the Emperor means 70 continue Empero
ire whlcI tank hc doesl and if the great OF tn
il French people, who at his back, wish for quit
We he and lhe peaceful pursuits OF business, and n
more .CN"uions IN their day. it is absolutely nece
sSry 10 restrain the press Just far IT Is restrain
nr ed Imagine one halt the journals coming out ever
all morning with articles showing that the Emperor
usurper, and that the true ruler OF France is Hcr
Is n ", or an Orleans prince now in England; eli
that republic is the only admissible form OF Go
eminent. so long there is in France OrleG
ne ,It patty aud old Bourbon party, aud Rspubl
as party, long must thsr organs be RESTRAIN
&c ed from prOe!oim"g thensslres IN any Of those
s""
bn Here is the Milcsian idea of Liberty, plainl
W W. and torcbly expressed If every Frenchma
= were an lmperaliSt, it might do to allow free
IN. dom of the press but, since many if not mos
,~r Frenchmen notoriou>ly are no such thing, the
ms must not be allowed to express their ow
h. views, but only those OF the ruling powc
"d And this, says john is as much liberty of II
,,r press as France ought to have.