Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1866-01-26
CONGRESSIONAL.

on the table by 25 to I2 The resolution for
the military trial of Davis and Clay were made
concurrent instead of joint, and ordered to be
printed. Mr.. Howard offered resolution ask
ing the President for his correspondence with
| Supreme Court Judges on the holding Of Courts
in Rebel Districts, which was adopted. The
bill to regulate suffrage in the District was ta-
ken up. Mr. Morrill, moved to amend by ex-
l.cluding Rebels from the ballot box. MIR. Gar
ret Davis, of. Kentucky, made a long speech
against thenegro race, immediately after which
the Senate adjourned.
Honse.-Mr. Conkling offered resolutions
prescribing as essential conditions OF reconA
struction the remuneration OF Secession IN theo-
nv and in practice, the reputation OF all Reb-
el debts, and all claims iof pensions ana Dam
ages. the guarantee of human rights the i'm
partial distribation of political rights, and the
election Of loyal men to Congress. Mr.. Fnck
4 objected to the resolutions, and they lie over.
The bill to make Lieut.. Gen. Granta full Gen.
eral was reported from the Military Committee
and recommitted The Senate resolution au-
thorizng the Reconstruction Committee to send
for persons and papers was passed, l2o to 30
| A bill was introduced TO remit to State Courts,
from which they are now authorized to be re-
moved, certain suits under the revenue laws.
| Jan. 18th ,ScndEe credentials of Mr..
| Graham of North Carolina were presented and
laid on the table. The Judiciary Committee
/ was discharged from further consideration OF
/ the petition of colored citizens of Colorado
| against disfranchisement, and the same was re-
ferred to the Committee en- Territories. a res
| luton was offered calling on the President for
information concerning violations of neutrality
by the Imperial army on the Rio Grande.-
| The army bill of Mr.. Wilson was debated and
postponed. Mr. Howes bill for the appoint
mentt of Provisional Governments in the Rebel
| States was discussed at great length by Mr..
Doolittle, after which the Senate adjourned.
| Houss.-Resolutions were adopted direct
| ing the Secretary of the Treasury to inform
| the House concerning deposits of public mon
eys with certain States. Mr.. Conkling eX-
| planned that his resolution for an amendment
| to the Constitution was meant to include persons
not citizens merely-in the basis of represen-
tation, and SO to dust the representation that
in States where suffrage is denied on account
of color, persons of color shall be excluded in
establishing the basis of representation.
JAN. 18th. Senate. A resolution authorizing
the issue of American registers to certain Brit
| ish- built vessels, was referred. Bills were re-
ported to extend the time for withdraw Of
| goods from bonded warehouses, and to author
ize a telegraph line from New York to the
| West Indies. A bill for the admission of Col
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and Government adopted by the people, was
reported from the Committee on Territories
| The resolution of Mr.. Howe for the appoint
ment of Provisional Governors N the Rebel
States was taken up and debated by Mr.. Ne
smith and Mr.. Wade. Mr.. Trumbull called up
his Freedmen's Bureau bill, and moved to
amend it by limiting the titles of the negroes
/ under Gen. Shermans S order to three years.
| A bill was passed unanimously giving the
! bor lifn 70, tho Nuid-
ow of President Lincoln, and, after an execu-
! tive session, the Senate adjourned.
House.-Mr. Jenckes, from the Judiciary
Committee, reported Bankruptcy bill, and it
was made special order for the 30th inst. A
| bill was reported from the Committee on Ag-
riculture extending the provisions of the act
granting lands for colleges, which was post
poned for one week. The bill to extend suff-
| rage in the District of Columbia was taken up.
A motion to lay the whole subject on the table
was voted down by 46 to l23. A motion to
postpone the bill to the first Tuesday in March
was disagreed to by "a to l34. 1t was then
moved that the bill be recoDmitted, with in
structions to report certain qualifications irre-
spective of color, including the ability to read,
assessment and payment of taxes, and military
or naval service The House struck out the
propertY qualification, and then voted down
the whole proposition to recommit by 81 to
III. Thereupon the question recurred on the
bill as originally introduced and reported from
the Judiciary Committee, and it was passed by
Il6 to 54 The announcement of the vote was
followed by applause, and the House adjourned.
JAN. 18th, lSendte.-A bill was introduced
and referred, forbidding any agent collecting a
claim for bounty or pay of any soldier. to charge
fee exceeding SO, on penalty of fine and i'm
prisonment. Mr.. Sumner presented petition
from citizens of the District for equal laws
Mr.. Doolittlc presented the credentials of VIII
liam Marvin, claiming to represent the State OF
Florida, and pronounced eulogy upon him.
Mr. Sumner replied by showing that Florida is
still disloyal, and the credentials of Mr.. Mar
vim were laid on the table. The bill 10 enlarge
the powers of the Freedmen's Bureau was de-
bated by Messrs. Hendricks, Trumbull and
Salisbury. The amendment limiting the titles
of the freedmen under Gen. Shermans order
to years, was adopted, and Senate adjourned.
In the House, communication was received
from the Secretary ofthe Treasury concerning
the decrease of our mercantile marine. Bulls
were introduced regulating Postmasters salar-
les, securing certain privileges under treaty to
African citizens, aud to prevent smuggling; and
bill paying @. F. Anderson $4,000 for sery-
ices on the Capitol extension was passed. Res
olutions were adopted to inquire into the ex-
pedieney of exempting fiat-boats not com n car
riers on Western water from tunage taxes; in
structing the Committee on Indian Affairs to
regulate the payment of annuities TO the Mi
amis;ss quiring of the Secretary of the Treasu
ry what apportionment of currency has been
made to the several States; calling on the Sec
retary of War for correspondence concerning
captured cannon; and iuquiring as to the expe-
diency ofrepealing certain stamp duties. The
House then went into Committee of the Whole
on the State of the Union and took up the Ma
val Appropriation bill. An item of Sl05O00
for the purchase of Seavey's Island, to enlarge
tic Portsmouth, n H., Navy-Yard, was dis
cussed at length, and finally struck out by 67
to DO. Mr. Rice remarked that the Naval Com
mittee had cut down the Secretary's estimates
S5,000000, and that an amendment was pen
ding to save Ss00,G00 more. The House then !
took up the Presidents Message, which was |
debated by Messrs. Deming and Smith, after |
which the Committee rose and the House adj |
journed. - -.I.--. |
tend the time for completing the Burlington |
and Missouri River Railroad was adopted
Bills authorizing the President to appoint PEN |
sion agents and establish pension districts and |
making pension appropriations for 1867, were |
passed. Mr.. Stewart gave notice he would call |
up the bill for the admission of Colorado on |
Wednesday, Mr.. Sumner remarking be had an |
amendment to offer. The bill to enlarge the |
powers Of the Freedmen's Bureau was debated |
by Messrs. Trumbull, Guthrie, and Pomeroy, |
and the Senate adjourned. ..s
The House was not in session. ~ - |
One of the most forcible articles against
any longer. continuance of French troops
in Mexico has Recently anDeared in the |