The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-12
BY Last Nights. Mail,
Our dates from the North by last nights Mail and
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! PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS ON TIE 8rH.
/ In the Senate tho House Joint resolution
lin relation to the attempted assassination
the Emperor e., Of Russia was passed Mr.
ported jointresoluiion directing the Secretaries
Of War and the Navy to. unite In establishing a
uniform system OF quarantine IN the ports of the
United states The expiration of the morning
hour postponed further consideration until tnee
next day. The joint resolution to exclude crude
petroleum from tho internal tax was taken up and
passed Consideration Of the Postoffice Appro.
priation Bill was resumed, the pending motion
being on Mr.. 'Trumbull's amendment relative to
appointments to office. Mr. Trumbull offered
discussed by several members, but no action'Sas
reached. a.,, ~ -. =
In the House, Mr.. washburne, of Illinois, Offer
ed resolution which was adopted, directing the
COMMITTEE Oh Banking to examine into all the
facts and circumstances connected with the recent
failure OF the Merchants National Bank at Wash-
sideration Of the special order, being the Joint
resolution reported by the Reconstruction Com
mittee, proposing an amendment to the Oonstitu-
ton Of the United States. The debate was open-
ed by MIR. Stevens, Of Pennsylvania, In support Of
the joint resolution, and continued by several
other n.t, members At the evening session the Tax
tax OF five cents per pound on cotton, was adopted
The following news paragraphs are from the
Washington correspondence OF the New York
Times, dated 9Th: - q "%"I y
THE RECONSTRUCTION DEBATE. ih:"i -
The great debate on the Reconstruction Report
openedin the House to.dayiin O. pfompt and v,o-
rous manner: It was the first thing in order after
era Sn 81 s3he Ry ka asf.
@ voted doThona ~ ealllof the yeas add nays BY 81
Mr. Stevens opehed In carefully prepared speech.
supporting the report etrongly, though it was not
IN ell respects what he could wish. He was as
n q nrHa1k kn..o
end or the avenue, )" and then turned and fiagee-
lated his political compatriot, Sumner, rather Sc
ye5eiy: hs BLAZING (gnionl followed briefly striking
the amendment, by showing that ie would be-
an act OF bad faith to all those who had been par
doned by Presidents Lincoln and johnson in their
oP u ysqsa 1885, Y sRgB ~s
those eaosped sssvsns sas'ps ps
pardoned would by the disfrap a
chisement; but Judge Bingham suggested that
this amendment, as q part Of the organic law,
it. Whether It Was FOOD policy to do that wan
another thing. MIR. Finok (Dem.) then followed
in half-hour written speech Of the usual Demo1
cor sSo sss.on asTS sn TIE
1t stood. It was no penalty and nopunishmenf. He
W2uld disfranchise rebels forever or not at all Mr.
aSe msGe an eloquent speech the
Gept the third section Mr.. Boyer then took up the
De Hnaas thread q AND followed
some brilliant thrusts in running dsbste WtI3
his Democratic colleague. MIR. Kelley favored
the plan as reported from the oommittee. thoneh
o eaas hs4 sDn hs General
against the third section, approving al tie rest
mr.. Green Clay Smith closed the debate for the
dSy In speech Of diffuss opposlton to the whole
tion; The result OF, the debate ishishly Import
any ia ehoWing aatrong appo;tion to the disfrant