The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-12-04

GERS of the government, the President in
cluded. He also prayed that God would
SO direct all who have any influence
over the destinies Of the country that
harmony between all departments OF
the National Government might result;
not such harmany as might BIO had by
the yielding of the right, but only such
as comes by the yielding of those who
are in the wreng.
The members Of the Tennessee dele
CATION who had not been admitted be-
fore were then admitted. @'''
Mr.. Washburne, of Illinois, offered a
resolution that the Speaker appoint a
committee to wait upon the President
and announce that a quorum of the
House assembled, and also that COM
mittee be appointed to join the Senate
committee and to wait upon the Presi-
dent and Announce that Congress was
ready to receive any communication
that he might be pleased to make.
The resolution was adopted, and the
Speaker appointed as the committee
Messrs. Washburne, Morrill, and Bing-
ham. - -
On motion of Mr.. Washburn, the
Speaker was requested to assign seat
on the floor of the House to the reporter
of the United States and European Tel
egraph News Association.
Mr.. Scott, of Massachusetts, offered
resolution that committee be appoint
ed, to be called the Committee on
Freedmen, to consist of nine members,
and to have charge of all matters con-
corning freedmen, which was referred.
Mr.. Elliott introduced bill to repeal
the 18th section of an act entitled an act
to punish rebellion and for other pur-
poses, being the section which confers
ON the President the power of granting
amnesty and pardon to rebels.
On motion of Mr.. Boutwell,, of Mass,
q resolution was adopted directing the
Secretary of State to lay before the
House all correspondence had by the
State Department relative to the dis
cOvery and arrest of John II. Surratt.
Mr.. Boutwell, introduced for reference
q bill to provide for the sale of gold, by
directing the Secretary of the Treasury
to sell $2,0O0.000 of gold every Monday
morning in New York, in parcels not to
exceed $4,000 each, and providing that
no sale of gold be made in any other
way, and that no such sales shall be
made when the amount of gold in the
treasury does not exceed g., 600, 900; also
that public notice of the time and place
of each sale shall be given in one
newspaper in each of the twelve prin-
cipal cities of the United States; also
provided that the Secretary may allow
a commission to the person making
such sales, not to exceed one fftieth of
one per cent of the amount sold; also
that the Secretary shall from time to
time invest the proceeds of such sales on
interest bearing bonds of the United
States, and that the bonds so purchased
shall be marked negotiable" and
the interest thereon shall he
invested by other bonds to he
held and treated in the same
The 4th Section provides that
70 collector of internal revenue, or any
public officer, shall deposit the funds
of the United States in any banking
institution, wherever his Office or place
of business is, within two hundred miles
of the Treasury of the United States,
or of an Assistant Treasury or of any |
designated depositors of public money.
The bill was referred to the committee
Of Ways and Means.
Mr.. Schenck, of Ohio, introduced q
bill to fix the time for the regular meet
ing of Congress at II o'clock, noon, on
The day on which the term begins, the
irst Monday in January, and on the sec
md Monday in November next, preced-
ny the end of the terms for which the
Congress is elected. The second section
# the bill provides for the amendment
# the act fully d, 1866, making appro-
for sundry civil expenses, &C.,
nd that 10 member shall receive mile
ge for travelling to the place of the
Meeting of the Congress to which he is
lected.
Mr.. Kelly, of Pa. introduced bill to
reate and organize department, to be
allied the Department of Internal Rev
nue., which was referred to the commit
zee on Ways and Means.
Mr.. Stevens, of Pa, introduced bill
o regulate removals from office.
Mr.. Warner, of Conn.,, offered q resO-
ution inquiring of the President whcth-
II any Postmastcrs held Office in viola.
ion of the act for the organization OF
he Postotiice Department.
Mrssrs. FaruSwOrth and Stevens both
moved in succession that the House adj
ourn, but the motions were lost and
the House remained in session until the
reception of the Presidents message,
which the Clerk proceeded to read.
Mr.. Stevens moved to suspend the
further reading until tomorrow. The
motion was lost and the message was
read.