The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-01-11
CONGRESS-.

matters MIR. Wilson, Chairman of the Military Commit
tee introduced his bill to increase and fix the
strength Of the national army, II is Of considerable
length, and provides, among other things, that
the military peace establishment shall hereafter
consist OF regiments Of artillery, ten
of cavalry and sixty of infantry. In addition
to the five regiments of artillery organized there
to be two to be composed of colored
and OF white persons oacered by selections from
the volunteer officers Two regiments of cavalry
to be of white and two of colored persons. In
the infantry there are to be eight regiments com.
posed of men from the Veteran Reserve corps and
ofcered by officers Of that corps There to be
Lieutenant general five major generals and ten brgadiers
The bill read and referred to the Military Commit
tee The bill to permit negroes to vote in the District of
Columbia then taken up, discussed, amended, and
recommitted Mr.. Howe, of Wisconsin, offered a Joint
resolution to provide provisional governments for the
States lately in rebellion, and supported speech of
some length 1t then referred to the demonstrations
Committee and the Senate into executive session.
and soon after adjourned.
In tho House Of Representatives bill making appro-
patons for the navy for the coming year reported
from the Committee Appropriations and ordered to
be printed The proceedings of the convention Of obac
conists held at Cooper Institute in this city, in Novem
Der last, referred to the Ways and Means Commit
too, with instructions to report the expedicncy OF
making the suggested amendments to the Internal Reve
Law. The committee instructed to report
the propriety Of revising dispensing with tho in
tax system, or Of exempting from taxation all
not twelve hundred dollars, and also Of
exsmptlng from internal duties the manufacture Of
crutches and artificial limbs. The Committee on Com
mcrce was directed to inquire into the feasibility Of
deepening the channel of He'll Gate, In the East
river Two resolutions of inquiry regarding Jen.
Davis and his fellow rebel prisoners, and one
relative to the Imperial Mexican Express Com
pany were adopted. A bill TO punish counter
feiting with death introduced and referred to
the Judiciary Committee. The resolutions Of Mesars
Noe,l Of Missouri and Eldridge Of Wisconsin, prcvi-
ousiy introduced declaring that Congress will not
clude Southern because OF the dens
OF negro suffrage and also that those representatives
should be Immediately admitted, were after some do
bate referred the joint Reconstruction Committee Of
fifteen The remainder Of the session consumed In
debate on the bill to grant negro suffrage in the District
of Columbia being advocated on the republican side
by Messrs wilson, OF Iowa. and Kelley and schoneid Of
Pennsylvania and opposed by MIR. Boyer democrat, Of
Pennsylvania
President johnson yesterday sent to the Senate
sago accompanied by reports Of the Secretary Of Wal
and Attorney General In to the resolution Of
that body asking what charges JEFF Davis and other
leading rebels kept In confinement and why they
are not brought trial The Secretary OF War states
that Davis having been captured by the military power
is still held by it, awaiting the demand of the proper
authorities of the government trial the charges
treason melting the assassination OF President Lincoln
and the murder of national soldiers It has besn decided
TO try him the treason charge first. bat this b
delayed in consequences Of Chief Justice Chase declining
under present circumstances to hold court in that judi
cis district in which Richmond Va, the Of oicnc
of the accused situated The Secretary also allude
10 other chief rebels now in confinement giving thci
names and offences The Attorney General goes into Al
argument support q the postponement Of the trials
the offenders saying that the civil authority not havn
yet completely restored In the districts where hei
crimes were committed IL would not be proper to inau
guratc proceedings against them for treason and tina
they are therefore still rghtfully held by the military
The President also sent to the Senate yesterday In
response to resolutions Of inquiry voiumncus cor
respondencc in regard the French invasion Of Mexc
and the Mexican colonization schemes Of Gwin an
Maury Included IN the latter batch is letter fror
Maury 10 "Hon. b. Wood New York, - In which III
writer speaks sanguinely Of the rcbclimpcria emer'
sion enterprise but adds:-'you ought TO have sent m
money Il Is hard 10 hnancer on nothing indefinitely
The House Of Representatives in reply TO their rcs'
luton calling for information relative 10 the alleged kc
mapping by Macmillan Of Of the Iturbdc children
yesterday received from the Executive notification this
the government possesses official data on the subjcc
Altogether, including the enlightenment the members
the two houses had already received from the Presdcn
and the immense mass Of information with which the
were furnished yesterday, IT would secm that they mu
now have on hand sufficient stock to enable them
iesisla,e intcllisenty for some time to come
THE LEGISLATURE.
In the state Senate yesterday among the petition
presented was one praying the amsndmcnt OF the act
the collection OF damages caused by railroad accident
Notice was given OF several matters including bill
enable the Comptroller Of this city speedily to rail-
the moneys necessary FOR the operations OF u
Department OF Charities and Correction. Amor
che bills introduced, mostly Of private or loo
character, to make more stringent u
law prohibiting the transaction OF business undo
fictitious The subject OF redistrcting the sta
into now Senatorial and Assembly districts under "a
late state census brought up and referred to sec
committee. A resolution adopted requesting Pres
dent johnson retain in service all wouaded disable
ooncers and OF the Veteran Reserve corps -ese
tion was offered and after debate AID The abl
requesting the Engineer Of the Cro,on Aeueduci Depar
ment to report on the practcab,y Of Broadway unde
ground railroad
In the Assembly the Speaker was authorized TO NJ
pont new standing committee the census and stat
sppcrsionment The report Of the onondaga sa
Springs Superintendent presented Bills notice
for Broadway elevated railroad, TO change the title
our Free Academy 10 the New York Free College, al
for railroads in Sixth avenue and Thirty fourth Christ
uber and other streets Bills introduced TO auth'
sze our City Comptroller issue nfty thousand dolla
worth Of water stock, TO limit the terms OF officers
shs National Guard, to equalizc the compensation
Judges and TO change the time for the collection Of tax
a rssoIution requesting Congressman to vote for
bill to pay additional boun,ics TO soldiers who enlist
before 1895 VS. introduced and laid over a rcsousl