The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-07-24
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xxx .CONGRESS---First Session
WASHINGTON, July
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The Senate concurred in the House amend
ments to the bill to define the number and
regulate the appointment of officers of the
navy. The bill goes to the President. lio So
Mr.. Wilson called up the resolution direct
ing payment to soldiers and sailors held as
prisoners of war during the late, rebellion of
the communication price of ratiOnS accruing to
them while so held. Passed. 9da 'a haA p nj
The joint resolution was adopted that the
joint committee on retrenchment inquire into
the mode OF collecting and disposition made of
captured and abandoned Southern property
by the Freedmens Bureau. faa
Is The resolution requesting the President to
enter into, commercial and fishing arrange
ments with the British Provinces was intro
duced and referred to the Committee on For
eign Affairs.
1t was ordered that the Senate hold evening
sessions to consider bills from the Committee
on Commerce. ets6'sf os'aaesG
Mr.. Chandler offered resolution instructing
the Committee on Foreign Relations to iu-
quire Into the expediency of repeating the
neutrality laws between this country and
Great Britain. Fqg p,
y Mr.. Cowan objected, and the resolution goes
over.
"a Mr.. Poland as test question moved to take
up the bankrupt bill, and call the yeas and
nays.
) Mr.. Sherman moved to lay Mr. Poland's
motion on the table. Agreed to--yeas II,
\ The Civil Appropriation bill was taken ND.
The amendment directing the Secretary of
War to pay out of the commutati IN draft
funds for every slave belonging to loyal
men enlisted in the army, not to exceed $500
each, was adopted. y $500
gan amendment Increasing the pay of clerks
IN the State Department twenty per cent. was
adopted . n e IA LN ~ Il
The amendment abolishing the mission to
Other amendments to the Civil Appropria-
ton bill were acted on.lo1 .o9sw a8 1ss-f3 4
+ The Senate then went into Executive ses-
sion,after which took recess till IL o'clock
-tqHe5a 9Hi'aa HOUSE. ea.' zfH sr.-ain'
Mr.. Bingham introduced a bill to provide
Tor an increased revenue from imported wool
! which was read twice and referred to tue Com
mittee of the Whole and ordered to be print
ed. 1t consists.of the wool sections of the
revised tariff bill passed by the House and
postponed by the Senate, except that the ad
valorem duty is increased from 10 to II Der
cent. on raw wool and on wooden manufactur-
ed goods, and the specific duty is reduced from
80 to 40 cents per pound. 1'e "a r.
Inc resolution that the House meet during
TINS week at IL A. M, and take recess daily
from 4.3O to $50 p. NJ, and that the first bust
ness in order in the evening session shall he
the bills on the Speakers table, was adopted
a resolution requesting the President to
urge on the Canadian authorities and also on
the British Government the release OF the Fe-
man prisoners recently captured in Canada
was adopted, yeas 102, nays 2-Jencks and
Williams. - ....,.,-s - -
A resolution was adopted calling on the
President Tor information as to whether appli-
cation has been made to him for the pardon of
the rebel Maj. Gen. Pickett, and whether since
the adjournment Of the Raleigh Court of In
quiry, March 18th last, any further measures
have been taken to bring Pickett or others to
punishment for hanging United States soldiers
tor alleged desertion from the rebel army. lai
resolution to give Mr. Rogers, Of the Ju-
dietary Committee, access to the papers before
it in reference to JEFF Davis, and leave to have
extracts made, was laid over.
Mr.. Spaulding offered resolution REQUEST
ing the President to cause the prosecution in
sttuted in the U.S. Courts against the Feni-
ans to be discontinued if compatible with the
public interests. Adopted.
Mr.. Ashley offered a resolution for the an
pointment of a select committee of 7, to which
shall be referred all bills and joint resolutions
now pending before any committee of the
House, and all that hereafter may be offered
proposing amendments to the Constitution of
the United States rendering any person who
has been elected President Ineligible to a sec
ond term, as also all bills and joint resolutions
proposing change in the mode and manner
OF electing President and Vice President of
the United States. .+i
Ia On motion of Mr.. LeBlond the resolution
was land on the table.
In view Of the numerous applications fori
leave of absence to-day the Speaker called at
tentlon to the tact that the votes to-day show
cd only Is members over quorum w
MT. Irumbui offered resolution as a privi-
ieged question admitting the Representatives
from Tennessee. tF 800 srt
The Speaker overruled it.
MT. Trumbun appealed from the decision
but the House sustained the Speaker. m
i, Several Senate amendments to House bills
were concurred in. atlA ,Eetiad 2r2 sl9ol -
The Senate's amendment to the preamble
and resolution adnitfino Tnnpocooa -. -.