The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-03-11
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Interesting DiscussiOlal Session Of the
House Of Representatives.
'Thad Stevens Expresses Great Respect
for President Johnson.
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He Pronounces the Presidents Late Speech
Copperhead Hoax.
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iDisloyal Newspaper Abuse Of the President
Addueed to Sustain This Assertion.
&c. &c. 60.
WASHINGTON, March 10, 1865.
rnAo STEVENS SPEECH IN THE HOUSE.


rHnp STEVENS SPEECH THE HOUSE.
The announcement that Thad Stevens would speak
Reconstruction brought large audience 70 the House
Ais afternoon Those who expected he would make a
speech vjtuperatve of I" the at the other
end of the avenue" were agreeably disappointed.
He was respectful in his dsagreements with
lthe President, that Mr. Price, of Iowa, got up in
his place and inquired If that could BIO the same
1haddeus Stevens who was referred TO in the
speech from the White House porch on the ed Of
February last In exquisite vein Of irony, lasting
about minutes Thad denied the authenticity OF the
reports OF that speech, saying it was all a liza weak In
venton OF the enemy who trying to steal our Presi
dent and that II continuation Of the story started
Just after the 4h of March about the dssoute habits OF
Pres dent Ho hoped to remain friend of the Pre-
sident he always had been Thad ably supported
by several prominent members OF the stock company In
this little farce Price especially well up in his
part showing careful training in the committee
under Thad's own eye. Nominally, the speech
reply Raymond and Delano but it replied to nobody.
In were reiterated Thads oft repeated that
eleven States are dead and that the property OF the
enemy should pay the expenses of the war Mr. Stevens
,did well to apologize at the commencement OF his re-
marks for their The speech prepared
several weeks ago but II has been postponed from tmc
to time to give younger members a chance. 1t was
delivered to-day solely because Thad does not like to
THE CIVIL LIBERTY BILL.
Mr. Wilson, Of Iowa, is firm in his resolve to call up
the Civil Liberty bill at the first opportunity afforded
tho Judiciary Committee for reports Those who
ceived the vote Of the House to rccomm evidence
ahat they wished to be rid Of WILL in the opinion Of
Mr.. Wilson, find themselves mistaken. The objections
fof few members about the unconstutionaly of the
bill having been removed it is confidently expected it
will pass II 1t Is brought up before they have tino to in
vestigatc 1t again.
REPUBLICAN MEMBERS WHO SUSTAIN THE PREsI-
DENT.
According TO careful computation by members who are
5uterested sustaining the Presidents policy o.
struction there but fifteen republican Congressman
who he depended upon to vote against radical
measures they come up.
THE coNfiscATED PROPERTY or LOYAL MEN IN
THE SOUTH.
The judo airy Committee OF the House have under
consideration and will probably report next Tuesday.
bill empowering the President any military com
nandr represents him in the late rcbsous States,
rensate loyal men in the possession of lands which
they deprived Of by rebel connscaon during the
sKaaSsd pretty heavily in conscaton against those who
were known To favor the Union cause Since tho war
many Of their DEGREES have ersed and the former
owners reinstaed in possession OF their property The
object OF the proposed bill Is to keep the loyal in
possession by the employment OF military power until
she southern country has become far settled that tho
questions be tried before the civil courts II is
merely measure to choke on tho lawyers tempo.
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SALES or PUBLIC LANDS.
In the single month Of February at tho Boonve Land
Once, Missouri S. sss entered for homestead
actIs, settlements, while 272 located with
bounty land warrants. Cash sales made amounting
40 So s5s Tae cash public land sales at Mnosha Wis
consin, IN the month Of February amounted to $1,000
while the sales Of lots In the Fort Howard Reserve
amounted ~ s7ls, besides several entries under the
Homestead law.
OPERATIONS or THE FREEDaENs BUREAU IN MIS-
soUkI AND ARKANSAS.
' General sprsgue, Assistant Commissioner o, Freed.
mems Affair." for the States Of Missouri and Arkansas
reports to the Commissioner under date February 20
15O6, that tseuiy eight thousand -four hundred and
eighty stions more issued to white rcfu
the month Of January than issued in December
abe number Of refugees requiring assistance had In
creased thousand and ninety-one The number OF
uations issued % freedmen In January four thou
elnd one hundred and nfiyour css than the issue In
Decembc, The dependent freed people having diminished
hundred aud sixty the close OF last year
lie believes that the issue 10 refugees VIII have
% be further increased beoase in many parts Of the
district tIcrs but scaDty supply Of food last fall
aud this has been exhausted The poor are without
money or means 70 procure food from a distance and
ahore t- but TO supply the ples
women and children from t.c government Commssary
eores, or leave them to death. The
soner, thcrrrsry Is placing liberal construction the
word "refus-c" aud preventing starvation In all parts
of the district lie estimates the number OF helpless
poor that VIII be dependent tho government sup
port during Tie next three months 10 be about four
shoassnd r~s hundred and ATTY boxes Of clothing have
also been lsssutsd among the destitute white people
rHK CATTLE DISEASE IN ENGLAND.
The United States Consul AT Liverpool informs the
ftaie Department that the RinGerpcsi is st the in.
No t~nedy has yet been found that
any general oaa5dnnee although there several that
promised wsa The efacial report FOR tho week ending
bruary IL soc tho number Of be thirteen
ehou-and aud This Is increase OF two Thousand
-four hundred and thirty the number reported
bs week, and tses thousand ght hundred and forty
eht over tho apnber reported having been attacked
sbc week befrv hast.