New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-03
Congregational Proceedings.
SENATE.


Congregational Proceedings.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, April 2T.-The bill to establish
Geographic communication between the United
States and Cuba was taken up on a question OF
concurrng in certain House amendments, one of
which limits the price of teegraphing to So SO for
ten words, and another gives the government the |
| right to use the line at all times, free Of all
| charge.
Mr.. CONFESS hoped the Senate would not concur
| in the amendments The price was altogether too |
highs so for ten words, for hundred miles.
Mr.. Morrill, said the right to amend the bill was
| inherent in it, and if the charge was found too
high, it could be reduced at some future time 1t
was only provided in the House amendments that
the rate should not exceed 50 so for ten words.
The Senate then, on motion, refused to concur
in the House amendments and called for COM
| mittee of conference.
| USE OF THE SENATE CHAMBER.
i Mr.. Wilson offered resolution to grant the use
of the Senate chamber on Thursday evening, May
3, to James E. Murdoch, to give. readings in aid OF
the fund for the establishment of a national sol
diers' and sailors orphan asylum. Mr. Wilson
asked for the immediate consideration of the reso-
luton.
Mr. Riddle am in favor of the object in view,
but
The Chair-It requires unanimous consent TO
consider the resolution. Does the Senator from
Delaware object to its present consideration?
Mr.. Riddle object
The Chair-Obiection being made, the resolution
lies over.
RELIEF OF NAVAL CONTRACTORS.
The special order OF the day being the bill for
the relief Of certain naval contractors, 1t was
taken up. The pending question was on the mo-
ton of Mr. Henderson to postpone the bill till the
J first Monday in December.
Messrs. Henderson and Nye spoke in favor of
the bill, and Messrs. Clark and Riddle against it,
and the discussion occupied three hours.
On the motion to postpone the bill until De-
cember, the roll was called and the vote stood II
yeas to rs nays
{ saMr Henderson then moved to recommit the bill
and amendments to the Committee on Naval
Affairs.
! Mr.. CONFESS hoped it would be recommitted to
: the Committee on Claims.
Mr. Davis suggested that the committee be IN
structed to report separately upon each case.
The Senate refused to recommit the bill By
; vote of Is yeas, SO nays.
The bill was then passed. 1t provides as fol-
lows:
SECTION 1. That the secretary of the treasury
be directed to pay out OF money In the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, to the several parties
the awards made in their favor by the naval board
organized under the resolution Of the Senate
adopted March 9, 1865, the awards being made
u under date of December %, 1861 and reported to
e the secretary of the navy; Provided, That the
:, payment shall not in any case exceed twelve per
. cent. on the contract price, except in the case OF
. the Camanehe, in which case the award shall be
IL paid in full. s.
r SEC. 2. That in the cases of Donald Mckay Of
a Boston, and Miles Greenwood of Cincinnati whose
contracts have been completed to the salts
i faction of the department, and who were pre-
:; vented from appearing before the naval board
II they shall be entitled to the same rate of compen
saton is authorized TO be paid to other parties
building the same class of vessels and machinery
= and such money to be paid to them out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated
II under the supervision and direction of the seCTe
q tary of the navy. PrOUjded, The evidence sub
mitted for their examination fully establishes the
, right of said parties to said amount of compensa
d ton.
e SEC g. That the amounts named shall be in
4 full for all claims Of said parties in the said con
y tracts.
h AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION.
a Mr. Wilson offered joint resolution for the fol
r. lowing amendment to the Constitution:
i Z" No payment shall ever be made by the United
II States or by any State for on account of the
e emancipation of any slave or slaves, or for or or
ID account of any debt contracted incurred in aiC
lie Of instruction against the United States.
lie Representatives shall be appOrtioned among
IT, the several States which may be included within
" this Union according to their respective numbers
is counting the whole number of persons in eacl
IS; State; but whenever, in any State, the elective
no franchise shall be denied to any of its inhabitants
= being male citizens above the age OF FL years, TO
10 any cause except instruction or rebellion agalns
OF the United States, the basis of representation
nd such State shall be reduced in the proportion
-, | which the number of male citizens so exclude
y shall bear to the whole number of male citizen
NC over q years of age.
nd The second clause of the resolution provide
tie that whenever any of the States lately in rebellio
shall ratify the foregoing the Senators and Repre-
- sentatives from such State or States shall be aG
Re mitted into Congress,
1t, The resolution was ordered to be printed.
~, ADJOURNED.
ne The Senate, at $3.50 adjourned to meet 0
ed Monday.
:, Mr.. KassOn offered a resolution, which wa
~ adopted requesting the President to cause to b
ih' communicated to the House collation. of the prt
he visions in reference to the freedmen contained
the amended Constitutions Of the Southern State
Il and in the laws passed by those States since tn
nc overthrow Of the rebellion so far as infOrmato
ed on that subject may be in his possession.
nd PETITIONS,
Ter Mr.. Ancona of Pennsylvania, reported baol
val adversely, a large number of petitions from arm
,se officers which were laid on the table.
wn PRIVATE BILLS PASSED.
en- The House then proceeded, as the regular bus
an ness in order during the morning hour, to the
- sideratiOn of the committee reports on bills OF
nu private character.
let Messra. Washburu, of Massachusetts,, Thornton
did DelanO, Ward, Mckee and Washburne, of Indian
INC reported number OF cases from the Committe
, = | on Claims,
his Mr. Washburne, from the Committee on Cor
mi merce, reported bill for the relief of Charlie
nur Bremens Il Co. for the passage on board ii
"a Hawaiian bark kamchameha of siXtyeight dest
~ tute seameH of American vessels burned by ii
'eh Shenandoah, from Ascension Island to Honolulu.
in The morning hour having expired, the bill we
! ia over till Friday.
ex AMENDMENT TO THE REVENUE LAW,
lis Mr. Morrill, gave notice that the bill to amer
in the internal revenue act would not BIO called I
4A till Monday.
are NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
by The House resumed the consideration of Il
OF Northern Pacific Railroad bill and the clerk ref
"a a substitute offered by Mr. Stevens, as modiit
by him. The notifications consist Of the follOl
ing: .-.
CHI, Strike out section 3D. and insert in addition
10 section 2, as follows
" And upon the failure on the part Of the cor
ess pany for period of 80 days, to pay interest
the the said stock as the same may mature and b
the come due the treasurer of the United States
"a have power to sell so much of the said lands
'nu reserved as aforesaid, at public auction W
1to reimburse the government for the payment of sa
on interest, provided the land shall not be sold f
ing less than 81 80 per acre.
Add to the prnviso at the end of the bill the fc
'a lowing:
BILE Provided further That at least three ,fourths
MS. the board of directors shall always be citizens
pr the United States and
-. Pr0Uided further, That the government sha
ms not be called upon to pay the interest the co
Of construction of than so miles of the sal
sh- road, for the first year, nor for more than II
the miles additional for the second year. for nor
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