The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1866-02-17
CONG REsS.

uculi1lo VI ocOTpC liOuStoH siS oeii1tOF
from Alabama were presented, and laid on
the table. a motion was made and dis |
cussed. but not disposed of, that a committee |
be appointed to investigate charges Of pec>
ulation and fraud against Government Cotton |
Agents. The constitutional amendment rel.,.
tive to the basis of representation was taken
up, and Mr.. j. hnson. Of Maryland. made a
speech. The Senate adjourned to Monday.
In the House, the Senate amendments to
the Freedmen's Bureau bin were concurred
in, aid the bill was passed, as also the
navy appropr alton bill. Gems. Osterhaus,
Crook, and Ward were introduced to the
| House.
! FEB. l0.-In the House, Mr.. Rogers, of N.
j., gave notice OF bill to repeal all laws OF
! Congress which exempt Government securi-
ties from taxation by federal or state govern
ments. Also bill to give the soldiers Of
| 1861 and 1852 the same bounties as were
given at any time during the wa, so as to
equalize bon mites according to length of
service. ,Nr. Ward, OF N. Y, and Mr.. Will
Hams, OF Pa, made lengthy speeches on the
general question Of reconstruction.
Monday, Feb. l2.-This was the day set
apart by both houses of congress for memo
rial services IA view of the death Of rresi-
deaf Lincoln. The President, heads Of de.
partme IT'S, Supreme Court Judges, Generals
Of the army, members of both houses, for
eign ministers, and invited guests, filled the
hall OF the House, while such Of the people
as were not crowded out by the inevitable
negro, filed the galleries. The services c,n-
sisted Of prayer by the chaplain OF the House,
short address by the President of the S,n-
ate, and the orltion by Hon. George Ban
croft The Grafton WAS two hours and u half
in length, aud WAS reiuently interrupted
during It's delivery by applause. Il, al!ud,d
10 Mr. Lincoln'S wish, expressed but three
days before his death. that suffrage IN .ght lie
conferred on the really intelligent of the co..
oIcd men. and on such as had served Our
cause as soldiers; but said Mr. I.incon
hoped !, would be done by the states. aud
never harb0red the thought Of eAaclinc il
from tue southern states as condition OF
recognition. The applause with which his
WAS greeted must have been As grateful to
the feelings Of the President as it must have
".e" s'.nl'"S 10 'ho'e o. Tue F"-'c4L'' - 'ae
c-oSe u the oF"'oh' " JOINT resolution On Oh
thanks 10 Mr.. Bancroft. Was adopted, shor.
PRAYER maze 'y 'he c"aP''''" OIL Inc Senate
10000 copies Of the Grafton ordered to he
P-'hNl' anu IAe'l ''.' "o"9e, "uJ
IS' On INC 'o1--'''''' ~ te''S'''-t "a,
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eo.ss, 5',, 5 I 49, I W. .a 2 MAKE a., a..
ci;izsas Of eac.. STATE the privilege, AMI i'm,
munitir- u citizens o: i"e several States,
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The bin fxin- The n:if:.-~ rsace est.b-
lisaneu: was reported. The constitutional
amendment kin the b,,i.,,c -a,-.,..p,,;ion
WIS discussed. aud NJ Sumner offered an
amendment exemp,ing d.,francLise,I classes
from, aIl taxatioo
IN tae House. resolution was ofered.
AID referred to tn, Com ni,tee o, Foreign
Relations. rea.irm.u, the Monroe doxir;ne.
and requesting The President. u take Steps to
secure AL alliauce with all TIE republics On
tbs continent, for the purpose Of resisting
the socc-achmen.s Of foreign powers. 4
notion . admit = Representative eIec: from
Arkansas to the priy..- res Of the Z yor was
defeated BIZ eight N ,jority. The Eccon-