The national Republican., 1866-12-05

W0uiu NOT - eneotou lnto law. ne
hopsi, thsrsfors, thas ~ Hosss would not recon.
NIT .us BILL, but would postpone II to some definite
AND rot distant day. when Il could receive full fair
and deliberate consideration.
In response 10 call for the reading Of the bill,
the Clerk proceeded to read IT. when ...... q.
Mr. Hooper moved to suspsnd its further reading;
Withdrew his motion to rscommit and moved In
stead that the consideration Of the bill be post
ponce until the third Tuesday In Dscsmbsr' which
was al reed to. ....-...
Mr.. Williams, Of Penn, from the Committee on
the J. heiary, reported . bill to establish new
judici. district In Psnn,yivanis, and recommended
that II be laid on the table, which was d,ns. 'u
A bill was reported to establish In the Treasury
Department separate bureau, 10 have charge Of
all matters rsspssting the issue and regulation Of
the national currency. ... ..-H.aaf
On motion Of Mr.. Stevens, Of Penn, II was or
dsrsd to bs printed, and the sonadsraton Of vas
postponed until Thursday Of nsxt week. 40 t O.
MI. Jspeks. Of Rhode Island, from the Commit.
tss on the Civil Service rsportsd bill 70 regulate
the civil service Of the Csissd States; which was
Mr.. Cobb, of Wisconsin. offered resolution pro.
vidipg that inssnash ~ the 18th, lAth, 18th and
18th sections Of the set 70 provide for the payment
Of additional bountiss. TO-, were passed In great
haste and without sufficient consideration, there
fore that the Committee on Military Affairs b re-
qus,tsd to consider the propristy Of 20 amending
said aot - TO provide for the payment Of add.
tonal bountiss 10 thoss soldiers who served faith
fully during the war and were honorably dis.
charged, but who were entitled 10 receive only
500 bounty each under existing laws and 90 s'
that the accidental loss Of their certificates Of hon.
orabis discharss shsl not operate 10 deprive them
Of the bsns6t Of this sct. Agreed 10. -. -...
Mr.. Inssrsoll, Of Illinois, offered resolution
qussting the President, ifnot deemed inoompatibls
with the public interests, to inform this House
how near "ths body calling itself Congress 10
at present to "ths Isrss ofths Govsrnnsnt" and
whether II 10 not nearer the centre. Lost.
Nj. Wentworth, Of Illinois, offered the following
resolution: I'D .tl....- H.. /
Received In response TO that portion Of the Pref
ident's message which relates to those communities
iea, that this Houss Ands in The many aets Of dis
loyalty that have transpifsd II those eomnunitiss
since its last adjounmsnt, wal - In the recent
elections In the loyal 6tatss, II ional reasons for
insisting upon the adoption Of the pending consti
rational Amendment before II will consider the pro.
pristy Of giving them congressional representation
Mr. Finck demanded the yeas and nays, which
we're called, and the resolution was adopted BY .
vote Of 1l9 to 81. - 20. aa -.
A resolution was offered calling on the President
for the information correspondence in his posses
sion relative TO the attempts Of Santa Anna and
Ortega TO organise force in this country to over
throw the legitimate Government Of Mexico.
Mr.. Julian, Of Indiana, introduced bill to equal.
iss the bounties Of tho soldiers and sailors who
served the country faithfully in the late war. Re
ferred.' ...
Mr.. Lawrence, Of Ohio, introduced bill to re-
peal the law increasing the pay Of members Of Con.
gross, and providing that payments made to mem.
bsrs under that law shall be refunded to the Treas.
lry of the United States. Referred. g.. r.
Mr.. Bromall Of Psnnsylvsnis, offered . rssolu.
tion, that the Committee on Territories be in.
struetsd to inquire into the sxpedsnoy Of provid.
ing Territorial governmsnts for the districts Of
country known BY the names of the lately rebel.
ous States and Of giving to all residents Of those
districts who did not participate In the rebellion
equal political rishts. Passsd.
Mr.. Stevens, Of Psunsyivsnis, offered . resolu-
tion, that the Joint COMMITTEES Of Fifteen on Re.
construction, appointed during the last session o
| Congress, shall be rsappointsd, under the came
rules, and that al documents that referred "a
them shall be considered - referred to them anew.
Mr. Stevens moved the previous question. Agreed
| Mr. Drigss Of Michigan, offered resolution,
that the Postmaster General bs requested TO com.
municAte to the House information as to the num-
| ber and names Of the postmasters In each State
who have been removed since the adjournment oi
the last session Of Congress- and the reasons for
moval in each case; also, whether the salaries o
their successors have been increased, and how
much they have been increased in each case, ant
the reasons for the increase Agreed to.
| Mr.. Myers offered resolution calling upon the
President to inform the House Of the names Of oil
persons reappointed to office BY him after rejection
By the Senate, or the names of those who were ap.
pointed in their stead after such rejection and Of
the Offices to which they were appointed; also the
names Of the persons so appointed whose names
were withheld from the Senate; also list Of the
appointments by him during the recess Of the Sen.
ate in cases where no vacancy had occurred Agreed
| to.
Mr. Darling offered resolution providing for the
appointment Of q select committee Of Eve to inves-
tigate and report to the House the facts a. 10 any
l l.. IL. IT,
enue duties; as to the terms Of compromise set.
tlsmsnt in any case of undsr-paymsnt or alleged
fraud. Adopted.
Mr. Banks introduced bill amendatory of the
act to incorporate the National Soldiers and Sail
ors' Orphans Home Referred to tho Committee
on the District Of Columbia.
| Mr.. Blaine, Of Maine offered q resolution thai
the Committee Of Ways and Means DO instructed te
inquire whether the agricultural commercial, and
manufacturing interests Of the country would no,
bs promoted BY . repeal Of the tax on cotton.
Mr. Rice introduced bill conferring Jurisdiction
on the Court Of Claims in cases Of claims arising
under the grant Of land reservations by the eighth
article Of the treaty between the United States and
the Cherokee Indians.
Mr.. McKss's resolution calling for information
relative to the present condition Of Affairs in Mex
ico and the correspondence between the Govern
mont and the Mexican Minister in Washington and
the French Minister, which had laid over from yes
terday, was taken up and passed.
| Mr.. Boutwell,, OF Mass, rose to make persona
statement He had observed In some Newspaper,
what purported to be q report Of some remark
that he had made few evenings ago In the caucui
Of the Union members Of the House. which report
was in many particulars quite incorrect. Wha,
he had said the occasion referred to he had said
very coolly and deliberately, and he would now 70
peat II substantially to the House: In the caucus
he had given notice that It WAS his purpose to In
troduce resolution at early day calling for tn,
correspondence between the State Department and
our Minister at Rome In reference to John II, Sur
ratt, and he had at the same time expressed de-
sire that his friends should force the passage O.
that resolution II there should be any opposition Ia
II. He had expressed that desire because, as b,
had said at the time, he had good reason to believe
that the executive department had had knowledge
for many months previous Of the place whore Sur
ratt was-knowledgs that he was employed In the
army Of the Pope Of Rome, and Of tho regiment
and company In which, and the name under which
he was serving and rs he had noticed the rspor
Of Surratts arrest, he had thought that under all
tho circumstances It was right that the country
should know whether the facts were as he had
stated or not. That was why he had been go dssir
Gus to have his resolution pass and he would say
now, again, that he had good reason to belisv,
that as early ~ May last the executive department
Of this Government had knowledge Of whore Sur
ratt was He had not said at the caucus ON Sat
urday night, nor had he said anywhere nor would
he say now that the Government had been a