The national Republican., 1866-07-25


appropriating 81, 500, 900 for tho construotion O
levess on the Mississippi river.
Mr. Ramsey submitted the report Of the commit
tee OF conferences on the dsagreeng votes to amend
ments Of the joint resolution for the relief Of Ger
tain officers; which vas adopted.
Messr. Wilson and Henderson advocated the
passage Of the amendment
The question was taken on tho amendment, rs
sulting as follows:
Yess-Msssrs Bucksisw, Clark, Cowan, Ores
we'll, Dsyi', Doolittls Edmunds, Foster, Guthrie,
Harris Henderson, Hendricks, Howard, johnson
Lane, McDougall, Nesmith, Norton, Nye, Poland,
Ramsey. Riddle, Stewart, Van Wrinkle, Wiley,
Williams, Wilson and Yates-2s.
Nsys-Messrs. Anthony, Morgan, Pomsroy,
Sherman, Sumner, Trumbull and Wads-7.
SO the amendment was agreed to.
Mr Wilson moved as an amendment the bill To
provide for the equalization Of bounties.
Mr. Grimes moved TO amend the amendment by
providing that In calculating the amount Of bounty
to be paid deduction shall be made for all payment
Of bounties BY any State, city, county, town, or
other municipal organization, or by any voluntary
association or by any person.
The question was taken on the amendment Of
Mr.. Grimes, whom II was agreed to, as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Anthony. Brown, Buckslew, Clark,
Conness, Cowsn, Davis. Doolitte, Grimes, Guthrie,
Henderson, johnson. Ne'mith, Pomsroy, Ramsey,
Riddle, sherman, sprague, Van Wrinkle, Wiley,
and Wiliams-2l.
Nays-.Messrs. Chandler, cresvell, Edmund,,
Harris, Hendricks, Howard, Howe, Lane, Morgan,
Morrill,, Nye Poland. Sumner, Trumbull, Wade,
Wilson, and Yatcs-1S.
Mr.. Grimes moved to amend the sth section Of
the proposed amendment by providing that sur.
geons' and paymastors' stewards shall be entitled
to the came bounties as seamen Agreed to.
Mr.. Cowan said the amendment Of Mr. Grimes
was fatal to the whole bill, as II should be. His
State Pennsylvania was very much in the condi-
ton Of Vermono, had paid large bounties, and II
was not fair that she should be taxed to meet the do.
fciencies Of other States. The whole scheme was
impracticable Not one.tenth Of this money would
ever go into the hands Of the soldiers as their dis
charge papers had been bought up by claim agents
and brokers' who were here in swarms to lobby this
Mr.. Chandler renewed the motion to adjourn;
which was decided in the negative by a vote Of 81
toll.
The question was taken on the amendment as
amended, which would add the bounty bill to the
pending bill, and resulted as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Chandler Cresswsll, Grimes, Hen.
derson, Howe, kirkwood, Lane, Pomeroy, Ramsey,
Trumbull, Wade, Wiley, Wilson and Yates-14.
NArs-Messrs. Anthony, Brown, Buckalew,
Clark, Conness, Cowan, Davis, Doolittle, Edmunds,
Foster. Harris McDougall, Morgan, Nesmith, Po.
Van Winke and Wlliams-22.
So the amendment to add the bounty bill was re-
jected.
The Senate then, at ll.SO p m, adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House met at II o'clock.
The reading Of the Journal was dispensed with.
when
Mr. Eliot, Of Massachusetts,, under the permis.
sion given by the House to Mr. Washburne, Of
Illinois, absent on account Of illness, made the
following reports from the Committee on Com
merce:
House bill to authorize tho entry and clearance
Of vessels at the port of Calais, Maine. Passed.
IN do Ca~ oA .I.t. L..
weighing Of exports. 1t provides that on all
weigdable articles hereafter exported, on which
drawbacks are allowed, and on all weighable
goods withdrawn from bonded warehouses for sx.
port there shall be levied and collected three cents
per 105 pounds. 1t abolishes the office of meas
urer at the port Of New York. the duties to bo per-
formed BY the weigherj wsighers at New York to
receive 81, 500 year. Passed.
Senate to bill amend acts relating to officers en-
ployed In the examination Of imported merchandise
in the district Of New York. Passed, with an
amendment providing that all aids to the revenue
or others performing the duties of inspector shall
be paid the same per diem compensation as inspec-
tors Of customs.
Senate joint resolution manifesting tho sense Of
Congress toward the officers and seamen Of the yes-
sells and others, engaged in the rescue Of officers
and soldiers Of the army, Abe passengers officers
and crew Of the steamship San Francisco. Passed,
with amendments appropriating S7,5OO to each of
the captains of the vessels Three Bells of Glasgow;
the Kiby, Of Boston, aud the ship Antarctic; $500
to each Of the mates, and 500 to each man and
boy.
Mr.. O'NeII, to whom the bill had been referred
as asub-oommittee, presented report to the House.
Laid on the table.
Mr., Taylor, of New York, from the Committee
on Invalid Pensions, reported bills granting PEN
sons to Daniel Lucas, Charles M. Potts and Quincy
A. May. Passed.
Mr. Van Asrnam, Of N. Y, from the same com.
mittee, reported bill granting pension to Marian
NJ. Buxton, widow Of late ensign in the United
States navy. Passed.
On motion Of Mr.. Wilson, of Iowa, the Commit.
tee Of the Whole was discharged from the consider.
alton of Senate bill for the relief of James p John.
son, Of Iowa, and the bill was brought, before the
House and passed.
Mr.. Dawes, of Massachusetts, called up the mo.
tion to reconsider tho vote by which the Senate
joint resolution providing for the examination of
the accounts Of the State Of Massachusetts, for
moneys expended during the war for coast defencss
was referred to tho Committee Of the Whole. The
vote was reconsidered the committee discharged,
and the joint resolution passed with amendments.
The act to authorize the Chesapeake Bay and Po
the District Of Columbia and extend its canal to the
Anacostia river at any point above Benning's
bridge came up by regular order and was passed.
Mr.. Wilson, Of Iowa from the Committee on the
Judiciary, made reports, which were disposed Of as
follows:
representatives from all judgments on 3 contract
entered into by him with the chief Of the Bureau Of
Provisions and Clothing, for delivery at the navy
yard at Charlestown. Passed.
Senate bill in relation to the district courts Of
Louisiana and California. Passed, with amend
ments one of which increases the salary Of the dis
trct judge Of Louisiana from 50, 500 to -. 500.
House bill to alter the places Of holding the
United States courts for the Rhode Island district
Passed.
House bill to punish the crime Of counterfeiting
United States securities. Passed.
House bill amendstory of the habeas corpus act
Of May II, 1866, making some merely technical
provisions in regard to practice in the courts.
Passed.
The House went into Committee Of the Whole
on the state Of the Union, Mr.. Dawes, Of Massa-
chusetts, in the chair, and resumed consideration
of the deficiency bill, the question being an amend
ment, offered yesterday by Mr.. Delano, Of Ohio, to
strike out the paragraph appropriating $4,000 to
pay Roy Stone, Of Pennsylvania for certain build.