The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-09
CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, May 8.


W hohiNulONs -hdJ u
Senate.
Mr., Chandler tNich.) introduced bill to regulate
the TRANSMISSION of ntro-gycerine, which was
ierrt d to tue Committee on Commerce.
Mr.. Henderson (Mo.) introduced a bill to regulate
ap ontments and removals to and from office
Mr.. sumner Mass 'ked for the reading Of the
bill
Mr.. Sherman (Ohio) said IL was too long to be read.
Inc bill was ordered TO be printed.
bill TO IN corporate Il National Iheolog cal In
stitute OF the Ustrict of Columbia was passed The
oblect OF the institute is the education OF coored
men for the ministry.
A resolution was adopted to print i've thousand
copies OF the Smithsonian Report
Mr.. Grimes Iowal introduced a resolution in
structing the Finance Committee to report upon the
expedIency OF providing by law that no pubnc
officer shall deposit Government funds, except in
and in the United States Treasury in Washington
city. Adopted
The House resolution appointing Commissioner
to select site for the New York Post Office was
The bill to prevent the introduction of cholera was
taken up.
House OF Representative.
Mr. Rice (Mass.), from the Comm ttee on Naval
Affairs, asked the unanimous consent OF the House
to report bill to allow TO Wee Admiral Farragut
Secretary, with the rank seG-pay and allowance of
q Lieutenant of the Navy lie explained the neces-
sty OF It, say ing q at eminent and conspicuous officer
had no staff, and had to attend personally to all his
correspondence, although hls eyesght mad become
very muchImpaired.
UT animOus consent was gwen, and the bill was re-
ported and passed.
Mr. Wilson uowal from the Committee on the
Juu cary reported Dill TO repeal the twenty third
section Of the act of the Thrty-seven'h Congress
relating to passports which repealed the then ex.
ishng law N reference 10 persons liable to mill ary
duty. The bill was considered and passed.
The House thCn proceeded to the consideration
of the special order being the constitutional amend
ment lepOred from the Reconstruction Comm ttae
MI Broomal pa addressed the House in sup.
port OF the amendment proposed.
He said IT was to be expected that the joint reso-
luton would receive opposition and denunciatiOn
from he "Hnrepentant tnirty-three" IL was there
1ol useless to waste argument upon them 1t was
also to be expected that the SIX Johnsonian new
converts to Democracy would vote AGAINST
the measure, commencing with the gentleman
from New York tMr. Raymond and ending with
the Gentleman from Kentucky MIR. Smith who had
the disease in its mildest ana most amiao form
On them, too argument useless There must
therefore, be thirty. nlne votes INST the measure
and he wanted that there should be no more
SO far from treason being made odious, it
was the most popular institution of the South
Treason has been made popular there, and
loyalty had been made oaious he loyal man in
the South was compelled, by public opinion th sre
iosteICd and encouraged Uy the Administrator, to
stand aside. PrObst was to be hanged and AleXan-
der II stephens one OF the chief comspIrators. was
to have a seat the United states Senate
What mOckery was this? The time would come
when he OOr miserable Dutchmau won d come to
the same bar with the VIce-Prtsid who aided IN
murdeung $50 COO, and then these things would
be mBoe-a even. He believed the G was a necessto
for a future world, IN order tha the great lnequa
ties of the present wOr might Oe rec flied.
MIR Shank IN Ky y next took the floor oppos-
ton to the measure.