Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-06-26
VOL. XX----NO. l49.

es concurred in. One hundred and ffty-si
N thousand for the erection Of the FIRE Building
/ at the Schuylkill Arsenal, Penn, was non
Is coneurred in. The fourth amendment ap.
Of propriating SG,926,45O for the Freedmens
z Bureau for the next fiscal year was con-
/ CURED in, with an amendment adding on
Sls.Dee for telegraphing. 4 i.y-r.a- r-4.
3 The nth amendment requiring the Quar-
! termaster to give preference in contracting
i for supplies TO articles of American Irodnes
Q ti0n and on the Pacific coast to articles pro-
Q | duced there, was concurred in with the
s | amendment, striking out that part which
requires the Q1arfenmaster General to &C.
eePt the lowest responsible bids under ad-
J. Vertisement, --
. The sixth amendment appropriating
: Si5 900 for the purchase of So acres Of land
g near Nashville, Tenn, taken by the Coy
ernment as the site Of Fort Morton was
4 nom eoncurred in. h.ii n .IilI -sl1
On motion of Mr.. STEVENS the House
: insisted on its Disagreement with the SEN
ate and asked for a Committee of Confer
/ ence. -I q .l EaT~aIL
AT $40 P. NJ. the House adjourned
SENATE.
Mr.. WILSON reported sn amendment 10
the army appropriation bill, making the
provision granting three months pay to
officers on final discharge read so as 70 ben
eft officers in the service on the Sd March,
| 1865, or who were ihonorably mustered out
after that date. 'ff Ial r.T-
| Mr.. POLAND offered resolution in
siructing the Committee on Public Build
ings and Grounds to inquire whether tract
Of land OF about $50 acres adjoining, or very
near Washington, can be obtained at a rea-
sOnable price, for public park and Pres
idential mansion. Adopted.
| Mr.. CHANDLER presented petition |
from the men of the lst Michigan Cavalry,
| whe state that they w6rs mustered out of |
the service in Utah, and had 10 return home |
at their own expenses. They ask to be re-
imbursed for the cost Of their Transports
tion. ''
The petition was referred to the Com
mittee on Military Affairs. r.
/ Mr.. POLAND called up the bill pending
/ for some time to allow the claims Of loyal |
persons in the late rebel States for e We hun
| dred dollars and less, for stores furnished
/ to the army, said claims TO be settled by 4
/ quartermasters without being taken to the /
] Court of Claims. iaHa --t
The pending question was, upon the
/ amendment of Mr.. HENDRICKS, to pro-
| vide for the payment of stores taken BY
others than officers having written au-
thOrity to take them. .r..- .... ..--.-...
After consideration Nj. Hendricks with |
drew his amendment, remarking that he
would offer something of like purport at the
next session of Congress
Mr.. SPRAGUE moved to amend the bill |
so as to make the Secretary of War, and
not the quarteTmaster or eOmmisSary gen
eral, the accounting officer in the claims re-
ferred to.
Mr.. HOWARD said the bill was yery
sweeping, and would involve great outlay.
He asked if the Committee on Judiciary
had inquired how much money would be
taken out of the Treasury under this bill
Mr.. POLAND said the Committee had
not made that inquiry. No matter what
the amount was, he thought it ought to be
paid.
Mr.. HOWARD said he hoped that the
bill would not pass. The seizure of proper |
ty in the South was one of the necessities
of the war, and the law Of nations compel
led rebel communities, as well as rebels, to | !
pocket their losses. ltwaS vain n expect =
that the loyal people in the United States
would bAe- any part Of such losses
Mr.. TRUMBULL said he would oppose
as strongly as Mr.. Howard the payment of
rebels, bat he would not oppose the pay
ment Of loyal men, and only such were
proposed to be paid by this bill.
Mr.. HOWARD said he was opposed to
paying anybody in the rebel States, loyal
or dislOyal. {
Mr.. TRUMBULL thought loyal man in
the South ought to be paid even more
promptly than a loyal man in the North.
Mr.. HOWARD said that by solemn acts
Of Congress the eleven States of the South
had been declared enemies of the United
States. There was no case in history in
which a successful invading party had A
paid for stores taken from an enemy.
Mr.. TRUMBULL said that he had never
heard before of a statute of the United
States declaring the people of the South to
be public enemies. lie had never voted for =
such bill. lie had voted for bill declar-
ing certain States to be in insurrection, but
not declaring the inhabitants of these
States, one and all, to be public enemies.
Mr. WILSON said that under the pend
ing bill every man in the South would
prove his loyalty, and the effect would be
tn take a great many million dollars out of Il
The Treasury. o
The morning hour having expired, the @
reading of the Tax bill was resumed.
Several verbal amendments were con-
Cured in. O
Mr.. F. FESSENDEN offered an amendment
that no suit shall be maintained in any
court for recovery of any tax alleged 10
have been enormously or illegally assessed O
or collected until an appeal shall have been .
duly made TO the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue. Agreed to.
Mr.. DAVIS, in offering an amendment to
strike out the provision requiring distillers
to keep true record of and report the
number of gallons distilled, stated that the
bill showed more distrust of the people and 4
more degradation and oppression than any
bill he had ever seen. It proceeded upon
the general idea thstthe people upon whom q
it was to act were all known plunderers.
Mr.. FESSENDEN said there were no
provisions in the bill that were not required
to guard against fraud.
Mr. Davis amendment was disagreed to.
Mr.. HENDERSON offered an amend =
ment to strike out the first section and in y
5ert in lieu thereof provision that after 70
the passage of this act there shall be no
tax on raw cotton, and delivered lengthy
written argument in support of his propO-
5itiOn.
Mr.. SHERMAN replied to Mr. Hender- e
son in a brief speech, maintaining the right =.
and necessity of the proposed cotton tax.
The yeas and nays were demanded on
Mr.. Henderson's amendment with the fol-
lowing result: ..
son, Hendricks, Norton, Pomeroy, Sprague,
Stewart and Willey-lO. -.-,r
NAYS Chandler, Clark, Conness,
Doolittle, Edmunds, Fes-
senden, Grimes, Guthrie, Harris, 2
Howard, Howe, KirkwOod, Lane Of Indians,
Morgan, Morrill,, Poland, Ramsey, Sherman,
VanWinkle, Wade, Williams and
wilson so the amendment was re-
ected. .- 4--s @ Il
Mr.. CRESWELL offered an amendment
to change the rate of compensation Of As
sistant Assessors from four to Eve dol G
lars per day. Rejected Oy yeas 5,
nays 30. Yeas--Cragin, Cresweh, 20
Howe, Kirkwood and Ramsey.
Mr.. TRUMBULL offered an amendment T,
TO tax shoddy wool manufactured from old 10
cloth five cents per pound. Adopted. B
Mr. HARRIS offered an amendment in =
regard to bank circulation, providing that 2,
the act shall not effect banks in liquidation, e
when the act Of June 30th, 1854 was sdop- O.
ted. Flax and manufactures was therefore Y
added to the free list
Mr.. ANTHONY offered an amendment q
that the income tax lists be open for insPee-
ton. Agreed to. The bill was then tskon &
up in the Senate.
Mr.. SHERMAN moved to amend 50 that
all bank circulation shall pay a tax Of ten
per cent after the lst Of August, 1857. =
Hr. EDMUNDS moved to change the tax :
r.. Nn,-1ln nran- l.