The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-27
CONGRESS-.
WASHINGTON, July "a.


Senate.
MIR. Sumner Mass offered O resolution requesting
the President 20 communicate to the Senate sucn
into nation a. he may have IN hrs possession con-
cei ming the pachcablity OF estabIshnI equal rela
liOns between the British provinces and the United
states etc, which was adopted.
Mr.. Irumbull introduced resolution, which was
adODted, that the unfinished business OF the Senate
before committees and elsewhere be considered
before the Senate on Its reassembng, as IL no adj
jouTnment had taken place.
lac non concurrence of the House on the report
of the Conference Committee on the larG bill was
announced, and second Confluence Committee was
ordered
Mr. Fe.senden called up the bill to authorize the
reiunuing OF certain taxes, passed by the House
yesterday 1t was passed, and goes to The President.
Mr.. W ade moved that the bill TOR the admission
OF Nebraska be taken up.
Mr. Sumner spoke against the motion, and called
The eas and nays it. The motion prevailed.
Yeas Nj ssrs. Anthony Chandler. Conness, Doc.
little. Fessendtn. Grlmes, Howe, Johnson, KIRK
sherman sprague, Stewart Trumbull Van Wnkle,
Wade, MI ey, Williams, va es-A
Davis Foster
So the bill was taken up ana read.
House Of Representatives.
The reading Of the journal was dispensed with.
Mr.. Alison (Iowab from the Committee of Ways
and Means, reported back substitute Tor the Senate
bill to provide for the erainment I'D apporton-
ment of the proper quo.a OF the direct tax OF 1861
between the States of Virginia and WesiI Virginia.
Treasury D. partment and that IL had the approval
OF the members from West Virginia The substI.
TUE was agreed to, and the blll as amended was
pa sed.
Mr.. Hooper Mass from the same Committee,
reported back with amendm nts the Senate bill 10
fix the compensation certain collectors of customs
and for other purposes One OF the amendments
pensaIion of the Deputy Collectors Deputy Nsyal
Officers, and Deputy Surveyors of the ports of New
York, Boston, New Orleans, and San Francisco at
$3.50. Another amendment gives the custom house
weRi ers at the ports of Boston, Philadelphia and
Baltimore $500 per annum.
Mr.. Eliot MASS suggested an amendment to
stllke the bill which creates Corpus Christi
Texas, port OF entry.
Mr. Hooper declined to allow the amendment 10
The amendments reported from the Committee on
Ways ano Means were agreed TO-, land the bill was
Mr.. Dawes introduced a resolution giving in.
creased extra compensation to the Globe reporters.
Adopted.
Mr. stevens pa called up motion to reconsider
the vote whereby The bill to authorize the building
OF a military and postal railroad from Washington
| to New FORK was, IN May last recommended to the
| Committee on the Air Line Railroad.
Mr.. John b. Thomas, Jr. Md moved to lay the
| taken by yeas and nays, and resulted IN yeas 4S
nays So. So the motion 20 reconsider was not laid
| on the table. The vote was reconsdered and the
! bill came before the House for action. The CLERK
! proceeded to read tine bill.
Hr. Wentworth III rose TO aqueston of privi-
Iege, gave notice that after O'Clock he should
call he enforcement of the rules against out
! sders taking members seats
The speaker directed tue Doorkeeper to take
notice OF the complaint OF the member from Illinois.
Mr. O'Neill (Pa) moved to amend the bill by pro-
Washington at IL O'Clock al night.
Mr. ScOAeld tPa) moved to amend by confning
the comy any TO the building of line OF raIroad.
Mr. John L. Thomas Md spoke against the bill
He SAID his State directly interested in ITS de-
Ieat and be ieyng that Congress had not the power
TO pass act granting charter for road across
the sod of MARYLAND without first getting the con.
sent the State this bill would take $50 900 year
out OF the State treasury OF Maryland
Mr. wentworth inquired whether Maryland had
| a night to tax Illinois IN that wav.
Mr.. John l. Thomas asserted that Maryland had a
right to tax reRht and passengers passing over her
| soil and that Illinois had the same right.
Mr.. Wentworth tIll.) deDIsd tnat
Mr.. 1homas replied that If Illinois did not exer-
else that Tlght she possessed il.
Mr.. Wentworth SAID that Illinois would never
| clqim such right.
| Mr. Thomas replied that Illinois had got what
neither MARYLAND nor PennsylVania had GOT for her
ralrOads-forty sections OF land for every mile OF
| road.
| Mr. Wentworth said that all he wanted was for
| the States between Washin gtOn and New York TO
state what they would take-what they would com.
promise to rob the people Of the country OF ana
| let the speed of travel be regulated. MARYLAND
| had claimed a great many rights. She mad claimed
| the right to go out of the Union, but ala not go,
| because the men of Illinois would not permit her
| Mr.. stevens closed the debate ne claimed that
Congress had full power the subject under the
cIaue of the Constitution giving Congress the power
! to regulate commerce among the states Henry
CLAY and Daniel Wet ster had asserted that right,
but the South had denied H.