Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-26
FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, March "a.

y ----- EhOM -WAShIN6TON.
WASHINGTON March "a
THE LOAN BILL PASSES THE HOUSE.
Yesterday, Mr.. Morrill,, of Vermont, from the Com
mttee Ways and Means, reported back the bill to
amend an act entitled An act to provide ways and
means TO support the Government, approved March
g. 1865 DIETER known the loan bil), with amend
ments
The amended bill reported by the committee
read as follows (the amendments proposed by the
committee being printed in italics):
Be ii enacted de-, That the act entitled " An act
to provide ways and means to support the Govern
ment," approved March 8 1860, shall be extended
and construed to authorize the Secretary oil the rea
sury at his discretion to receive any Treasury notes
or other obligations issued under any act oil Con-
gress, whether bearing interest or not IN exchange
for any description of bonds authorized by the act
TO which this is an amendments and, also, 10 us
pose of any description of bonds authorized by said
act, either in such manner and at such rates as ne
may think advisable, for lawful money OF the United
States or for any Treasury notes certificates OF IN
debtedness certificates of deposit, or other repre-
sentatves of value, which have been or winch
may be issued under any act OF Congress- the pro-
ceeds thereof to be used only for retiring Treasury
notes or other obligations issued under any act OF
Congress; but nothing herein contained shall be
/ construed TO authorize any increase oil the pubic
debit Propided, That Of the United States notes
nat more than ten millions mdy be retired and can
! u
/ act and thereafter not more than four lHiItt0nS IN
ann one month And propied further, That the act
TO which this is an amendment shall continue in full
force in all its provisions, except as modlhed by
| this act.
Sec. . And be it further enacted That the Secre.
fary of the Treasury report TO Congress, at the COM
neacemeat Of The aert session, the amount Of er-
/ changes made and The money borrowed under this
act and of trhon and on rAdt terms, and the char
acter of the Indebtedness retired under thS act and
/ anpJ 1p1Ih .fa
tailed statement Of the expenses IF making such
! loan or exchanges.
After discussion and the rejection of various pro-
posed amendments, the bill was passed-Ayes SO,
noes P2.
SENATOR STOCKTON VOTES HIMSELF INTO SEAT.
In the Senate, yesterday, the question of the right
of Mr.. Stockton, of New Jersey, to seat, came up
! for final action.
! The question was on Mr.. Clark's amendment to in
se1t the word not in two places in the resolution
reported by the Judiciary Committee so as to make
! it read
Resolred, That John p. Stockton was not duly
elected and is not entitled to his seat as Senator
from the State of New Jersey for the term of six
years from the 4th of March, 1862
The yeas and nays were demanded by Mr.. Hen
bricks on the adoption OF the above amendment,
and the amendment was disagreed to. Yeas 10, nays
The announcement of so close vote created
"
Mr. Sumner uttered in an audible voice, where is
I Wilson ~ Send for Wilson" etc., and there
was much confusion on both sides of the CHAM
! Der.
The Chair announced the vote and said the
| amendment was not adopted, and the question
was upon the resolution as reported by the commit
! tee.
! The vote was then taken on the resolution given
above, without the word mot" proposed by Mr..
! Clork's amendment. The result was as follows;
| -Mcssrs Anthony. BuckaleW. COWan. Da-
Wis, Foster. Guthrie Harris Hendricks, Henderson,
johnson, Lane of Kansas McDougal Morgan, Mes
NTH Norton, Poland, Riddle, Salisbury, Stewart
Trumbull and Willey-2l.
Navs-Messrs. Brown, Chandler, Clark, Conness,
Crogin, Cresswell, Fessenden, Grimes, Howe Kirk
wood Lane of Indiana, Nye, PomerOy, Ramsey,
| Sherman, Sprague, Sumner, Wade, Wilson and
| Yates-20
Before the above vote was announced, the cOniu
! sion increased on the floor.
Mr.. Sumner called loudly to Mr.. Morrill, to
vote, and Mr. Morrill, recorded his vote in the mega
! tive.
Mr.. Stockton then rose and said that lie held in
! his hand despatch from his colleague, Mr.. Wright,
stating that he (Wright had paired with Mr.. Nor
rill, and that he would not have gone home if he
| had not been able to do so in this question. day
or two since Air. Morrill, came to him (Stockion) and
told him that he would be compelled to vote on this
question and asked him TO notify Mr. Wright to that
effect. lie had notified Mr.. Wright, but it too
late for him to arrive here to vote. Believing MIR.
Morrill, to have violated the agreement between him
| MoniD and his colleague, he would ask the Clerk
| TO call his (StocktOn's) name ...l-
Mr. Stockton's name was called, and he voted in
the affirmative. This left the vote % yeas against
/ 81 nays
Several Scnators-You can't vote in your own
| case.
Several other Scnators-He has as good right to
vote as Morrill, has.
! Mr. Morrill, rose to make an explanation. He re-
| al hot vbotM Nv nd sal was h.
stantaly correct 1t was true he had paired of with
Mr. Wright But Oh Wednesday evening he in
formed Mr. Stockton that he would feel constrained
TO vote on this question and he then suggested to
Mr. Stockton to notify Mr.. Wright of this fact. Such
length of time had elapsed since he paired that he
did not feel bound byit.
The remark was again made in an under tone by
several SenatOrs-"A man can't vote for himself in
such a case"
Mr.. Sumner, among others, was heard in the gal
leries to say very excedly {" 1t is part Of the law
of nations that man shall not vote in his own
case
Mi. Nye, addressing the CHAIR said it was proper
for him, being 4 member, to enquire whether
member is entitled to vote in his own case, as had
just been done.
Mr. Foster, in the chair, said there no rule on
the subject Mr., Stuckton's name was upon the roll,
and until the Senate decided to remove it, it must be
called with other names,
The Chair then announced the vote on the adop-
was duly elected and is entitled to his seat TO be
yeas % nays 81. So the resolution adopted.
GENERAL GRANT GOING TO EUROPE.
Lieutenant. General Grant is shortly to sail for
Europe, aud the Navy Department are now looking
up vessel for his accommodation. Captain Am
men, an old schOolmaster of the Generals, and now
of the ron-c lad MantOnOma, is to he ira nsercd to
the man-of-war that conveys the military chieitain
across the ocean, The MiantOnOma is ordered uli
for a short but important cruise in adjacent waters.
DIsQUALIFIcATIoN to HOLD OFFICE.
The House Judiciary Committee to-day authorized
their chairman TO report an amendment to the Con-
sttution Of the United States, preventing any per-
son who held Office under the Confederate Govern
ment from holding any Office under the United
States.
AFRICANS IN SENATE GALLERY.
An effort is to be made in the Senate to classify
tine auditors who visit the galleries. Reserved seats
for the members Of Cangress aud their wives and
families are demanded by some oil the betterhaVeS
of Senators, whose ollactOres are offended by the
African aroma. Besides even when the colored
population are kept separate from white folks, 1t Is
found that the cGnnaiAe or common white people,
mix up among the Senatorial families, so that 1t Is
difficult to distinguish the commOnality from the
aristOcracy. The ladies complain, and the Senators
therefore request the Sergeant-at-arms to classify
folks but that officer don't feel authorized to comply
with the request so says Senator Riddle, who cEs,
ed resolution to-day, directing rlGue To DO set
apart for the diStingue, Somebody objected to the
present consideration Of the subject, and the resou
ton goes over until Monday.
GENERAL LEES TESTIMONY.
On the return of Senator Howard, (who went home
to attend the funeral of his wife, that section OF the
Joint Committee on Reconstruction of which he is
chairman will submit the testimony taken concern
ing Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
This will include the evidence of General Lee.
THE PARIS EXPOSITION.
There are already at least five hundred applicant
for appointments as United STATS C1mllissoher to
the Paris Exposition VI isoI, many of them parties
interested in machines and implements which are to
be on exposition, and not one in twenty able to I'M
dert and or to speak word of the French language.
JUDGE c. c. CLAY.
1t may satisfy public curiosity to learn the reason
why Clement c. Clay is Kept in durauce at Fortress
Monroe. lie sconilned there on the charge of adj