New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-01-03
WEDSEsDAY MORNING. JANUARY ), 1866.
.unltea state. Congress.
SENATE.

SENATE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 81, 1865.
N MI. Howard offered resolution calling upon
{ The President to inform the Senate upon what
Z charges Jefferson Davis is confined and why he is
4 not brought to trial. adopted.
a The following committee on reconstruction on
& the part of the Senate was announced: MessTs.
I. Fessenden, Grimes, Harris. Howard, johnson and
+ Williams.
\ Nh sumner presented the petition Of colored
citizens of Tennessee, protesting against the re-
ception Of the Tennessee delegation until the re-
cogniGen of the rights of colored persons by that
i State. Also the petition of white citizens of the
District of Golumba asking for the extension of the
right of suffrage to the colored people to the dis
\ MI sumner stated that tile white people of this
District had for years been sqnatting upon the
civil and political rights of the colored peoples
and he was glad this state Of thngs ssss apout 70
! end. The petition Yves referred ia
dom to the inhabitants of the United States by re-
u pealing ali laws based upon distinctions OF celor
End race. Referred to the Special Committee on
Y Reconstruction.
heads Of departments for list Of the persons IN
a debted to the United States, amount Of indebted
Y ness, etc. Objected to and goes over
Il Nj. Lane, of Indiana, offered resolution which
\ was adopted, insfructing the committee on post
Offices and post roads to inquire into the expedl-
ency of abolshing the ranking privilege except
s upon written communications.
ss MI SteWar called up the Senate bill to secure
the freedaua me inhabitants of States lately in
ei0n and proceeded to controvert the posi-
fion taken By Mr. Sumner yesterday respecting
n fl,N condition, of the Southern States He denied
fhe right of Congress to hold the Southern states
~ conquered provinces, or to force them to adopt
EnsgFo suffrage
NED r. Ashley, Representative from Nevada,
II appeared and qualified.
fha Speaker then announced the following as
Of the Smithsonian insttntion Is On n me
Hampshire Farnsworth Of Illinois and Garfeid'
81 Ohio
VI Also the following as the members of the new
Committee on Mines and Mining:
Messrs. Highly Of California, Ashley Of Nevada,
= Cobb of Wisconsin, Strouse of Pennsylvania,
briggs Of Michigan, Ashley Of OHIO. Henderson
of Oregon, Allison of Iowa, and Noal OF Mis-
Nj Hubbard Of Connecticut, offered resolution
= which WAs referred to the Committee on Foreign
AFFAIR." asserting the United States should never
recognize any government imposed on any nation
I On this continent by the arms Of any European
Power.
that the message of the President Of the United
States, delivered at the opening Of the present
Congress II regarded hy this body as an able, ~
cona ad State & II
Which He has adopted TO give harmony, peace and
,union to the country.
4 Oh Iii motion the consideration OF the subject
sMns postponed till the month Of January.
on moti0n of Mr.. Nibiack, ii was resolved that
the Committee for the District of Columbia be IN
etrueted to inquire into the expedency OF pTovlo-
Ing fax election and admission into the House
III q delegate from this District with the power
and privileges similar to those from the organized
fitofiee, and report BY bill or otherwise.
NJ Eonkling asked leave to offer resolution I
fhaf tie President, IL not incompatible with the I
pnblic interest, submit to Congress any report or
reports made BY the Judge Advocate General or
any other officer Of this government, as TO the
ground, facts and accusations by which Jefferson L
Davis, Clay, Mallory and YnIee or either of them
are held ia confinement
NJ. ohnson objected to the introduction OF the /
resolution.
The House went into committee on the Presi- /
dents annual message, when /
Mr.. Finek, Of Ohio, made speech, centending
the Southern States were never out of the Union,
and advocated the admission Of the Southern mem
bers. ~
MI. Raymond Of New York, replied to Mr.. Ste
Yens, denying that the Southern States were ever
being unsuccessful in accomplishing the object
desired