Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-06-13
CONGRESSIONAL.

MI BldWell lntrOdaced bill granting land L
the State of California to aid in the construction
Of certain wagon roads for military and posta
| purposes, which was read twice and referred e
| the committe on Public Lands.
| n bill passed declaring legally married, and
| the children legitimate, Of colored people who
| previous TO their actually living together and
married, in the.District of:Columbia.
| Mr.. Delano introduced 4 bill amendatory of the
| Naval Appropriation bill Of the present session.
He explained that the section of that bill repeal
ing section OF the act Of $50 had th2 effect of in
| creaslnC the pay of navy offSoTs from twenty 10
thrty-thrce per cent, equal to 81 $4,000 annual
| ly. and said that neither house had had any idea
of doing any thing of the kind. If the pay of
| navy officers ought to be increased. II could Ice
done openly and knowingly.
Mr.. Lebland objecting to its consideration now,
| the bill was referred to the Committee on Naval
Mr.. Longyear asked and obtained unanimous
consent TO report substitute for Senate bill to
extend me tune Tor the reversInn to the United
| states OF lands granted by Congress TO aid in
| the construction OF a railroad from Amboy, by
| Lansing and Hillsdale, to some point Grand
| Traverse bay. Mich. The substitute, which ex-
| tends the time seven years, was adopted, and
| the bill as amended, passed.
Mr. Trowbridge introduced bill for the relief
of certain Colonies of Michigan militia. Read
twice and referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr.. Schenck from the Committee of Confer
enee the JOINT resolution relative to the aP-
polntments to the military academy, made re-
port. which was agreed to.
Adjourned.
SENATE-Mr. Wilson. from the Military Commits
the accounts of certain public officers. Ii pre-
scribes the mode in which the accounts Of disburs
ing officers of the Freedmen's Bureau shall be adj
judged. ltwas passed. ..F
Mr.. Chandler introduced bill for apprOpriat-
ing money for the preserva alton, repair and COM
pletiOn of public works on battle fields and the
Atlantic coast, on the lakes and at other points,
which was passed.
Mr.. Cennness from the Committee on Post Of
fees and Post Roads, reported IL joint resolution
releasing the Pacific Mail Ship Company from
q 10 hpn 4 n
touch at Honolulu.
Mr.. Edmonds. from the Committee on Com
merce called up an act TO further provide for the
safety of lives of passengers on board vessels pro-
PEELED in whole or part by steam, to regulate the
salaries of steamboat inspectors, and for other
purposes. The bill as amended was passed. and
TRANSMITTED to the House for concurrence in the
amendments.
AT O'Clock the bill making appropriations for
the Legislative, Executive and Judiciary expen-
ses of the Government for the year ending June
30, 1867, was taken up. 1t is bill of five pages,
and provides for salaries of officers in the differ
ent Departments On the question of placing
$4,000 at the disposal of the Secretary of the
Treasury for the compensation of clerks in his
Department, Mr.. Wilson said he was opposed to
giving such discretion to any man, especially to
the present Secretary. Ii would give that officer
too much control over men in his Department.
Mr. Fessenden said that the political course of
the secretary of the Treasury had not been very
agreeable perhaps to Mr.. Wilson, and perhaps not
to a great many other Senators, but he knew the
Secretary to be n faithful and competent officer.
inaugurated under Mi. Chase. ....
Mr.. Hendricks said there nothing Oa the
record of the Secretary OF the Treasury to warrant
Mr. Wilson iii the expression of the want of con-
hdence in him. lie believed him to be Il faithful
officer. As II citizen of Indiana he was proud of
of him. Political differences ought not t. be al
lowed to prejudice the minds of Senators in such
a matter.
After some debate in which Messrs. Howe,
Trumbull and Howard took part, Mr.. Wilson
said in reply to the remarks of Mr.. Hendricks,
that he had no desire to east any imputatiOns
upon the Secretary, but it was well known that
the Secretary had done great many things of
which the mass Of the people throughout the
country do not apprve of. lie had appointed men
to office without recurring the oath prescribed by
law. There were just complaints against him for
his course of selling gold.
lie MIR Wilson, had read n letter from an emf
nent merchant eff New y Crk on the Subjet. IL
was very well to know that wien others were in
favor of coming down, and recognizing the eXis-
tence Of Congress, hestOOd out dehanty in a speech
which he, (Mr wilson, would not undertake
to change. He bad gone beyond the President
himself in maintaing policy that ninety
out Of out of one hundred citizens were opposed
to it. ..-... ...
believed it showed nothing much as that the
Secretary was nOtin the habit of making speeches
and hardly knew when he was just going to com
mence.
Mr. Grimes said it was prepared speech: He
Grimes, was there and heard it, and he noticed
that the Secretary recalled several sentences and
repeated them.
Mr. Fessenden said he sometimes recalled SEN
fences. lie never made prepared speeches. IL
only showed the jaundieed eyes with which
Mr.. Grimes. received everything done by the
Secretary of the Treasury. The Secretary en-
dorsed the Presidents policy and he, Fessenden,
did not He was sure, however, of the honest
intentions and capa5iiity of the Secretary. As
for the pending amendment if it a bad prin-
ciple. he, FeSSenden was more responsible for 1t
than any other man.
MIR. Grimes Sid he did not see the propriety of
talking Of the bad taste of asSalling absent men.
Did not the Secretary Of the Treasury assai Con-
gress in its absence. On the evening of his sere-
made speech he had good reason for refusing to
give the discretionary power ask ed for the Secre
tary, and 1t was we'll known what they were. Mr..
Grimes then reviewed certain recent acts Of the
SecretaTy-the appointment of men who could
not take the oath, late sales of gold, etc.
Mr.. Conness, in "a few remarks characterized
those persons who recently serenaded the cabinet
as wandering minstrels political scrubs political
fungi miserable dependents, etc.
Mr.. Sherman explained the causes which in
duced the Committee on Finance to report the
pending amendment.
The amendment was agreed to by the following
vote:
Yeas-AnthOny, Conness Downs. Doolittle, Fes-
sender, Foster, Guthrie. Harris, Hendricks john
man, Van Winkle Williams, Yates |
Nays-Chandler, Crogan, Crisswell, BdmODds,
Grimes Howard, Hanecker, Ward Lane of In
diana, Nye, Poland, Ramsey, Sprague, Stewart,
Trumbull Wade, Wilson
The 18th amendment, agreed to, is in the fol-
lowing language
GOI compensation OF temporary clerks IN the !
Treasury Department, and for additional compen-
SatlOn to officers and clerks at the same depart
ment, 100000; provided. that the temporary
clerks herein provided for may be classified ac-
cOr1ing TO the character of their service, and !
that the Secretary of the Treasury may |
award such additional compensation rs |
may be, in his Judgment. justice, |
may be required bysthe public service, and SO |
much of the said act making appropriations |
for the Legislative, Executive and Judicial ,ex
penses of the Government, approved March ,. |
1862 which tOrbids the Secretary of the Treasury
to award any such additional compensation after |
the LIST of July, 1866, is hereby repealed; pro |
vided further, that out of the Appropriation of |
S25OOOO made by said act for compensation to |
clerks in the Treasury Department, and for addi- |
tiOn2l compensation to clerks in same Depart |
ment, there shall be paid to each person therein |
appointed by the Secretary as a clerk who shall |
have served in that capacity for one year pre- |
vious to the passage of the act and whose pay |
amounts to less than $1,000 per year, the sum of |
$780,
Mr.. Doolitle offered a resolution calling on the
President for any Information in his possession |
relative to the departure of Austrian troops for
Mexico, and asked its immediate consideration. |
Mr. FesSendGn objected, and the resolution goes |
over.
The consideration of the Appropriation bill was
resumed.
Mr.. Cone from the Finance Committee, recon- |
mended the striking out Of the prOvisO with the |
following clause:
" For the necessary expenses of carrying into |
effect the several acts of Congress, authorizing |
loans and the issue of Treasury notes to two mil
lions of dollars, provided that no further expen- |
ditUre shall be made for the experimental system |
in hydrOstatic printing by the Treasury Depart |
ment. until such experiments shall have been /
definitely authorized by law, and a. distinct ap-