New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-07-30
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SENATE,

WASHINGTON, July 24.-Ihe bill for speedy
completion OF the Northern Pacific Railroad re.
Gently recommitted TO the committee on Pacific
Railroad, was reported by Mr. Howard, and on
his motion further consideration was postponed
until tomorrow.
Mr.. Wilson called up the army bill recently
passed, and moved to amend by substituting for
it the bill lately passed by the Senate He did
this he said to get the subject before a confer
ence committee. As amended the bill was passed.
and goes to the House.
Tie joint resolution in relation to bounties to
colored soldiers was taken up, amended and
passed.
A bill to grant lands to aid in the construction
of the Stockton and CapOres Railroad, in CalIfor-
MIA, was passed
Mr.. Sherman called up the tariff bill lately passed
by the House. 1t was amended by striking out
the first section of the clause that no tare for the
box in which cigars, cheroots or cigarettes are
packed shall be allowed in asCeTtainng the weight:
by striking out the ninth section, which adds the
cost of transportation in determining the durable
value of articles; by striking out the eighteenth
section, which establishes bureau of statistics ;
and by inserting new section authorizing the
secretary of the treasury to suspend the direct
tax until January l, 1867.
Mr.. Morrill, moved to strike out the section re-
pealing the fishing bounty act, and supported his
proposition in a speech.
The House bill amendatOry of the habeas corpus
act of May IL, 1865, making some merely techni-
cal provisions in regard to the practice in the
courts was passed.
The House went into committee of the whole,
Mr.. Dawes in the chair, and resumed the consider
alton OF the deficiency bill, the question being on
the amendment offered yesterday by Mr.. DelanO,
to strike ont the paragraph appropriating $1,000 to
pay Mr.. PaystOn, of Pennsylvania, for a certain
building owned by him in Memphis Tennessee
taken possession Of and used by United States
troops.
The amendment gave rise to considerable de-
bate. Schotield Spaulding and Farnsworlh adj
Yoeatng the appropriation, aud Schenck, LAWS
and Morrill, opposing it as being partial and eXcep
tional.
Mr., Johnson moved to reduce the APPROXIMATION
for the removal of the State department from
$25 900 to $4,000
On motion Of Mr.. Kasson, new sections were
added recognizing collectors of internal revenue
as discussing agents, and making appropriations
for light house keepers.
The committee next proceeded to consider the
House bill authorizing the reimbursement of the
Territory of Nebraska for certain expenses in
CURED in repelling Indian hostities.
Both bills were reported to the House and
passed. The Speaker laid before the House
message from the President in relation to the
Joint resolution declaring the State of Tennessee
restored to her former proper political relations
to the United States. Some portions of the mes
sage were received by the Republicans with deri-
siye laughter. Its conclusion was greeted by the
Democrats with applause. The message having
been read by the clerk and it having been laid on
the table and ordered to be printed Mr. Stevens
arose and said: Mr.. Speaker, inasmuch as the
joint resolution has become a law by the entire
and cordial approval of the President, Daughter
am asked by the committee of fifteen to request
to be discharged from the further consideration of
the credentials of the members from Tennessee
and that they be ordered to the committee on
elections, which motion was seconded
Mr. Randall of Pa, called for division of the
House.
The question being divided, the first part of the
message diseharging the committee from further
considerations of the credentials of the members
from Tennessee, was agreed to.
The second part of the message, being on the
reference of the credentials to the committee on
federal relations, Mr. Lebl0nd called for the yeas
and nays The vote was, yeas SO; nays 2S-the
Democrats voting in the negative, in order that
the Tennessee members might be sworn in at
once.
Mr.. Bingham inquired of the Speaker whether
the President had returned the joint resolution
with his approval The Speaker replied that the
President when he approves bill, does not send
it TO Congress, butte the state department and the
message just received announced that he had ap-
proved the joint resolutiOn--it was not therefore
returned to the House.
Mr.. Dawes, from the committee on elections,
made report in the case of the members elect
from Tennessee, stating that the committee found
their credentials in due form, and recommended
that they be now sworn in.
Mr.. Lebiond, while concuTng in the report said
1t was hard to state why they arrived at that con-
clnson, because the State of Tennessee had been
out of the Union, and was only restored to-day
the election of representatives could not have
been had in August 1865.
Mr.. Dawes said that of thenumerous eypostions
OF the gentleman from Ohio, he would ask the
House Tor vote. The report of the committee on
elections was agreed to- and the Speaker invited
the members from Tennessee to come forward and
take the oath. In response to the invitation,
Messrs Maynard and Stokes, representing the sec.
ond and third districts Of Tennessee, and Mr.. Tay-
lor representing the first district advanced amidst
Ihuch applause and clapplng OF hands from the