Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-02-09
CONGRESSIONAL.

sKSArI.-Aftsr our report clossd yeseraay-
Mr.. frnmoulI, from the Judiciary Commit
power OF the Freedmen's Bureau win ne
House amendments.
Mr.. T. moved TO agree to the House amend
merits except that one which restricted the cp-
eration Of the bill TO the States In which the
privilege Of the writ Of habess corpus was sus-
pended on the first Of February last This
amendment, he said, would exempt DE aware,
the bill.
hr. Guthrie rose TO reply 10 some remarks
Spoh me loyalty of Kentucky made by the
aenAtor from Indiana, (Mr. Lane) He denied
hns hethineky was ever disloyal, or IN the
nanos OF oisloyh men. He knew ken-u ucky
Wa 10 PA, al and that since the governor who
Nds IN once when the rebellion cofarnencPd
went out Of power, the governor nd Ieg,s lntn "a
had always been loyal
Mr.. sherman said the rebels OF Keutueky
were the most troublesome rebels durinr the
war, and the present condition OF E.stecsx
fuiiy justified Congress in applying the Freed
mems Bpreau bill to that State. He looked nnon
Lpe tfeecmen's Bureau bill as nothing rnora
Than an agency in the hands OF the Presldentto
secure freedom for the emancipated slaves
had been engaged in several WARS before this
and had never had bill Of this kind until
now.
Mr.. Trumbun said he would REMIND tho
Senator from California that the bill propo~ed
70 iak X" care OF TIE white refugees well ne the
blacks
WOGlO saw IN behalf of
hiie men and white women OF this country
that they could take care Of themselves exoapt
under very ordinary circumstances. Laugh
ter
Mr.. johnson said he would not vote for the
bill because he did not think Congress had a
right 10 pass II. He rose, he said TO state that
me information upon which his colleague
based certain statements as TO the m treatment
Of negroes in parts of Maryland was not cor
ftct, as he had since learned from letters rom
members of the MARYLAND legislature
hiT DaNls moved 10 postpone further con-
sideratisn OF this bill Till tomorrow. Mega
tiyed.
1.-The amendments of the House, with the ex-
eeption stated by MIR. Trnmbul, were agreed
to, and the bill as amended was passed.
Adjourned.
HOUsE.-After our report closed yesterday
Mr.. GTinnell, of Iowa, by unanimous con-
sent, rose 10 personal explanation, aud read
from the speech of Mr. Rosseau, delivered last
week, and now printed in the GLOBE, 10 show
That what he had said OF The gentleman : suaech
only differed IN the fact that he had said that If
White officer came 10 arrest his wife and chill
drcn he would shoot him-instead OF ,,that he
would Kill negro" under the same circum-
stances; He would give the gentleman from
Kentucky the benefit of the correction.
MI. Rsssean, of Kentucky, in reply. said tha,
ne was correctly reported in the Globe, and
that not word Of his remarks had been altered
since he delivered them. He regarded nbarty
3s worthless if n man could not be prosrcted
from arbitrary arrest of his wife and fariily
and he did not believe there was a man on this
hcoi WhO "ouIu not Qete0u nlmSel1 from Sucl
an act. he disliked these personal explana-
tiOns.
colloquy followed between Messrs. Grn-
nell and Rosseau, as TO the conduct OF Iowa
and Kentucky during the war
lhe House then TOOK up as r special order
the bill TO establish an uniform system of
bankruptcy. The bill was read 1t great length
ana was then open TO amendment OF each see
tion in order.
Mr.. Jenckes, of Rhode leland, the chairman
OF the special committee on the bankrupt bIIl,
spoke on the same.
large number Of amendments were offered
and rejected. The House proceeded as far as
the eth section, when ii was laid over until to-
morrow.
On motion Of Mr.. Stevens, the night LESSONS
were dispensed with until Tuesday evening
next.
Mr. rancls Thomas, of Maryland, presented
the memorial of the county commissioners of
Frederick county, Maryland, praying for an
appropriation TO rebuild the bridges over the
Monocacy, destroyed by Major General Wal.
lace during Early's raid into Maryland. Re-
ferred TO the Committee on Claims. Ad Onrned