The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-04-25
WASHINGTON, April "a.
SENATE

BEN 4Es
The Bill for the relief of certain nava
contractors, after being amended so n
+ o pay the parties not to exceed 5 pei
cent on their original contract, wa.
postponed till tomorrow.
On motion of Mr.. Howe, the Secreta
ry of War was called upon for the evil
dence upon which the awards for the
apprehension of jeff. Davis was made
On motion of Mr.. Guthrie, the Score
tary of the Navy was called upon tC
state whether naval officers had beer
prevented from visiting the President
for the purpose iof personal appeal &c
him and to Congress in their own cases
The bill for the admission of Colora.
do was then taken up. Mr.. Stevens
spoke in favor of the admission of Col
orado, and Mr.. Guthrie opposed it.
Mr.. Nye spoke in its support.
There was considerable incidental de.
bate.
Pending the question there was a
motion to reconsider the vote rejecting
the bill.
Mr.. sumner spoke against the propo,
sition.
A message was received from the
the Senate amendment to the bill in re-
lation to habeas corpus.
The Senate voted to insist on its
amendment and ask Committee oil
Conference.
A message was submitted from the
President transmitting the record of u
Convention assembled at st. Louis in
relation to brevet appointments in the
regular army.
Mr.. Sherman, from the Finance Com.
mittee. reported the Consular and Dip
lomatic Appropriation bill, as also
House bill authorizing the coming Of
five cent pieces.
Mr.. Sherman also reported the Pub
lie Property Deficiency bill appropri-
ating $500, 900, which was passed.
Mr.. Wiley offered a resolution fol-
the relief of loyal citizens of Jefferson
and Berkeley counties, Va. tits to pay
them for quartermaster stores fur
nished the army. Referred to the Ju-
dietary Committee. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
The first business in order being the
call of Committees for reports.
During the morning hour the joint
resolution reported on April 10Th, from
the Committee on Roads and Canals, to
construct ship canal around the falls
OF Niagara, came up for discussion-a
summary of the bill was published in
the proceedings of the 10Th.
Mr.. Hubbard, of New York, address
sed the House in favor of the passage OF
the bill.
Mr.. Dawes, of Massachusetts, inter
rupting, stated that he was DESTROYS OF
voting for the bill, and of having the
work constructed us national work,
but he observed that in the charter
granted by the New York Legislature
to corporation for this purpose, there
was a clause reserving to the State OF
New York the right to purchase the
canal.
Mr.. Hubbard, of New York, stated
t6ot Ia Won Horn in
tended to offer an amendment, which
would give the control of the work ex-
clusively to the federal government.
Mr.. Dawes remarked that that was
what seemed essential to him.
Mr.. Van Horn, of New York, stated
that after consulting with the friends OF
the measure in the House, he had con-
cluded to present an amendment in the
nature of a substitute for the bill. The
substitute differed from the bill on this,
that it provided for the chartering of a
company, instead of having the work
done by any State. He WIS authorized
by the gentleman from Wisconsin, Mr..
Paine, to withdraw the substitute which
that gentleman had offered, and he now
presented the substitute agreed upon.
Mr.. Humphrey, of New York, de-
nounced the measure as being concerted
by men who were endeavoring to pro-
duce corporate rights accompanied by
a donation of six millions from the led
eral government. 1t professed to have
two objects-one military and the other
commercial-and yet why had it not
been referred to the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs or to the Committee on
Commerce. That indicated that there
was something wrong about the matter.
The House then proceeded to the con-
sideration of the bill to reorganize and
establish the army ofthe United States.
The question being on the motion made
Yesterday by Mr.. Niblock 10 postpone
the bill till the first Monday in December
next.