Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-03-29
xxxIXTH CONGRESS,
DEATH Or SEEN AToR EooI.
The Dismal swamp Canal.
another Constitutional Amendment
NO COMPENSATION FOR SLAVES.
Z 2 a D e WITEZ CANADA.
THE NGRUPTCY BELE.
WASHINGTON, March 2S.
SENATE

SENATE.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF SENATOR FooT's DEATH.
Mr.. Sumner said great bereavement has fallsn
upon the Senate. Mr.. Foot. our honored associate
the senator from Vermont, the oldest among us in
continuous service, died this morning Mt eight o'clock
lie has passed from this scene Of duty and honor In
the presence of such sorrow it is better that pnbc
business should be SUSPENDED in this chamber for to-
gay Accordingiy shall make motion which I
6eheVe VIII nave the sympathetic concurrence of the
Senate. make it in the absence of the surviving
senator from Vermont, now necessarily engaged in
attendance on the family of the deceased and after
consultation with him. move that the Senate DO
now adjourn.
The President PRO tenn then having put the motion,
morrow at Z o'clock.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.
Iho Speaker laid before the House a communica-
ton from the Secretary of the Treasury calling the
attention of Congress to the condition of the Dismal
SWAMP Canal Company, in which he says that tho
GoEerlment Is largestockhclder The Government,
appears IRON this letter, owns $50 out Of shares
at a nominal value of $3.50 each The canal connects
the waters Of Albemarie Sound with the Elizabeth
River and the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, and
Is an important means OF communication between
those points for private commercial and GoycrnI
PURPOSES. The Secretary says that during the war
the WORK was materially damaged and requires i'm
medlnte repairs. lie therefore recommends that Con-
greSs make an appropriation Of S250090 TO be loaned
to tho company to be secured by lien on the tr0p-
erty. Inc communication was referred to the Com
ml.Iee on Commerce.
TOLEDO HARB0R.
The Speaker also laid before the House a conrnu-
nicatlon from the Secretary of War, giving an esti-
mate Of the cost for the Improvement of Toledo har
Dor, Chic.
FREEDNEy's BUREAU.
Mr. lison, from the udl claTy Committee reported
6l to provide Tor the settlement of the accounts Of
officers OF the treedmens Bureau who have received
from refugees and freedmen money 1t provides that
this money shall be charged to such officers and
where paid out duly credited to them. The bill was
passed.
INCOME TAX.
Mr.. morrill,, from the Committee on Ways and
loan Nj hill
1854 entitled an act to pro- ide ways sud means to
support tue Government and to pay the interest on
the public debt, as 10 extend the time for the
lavyDg and collection Of The income tax for 1866 for
the time Of sixty days from the passage of this act
Mr. N stated that the Ways and Means Co,nni. tee
intended to report bill to modify the income tax
and they desired the postponerEent of its collection
under the present law. 1t was therefore necessary
that some H law should be passsa to give the proper
ohlcers the requisite notice. The bill passed
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
Mr. Lawrence, of Ohio, from the Committee on the
Judiciary, reported the following Constitutional
Article :. Section /. Neither Congress nor any
State shall ever authorize. provide for, or make
payment to any person or persons on account of the
emancipation Of any slave or slaves in the United
States, or as compensation therefor.
Section 2. Ard be a further enacted That Congress
shall have power TO enforce this article by appropri
ate legislation, and the judicial power of the
United States shall extend tie all cases arising under
Laid over.
TRADE WITH CANADA.
Mr.. Kelly OF Pa, offered the following, which was
Resolped. That the Secretary of the Treasury com
munlcate statement OF the trade with the provinces
IN British North America and especially Canada in
1904 and 1865 respectively, the value being estimated
IN gold and specifying what proportion OF such trade
were exclusively exported to the United States also
the tarlh laws in force in Canada with state
ment OF the nature and eNten tof the changes made
therein since 1904; also the returns of the Canadian
canals for 1866 illustrating their value and the i'm
portance Of the free navigation of the river St. Law
general information brought down to the present
te as may be in his possession, and may assist in
correctly estimating the trade resources Of said PROV
inces, and their relations to the trade and produc-
tons OF the United States.
CONGRESSIONAL OATH.
MI Raymond, OF New York, offered resolution
that the Committee the Judiciary be instructed to
inquire into the eXpediency of so amending the pre-
sent laws as to require all members who are on the
mencement of session, to take the oath prescribed
by the Constitution and laws, before entering upon
the discharge Of their duties in voting for officers
of the House. the clerk of the preceding IIous5 to
administer the oath. Laid over.
COAL AND IRON.
sructing the Commit co on Public Lands to report
bill to regulate the rates of sale for coal and iron
lands. agreed to.
Mr.; Daring OF New York. offered resolution in
structing the Ways and Means Committee to inquire
nue. nue. @ e M S TEs ns ne rea d9emFnai IN
BANKRUPTCY BILL
Inc House t0en renewed as the unfinished huSl-
ness Of yesterday, the bill 10 establish uniform sys
ten of ban kruptcy throughout the United States
closed the deao dh ss ]SSdng measGret Ct cah ia
that it was clearly constitutional BILL and wholly
githiA the power of Congress, denying at the same
une t4at II ""o retroactive in its effect.
Mr.. Rogers, of New Jersey, briefly advocated the
bli when the previous question was takSn and sus-
tanned, and the main question ordered. The bill was
then reiected-yeas IS, nays72.
Mr.. Washburne, OF ILL.,, moved to reconsider the
vote rejecting the bill and to lay the motion to re-
consider the table, lot agreed tO--ya3s 80 ma
6S SO the motion to reconsider prevailed but pend
ing vote the bill was then postponed for one week
Mr.. Jenckes of K. l.. stating that number of men,
bers were now absent who woad be here at that time
to vote on the bill.
The yeas and nays in detail on the rejection of the
bill were as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Alley, Allison. Ashley of Ohio, Bax.
ter Bupby, Darling Davis Dawes, Dixon, Donnely,
Hale, Hart, Hooper, Hubbard of Iowa. Hubbard Of
New York, Rubbart of Conn, James NJ. Humphrey
|en%Gkss KasfSn ,p Kelley Latin. LongygaT Marvin
Raymond, Rice of Mass, Rice of Me, Rogers, SEQ.
fold, Sloan, Spalding. StarT, Taber Taylor, Thayer
son, van Horn of New York, Van Horn Of Mo.
Ward. Washburne of Indiana. Washburne of Hi
nois, Wentworth, Williams. Window, and Wright
Nqyg-Messrs. Ancqna, Ashley Of Nevada, Baker
Baldwin. Beaman, Benjamin, Bergen, .Bidwell,
Bingham Blow, Boyer. Bromwell, Buekland. Clarke
of Kansas, Cook Cullom, Dawson, Eckley, Eggles,
ton, E!dridge, Farquhar, FLck, Glossbrenner, Gri-
dor, Harding of Kentucky, Harding, of Illinois
IN, AANrlhSo' Iuoodiu y! " es
EIslhla, nupDel oI new 1oIk hupDeu OF Onic
JulInnr Helso, herT, hty kenqall Lawrence OF Uhlo
LIE Diand, Loan; MarshaH McClurg. Mckee, Mer-
cur, MILLER MQulton, Myers Newell: Nlblock, NOEL
VNelll, Orth, Perham, Price, Randall OF Pennsyl
yania, Randall OF Kentucky, Ritter, Rollins, Row
Sanger, Schenck, Shellabarger, Smith. Stevens Still
well, Strouse. Thornton Trimble Washburne of II.
linOiS, " elker and Wilson of IOwa-72. absent anG
not voting, H.
Inc House thGn TOOK up ana considered for some
time the House Dill, to subject INDIAN lands held IL
seYeralty IN Kansas to state taXatlon, after which
IL was laid on the table. cas- o9, nays ~
CoNsTITTTIONAL AMENDMENT.
Mr. stevens, OF Pa,, asF ed, but flled to OBTAIN
leave TO introduce the following Constitutions
amendment;
Articie-CongresS ShatL nave power to levy duty
on cotton exported from the united States.
Mr. Phelps, OF Md presented a memorial of citi-
zens OF baltimore ASKING the establishment OF ma
val station, IN or leaT that city Referred to the
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