The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-12-06
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.

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The President presented a Communication from
! the Governor of Vermont, certifying that Mr..
! Talland hid been duly elected Senator for six
years.
| Mr.. Fessenden presented o communicationfrom
the Governor of New Jersey, announcing the
election of Mr.. Alexander Cattel, as Senator for
that State; also that Mfr. L. P. Frclinghuysen
had been appointed pro tempore, to act AS Sena-
tor in the place of Hon. Mr.. Wright, deceased.
| A communication from the Governor of Yer
mont, announcing that Mr.. Edmunds had been
elected TO fill the place OF Mr.. Pollard.
Mr.. Craigan presented communication from
the Governor of New Hampshire, announcing
that Mr.. Fogg had been duly elected Senator from
that State.
The President then administered the oath of Of
| flee TO the above named gentlemen.
On motion, committee was appointed to in
! form the House that the Senate was organized
! Mr.. Summer moved to proceed to the consid-
Grafton of bill TO regulate the election franchise
| of the District of Columbia 1t had been intro
duced the first day of last session. and extensively
| discussed. 1t had been referred to a committee
| however, and had not been acted on. He hoped
| it would be acted now.
| Mr.. McDougal objected to it, out of order.
| The President decided.
A message received from the House of Rep
| resentatives announcing that it had organized,
and that a committee OF three had been appointed
to act with a similar committee of the Senate, in
! informing the President of the United States that
| they were organized, and ready to proceed to
| On motion of Mr.. Trumbufl the Senate then
took recess till half past O'Clock.
MIR Anthony, from the committee appointed to
wait upon the President. announced that they had
attended TO that duty, and that the President had
informed them that he would communicate with
them in writing.
message was received from the House an
nouncing that they had passed bill entitled
supplement to an act to prevent instruction and
Mr.. Chandler moved to proceed to the consid.
Grafton of the bill.
Mr.. salisbury Directing it was laid over
| The PRESIDENTS message was then received and
read.
HoUsE.-Precisely at IL O'Clock, Speaker Col
lla,I fl.f,I
| the Chaplain, then made brief PRAYER in which
he invoked the Divine blessing upon Congress
upon its proceedings and upon all the high officers
| OF the Government, the President included, and
prayed that God would so direct all who have any
influence over the dcstnies of the country, that
harmony between all departments of the National
| Government might result not such harmony as
might be had by the yielding of the right, but
only such harmony as comes by the yielding of
those who are in the wrong
| The members of the Tennessee Delegation not
admitted before, were then admitted
| Mr.. Washburne, of Illinois, offered resolution
that the Speaker appoint committee to wait
upon the Senate and announce that quorum of
the House had assembled, and also that a com
mittee be appointed to join the Senate Commit
| tee and to wait upon the President and announce
| that Congress was ready to receive any conmuni-
cation that he might be pleased to make The
resolution was adopted, and the Speaker appoint
ted such Committee, Messrs- Washburne Nor
| rel and Brigham.
On motion of Mr.. Washburne, the Speaker was
requested to assign seat on the floor of the
European News Association. ALA
| Mr.. Elliot, OF Massachusetts, offered a resou-
| ton that committee be appointed to be called
| the Committee on Freedmen, to consist of nine
members, and to have charge of all matters
corning the Freedmen that may be committed to
them by the House. Referred,
Mr.. Elliot introduced bill to repeal the 18th
section of the act entitled act to punish rebel
lion and for other purposes, being the section
which confers upon the President the power of
granting amnesty and pardons to rebels.
On motion of Mr.. Boutwell,, of Massachusetts,,
Il resolution was adopted directing the Secretary
of State to lay before the House AL eurrespen-
dence had by the State Department relative to the
discovery and arrest of John IL. Surratt.
Mr. Boutwell, introduced, for reference, a bill
to provide Tor the sale of gold by directing the
Secretary of the Trsasury to sell $500 600 OF gold
every Monday morning in New York in parcels
not to exceed $40 900 each, and providing that no
sale of gold be made in any other way, and that
no such sale shall be made when the amount of
gold in the Treasury does not exceed 81 DOC, 600;
also that public notice of the time and place of
such sale shall be given in one newspaper in each
of the twelve principal cities of the United
States. Also, providing that the Secretary may
allow commission to the person making such
sales not to, exceed one-ifth of per cent. of
the amountsod. Also, that the Secretary shall,
from time to time, invest the proceeds of such
sales in interest bearing bonds ofthe United States,
and that the bonds so purchased shall be marked
negotiable and the interest thereon shall be in
vested in other bonds to be held and treated in
the same measure.
The 4th section provides that no collector of
Internal Revenue or other public officer, shall
deposit the funds of the United States in any
banking institution whenever his office or place
of business is within two hundred miles of the |
Treasury of the United States; or of an Assistant
Treasurer, of any designated depository of the |
public money. The bin was referred to the COM
mittce on Ways and Means.
MIR. Schenck, of Ohio, introduced bill to fix |
the times for the regular meetings of Congress at |
II o'clock, noon, on the day ON which the term |
begins, the first Monday in january, and on the |
second Monday in November next preceding the !
end of the term for which the Con- gross is elect
ed The second section of the bill provides for !
the amendment OF the act of July 2Sth, 1866 ma
king appropriations for sundry civil expenses !
&c, that member shall receive mileage for |
travelling to the place of the meeting of the Con-
gress to which he is elected
Mr.. Kelly, of Penn, introduced a bill to create |
and organize department to be called the De- |
partment of Internal Revenue. Referred to the |
committee ON Ways and Means.
Mr.. Stevens. OF Penn, introduced q bill to reg
ulate removals from office
Mr.. Warner, of Conn, offered a resolution in |
quiring of the President whether any postmas- |
tiers still held offices in violation of the act for
the organization of the Post Office Department. |
Mr.. Farnsworth and Mr.. Stevens both moved, |
in succession, that the House adjourn, but the |
motions were lost, and the House remained in |
session until the reception of the Presidents |
Message, which the clerk proceeded TO read.
Mr.. Stevens moved to suspend the further |
reading until to morrow. Lost.
WAsHINGToN, Dec 4.-SEN1TE.-Mr. Sumner
gave notice he will tomorrow introduce resolu- |
tions declaring the power of Congress on the sub
ject OF reconstruction, and the right to exclude
the late rebclliOus States from Congressional rep
resentaton ana from NotlnS ON constltutlonai
amendment.
Mr.. Chandler moved, but the Senate refused |
t. take up House bill repeating the act authori |
zing the President to issue proclamation of am |
nesty &c. Adjourned
HOUSE OF REPREsENTATIvES.-The House of |
Representatives to-day adopted resolution in
quiring into the expediency of repeating the cot
ton tax.
Mr.. Broomall, of Pa, also offered a resolution |
which was adopted by vote of 107 to 81 in |
structing the committee on territories to inc ure
into the propriety Of extending territorial or
ganization over the States lately in instruction.
On motion of Mr.. Stevens, of Pa, a resolution
was adopted for the appointment of a committee |
OF five to examine into the relations between the |
government and Southern Railroad Companies |
The joint committee on reconstruction is re-
vived.
The House committee on the judiciary have re-
ported az ainst repeating much Of the confsca-
ton act prohibits the forfeiture of the real |
estate of the included classes beyond the term of
their natural lives They say to forfeit altogether
the property of those engaged in the late rebell-
ion would be the enactment of er post facto law |
within the meaning of the constitutional inter |
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