The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-01-16
MORNING, JANUARY 1e, 1855.
gonanE.slsE1losAL PlRlio.oaEEEDIses.
wAsH1NaToN, Jan. Is.
SENATE.

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WASHINGTON, Jan. Is.
SENATE. 5t.2i.
Mr.. Wilson introdnceda bill to pro
vide for the appearance of every oflceE
in the army, in the cavalry, artillery
and infantry service, before a board OF
examination, TO be convened and APP
pointed by the Secretary of War. Obi
Gers who fails to pass q satisfactory e1-
animation shall be put upon the retired
list or dropped from the roll, and the
vacancies thus created shall be filled by
selections from those who have passed
the most satisfactory examination with
out regard to seniority or arm of the ser
tary Committee. allfs
Mr.. Wilson introduced the bill re-
Gently offered by him fixing the strength
and Organization of the army, with GER
tain amendments; and on motion twas
recommitted to the Military Committee
as amended. It provides that the army
shall hereafter consist of five regiments
of artillery, two regiments of cavalry,
and fifty-fiye regiments of infantry.
Two regiments of the infantry shall be
colored troops and veteran reserves.
Mr.. Wade presented a memorial
unanimously signed in favor Of pro
tectiye tariff, which was referred to- the
@ I'd. Ia.
Mr.. Sumner presented the petition of
the colored Methodist Episcopal Church
of Missouri, in favor of universal suf-
frage, which was referred to the special
Committee on Reconstruction.
Mr.. Sherman offered the following,
and explained that the person Ilamedin
the resolution had been appointed upon
the House from Kentucky, in prefer
ment to the soa OF Gen. J. J. Dickson,
federal officer killed in the late war:
RESOLVED, That Thomas J. Wheeler, of
kentucky, now cadet in the naval
academy of the so-called Confederate
States, be dismissed from the academy,
and no person shall be appointed as a
cadet in the Naval or Military Academy
of the United States who shall have
rendered aid and assistance to the said
rebellion. The resolution was referred
to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Mr.. Anthony presented the petition OF
certain naval officers who took part in
the destruction of the Albemarfe, ask
ing an allowance of prize money, which
was referred to the Naval Committee.
Mr.. Anthony presented a petition ask
ing that Congress enact q law that q
a copy of every public document pub
lished be sent to every public sesIs>ol in
the country, which was referred 70 the
Judiciary Committee.
Mr.. sherman presented the petition of
q number OF soldiers asking an equali-
cation of bounty between those who en-
listed early and those enlisted late In
the war, which was referred to the
Military Committee.
Mr.. Cowan presented petitonpray-
ing for the retention of the Veteran Re
serve Corps as a part of the United
States army, which was referred to the
Military COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Sprague presented the memorial
of the manufacturers fsteel, shot, iron,
bronze, colors, salt, cigars and other ar
tlc1es, stating that the import duty is so
low as TO operate against some manu-
features, and asking for remedy or in
creased import duties. lzf.I so-.J
Mr.. Sprague said no had introduced
resolution on this subject recently
merely as a resolution of inquiry. He
had desired simply to give a voice of
which his own experience
had taught him was necessary he
had no interest in any particular de-
partment of manufacture, but he knew
that it WAS necessary to protect the
manufacturing interests of the country.
He did not believe that certain foreign
nations were entitled to the sympathy
of the Senate, and when he saw petions
here which come from men
who were paid by parties in other coun-
tries he could not help doubling the
honesty of their purpose. All he had
to say of personal nature concerning
the criticisms and complaints ola GER
tain New York paper and of the other
House, was that the course ofth news
paper and of the party to which 1t be-
fonged should be known, which had
been for fouryear inimical to the coun-
Mr.. Wilson, from the Military COM
mittee, reported favorably bill in re-
lation to the Establishment of an
asylum for the relief of totally disabled
officers and soldiers in the United States
army. o4a
Mr.. Howard's joint resolution that,
Whereas IL appears by the report OF the
Secretary of War that JEFF. Davis and
@. @. Clay, held In confinement, have
been concerned in the assassination of
President Lincoln, and for the murder
of Federal soleiers held as prisoners of
war, be tried Immediately by military
commission or court-martial, was OBJ
jected to, and goes over till tomorrow.
Mr.. Chandler called attention to
resolution offered by him on the 18th of
December, 1854, directing the Secretary
of State to make out a list of American
vessels destroyed by British pirates in
the employ OF the rebel government,
Since that time he saw the list had been
presented, and the British governments
refused to settle 1t, and not only SO, had
refused to continue the controversy on
the subject. zs r, js,s,-
Mr.. Delano, of Ohio, presented the
credentials of the representative elect
from the State of Kansas, which were
referred to the Committee on Recon-
struction.
Mr.. Conkling, of New York, intro,
dnced an amendment to the Constitu-
ton, which was similarly referred. The
amendment provides that the basis OF
and taxation shall be
thewhole number of citizens of the Uni
ted States, but when colored persons are
denied the right of suffrage, such race
shall be excluded from the basis,
Mr.. Broomall, of Pa, offered resolu-
ton setting forth that as white men in
the District of Columbia have decided
that the black man shall not vote, the
Committee for the District of Columbia
be instructed to inquire into the expe-
diency of ordering an election by which
black men shall decide whether white
men shall vote.
Mr.. Finck, of Ohio, moved to lay. the
resolution on the table. The motion
was carried by 1873 to ~.
The House resumed the consideration
of the District of Columbia suffrage bill.
Mr.. Kasson, of Iowa, opposed the ex-
tension without restriction. sEiUgI7
A resolution was passed directing the
Ways and Means Committee to inquire
into the expediency of repeating the 2
per cent. tax on rules of vessels on
launching.
A resolution was passed instrueting
the Ways and Means Committee TO en-
uuire into the expedieney of requiring
all Fire and Marine Insurance compa-
mics to invest in Government securities
and deposit a certain per cent. OF their
capital and receipts in the United States
Treasury, for the better security of