, 1866-04-07
| CONGRESS.
THE SBNlFR ASSERTS Its
| PRER0GlTIVR.
Passage Of the Civil
Rights Bill Over the
Presidents Veto. =.
AYES 33---N0ES IT,
Stirring and Unprecedented
Scenes.
THEJ0HNS0N SEN NATORS
RETIRE IN DISGUST. |
Decision in the New York Election
Case.
TEE SEAT AWARDED TO DODGE BY
AY0TE OF 7o TO Sc.
Changes Proposed in the In
ternal Revenue Law.
Fesscnden's Bill Amendatory Of tue
Currency Act.
Destructive Fires in
New York and
Milwaukee.
THE FRENCH EMPER0R'S SPEECH
10E 1EfuTATi0N Of the CORPS
lEGlSlATiFF.
Fesscnden's Bill Amendatory Of tue
Currency Act
Destructive Fires in
New York and
Milwaukee.
THE FRENCH EMPER0R'S SPEECH
10k pEFuTATioN OF the CORPS
kEclSLATlFF.
The Niagara Ship Canal Bill
Passed in the New York
Legislature.
FROM WASHINGTON.

Legislature.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Despatch to the Chicago Irlbune.l
. WA1aIseTox, April q.
SENATOR'S RIDDLE AxD uoourr1E
Senators Riddle and Doolttle aceomnanied the
fmans Of the late Senator Foote to their last rst-
] ing place In Vermont. On ,hei. return, At one oi
the townt In Connecticut they received the Psesi.
dent'e peace proclamation.
M. ,oHNsox's LITTLE pIAN.
senatos Riddle waa highly delighted With Its
tone and fentimeuta and in the course Of coayer-
easfon with gentleman, established the {aes that
ii vas thing he ~ar anticipating. BE was en-
DENLY well posted, md In his rhapsody orc1 H..
disulsed most tmpottsnt part Of the contemplated
corp d'etaf programme. &c declared that within
Ten days orders would be ,ssned in all tho rebel
staies foF I'D election Of members to Congress- md
hAfW1lhtn thirty or forty days tbese members would
be elected ind IN Washington. Upon fhelf arrival
they would demand. under the proclamation, The
administration Of the cath. and their admission
fnfo CongTe4s A. loJa representatives Of bon1 Ffe
staes IN the Cnlon. That o1 course In the choice
OF nen to become Representatives from the Sopth-
e1n Estates. care would be had. not merely to
select tao*e Who can or will take The oath. but
equally thst II! Of them eha1l support tic John.
fnnsen policy. The manifest Idea OF Riddle, in his
foFeshadouinGs Of this programme was, that II the
demand. o{ these men 20 elected were not 1t ouce
complied with. the president would promptly H.
tespose to tnrtau them in xhal he calls their
rights
DENIAL IRON GEE. HOWARD.
Gen. Howard has w17tten I letter to Gen. Fisk,
Ae>islant Commissioner OF Freedmen for Tcun.s-
ste aid Kentucky. denying the charge made by
Gov. BEoNnloW In recent fpeech, that before The
ps-eace o!shelFfeedmeb's Bureau hill be. tine Cen
eraD read II 10 The President, who approved Of II.
Gen. uoHaId eayR: II rent I report 10 tho H,.AL
Nen', recommending substantially the policy en-.
n.aced In Senator T1nmbul1's bill. ! did converse
Nth thu President IN regard 10 lheee recommends
tons, but never rad or discussed ta,d bill v1th
him before Its passage"
HERr1 IKcKNDIAH1EaJ
Another atte1np. bas been made BY rebel iucendl.
aries to burn down MIS-. Jane 6. Sw1s<bt1ut pr5u,-
!Es Office Ii. swis.ne1m IL publishing tae Reeon-
ttFuetioalst. Radical Newspaper, and BY 70 doing
mas incurred The hatred OF the secessionists.
ecARC71r OF LABoR n TIE sor7u.
The demand on the F1eedmen's Burcap for labor
CT 10 70 Soulh is already great and daily incea.-
ing. Eesterdar one Mi'siestppi planter made appIl-
cation for 80 3aeozers. with ther fanlllef to be
transported 10 Ni..i.e1ppi for settlement On 1he
plantations. at wages which >ieullu,aIsts will
perceive 10 be uncommonly liberal, VIZ: {15 per
month for men and ~ for women, with toasd md
stipulated education tot children, leaving only their
cio1hinc 10 he supplied Tor the1n.eivea. Gen.
Howard believes that he could get good homea and
liberal wages for 000 families within the next nvc
II six ~eeks. conld he collect the pettenz among
abe negro population hers.
0E11CERs' FAT sToFrEp
The pay Of the following on1ce4s has been
stopped untl they render to The Qus7ermas,cr
General The returns md amounts required by Law:
uhio-Ieut- ". Il. Cfo,ye1l, 75tb; Captain T. ".
Kinney. tc1h ; Leut- JaA. McCAeerty, 1sth bat.
fey; Lieut. l. r. Reman, 193d; Lieuf C. D.
Esans, 18th heavy artillery. 1nmois-1Ie1t Vim.
Bohlen, lah nyairY. Indiana Lieut., z, J. BACH
man. ed Major ]. Z, Branda, 65sh; L1eut C. B.
EdEed, 18th battery; Lieut.. j. Keb!ps, do: LIeut
Samuel Strzne. 18th; Leut E. II. Swain, 9Th cag-
airy. M1ch'can-Capt. T. r. Lash, lst cavalry;
Capt. II. H. Plersou, do; Capt D. B. 1'a1inton,
asIh; 1ieus. H. y. Sabine. lit cavalry; Capt Chas
skier, do. Lieut.. ". q, Wheeler, do. Lent. 4.
J. Wa1en. Minnesou-Capt. ". q. Hachkuss,
ID battery: Lieut.. Lenge. do. Keutacky--Capt
henry 5. Sutton, 3stb; Lieut.. VIM. Rater 21st:
capt. G. T. Dorbes, 9Th.
CLAIMS AGAINST THE GoyERSxESr.
During last month upwards Of 2Q,u00 e}a{ms
aga1pet the Government wezo rccvcd at the Second
Auditors of}cc. The number Of cases settled ia
nearly 27.0u1.
ctE1oMs HEcEtF1A.
B.
lowing ports during the Last week IN March. were
New York, s9.45l, ,el9.65; Boetou, sa54 41p53;
Philadelphia, fles,So1.s9; Baltimore, &1s.10a.Go.
Total, q, ,6so+ +6:l.os.
LAND Roux11n.
So numerous are tbeinQulsie4 mado a. to whether
todie1s and oihtr1 who served in the army during
the rebellion ne entitled to tand bounty, that the
Commissioner Of The General Land Onee has l+sucd
circular e1otinE that there is granting hads
Of bounty land wafsants. to soldiers or sziozr en-
f;eeed IN the late wxf Agatntt rebali1ou The nas
Of the ID Of March, 1859 and 18th Of May 1856 3D.
ply un.y 10 pettons who had eerved III the army or
navy p7or 10 those dates. The homestead act OF
the suHh oI May, Ice. mud the amtndatosy act Of
fl'c elHt Of March, 1861, erant homestead Of one
hundred and toz1y Aczct TO soldiers, ealtora and cit
{zene who tceide thereon for period Of i've years,
Z. > cost Of &l0 and register and receivers fees
~oldiert and .alosf may hie application f"r home
-trad while e to The military nayaI sesyfec and
the period thereafter in s,hich they may remaIn in
service Will be counted as portion OF the i've |
s. as rcildc1ce required.
IK1EREs1 n TIE ekNArE PROCEEDINGS.
The entire 1ntefett in Congressional proceedings
ctotered In the Senate again today. The chamber |
sat packed from the BEGINNING 10 ihr end, md |
turing The greater part Of The d1y, forty O, hfty
ne1be1s Of The uon.c wcre On the floor. The ees- /
ion W.T. one Of uunen1l i1teftet, Aud also OF un-
1.ual turbulence.
1ANE.s BAMt or RECONSTRUCTION.
The Journal u1s hardly read before Nj. Lana, OF
ian.asr odt9rd his Joint ft*o'ution proposing
sas1s Of reconstruction He called attention to tho
ac Chat they embodied the vicws Of the Pzesident,
i given tn his messages. letters 10 Siate Conver-
ions, and the letter to Governor Shatkey. There |
sas II once m effort TO learn II the rnea.ure WIS
:cld out ak m olive branch By the rrefidcus, and
ur moment lii. Lane seemed Inclined to |
ct appear that he epokc for the President but the
TOE !-queztiou,ng Of Mr.. I1umbuli and Mr.. Brown |
osred him lnso admitting that he hsd no aBsnr-
'noe OF warrant for saying that the Executive
" ouad fanct.ou = measure eubodItne the idea
nj the sharkey ie11e1.
LANE 6oEs OVER TO TIE cotrrnurAns
Mr. Lane opened the debate with 1rnxt yto)ent l.
md S1ldiciiSe Aseauli upon Mr. Wade Tor bt+ t,3rf
fpeccb Of 1ast night The Ohio senator ye-nona-d
In very much the satne EpiE3t and mannc1 sna ~
m hour or more most direct personalities were
hurled ac1o.. the chAmber from one senator tn H.
Other. lii. Lane aook the opportunity 10 az hl.
eett1ct4 In Rnn*Ae. and 6awled himself hoars. in l
defence Of the President. lie said The Republican
party Has going to piece. aad hs had been |
lahor1ng day md night ior wreka and months to
prevent 1t. The burden OF hix speech was that he
had concluded it could onty pc done BY en.tatninr
The P1e4ident; aud finally he announced that here
aitef h- should be lound with Gown and Dootttl.
and Morton, and The Democrats Of ali .hades, from
Hendricks 10 SanlsbnrJ. The u11cfer7ed 1na1ues !
in which he made this avowal prompted Mr., Wade /
to characterize him as ready 10 wear the collar Of
Andrew johnson, which, Of course, Lano denied /
with mnch warmth. s6ytn: that every.
hody who Rnew what jim lanc Ind /
done in Ksntas would pronounce 1t nlse. |
The fact that MI. Lane said tFo or three SEM
tors Yesterday that ne ebould vote for the Civil
Rights Bill md a.slnst the veto mcsfaee gave ad-
Aft%, nj This lffe1T dEb1Ie