Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-06-20
XNX!XTH CONGRESS.
Passage Of the Army Appropriation Bill,
A DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
2 org anizatjon OF the Army,
MINORITY REPORT OF THE CoMEITTBE ON
RECONSTRUCTION.


SENATE.
| COAST DEERNCEs
Tho Chair laid before the Senate Z communicates,
rom the Secretary Of War. in response to te res0n
hon ct the Senate of the 18th instant encl6sinr a
report OF the Board to examine into cosst defenees
On motion of Mr. Morgan Il itL5 was ordered to+ e
hundred extra copies of the tax hill with tbe amend
nents reported by the senate Finance CnmIniSoE
| De printed for the use Of the Senate
=, Mr. fesSenden gave notice that he would call m
| the TAX olh tomorrow.
On motion of Mr. Viii Wiiiams, SnSt tSo bill to grant lands
% aiq IN nc construction of railroad and telegram
ti4s rom salt Lake City to The Columbia river was
taoen urs and after amendment, was passed. ~ ""'
| On motion Of Mr.. Howard. the bill to amend tbe
and telegraph line from the MsSour ri rvar rr4ha 10 4
iclFc OCEAN and secure to the Government the uses
| thereof, was taken up. >-''-
| , ARMY APPRoPRI tTIoN BILL
A. Htthout dlsposing of the bill it was laid over and
the e earmGryHapprop 'iation bill was taken up
agreed to- appropriating the following snnls Fo- fbc
| supportot the Bureau of Freedmen RcfUreos and
| Ahan3oHed Lands: For salaries of the commits
Sopers and assistant commissioners 59N: for sal
aries Gf clerks $50 800; for closhinE 81 lT0 900 for
cobiihlssary stores, - 2di for medicines SOGoCO;
tor transportation 81 oOO for school snnerinten
de2ts oOOior reIars ofschool houses &C. $500C5o
| agreed to, that the Quartermaster's DepsTtnept
Snili IN al cases Wncn contracting for supplies give
the preference 20 articles Of American manufactura
and such preference shall be given 10 articles mann
featured on the Pacific in furnishing SUPPLIES
Mr. Wilson offered an amendment. which was
fseeG 70 aPpropr4atlng $3.50 for the purchase Of
| h1ty elght acres of land near Nashville near the
steot Fort Morgan. as recommended by the chief Of
| engineers. -1- -
| Mr., Wilson offered an amendment repaa1inr ser
non II o. act OF uy H. 1862, relative to the pay and
enoiument of officers of the army and repeaiinr;he
aSt OF AB!ll T. 1862 providing for tho appointment
nl2rlty ana also providing that hereafter no officer
CT the military or naval service shall be dismissed
from MS position unless by sentence Of court mar
| tiai. The amendment was aereeI to ~
u, E: NeSnith nlere9 Sn amendment that hereafter
tne euHer!ntendent of the Military Academy may be
selected 1Tom any ccrps OF the army, which was
agreed to tQ By vote Of q to L.
Mr, Wilson offered amendment. which was
agreed to, that the compensation hereafter allowed
10 oncers travelling under orders for whom transpor
taon mas not been furnished shall be ton cents pes
The provision prohibiting payment to tho Illinois
central railroad for transportation of troops was
Mr. wilson offered an amendment. which ,yos
agreed TO- repeating that part of the act of March s.
1922, prohibiting the payment of extra duty pay to
oniiSteo men, ana restoring the provisions of tho orr
gnal act, and allowing extra pay to enlisted men of
the navy and marine corps. The billwas then passed
take up the bill from the House continuing in full
force the treedmen's Bureau which was disagreed to
The bill previously under consideration granting
lands Tor me CONSTRUCTION Of railroad from The Mis-
S2urL river to tho Pacific Ocean, was on motion of
MT: Howard, again taken up.
Ibe Dill led TO lengthy discussion participated in
by iIaeSsTs. Henderson, Howard. Pomeroy Kirkwood,
The bill having boen amended was read the third
time and passed.
| On motion of Mr.. Conness, tho Senate then ad-
| journed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
| PACIFIC RAILROAD.
| Mr: Price. Of Iowa, from the Committee on the
Paciic Kailr9ad reported back Senate bill extend
| vile Railroad Company, California With amend
ments which, after full debate, recommitted to
| Mr.. Bidwell, from the committee, reported
Pill, Siii 70 gTana lands 70 railroad and telegraph line
| vote the morning hour expired, and the bill went
| over until tomorrow
| Mr.. Eliot. of Massachusetts from the committeo
Of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two
made report. which was agreed to- and the bill
passed The appropriation for improving the har-
| Dor OF Baltimore Is retained
BUREAU OF EDUCATION,
lF. uaFHelQ, oI onto, called up tho motion to rs-
consider the vote by which the House rejected the
bill to establish Department of Education
| MIR. Ancona, of Pennsy lYania, moved 10 Law the
motion to reconsider on the table. Not agreed to
| Mr.. Garfield of Ohio. asked unanimous consent to
| change nc name to Bureau of Education.
| Mr. Dawes, of Massachusetts. did not think
change of naae would add to the efficiency of the
| Bureau. " VIZ
Objection being made, the name was not changed
The vote on recOnsdering the vote rejecting the bill
was then taken, and it was agreed to- The bill was
missioner Of Edueatioo at $006 year tO and four
| clerks at the usual salares.]
The House then took up as special order Hou.e
bill No: 3al to reorganze and establish the army of
ne United States The House agreed to consider the
oil section by section. The sections agreed to were
Section /. That the military peace establishment of
the United States shall hereafter consist of FIVE reg
nents OF artillery six of cavalry and fifty regiments
SEC. 2. The FIVE regiments of artillery provided
snail consist OF the five now organized.
Sec j. The six regiments Of cavalry shall consist
OF tho SIX now In service but the President may in
time Of eXigency mount six regiments O. Infantry
Sec 4: The infantry regiments shall consist of first
Ten regiments now IN service; Of twenty-five repi-
ments to be formed by adding four new c0mnan1es to
the two hundred and sixteen companies constituting
the nine regiments organized under the act of July
~ 1851 and organizing the whole 220 companies into
Y new regiments which shall be numbered from the
lth to the SD inclusive to be ofcered and raised
and to be called the Veteran Reserve Corps and of
regiments 70 be known as United States coIored
troops.
Sections and 6 provide for the appointment of
Sec. Iprovides l colonel l Northumberland. l
major, adutant regimental quartermaster quar-
termaSter sergeant hospital steward two musicians
Sections S, g. 10 and II relate to details.
Sec, u provides for | general l Eeutenant-een.
eral, major-generals and 10 brgadier-generals
Sections - a. IS 16 H. 49, 49, 20, q and q relate
cal subsistence and commissary departments
Pending vote on the 9th section, the bill was
laid aside
BANK PREFERENCES.
MIR. auckland OF Ohio from the Committee on
Banks and Currency, made report on resolution
been made to Southern banks in the delivery of cir
| culating notes. The Committee present letter
from the Comptroller of the Currency who says that
on September Is, 1865, six national banks in tho
Southern States had no circulating notes-two in
Alabama, one in Georgia. one in Virginia and two in
North Carolina. Owing to the scarcity of notes for
business purposes, thirty days preference had been
given these banks in supplying them with the re-
quired notes. The letter ordered to be printed
SALES OF GOLD.
The Speaker laid before the House letter from
the Secretary of the Treasury giving the amount of
gold sold by the Department since January l, to
whom sold, the amount paid, etc.
4 O q uiTniJo EoT Tbaf
already y published from the Department.
MI wilson OF Iowa; offered resolution that this
Banks and Currency, with instructions to inquire
fully into the facts and statements therein contained
Secretary of the Treasury, from whom when bought
the premium paid, the commissions for the same
recommendations as they deem proper.
Objection being made. the resolution lies over.
NJ. :, MINORITY REcoNsTRuCTIoN REPORT.
minority Of the Reconstruction Committee. The
document and is signed by Senator Reverdy John
SON and Repre- entativeS Grder, of KY. and Rogers
OF n. j. The minority proceed first to consider what
was the effect of the late nsurrecton upon the rea
dons of the States where prevailed to the General
dyduy Of such States T5S cenend 1Rd ba
surrectlOn never legally dissolved the connection be-
tween those States and the Government. In its ma
ture the Government is formed Of States possessing
equal rights and privileges and powers. States une
qual are not known to the Consultation. Inits orgi
nal formation perfect equality was secured.
The equality Of rights was the condition of the
original thirteen States before the Government was
formed. In every State admitted since the Constiu-
ton adopted each State is declared to be one of
the 6nlted States, equal footing of all of the
original States in all respects whatever" The mi
norlty argue at length the status of State and
maintain that when State is in the Union she
| must abide by 1t forever. She never withdraw
or be expelled from it. The majority concede this
| by submitting Constitutional Amendment to these
different doctrine would lead to dissolution of the
Union. The Constitution does not give the power to
subugate the State but to suppress the nsurrection
| within the State and thereby preserve the State
The power Is Conservative. 1t is to protect the
State and not to destroy it. In referring to the local
governments of the South, and the charge that the
President illegally erected them the minority say
that concedlng for the arguments sake that this was
so, does it not follow that Congress is equally un-
| authorized to interfere? Congress may admit new
States, but State admitted to be in its
| control, and again be brought within it.
! Whatever changes her people may make in their
Constitution Congress has nothing TO do with it. In
| alluding to representation the minority say that
the representatives of the States nsurrecton
| if he Others represented, would exceed in the
| House (under the present apportOnment. by ma
jority of seYentytwO votes, and have decided pre-
| ponderance in the Senate What danger to the Gov
ernment then. can possibly arise from Southern re-
| sentatves fearful OF themselves? Are they appre-
| hensive that they might be led to destruction
The idea that the country is to be kept in turmoil
States to be reduced to bondage and their rights nm
der the Constitution denied and the rights OF their
citizens diSregarded, with view to the continuance
| in power of mere political party cannot for = me
ment be entertained without imDutinp UrosS 1;shor