Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-05-01
HOUSE

Mr.. RICE, Of Maine. introduced bill giving fur
ther time and facilities for the conversion Of the
! State Banks into Matt nal Banks which was read
twice and referred to the committee on Banks.
Mr.. RICE also introduced bill to disa )prOve of
the act of the legislative Assembly of Washington
Territory 10 reference to Scanamaind county, which
read twice and referred to the committee on Ter
! Mr.. GARFIELD, of Ohio, introduced bill tc
! promote the construction Of line of railroad be-
! tween the city Of Washington and the Northwest
| for National purposes; asO,a bill to promote the
construction of line Of railroad from Pittsburg,
Penn, 20 Cleveland, Ohio. Both bills were read
twice and referred to the select comm ttee on Mill
tarv and Postal Railroads, and ordered printed.
Mr.. SPALDlNG of o 10, introduced a joint reso-
cS e r UanSa U nSaRffop s 5 q u rn1T2aa @ @Otas' @
ernment piers at Cleveland, which was read twice
and teferred to the committee on Commerce.
MrrSMITH Of KY, introduced bill to aid in
the construction OF wagon road IN the territory OF
Montana, which was read twiceand referred to the
Mr. KUYKENDALL, of H., introduced join
resolution declaring the Constitutional relations OF
the State Of Tennessee restored to practical re!s-
lions with the United States which was read twice
and referred to the Judiciary committee.
, MIR HUBBARD, Of Iowa, introduced a bill to
amend the act OF May 18th; 1864, granting lands to
the state of Iowa to aid in the construction of a
rail rOad which was read twice and referred to tdC
committee on Public Lands.
. Mr.. WINDHAM, of Minnesota, introduced Joint
resolution for the relief of cerain Sc lers on the
Siox Reservation in the State Of Minnesota, which
was read twice and referred 10 the committee on In
dian Affairs. 80, N
ing LANDS to the State of Kansas TO aid in the con
sruction of the Kansas and Neosho Valley railroad,
and its extension To the Red rlver which was read
twice and referred TO the committee on Public Lands
Mr. ANGINA, Of Pa, introduced bill TO amend
the Internal revenue acts OF June, SOih, lse4 and
March Sd, 1865 which was read twice and referred
to the committee on Ways and Means.
The resolution offered in ,nuary last by Mr.. Ju-
liam calling for the speedy trial of JEFF Davis on
the charge of treason made against him, and his
prompt execution If found guilty, was taken up.
Mr. JULIAN addressed the House in support of
the resolution when it was referred TO the Judici
the committee on Public Expenditures we're in
sructed to inquire into the alleged frauds in The en-
forcement Of the revenue laws at Boston and New
York. and authorized to sit during the recess OF Con-
eress at the must convenient place.
The Secretary of State was requested to furnish
a list of cases Of ci'izepsof the United States now
pending in our legation at Caracas against the Nene
zuelan Government, aud to state what measures are
required for theirspeedy settlement.
The River and Harbor bill was considered.
| Mr.. ELLIOT spoke in its favor, and moved the
previous question The bill passed.
7 Mr. BLAINE submitted letter from Provost
Marshal General Fry, and made personal eXpana-
sion vndcatinV himse from the charge Of having
made an unit uthiul statement touching difficulties
betw. en- Messrs. Blaine aud Fry The letter sta ,es
that MIR. Baine's assertion was strictly true and de-
tails the difficulties at some length.
MIR. STEVENS, from the Reconstruction com
mttee submitted arepOrt, whi will be found else
where in int this ,pspet. In reply to question,
tho one concerning Tennessee submitted some days
since: that the latter could be called up at auY time.
The report, by a tWO-thirds vote, was made tue
special order for Tuesday wednesday and Thurs
'Mr. STEVENS said short written report would
soon be presented. I." HI. ..
prations reported bill making appropriations for
the use of the Bureau Of Refugees, Freedmen and
Abandoned Land for the Eear commencing Janu-
ann fNwtp and Nafa o.,
committee of the Whole the state Of the Union,
and made the special order for tomorrow. "t@l
The bill makes the following appropriations: Sala
ries of Assistant and Sub Assistant Comm ssioners,
$47,500; Salaries of Clerks. $50 900 Staionery and
Printing, $63 30 Quarters and Fuel $l5 800; Cloth
ing for dst!but'qn, Sl1l5,OOO; Comnissary stores,
81 l00, $50: Medical Departme lt $4,000 TranspOr-
tat ON, sl,9S0oO School Superintendents, S2l 100;
Sites for school houses and asylum:, $3,oOOO0O tel
osErpDngE ostsd dS5s sStbSGI
introduced by him Dec. 20, and referred to the COM
mittee of the Whole on the state of the Union,
to double the pensions Of those who were made PEN
done to loyal men by the rebel government and
rebel raiders. and to enforce the cOn6scation Of
property Of the enemy, which was ordered to be
The substitute forfeits to the United States all the
public lands belonging TO the eleven States that
formed the Government OF the so1ealed Confederate
the Seizure forthwith of such property belonging to
the beligerent enemy aSis deemed forfeited BY abt
OF the l1th OF July, l6bI appropriate the
same as enemys property aud to proceed to the con-
demnation of that already seized. 1t also provides
that the Pre- ident shall appoint two conn ssions or
more TO consist Of three persons each, adjudicate
and condemn such property, which shall then become
vested in the United States. The lands thus boniis
cated shall be distributed to the slaves liberated by
the operations of the war and the amendment to the
Constitution, at the rate of forty acres to each
adult male person, and to each widow who
is the head Of family. to be held ythem in
fee simple but to be inalieDabler for ten
years, alter which time the absolute ttlie to the
lands shall be conveyed to them. The rest Of the
con6scated property is be applied to the following
purposes giving one hundred dollars for the cree
tion of buildings on each homestead; twenty mil
lions TO be invested in United States securSties and
the interest added to the pension of pensioners one
hundred millions TO 60 toward eaualzing tho bouus
ties of soldiers and two hundred millions to I'd to-
ward dsirayng damages to loyal citizens by the civil
and military operations of the Government latelg
called the Confederate States Of America. sNo.pSr-
ms pr perty is to be seized whose whole estate, on
the fourth Of March, 1855, not worth more than
ten thousand dollars uniess he had yoluntariltbe-
come an officer or empoye in the military or civil
serYiceo of the so-eaed Confederate States Of Amer