, 1866-04-18

Weuh be a dsnge1on. principle, but he di.syreed
with him in the application oi the cases. Had the
contract neen made a n stme Of psaee. Congress
posed. but war had made changes 1hAt could not be
ors1loakMsd M : nor have been foreaecn.
Mf. .HESDERSONtp tpoke 1gafnst the bin, as base
upou bill founded upon bad principle
Mt. SHERMAN SAID Il was the duty Of Congress
to t1utinlze every CHIN before H.. II the senate
expenses Of this year aould equal those Of yeal
OF var Two hundrrd millions wou]d be asked for
1he equalization Of bountles before long II gil
such claims were Ac1ufe*ced In, the public debt
xould soon depicciate OF value.
Pending Inc consideration Of the above the Sen
ate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. ELIOT, from The Committee on Commerce,
reported bill making appropriations tor the repair,
pr ttfvatlon and completion Of certain public
works hrretofosc commenced under The authority
% ps msea VS. ss IT, se a .nd to
Union.
The hill uppruprin'es for The examination md euy-
ions have hsre,otote been msdc, and cooeepRlas
nh1ch no Information is now In possession OF the
Var Department. The following are the amounts:
eeas 'oi Ind o. tSs tes fe.
,nr tho break kwate.s and Improving The navigation
Nj. sHANKIiN s.ied to be excused from .u.the,
service on 'hc Committee fot the District OF toluna
b., thinking that under The circumstances -allnd-
chairman Of that committec-he could no longer
hold the position with pFobs 10 the country or hon.
MI. Shanklln WIZ excused.
The House then pFoeecded, = The regular order
ofou<inets. for the morning hour, 10 tho cali Of
onm5e1 Of pension bills were reported from the
COMMITTEE on Invalid Pensions.
nj. pENllAM. from That Committee. reported
back 18th substitute. sn1 increasing The 1al1ty
Of the Commissioner OF Pensions to Sf,0un and Of
Cb1cf Clerk Of the Pension OBics. to s 800. Tbs
tecond section Of tte bill authorizes the Seere!ssJ
clerks In the fenstou office une chief examiner Of
army lnxaid pens,ons onc sh,et examiner Of
pllans; aud one chief exanluet Of navy pen+ion
clsius; each Of them 10 have $s00 year more
lhal their present salastes.
Nj. PEEnAN moved to amend the substitute BY
sinking put the fecond section.
Pending the dcbate on the bill. the morning
hour expired, and the bill went over mil 'o-mor-
Of he b'ito Ieorsnixe md estabish tie army q:
the po'io9 e ii: PAWS TO snssa lie fo9f.a .ee- *
rsn Reserve Corps Tie motion to s.ike ri s oat s of
lhe ermy bill was lott BY yeas 80. nays 81.
In the cou1=e ct achalc On the army bill M[r. In
bel power 10 be restored IN th,s County, with
Jet. uayts at its head lie vi. sotrY 10 eay that
men bad been pardoned who were as deeply dyed
conrp.rators. He wanted 1hs Veteran Reserve
t'o1J1s m organization to protect the country
acnfnst such men.
The following are the yeas on the Veteran Re-
.elye clan.e: Me-efs. Ashley Of Nevsda. Baker,
baldwin, BENJAMIN. DEanueEec, couk,ns. Dases,
7ea-, Hardtp.. OF Ky. uuboelL 0! n. y, jenckes,
MARSHALL. Marin. Mccullough. McRuer. Nichol-
scn Phelps. Ritter Rogers, shauklin. TabeT, Van
hcrEnu,, Wa-hhu1ne OF ILL.,. aud Wilson of IoEa.
Tic nauEe ten proceeded to the consideration
o. the nth section. which provides for the mode Of
offering the Infantry regiments. 4 number Of
adopted.
sir. C11ASLFR moved to amend the section by
addrg ptovl-o that all ac4s parts OF acts. an.
'hoyfI1ug the organization OF colosed troops be
repealed lie made an argument taking the ground
that Il colortd men we're not allosed 10 wear the
sword a. officers: they should not BE- asked 10 carry
the mn:ket ind barOnct ~ ptivnte.. The vote on
Mr. CHAMBERS propo. ition VAS taken bJ yeas and
na5s--!eas II, nays S. So the amendment WIS