New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-01-16
9qw Orleans lailg Grestent,
TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY ls, 1866
FROM WhSHINGTON AND THE NORTH
THE PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
MIS- sCELLAN N EOUS NEWS,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-Mr Simmer presented
Memorial asking for donation Of public land for
educational purposes in the s ates lately in rebel
| lion. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands
Mr.: Foote offered a resolution, which was
adopted appointing VIM. J. Mcdonald Chief Clerk
| of the Senate, vice Hickey, deceased.
| Mr.. Henderson presented the memorial of the
ST. Louis Chamber Of Commerce asking for an ap.
preparation for the Improvement Of the Mississippi
| river which was referred to the Committee on
| Commerce.
! Mr.. Sumner offered the following:
| WHEREAS, II is reported that persons declared
| free by the proclamation of emancipation and by
the recent amendment of the Constitution, are now
kidnapped and transported to Cuba and Brazil to be
| held as slaves, and that in this way new slave
| trade has been commenced on our Southern
| coast therefore
Lesol1ed, That the Committee on Judiciary b.
directed to assertion if aEy further legislation is
needed to prevent the kidnapping of freedmen
and the renewal of the slave trade South
ern coast.
Sumner-I received a letter from a gentleman
in Alabama, setting forth that the facts stated i'll
the above preamble actually existed, and tina FED
era officers were among the guilty persons.
Johnson call for the name of the author Of
| the letter.
Sumner have been requested not to give the
name Of the writer, but he is well known in the
other House.
Mr. Sumner then read a letter of sim lar pu, port
from the United States District Judge # FLORIDA,
Davis who had no doubt that the Yankees were
endeavoring to reopen the slave trada. He knew
| they would do SO if they could make any money
| out Of it. Mr.. $. was in favor of the rest luton.
| which adopted.
Mr.. Wade called mp the bill to give the consent
of Congress to the annexation of the counties of
Berkley and Jefferson of the State of Vagina to
the State of West Virginia.
| The bill was read and, at the suggestion of Mr..
Johnson postponed until tomorrow.
| Mr.. Wilson gave notice that he would tomorrow
introduce bill to increase and fix the number OF
men in the regular army.
On motion of Mr., Foote, the Senate went into
Executive session at 1890 rM, ard soon after
adjourned.
HousE.-Thc Speaker appointed the following
as the select committee on military and postal
railroads between Washington and New York !:
Seyens, Of Pennsylvania Garfield, of Ohio
| Francis Thomas, of Maryland; Brandagee, of
Connecticut; Storm, of New Jersey Grinnell and
Redford of New York.
Mr.. Washburn, of Illinois, brought to the att9n-
ton of the House, Washington letter written by
Mr. baldwin, of Massachusetts, to the latters
paper, the Worcester Spy, saying that the purpose
Of passing the bill to facilitate commerce between
the States was to release the Illinois Central Rail
road from its obligations to carry the mails, ETC.,
free of charge, in consideration of land grants.
Explanations followed from several gentlemen.
MIR. Baldwin maintained that such was the legal
construction of the bill, while Mr.. Washburn dis
claimed any such intention.
Finally, the Senate was requested to return the
bill which was passed under a misapprehension.
Mr.. Noorhes, Of Indiana, made speech in sup
port of the restoration policy of President john
sod, combating the proposition of Mr. Stevens of
Pennsylvania, that the Southern States destroyed
themselves by war.
Mr.. Bingham, of Ohio, replied to Mr.. Voorhies,
characterzing the latter's propositions as similar
to those which inspired the consprators to sccede
# Mr.. Bingham also advocated equal and exact JUS
tice to all men, of whatever race or color, and
# offered substitute for the resolutions of Mr.
5 VOORHEES, declaring that the House has abiding
confidence in the President in the future, as in the
~ T-,D
storing to equal positions and rights with the other
States of the Union, all the States that were lately
;, in insurreCton.
S Mr.. Stevens suggested that Mr. Bingham rcfe,
r the resolution TO the select committee recon
e structiOn, which was agreed to by vote of l0i
against 81 thus carrying Mr. VOORHEES, resolution
!, sustaining the President to the same committee.
e Great Speech from voorhies.
T. Especial Dispatch to the Louisville Courier.I
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, p. .M,-To-day's proceed
= ngS in the House were most interesting. 'Iher
T. were some spirited alterations between Wash
- - burr and Baldwin, concerning interpretations b,
't the latter, of the formers Camden and Ambo,
!" Railroad bill. Rogers took advantage of the occa
= sioa to rebuhc hasty and inconsderate Legislation
=, passing a bill and debating afterwards.
y VoorEies resolution indorsing the President am
= speech i'll support was the principal event of tn
x. day No report can give. adequate idea of tn
Gu impassioned eloqucnce of the speech, probabl,
es prepared to be delivered on meeting of the Who'll
8 House, but resolutions made it appropriate nthi
to get these resolutions before the House but the
as were gagged down. This brilliant Grafton occu
pied an hour and twenty minutes in delivery, n
objection being made to its completion when til
hammer fell at the expiration of the allowed houl
Voorhies defined every point in the President
message and paid brilliant tribute to the col
stancy of that official. Bingham replied, prime
n pally with personal attacks upon Voorhies. Fl
also attacked his and the Presidents doctrine c
1t "once State always State" and wound up b
saying he had said enough to convince anybod
NJ of how the President stood with the large body
the House and offering amendments to strike OF
At all afterwork He resolved to submit the abov
declaration and moved to refer the whole thing
the Committee on Reconstruction, which was don
n When seconded to and moved for, and the ycg
and nays were called up, Bingham squattcd fat 0
is the floor.
wv If his party support the Presidents propostcl
IN why are they ashamed to show t?
of The Senate was thiny attended, and adjourne
early.
Mr.. Wilson, the Chairman of the Military Con
mttee, in few days at furthest, will report hi
/ to r3organize the regular army, forming sixty il
fantry regiments, twenty-five of which are to /
negro regiments, ten regiments of cavalry, two
= which will be negroes, and seven artillery reg
ments, with about the same proportion of negroe
The District of Columbia Negro Suffrage bi
ks will come up tomorrow, and will be ventilated /
" Garret Davis.
he General Grant will start three of his sta office
on inspection tours early this week to see if furth
reductions in the forces and expenses cannot
made in the military departments Colonel Po
we ter will go East Babcock West, and Parker Sout
de- Railroad Accident.
ers special dispatch to the Louisville Courier fro
me- Nashville says:
~ ~ An awful accident occurred on the Johnsonvil
H. railroad last night. The track spread, and I'll
up train bound for Nashville crushed to piece
The baggage and express cars were smashed I'M
fragments, and the roadmaster Instantly kille
two express messengers fatally wounded, al
eighteen others severely injured. The sutiere
= were conveyed to this city, where they we
properly cared for. d. -r-
A neS Sro soldier on duty at the scene of the fl
this morning, without provocation, attempted
fire his musket into throng of people, when tN
policemen arrested him. The Colonel of his Reg
ment the Thirteenth Colored, interfered in his b
Ia" half and was taken in custody on the spot by h
Honor, Mayor Matt. Brown in person. The Colon
has not yet been released. The prompt and prop
action of the Mayor meets the appreciation
. nearly everybody here. The case, as military v
civil rule, may prove interesting.
!, The Fenian Consress-Deaths from Freezin
New York, Jan. "a lot of seven car loads
, hogs from Chicago have arrived at Jersey CT
over the Empire line in the extraordinary qui
transit of four days.
The Fenian Congress resolved itself into cou
ma martial day, to try the seeding Senators, aft