The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-12-04

be printed for the use of the Senate,
which was agreed to.
: On motion. the Senate then ad-
sjourned. .3N4 III BisSA .lf03k
The House met at twelve o'clock
noon. Speaker Colfax called the
House to order. Rev. DR.. Boynton,
the chaplain, then made a prayer, in
which he invoked the Divine blessing
upon Congress-, upon all its proceed
ings, and upon all the high officers of
the Government, the President in
cluded. He also prayed that God
would so direct all who have any in
fnence over the destinies OF. the coun
try that harmony between all depart
ments of the National Government
might result-not such harmony as
might be had by the yielding of the
right, but only such as comes by the
yielding of those who were in the
wrong. The members of the Tennes-
see delegation who had not been ad-
mitted before were then admitted.
Washburne, of Illinois, then offered
a resolution that the Speaker appoint
a committee to wait upon the Presi-
dent and announce that a quorum of
the House had assembled, and also
that committee be appointed to join
the Senate committee and wait upon
the President and announce that Con-
gress was ready to receive any COM
munications that he might be pleased
to make. - z 4 = $40 A. i 4 az
The resolution was adopted and the
Speaker appointed, as a committee,
Messrs. Washburne,a Morrill,, and
Bingham.
On motion of Mr.. Washburne the
Speaker was requested to assign a
seat ON the floor of the House to the
reporter of the United States and
European Telegraphic News .Associa-
ton.
Mr.. Elliott, of Massachusetts,. of
fered resolution that committees by
appointment be called. The Com
mittee on Freedmen to consist of
nine members, and have charge of all
matters concerning freedmen, which
was referred. -g .0gfr gqss% ~
Elliott introduced a bill tobrepeal
the thirteenth section of an act en-
tilted .An act to punish rebellion,
and for other purposes, being the
section which confers on the Presi-
dent the power of granting amnesty
and pardon to re bels.gF sga .aA8gw I
On motion of Boutwell,, of Massa-
chusetts, a resolution was adopted
directing the Secretrry of State to lay
before the House all correspondence
had. by the State, Department relative
to the discovery and arrest of John
Ell. Surratt.
Boutwell, introduced, for reference,
bill to provide for the sale of gold,
by. directing the Secretary of the
Treasury to sell two million dollars of
gold every Monday morning in New
York, In parcels not to exceed ten
thousand dollars each, and providing
that no sale of gold be made in any
other way, and that no such sales
shall be made when the amount of
gold in the Treasury does not exceed
two millions; also, that public notice
of the time and place of such sale
shall be given in one newspaper in
each of the twelve principal cities of
the United States also providing
that the Secretary may allow COM
mission to the person making such
sales, not to exceed one-ffteenth of
one per cent. of the amount sold !;
also that the Secretary shall from
time to time invest the proceeds of
such sales in interest bearing bonds
Of the United States, and that the
bonds so purchased shall be marked
negotiable, and the interest thereon
shall be invested in other bonds to be
held and treated in the same manner
The 4th section provides that no
Collector of internal Revenue, or any
public officer, shall deposit. the funds
of the United States IN any banking
institution whenever. his Office or
place of business is within 200 miles
of the Treasury of the United States
or any designated depository for the
public money.
The bill was referred to the Com
mittee of Ways and Means.
Schenck, of Ohio, introduced bill
to fix the time for the regular meeting
of Congress at IL o'clock noon, on
the day on which the term begins
the first Monday in January and on
the second Monday in November next
preceding the end of the terms for
which the Congress is elected.
The I'd section of the bill provides
for the amendment of the act of July
e, 1866, making appropriations for
sundry civil expenses, &C., so that no
member shall receive mileage for
travelling to the place of the meeting
of the Congress to which. he is elected.
Kelly, of Pa, introduced bill to
create and organize a, department, to
be called the Department of Internal
Revenue, which was referred to the
Committee of Ways and Means. llis
Stevens, of Pa, introduced a bill to
regulate removals from offiee.h
Warner, of Conn, offered resolu-
ton, inquiring of8athed President,
whether anv Postmastars hold off;oo