Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-07-19
XXXIXth Congress
WASHINGTON, July IS.

WASHINGTON, July Is.
HOUSE. n
Mr.. WASHBURNE, of Illinois, asked and
obtained leave of absence for the remainder
of the session on account of i'll health. 0ib;u-
On motion, the amendment of the Senate
to the House bill creating the grade of Cen
erals in the army was taken up and amend
ed by inserting instead of the words " of
the line" the words " of the regular army,"
so that Generals aid de camp shall be Sc
lected from the regular army. The Senate
amendment was concurred in. -a
Leave was also granted Mr.. WASH
BURNE, of Illinois, to file with the Clerk
the report of the Memphis investigation,
the same leave being also granted to the mi
nority. --.l s--lF
Mr.. WASHBURNE then left the Hall ,ap-
parently quite i'll. sa
Mr.. Elliot offered resolution, which
was adopted directing the Clerk Of the House
to present to the Secretary of State the
Freedmen's Bureau Bill, with the certificates
of the Clerk ofthe House and the Secretary
of the Senate, that it was passed over the
veto by thirds VOTE -i. rf
The contested election case in the 10th
District of Pennsylvania, was decided
against Mr.. Cofroth, the sitting member,
and in favor of Mr.. r.Koontz, who was sworn
in.
Mr.. TRIMBLE, from the Committee on
the District of Columbia, reported several
bills. among which was the Senate bill re-
lating to the public schools of the District,
providing that the school fund should be
apportioned equal for the education Of white
and colored children. 5+
Mr.. ALLEY, from the select committee
to investigate the assault on the clerk Of
the Postoffice Committee, made 8 report in
part recommending the discharge from Gus
tody Of Edward Powers, there being no
evidence sufficientto warrant his detention.
The report was agreed to. r
The Senate amendment tothe concurrent
resolution providing for a joint ommittee
of retrenchment was taken from the
Speakers table. ~
MI. WILSON of Iowa offered an amend
ment instructing the committee 10 inquire
also into the accounts and statements in
reference to the Government debt and the
management thereof, and the mode of de-
posting and keeping the public money and
the documents relative thereto. The
amendment was agreed to and the Senate
amendment was concurred in. The Senate
Amendments to the House bill were then
taken up and disposed of as follows: ...-
The bill to authorize the construction Of q
railroad through military reservation IN
Kansas The amendment gives the Seere-
tary of War power to revoke the permits
sion, were concurred in 500
The bill increasing the pension of SOL
diers, widcws and orphans, on motion of
Mr.. SAWYER, the amendments were not
concurred in, and Committee Of Confer
ence asked -.r
The bill to fix the number of Judges of
the Supreme Court of the United States.
The substitute passed by the Senate pro-
yides that no vacancy in the Office Of Asso-
ciate Justice OF the Supreme court shall be
filled by appointment untibthe number of
Asseciate Justices, any four Of whom shall
constitute quorum r. er
Mr.. WENTWORTH inquired whether
this bill abolished the, Judgeship to which
the President had some time since sent IN
an appointment .-.5.. m 49,. -.-...l..
Mr.. WILSON, from Iowa, replied that it
did not, but that it had passed the House
before any nomination was made.
The House seconded the previous ques-
ton, and concarred in the substitute. Ayes
| FS, nays Al. sIAb oE' TlFn.
Mr.. sHELLABARGER gave notice that
he would Tomorrow call up the question OF