Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-11

| cavalry, and sixty regiments of Infantry. In add
tb U 70 bI H Nv i've Tegneats OF artillery now organized,
eolored and one white persons ocered by selections
from tne volunteer officers Two new regiments of
In the infantry there shall be eight regiments com
| posed OF men from the Veteran Reserve Corps and
| one lieutenant general, five major generals and ten
66rgadiers. The bill was referred to the Military
| Committee.
| ANSWER To A RESOLUTION
4 M communication was received from the Secretary
covering proceedings of the court marital in the
of certain citizens of South Carolina.
PETITION FROM CoLoRED CITIZENS FOR SUFFRAGE.
| Mr. Wilson presented petition from several hun
dred colored citizens of Savannah asking the enact
ment of laws securing to them the right of suffrage
ASSISTANT ASSESSORS.
| Mr.. FeSsenden called up the bill authorizing the
Secretary of the Treasury to appoint Assistant As
| SCISSORS of Internal Revenue as provided by law.
| \, Mr. Sum0er said the Secretary should recognize
the laws OF Congress, and rot of his authority
perSonS acccpting these offices must take the test
| oath. The bill was laid upon the table.
| THE PARIS EXPOSITION.
The !olnt resolution in regard to the Industrial
| h&hlpltlon az Parls was taken up, and after
| remarks by MI clark, was postponed until tO-mor
The bill Of Mr.. Wilson to increase and fix the mil
ltary peace establishments of the United States was
taken up and referred to the Committee on Military
Affairs, and ordered to be printed
| =, WASHINGTON AND ALEXANDRIA RAILROAD.
Mr.. Henderson introduced n bill which was refer
red - the Committee on the District of Columbia to
az fend an act to extend the charter of the Washing
ton and alexandra Railroad.
| COMMERCIAL, POSTAL AND MILITARY FACILITIES
Mr. Nye introduced bill 70 facilitate commercial
pos al and military communication betyeen the sey.
era States '''" ''l' ''io s0'
THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE.
Mr.. Morrill, called up the bill to regulate the cleo
tive franchise in the District of Columbia Tho bill
reads as follows:
Bill to regulate the elective franchise in the Dis
trIct OF Columbia.
BE 1t eaaced By the Senate and House Of Peprcsen-
tIttDeg OF ne United State Of 4mericq an Congress
act each and every male pers6n excepting manners
and persons under guardianship of the age Of tWen
tyOne years and UPWARDS who has NOT bcer convict
| ed of any infamous crime or offence and who iS,
citizen of the United States and who shall be aba +"
read the Constitution OF the United states in tho
English language and write lis name ard who shall
have resided in the said District for the period of six
titled to the elective franchise and shall be deemed
2n eector and entitled 20 vote any election in said
District, without any distinction Tor dissemination on
account OF color, race, or nationality
Sec. =. And be az jirthcr eDGccd That any nerson
whose duty it shall be to receive votes at onv eiac-
ton within the District of Columbia yyhn shall III
fully reject the vote of a1y person entitled 70 sucb
right under this act, shall be liable to an action of
by the person injured and shall be liable on in
dictment aud conviction if such act was done know
ingIy, to fine not exceeding five thousand dollars
or to Imprisonment for term not exceeding one
Sec, ~ 3. And be IL further enacted That if any
person persons shall wilfulIy interrupt or disturb
any such eectQr IN the exercise of such franchise he
or they shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and on conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum
not to exceed thousand dollars be imDriSOnpd
in THE cell dungeon of the Jail in said District
land fed bread and water only for period NOT
exceed thirty days, both the discretion of the
court.
Sec. [3l 4. And be 1t further enacted That il shall
be the duty of the veral courts having criminal i
rsdctiOn in said District to give this act in special
charge to tie grand jury at the commencement of
each term of the court.
Sec 4 ). And be ii further enacted. That all acts
and parts of acts inconsistent with this act be- and
the same are hereby, repealed.
The following amendments were offered by Mr.
Morrill, bC inserted rs
Section 5. The Mayor and Aldermen of the cities of
fore the first day of March in each year shall rranere
list of the persons they judge TO be qualified to vote
in the several wards Of said cities in any election;
sion to receive evidence of the qualification of per
sons claiming the right to vote in any election there
in and for correcting said list on two days in each
year not exceeding five days from the annual ejec-
ton for the choice of city officers; giving previons
notice of the time and place of each session in some
newspaper printed in said District -
Mr. MorriiI's amendments~
Section 6; on or before the day of the Mayors and
thus prepared in one or more public places in said
cities respectively at least ten days prior to said an
nuaI election. ''''
Section 7; the officers presiding at any eIaction
shall keel and use the check LIST herein TSaired af
the polls during the election of all officers and no
vote shall be unless delivered by the voter
in person, and not until the presiding officer has had
opportunity to be satisfied Of his identity and shall
lind his name on the list and mark it, and ascertain
that his vote is single.
Mr.. Pomer9y objected to the English language be-
ing PrescFIoeu as Il quauG&tlon. In ms State Kan
sas} there were many intelligent German voters, who
could not read word of English. After further re-
marks by Messrs Morrill, and Yates the bill was re-
Committee on the District.
9 Nj Mr Howe INTRODUCED Joint resolution, setting
] GIu tSt 1Ie people o. me eleven nsurrec
ioh5ry states having declared their independence Of
me United states and nave Waged war against the
roptad r. thu tbe d tne poinca functions
5ualan'eeu 70 tueL ana whereas military tribunals
are MOI suited 70 me wants OF those people,
De 4 resoslea by the Senate and House of Repre-
a inst
tuIso suited 10 tnGlT wants and necessities.
MI Johson sal9 tnis entFe M subject was now before
S o opout VI lteel, ana ne hoped the
9ot"e t ~ b ~ oD mem. e would sug-
70 that commitien "a leiof'AS 'Ae resolution
~. T. lowe repned that he had no particular objec
80 % e az W Iie WISHES ol me senator but he de-
f[ea o HFS5 70 MAKE some remarks on the resolutions
Ned in Ho UGagrgSs q iLG assem-
& cie ~ Ill tnaI f anu declared Their Rrin-
h oop wgic Igy nooH Tor pHHcopoG or not When
NJ Le an peoplS ueeiare4 IN their organic laws
that we should stand by the Constitution and laws of
Lne lnlted states were they IN earnest or not? We
nave been taking the tlnetqre for nearly century.
T. iJ n O y an o sup uate ne was conAdent
1t moutu coie me % Htuoh' +-eIVfe the Constitution
was ?psf W d. t9e stateG wege sovereign but the
II'oPtiVi VI luo utIOi cndhseu all that. Mr..
ioMt eon IiUeu az great length IN support Of this
position Discussing the present status Of the South
position TO be admitted, and argued that the flames
OF disIoyalty were not exhnguished but only smoth
He read extracts from Mobile papers, giving an
account of the Kissing of Yankee Doodle at the the
aCTe IN tlat CITY, as furnishing evidence to
his opinion. At the conclusion of Mr.. Howe's re-
marks,
Mr.. johnson rose TO address the Senate but gaye
way at the request of Mr. Sumner for a motion to
adjourn.
A message was received from the President in re-
sponSe to resolution of the Senate concerning f6e
trial Of Jefferson Davis, with accompanying reports
from the Attorney General and the Secretary of War
Mr. Sumner withdrew his motion to adjourn, and
the Senate went into executive session, at the con-
ciuslon Of which il adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
Morgan JONES' Of New York, appeared and took
The oath.
NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
Mr.. Stevens, OF Pennsylvania, from the Committee
on Appropriations, reported the Naval ApprnDrig- |
ton bill for the year ending juno 30 1851 II was |
referred to the Committee of the Whole and made
the order for the 18th Of January.
- TAN on TOBACCO.
Mr.. Taylor, OF New York, presented certain reso-
iullOns OF a public meeting held in New York re- |
lang TO the tax on tobacco and asked that they be
referred to the Cemmltt ee on Ways and Means. So |
ordered.
Mr.. Hogan, of Mo-, introduced resolution in
sTucuhg the ways and Means Committee to inquire |
INTO the eXpedlency of reducing the income tax |
which was adopted.
~ CRUTCHEs AND ARTIFICIAL LIMBS.
MI Banks. OF Mass offered a resolution instruct
!IIs tue ways ana Means committee to inquire into
1ue eApeqleicy OF removing the manufacturers tax
On eruttnes ana arunclal limbs, which is now an
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