New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-02-09

! in Charge TIE bill was then passed, 81 to y.
Adjourned Till Monday morning.. E@.sSE@ \
{loRss.--3fr kasson offered resolution, which
was agreed to- that the Committee on Paclhe Rali1
road be instructed to inquire into the expediency
of extending government aid to the Iowa branch
| of the Pacific Railroad, in amount equal to that
extended by the other branch of said road for the
Of iowa.
Mr.. Mckee asked, but failed to- obtain, per-
mission to introduce a bill to amend the indemnity
| act Of 1862. It provides that any suit brought in
any State court against any United States officer
for arrest or imprisonment shall be removed to
the Court of Claims, where they shall be filed and
disposed of as other claims aresinsaid court
A long debate occurred between Mr. Davis, of
the Election Committee. and MIR. Brooks, relative
to the testimony of the latter, furnished in the
case of his Contestant, Dodge. The debate arose
on the motion Of Mr.. Raymond to reconsider the
vote on the subject !
Mr.. Elliott announced that he should, in conse-i
euences of this ,debate, POSTPONE pressing the
previous question on the bill enlarging the
powers of the Freedmen's Bureau until Monday
next. - 5s@ aSEF y
Mr.. Brooks, yielded the loor in order to enable
MIR. Garfield to move q recess of ten minutes SO
that Major Generals Meade and Thomas who
were then in the Hall, might be formally intro
duced TO the House. This motion was, unanimously
| agreed to- ,s# -
The Speaker then left his seat and escorted
General Meade to the stand, and Mr.. Garfield
extended a similar courtesy to General Thomas.
The Speaker then delivered the following brief
address:
GrnAe'nen Of the House Of Representations
While time shall last and the Republic shall endure
none Of US can ever fail to be grateful to the officers
and soldiers who periled their lives for Maj. Gen.
Meade, commander of the Army of the Potomac,
and Maj, Gen. Thomas, commander of the Army
OF the Cumberland, whom / have the pleasure,
under your order, to introduce to you to-day
Mr.. Raymond Withdrew his motion to reconsider,
saying that the debate had, brought out much in
IF thp
House. sg5 ID, f...-s 4 A. 5.s4ssa.. 's, .se59
Mr.. sSpaulding, of Ohio, asked for three cheers,
and they were given with even more earnestness,
if possible, than before. All the members we're
chorus amid waving hats and handkerchiefs. ,.sa,
\ M The time, for the recess having expired, the
House resumed business. 5,.@ss.t5
Mr., Brooks continued his explanation. = .EgaG.
Mr.. Davis made some statements relative to the
proceedings in the election case.
Mr.. Dodge, the contestant of Mr.. Brooks, also
made some explanatory remarks i
n Mr.! Raymond finally withdrew his motion to re-
consider and the subject was dropped s@sa1asaA
Mr.. Raymond introduced a bill providing for the
erection Of a warehouse in the port Of New York,
for the reception Of merchandise arriving vessels
subject to quarantine by laws: .,a. u, l.a,sss,
Mr.. ONeil presented petition of nine hundred
and ffty-seven soldiers of the war Of 1861, who
enlisted after April g. 1861, and before October
"a 1863, and were. seYerally discharged from seq
vice by sickness Or disability incurred in the line
July %, 1861, and March g. 1865, they not having:
served the full period Of two years. as prescribed
by said acts, praying for the passage Of an act
equalizing ali bounties granted or to be granted,
and soldiers of the late rebellion who enlisted and
served as above, as well as those who enlisted dur
ing the same period and served two yeass or more,
placing them on an equality with soldiers who en-
listed at later stage of the Referred to the
Committee on Military Affairs. Il q EGsf,fsgga
He also presented q petition from the carriage
bolt manufacturers of Philadelphia and other
places, recommending an increase of duty on car
rage screw-bolts. Referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means. ~ ssS3ts T1a'1s " i's ~''3'