The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-07-24
.TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
rouvre.sionnI Proceeding,
WASHINGTON July 90.

Honse amendments to the bill defining
| the number and regulating the appoint
ment of officers of the navy and the bill
goes to the President.
Mr.. Wilson called up resolution di
recting the payment to soldiers and sail
ors, held as prisoners Of war during tn,
late rebellion, the Communication price O.
the rations accruing to them while 81
held. The resolution was passed.
1t was then ordered that the Senate
hold an evening session to consider billl
from the Committee on Commerce,
The bill to change the place Of holding
the circuit ceurt in West Virginia from
Lewisburg to Parkersburg, was passed
Mr.. Chandler offered resolution in
structing the Committee on Foreigl
Relations to inquire into the expediency
Of repeating neutrality laws between
this country and Great Britain
| Mr.. Cowan objected, and the resolu
ton goes over, -, J |,
Mr. Poland said that, as test ques
ton, he would move to take up the
Bankrupt bill, and call for the yeas and
nays
Mr.. Sherman moved to lay Mr.. Pc
lands motion on the table, and it waI
agreed to; yeas, II, nays, IA.
The Civil Appropriation bill was ther
taken up. The amendment directing
the Secretary of War to pay ont of the
communication draft funds for every slave
belonging to loyal men enlisted in the
army, not to exceed three hundred dol
lars each, was adopted.
| An amendment, increasing the pay OF
the Clerk in the State Department TWEEN
ty per cent, was adopted
An amendment, abolisbiug the mission
| to Greece, was adopted
Mr. Grimes called up the bill to define
the number and regulate the appoint
ment of officers of the navy, recently
passed by the Senate and amended in
the House.
On motion of Mr.. Grimes the House
amendments were concurred in The
bill goes to the President.
Mr.. Morrill,, from the Committee on
the District of Columbia, reported res
Olution rendering the further use of the
building used for the soldiers and sailors
orphans fair, to the directors of the in
stitutions, for another fair.
On motion of Mr.. Chandler, it was Or
dered that the Senate take recess at
half past o'clock, to meet again at 7:30
| for the consideration of bills from the
Committee on Commerce.
Mr.. Wilson called up the resolution
giving the soldiers and sailors, held as
prisoners of war, the Communication price
of their rations while so held The res.
olution was passed, and goes back to the
| House for concurrence in amendment
Mr.. Howard offered resolution that
the Joint Committee on RetrenChment
| be instructed to inquire into the mode
of collecting and the disposal made of
captured and abandoned property in the
States lately in rebellion by officers and
agents of the Treasury Department. and
that the committee be invested with full
power to send for persons and papers.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Chandler said that last December
he promised on the floor of the Senate
to introduce the present British neutral
lty laws of the two countries, and he
had found them indentical The same
law under which, in this country, the
Feniaus were stopped from invading
Canada was the law under which British
sailors were enlisted for the rebel pirate
SbENlCt. III Wouiu No DCOu wv
that it was mere farce to continue such
laws. He therefore asked the adoption
of the following resolution:
Resolved, That the Committee on
Foreign Relations be directed to inquire
into the expediency of repeating our
present neutrality laws.
Mr.. Cowan objected, and the resolu-
ton lies over.
Mr.. Trumbull offered the following
resolution which was adopted:
Resolved That the Secretary of War
DO authorized to transfer to the Union
Soldiers College and Military Academy
from the surplus on hand not needed
| for public service the cots aud bedding
necessary to accommodate 500 persons, tor
use of the students in said institutiOn
disabled by war.
Mr.. Poland offered resolution calling
upon the Secretary of the Treasury for a
| statement of the amount of internal
revenue paid into the treasury by the
| collectors of Vermont
This was amended SO as to include
Kentucky, and as amended passed
Mr.. Poland said lie would like to know
| if it was the intention of the Senate to
pass the Bankrupt bill at the present
session He hoped it was He was in
favor of proloDging the session, if neces.
| sary, for that purpose. In order to test
the sense of the Senate, he would move
to take up the bill. If the molten pre-.
vailed, he would postpone the considera,
| ton of the measure until tomorrow; but
he wished the sense of the Senate to be
| tested
Mr.. johnson expressed himselfin favor
of the bill aud hoped it would be
passed,
Mr.. Sumner hoped the Senate would
not adjourn without passing the bill
IL might need some amendment, but
some bill on the subject ought to be
passed
Mr.. Cowan said he was opposed tC
the bill in its present form; he was op
posed to any Bankrupt bill which took
Bankrupt cases into the United States
Courts
Adjourned
WASHINGTON. July %.
HoUsE.-Mr, Bingham introduced g
bill to provide for an increased revenue
from imported wool. which was read
twice and referred to the Committee Of
the Whole on the state of the Union, ani
ordered printed 1t consists OF the WOO