The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-04-18
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
CONGREGATIONAL Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, April II

Joint resolution to provide for the erec
tion of fire proof building at Schuyl
kill arsenal, near Philadelphia, which
appropriates 5000 for the erection Of
store house for the storage of Govern
ment property Referred 70 the Military
| Committee.
Mr. Wilson introduced bill to pre-
vent and punish the manufacture and
use of counterfeit bonds, stamps OIL
stencils, The penalty is not less than
5000 f1ne and five years imprisonment
Referred to the Committee on Military
Affairs.
Mr.. Grimes introduced a bill to de
fine, number and regulate appointments
of officers in the navy, which was re
ferred to the committee on Naval Affairs
1t provides for the following officers
of the navy ia each grade one vice
admiral; 10 rear -admirals; 20 commo-
dores so captains; 9 commanders l0S
lieutenants and leo ensigns, and in 9th
er grades the number now, allowed by
law, provided that the increase in
| grades below that of rear admiral and
above that of lieutenant shall be select
ed from officers who have been efficient
and faithful during the war provided,
also, that promotions shall be made
from the grade next below, and that
the number of rear admirals. active
and retired shall be limited to
twentys one, and provision made for
filling vacancies below the office OF Rear
Admiral and of line officers of the ma
rine corpse below that of Colonel, com
manded by section and promotion by
seniority alternately; that is to say, OF
the vacancies first occurring be filled by
section, the next must be filled by semi
ority and so on Provided, that no Sc
lection shall be made of any officer hav.
ing more than one third of the officers of
his grade senior to him in the register,
| and provided further that said selection
| shall be made from officers possessing
the highest character and professional
qualifications, including knowledge OF
steam engineering, the French and Span
sh language international law and q
| clear record for honorable service; and
the Secretary may call field officer to
assist him IN case of doubt.
The Chair appointed Messrs Wilson,
| sherman and Guthrie a Committee Of
Conference on the subject Of the resolu-
ton prohibiting the sale ofliquer in the
capitol buildings, the Senate having re
fused to agree to House amendment
of that resolution.
| Mr. Conness rose to personal explana
ton. He had observed by the newspa
papers that after he left the Senate
Chamber yesterday, his colleague, Mr..
McDougall, made lengthy speech, in
which he stated some grievances which
! he protested to have against him, (Con-
ness 1t brought to his mind one faot,
which he desired to be put on record,
and for that purpose he rose In the
| California State Convention Of 1862 it
was more than probable that he would
have supported Mr. McDougall for Con.
gress, but that his chief Advocate and
supporter was the notorious Governor
Smith, of Virginia, whp was then in Cal
fornia fol the express purpose of giving
that State to the South, as one Of the
| States OF the COnfederacy The man
who was put in nomination BY Cover
nor Smith could not receive his (Con-
uess) support, under any circumstances.
Mr. McDougall was then nominated,
aud afterwards, in the House of Repre-.
sentatives, voted for the celebrated
Kansas Nebraska act. which was but the
BEGINNING of the end which We have
! lately seen
Mr. Anthony offered a resolution tn
print 1000 copies OF the report OF the
! Commissioner OF Patents.
Mr. Anthony, pending the considera
ton of the above, said that the public
and Senate labered under misappre-
| hensOn as to the cost ofpublic printing
ordered for the use OF Congress He
had seen it stated in widely circulated
newspapers, that pnblic documents
alone cost two millions year
This was a mistake The entire cost
Of public printing for the past
Year was Sl15,OO0, of this $4,000 was
fui the War Department $4,000 for
| the Treasury Department $4,000 for
the Post Office Department; $4,000 for
the Department OF Agriculture s. 900
for the Judiciary, and $4,000 for the
Interior Debt This reduces the cost OF
Congressional printing to s69O,00O, in
Guiding paper and binding in the 33d
35th and 55th, the cost was $4,000
It must be remembered that more print
ing could then be done for $500 900 than
could now be done for 9G95, 900
Mr. Anthony in CONCLUSION, said thar
the public printing Office was under the
superintendent of a gentleman, Jno.
D Defrees who was as faithful and as
economical an officer as was in the EN-
ploy of the Government The resolu,
ton amended by Anthony was adopted
Mr.. Sprague INTRODUCED resolution,
directing the Secretary of War to
| change the names of forts called after
prominent rebels Referred the Com
mittee on Military Affairs
Mr. Wilson called mp the motions to
reconsider the yete on the admission OF
Colorado
Messrs Johnson aud Grimes called for
the yeas and nays
Mr.. Sumner hoped the vote would not
be reconsidered The question had been
fully discussed when it was last under
discussion 1t had been fully shown
that the Territory of Colorado had not
population enough for State and that
the constitution of Colorado contained
the word white. The great question
now before the country was, in striking
out the word white out Of the constitu'
ton ofthe late rebel States What con-
sistency could the Senate admit Colorado
with that distinction while il insisted
on the rsmoval Of such declarations in
the rebel States'
The morning hour expired at this
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