Litchfield enquirer., 1866-12-20
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 l Congress. "A ''2'fs- 5 l In the Senate on the 12th. the bill to reg p ! ulate, the elective franchise in the District
 Yas taken pp, the question being on Mr.
 CowanIs s amendment to strike out the word ["male, " MT. Brown of Missouri, having
 the hoors earnestly argued in favor of the
 amendment maintaining that suffrage
 should J m be universal, without restrictions as
 to race, color or sex. The discussion was
 further continued, and was participated in tby sMessrs. Davis, Sprague, Doolittle and
 others ottlh2ers The yeas and nays were called.
 and the amendment was rejected by 8 vote
 of nine yeas to twenty-seven nays. MT.
 Dixon then offered an amendment provi-
 ding that the ability to read and write
 should beinecessary to qualify any person
 to vote who has not heretofore voted in the
 the District: Messrs. Dixon and Hendricks i spoke in favor of this amen drnent, and Mr
 Sailsbury opposed it. In the House, the bill for the regulation of appointments to offices and removals therefrom, was taken
 up,a Various amendments were offered
 and the bill was postponed. A resolution
 was adopted requesting the President to 1icommanicate ali correspondence, reports and informationzin his possession relative ! to the riot in New Orleans. Adjourned.
 In the Senate, Dec. 13 the bill to regu-
 late suffrage in the District of Columbia
 was then taken up, the question being upon
 Mr. Dixon s amendment, requiring that vo-
 ters shall be able to read and write their
 names The amendment was discussed by I Messrs. Porter, ,,Cowan, Frein ghuysen, Summer and others and was finally reject
 ed An amendment offered by MT. Wilson,
 providing for the. punishment of persons 1 giving or accepting bribes, was then pass
 edoNarious verbal amendments were made, and the bill'was passed by ayote of 32 yeas
 to 13> nays -In the House, Mr. Stevens in-
 tr6dhced a billito resestabGsh civil govern ment in North Carolina, stating that he did
 so at, the request of several gentlemen from 1 that State. It provides for convention of
 loyal citizens, to be held at Raleigh, on the 20th of May next, to frame q new State EConstitution, to be submitted to Congress for, amendment, ratification or rejection.
 The House, in Committee of the Whole,
 considered the Deficiency Bill, after which :, it was reported to the House, and, having
 been amended. was, passed. A concurrent
 resolution was passed to take 8 recess from !Thursday, the 20th of December, to Thurs dayth Sd of January. oH : it tnta
 h. JIn the Senate on the .l4th, the bill for
 admission Of Nebraska, was discussed at
 length. Objection was made by Messrs.
 Summer and Brown that the suffrage was : restricted to whites. The bill admitting :, Nebraska was taken up by vote of 21 to II. l The resolution of adjournment from Dec 1T atao Jan, B. passed syitlsEa afeK verbal iRnendme aa1f oIgsq s bssd '---, agg1 l b h the House; the Districto franchise bill was passed by a vote of, 116 to 4Gs ,l..ar : r 1f.1' 4 memorial waspresented from loyal in. Inhabitants of Louisiana, requesting that the Hpresent State Government might be sus- Epended.i '}'ata voc l :
 gs M The following is the first and h most osst' tilnpottart section of the District aFfanolrise ,bii1i as finally passed: j ltiiSEeMoY, l., That hom and after the pass excepting paupers and persons under guar fdianship, of the age of 21 years and upward fwhO has not been convicted of any infa- Imeps crime or ofense, and excepting per sons who may have voluntarily given aid I'and comfoft tiU the rebels in. the late rebel F ffHeh, ,9aad wh5 Shall have been born or nat turalized in the United States, and who shall
 have resided in the said District for the pe-
 rod of one year, and in the ward or district
 iii Which .he shall offer to vote three months aeHt ptesid ding any election therein, shall ! besanfHled to the. elective franchise, and shall ! be deemed an eleltor and entitled to I vote at any election in said District, with out any distinction an account of color or Iacevet sses5yg asit S..a ia essdIs 4ps,5. <, | llo Tn the Senate, Dec. 1T, bill was intro
 duced to punish the inducing of the emi- grafton of negroes under false pretences. sAe Amnesty and Nebraska bills were then
 debated. If the House the New Orleans Committee were instructed to investigate Custom House frauds, there, and the ap- pbinhnent of rebels to office therein. The }Easoautibn to adjourn over the holidays was lpasseH IA motion was made to suspend the rules and appoint acomm. to enquire nanys acts done by Government officers amount tol fMgR Refimes and naisdemeanors.a Motion blost;jwanting g of "a two-thirds .,votesial A resoluGon of en duiry into the late sale Of a negro in Maryland wasa apassed. A2'yl tfs'a ta eif If the Senate, Dec lB, petition was ipreseated from Gosv. Weiis5 and other loyal bI.p,isaniiaanss IS requesting tthe organization ofa territorial governmgn for that State. I The bill for.the admission of Nebraska was faebaaed ats length. "a In the House ,Mr. d3HT Tda&ee Introduced a resolution enquir- Eing, jnt1 the burning of the New Ironsides l at League Island, and the appropriation for reports in the Globe was discussed.
 Il sCbngfess adjourns from to-day till Jan. Sd, It is srapoHed that about 40 Senators and RepresBn tatives will take atrip through the Southern States during the recess. if4a t9G sf3 =sailsd4:- :. .Il- -Alll-- -a-ls e8j .s= l7aa eo, a'aeasf4TE ITaAs. tss1' r LAST ST week ask the dwelling of MT. 6. J. Gib-- l Ison, of Watertomn, was entered and robbed Eof three hnndred and fifty dollars. MT.