New-York tribune., 1867-01-04
WASHINGTON.

CURsION PARTY-THE NATIONAL MILITIA BILL
THE PARTITION OF TExAs-RAHPoAD MEN BE-
FORE THE WAYS AND MEANS CoMMrTTEE-rHE
RECENT SUPREME COURT MISUNDERSTANDING
FROM CANADA-INDIAN AFFAIRS
TELEGRAPH TO The
WASHINGTON, Thursday, Jan. 8, 1857
In the Senate, to-day, after the offering Of num-
Der of petitions for high tariffs extensions OF cur
rency, increased pay of army officers, &c. Mr. sum-
ner offered a resolution instructing the Judiciary
Committee to inquire what legislation is necessary to
prohibit the sale of persons into Slavery punish
ment for crime which was adopted after debate also
resolution inquiring what legislation is necessary
TO prohibit enslavement peonage of Indians in the
Territory of New Mexico which was referred to the
Military Committee The first of these resolutions
was the consequence of recent advertisements in
MARYLAND papers, in which colored persons were of
fered for sale to the highest bidder Mr. johnson said
the result desired would best be arrived at through
pending case under the Civil Rights BILL Maryland
Judge had been arrested for ordering the sale ana
the matter would probably be brought before the
Supreme Court before it was finally adJudicated'
Mr. Creswell took exception to remark OF Alr.
Johnson that there was as little of the spirit Of
Slavery in Maryland as in any State of the Union he
hoped this was true but he believed otherwise. lie
was willing however to wait and see what the
Legislature would do toward repeating the odious
black laws Of the State. The Nebraska bill came up
as the unfinished business, but Mr.. Wade consented
to its postponement until next Monday as the at
tendance of Senators was small. Mr.. Edmunds gave
notice that tomorrow he would call up the Dill 10
regulate the term Of tenure of office, by prohibiting
removals from office without the consent OF the
Senate, &C. Mr.. Howard offered number of very
stringent amendments to pending bill relating to
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vide for the punishment of the solemnization Of
matrimony by Mormon priests, and for the punish
ment of any man who shall claim as his wife any
woman so married to him. If the bill should pass
with the pending amendments, Mormonism will not
last long in Utah When the Senate adjourned, Mr.
Summers bin TO punish persons who shall induce me-
proes or muattoes to migrate from this country un-
der fraudulent representations, was under discus
sion
The House opened with an attendance Of so MEM
bers-l5 less than quorum. 1t evinces Immediately
an earnest disposition TO take up the Reconstruction
question Mr. Wentworth offered a resolution In
structing the Judiciary Committee TO inquire rs TO
what measure can be taken TO prevent the release,
under the recent decision Of the Supreme Court, OF
the assassns of President Lincoln 1t required unan-
nous consent to consider the resolution on this day,
and Eldridge the most bitter Copperhead OF the
House. objected. Mr.. Paine of Wisconsin introduced
a bill reorganizng the militia so 10 include the
loyal coored men of the South it was duly referred
Mr. Bundy of Ohio presented bill 20 erect four Ter
ritoriai Governments in the State of Texas Mr..
Stevens then took the floor his bill for the forma-
ton of loyal State Governments in the South. 1t
was published in The TRIBUNE of Decem-
Der. % Slr Bingham Of Ohio raised
point of order on the BILL the point of which was
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the Committee on that subject. The Speaker decided
that the point was well made but for the fact that
the House had given its unanimous consent TO cons
slider the bill without reference Mr.. Stevens, being
entitled TO the floor proceeded to make earnest
appeal 10 the House for immediate action on the re-
construction question; he declared that the recent
decision Of the Supreme Court was iniquitOus and
infamous, and rendered the necessity for Congress
sona protection 10 the loyal black and white people
more imperative than ever He cited in feeling terms
the case of DR.. Watson of Richmond, recently re-
leased by this decision from trial by a military COM
mission for deliberately shooting colored man dead
in his employers presence because he had by acci-
dent run wagon he was driving into Watsons team
Apology and reparaton for the accident had been
tondered by the colored man and his employer, but
the answer of the Virginia scion of chyalry, Watson,
10 that said Mr.. Stevens "was the drawing of
the colored man." The civil courts Of Virginia had
refused to take cognizance Of the crime and the mill
tary commission ordered by Gen. Schoield to try him
had been dissolved by the President in accordance
with the Supreme Court decision in the BOwles and
Milligan case. Mr. Stephens then made exhaustive
argument in support Of his BILL which was listened
to with marked attention. Messrs. Joshua Hill of Geor
gia and A. j. Hamilton of Texas sat near Mr. Stevens
Mr.. Pike of Maine followed, denouncing My
Policy" and urging Congressional action. The bill
was then laid over till tomorrow and the House
went into Committee of the Whole. Mr.. Kelley of
PENNSYLVANIA delivered an elaborate and very ex-
ceeut speech on what he sharply termed that bud
yet of inaptitudes incongruites, and sequitus,
known IA the report of the Secretary of the
Treasury Mr.. Holmes of New-York followed in
we'll written argument or Reconstruction and
in favor of Congressional easures Although the
House will be in session tomorrow there will be
business transacted until Monday. The session to-
morrow will be occupied wholly In speech-making
Most of the Congressional excursionists have re-
turned to this city from their Southern tour and the
rest will doubtless return by the first of next
week Little change has been effected in the minds
of those participating in the excursion regarding the
political questions of the day. and those who be-
heved that the toasting and feasting which the
Southern people extended would blunt the purpose of
some of the party likely to be mistaken. An
aneedote may illustrate the feelings of at least
in the excursion: While the party were at New
Orleans thee men elbowed their way through the
crowd and inquired for Ben Wade, and, upon being
introduced TO the Senator announced them
selves rs Rebels, declaring that they had always
been Rebels and would always be Rebels,
they were honest in their belief of the
righteousness of the lost cause. well gentlemen
aaiI tha 4 I'M IN Xou
the first Rebels have since the closed; the
balance of the Southern people claim to be Union
Now tell me, if you please, how did you three
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