New-York tribune., 1867-01-05
WASHINGTON.


,,,,vs AND MEANS CONWT1TEE-RECEPnoN
Inn ARKANSAS DELEGATIoN-sAD CONDITION
y ,,,F FREEDMEN IN TENNESSEE
{" TslH'NA' WASHINGTON, Friday, 4an A. 1897,
n. ,ho Senate to-day the hE passed by the Horse
tte first day of tine SESSION, TO repeal the Iles-
ta.ut,s power to grant general amnesty 10y l~oeia'
nation. was passed aRer 0eE'e oI q le"
- n, which Messrs Johnson, Howard Howe,
S"'aa,ar Hendricks, Gnd Saulslery participated
IL, mint of interest in the debate was
-. .arhal cross-fire drawn ont Dy Johnsons ar
+ that the detention ot jeff. Davis in
i,rress Monroe ,yoe a reproach 10 American justice
words were exchanged as TO whose tault u was that
navis had not been tried. johnson attempted a de-
tsoo te President in the master but finally aban-
donoa that and said he did not care who was to
blame: the fact was n Tepro0ch TO the country
Hendricks assaied Chandler for his recent assertion
that paldons were bawked about the streets Chand-
70, red that he had not said before that the Presi-
dent knew this to be the case but he would now say
that he the President was informed Of the fact long
since and instead of putting stop to it, denounced
his informant After a speech from Salisbury and
the voting down of his amendment TO repeal the Con-
6scation bill instead of its thirteenth section, the bill
was passed lust as il from the House The sec
aion repealed is in these words:
SEC 49, ind be further enacted That the President is
hergl
lion, 10 extCld TO persons VINO may htNe I,iCrpSSou pS ~
The existing Rebellion, in any state on part thefeo par
don and amnesty, with such exceptions ana at sch lne
snd m such co1ditiOns "a he may cNpcdicnt for
the public welfare. Mr.. Edmunds called up ms phi 70
regulate the tenure Of office ut without considering
the Senate Adjourned TIL Monday
The House had 2 brief session to-day but did
nothing of special interest Mr.. Stevens reported
the Postal and the FmtificatOn Appropriation bills,
which arc mainly based on the usual estimates. The
Postal bill appropriates in total slS5OOOOO for the
ocean and inland mail service. Messrs. Newell OF
Hew-Jersey and Lawrence of Ohio made speeches III
Committee of the Whole. A communication from
the AdjutantGeneral Of Arkansas, showing that the
original Union men of that State are neither secure
person nor property was presented by Mr. Wash
bnrne of Illinois, and referred to the Committee on
Reconstruction. a similar letter from MajOr-Gen.
Ord stating that the Freedmen are most inhumanly
treated in that State also presented and referred
The House meets tomorrow for " speeches in Com
mittee of the Whole No business will be transacted
There is just barely aquorum of members in the city
The meetings of the various State Legislatures seem
20 have drawn awaya large number OF the mem
bers. Several very important Senatorial elections
are TO take place within the next three weeks and
many of the members here find it necessary 10 visit
their respective States in order to " fix matters"
Senator Harris and Roscoe Conldng, with other
New-YOrk members, are in Albany and will,
no dapbt remain until after Jan. Is. Ihad.
Stevens Judges Kelley and ScOfcld, and other
Pennsylvanians 90 TO Harrisburg next week. Sen
ator Trumbulls term expires on the 4th of March
next and he with other Illinois members, will soon
visit Springfield. Indiana is 10 elect Senator III
place of Mr.. Lane, which fact takes Judge Orth and
other Indanians home Kansas elects two Senators
from the 4th of March next Senator Pomeroy is at
home looking after a reelection Sidney Clark, the
Kansas member goes home next week. Senators are
20 be chosen in New-Jersey and Wisconsin. Senator
Nye has been in Nevada, looking after reelection,
since the last session of Congress. The Senatorial
contest in Missouri is said TO be very exciting, and
has taken home most of the State COngresslona!
delegation Maryland chooses Senator also I'm
iii these Senatorial elections settled, the number
of absentees in both Houses will evidently be very
large.
Committee Of Pennsylvania politicians and NOM
bers of the Legislature came here to-day TO tender to
Thaddeus Stevens sufficient votes, heretofore
pledged TO Gov Curtin, TO insure his election 10 the
United States Senate over Gen. Cameron, and urge
him to go back with them to Harrisburg and actively
enter into canvass 10 secure his nomination. k is
understood that they authorized TO
make and did make, transfer Of Gov.
Curtin's entire strength They coupled the
tender with request that the great com
InOner should enter into certain engagements and
give certain pledges. These he fatty refused TO
make As 10 going to Harrisburg he expressed the
greatest reluctance TO leave his post of duty here,
and greater unwiIngness to participate personally
in a struggle for public office. lie is however so
strongly pressed by friends here, well by gen
tleInen from Pennsy lyania, go 10 Harrisburg and
there put an end to the strife in the Reubhcan party
which now divides that State the question of
United States Senator that he may be induced to
sacrifice his feelings and make the journey.
The Finance Committee to-day had laid before il a
petition signed by J. Edgar Thompson, 1bos A.
Scott, NJ II. Hickman, J. ID. Perry, VIM. j. Palmer
John Tucker, Jay Cooke, Wm. i. Biddle, S. p Ely,
Edward Miller s. NJ. FELTON,, Nathaniel Thayer, Isaac
Hinckley, EEastus Corning WV. Longstreth Fred
erick FTailoy Chas. L. Smith, J. Gregory Smith, J.
ID. Cameron, H. n Rice, and j. B. Sutherland, repre-
seing altogether 900 Of railroad property in
the Union Pacific Road, Michigan Central, Vermont
Central, North Pacific, Pennsylvania Central, War
TeD and Franklin, Marquette and Bay De Noquc,
Reading Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore,
Lehigh Valley, Northern Central, Schuyllll Valley,
and numerous other roads. They asked that the
House Tariff bill placing two and half cents
per pound duty on steel rails, aud three
and four cents per pound other articles of Bes-
seIner steel of difficult manufacture be sus-
tanned. They represented also that previous to the
present extensive preparations in this country
FOR producing Bessemer steel rails, forGngs, &c.,
foreign agents charged $50 per tun in gold FOR the
same rails that they reduced to $ll0 per tun gold
Hhen they learned that such preparations were being
made, thus Showing the necessity for home supply
in order that the foreign article may be obtained at
Reasonable rates They further showed that large
works for manufacturing Bessemer steel for rails,
forgines &C. are IN course Of erection at Troy, y,
Harrisburg and Chester Penn, Cleveland, Ohio, and
Detroit Mich, and that capitalists awaiting the
result Of the present action OH the Tariff bill before