Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-12-04
LATEST KILOGRAMS.
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDIxas.
SENATE.


WASHINGTON Dee. Son motion of Mr. Buck
slew. who considered the practice on the part of
the Clerks of doubtful propriety, the Journal
was amended by striking out the word honor
able" before each members name.
petition was presented from private claim
ants. accounts, loss to the government service.
pensions. impartial suffrage, and from private
soldiers. and those who captured JEFF. Davis.
which were all referred to the Senate.
The next business was the election of commit
tees, and ballot was dispensed with by unsn-
imOus consent.
Foreign Relalions-Sumner, Fessenden, Har-
Ian. Morton. Patterson. of New Hampshire.
Finance Sherman, Morgan, Williams. Van
Wrinkle. Cattel. Henderson. Morrill,. Of Yer
mont.
Appropriations-Mo Grimes, Helmes.
Wilson, Cole, Conkling, Guthrie.
Commerce-Chandler, Morrill,, of Maine, Nor
gan. Sprague, Corhett. Patterson. of Tennessee,
Manufacture sprague. Pomeroy. Yates, Cole,
Dixon.
Agriculture Cameron. Cattel. Morton. Sym,
Guthrie.
Military Affairs-Wilson, Howard. Sprague,
Cameron, Morton. Thayer and Doolittle.
Naval Attairs-l3rimes, Anthony, Morgan, of
New Iork, Frelinhuysen, Drake and Hendricks.
Wrinkle, Harlan. Morrill,, of Vermont. and
Dixon.
Public Lands-Pomeroy, Stewart. Edmunds,
Cattel, Williams; Upton and Hendricks.
~. Norton and Bayard
Indian Affairs-HendersoR, Morrill,, of Maine,
Ross, Corbett, Thayer, Buckalew. Doolittle,
Pensions-Van Wrinkle, Edmunds Trumbull,
Fowler, Upton, Davis. Bayard.
Revolutionary Claims-Nye, Chandler. Howe.
Patterson, of Tennessee Conness.
Claims-Howe,- Wiley, Frelinghuysen, How
ard, Morrill,, of VT, Davis, Cole.
District of Columbia-Harlan, Sumner, Hen
derson, Wiley Patterson, of N. H., Cerbett,
Patterson. OF Tenn.
Public Buildings-Fessenden, Grimes, Trum-
bull, Terry. johnson, Loans, iates. Nye, Cragin.
Ramsey, Davis.
Ramsey. COnness. Stewart, Harlan. Drake.
Contingent Expense-Cragin, Drake, Bucka
lew.
Engrossed Bills-FowIer, Sumner, Norton.
Conkling, Guthrie.
Printing-Anthouy, Ross, johnson.
Enrolled Bills-Ross, Patterson, New Hamp-
shire, Dixon.
Observation-Disclosures Williams Patter-
son, of New Hampshire, Buckalew.
Revise and Fix Pay of the two Houses-Fes-
sender. Sherman, Buckalew.
To examine the claims and accounts repairs
and furnishing the Executive mansiOn-Harlan
and Morton.
On Ordnanee-Howard, Cameron and Drake
On Revising the Rules Of the Senate-An-
thong, Pomeroy and Edmunds.
Mr.. Wilson presented a petition from the
clerks and employees in the departments, asking
that the provisions of the resolutions passed on
the 9TH Of January last, Increasing their salaries
for the current year, be continued. Referred
The Presidents message was announced by
Col. kobt. johnson, and its reading commenced
ut half past y O'clock. i
On motion of Mr. Sherman 5000 copies of the
message were ordered printed for the use Of the
Senate
The reports of the Secretary of the Treasury
and Comptroller of TIE Currency were presented,
and the same number of copies ordered to be
printed.
House OF Representatives.
The Speaker presented several communica-
items from the Secretary Of War al interim.
Mayors Election,
NEW YORK, Dec. 3-Hoffman is certainly
elected Mayor by very heavy plurality.