Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-12-21
WASHINGTON.
EOsaTgETII CONGRESS.

WAsuigGros, Dec. 20 --SgSArB-Mr
Howard presented u petition CT tie citizens
| OF Michigan setting forth tina. the pension
laws make provision oaly for discharged
soldiers Of the regular army. and all whc
have impt riled their lives in the defeusc 81
their co Try being equally mcritorious
/ they ask amendment TO the pension laws
and acts the relief Of disabled soldiers So
as 10 apply to soldiers honorably discharged
from Whatever cause, whether regulars OF
volunteers. lie asked for the petition the
! favorable attention Of The Committee on
| Penelons, 20 whom i, was Iclerfei.
Nr. xherman called up the unfinished
| business bill 10 repeal the TAX on cotton.
Tie question being On he motion 10 post
pore it iii February, Mr. sherman earnestly
opposed the motion To postpone, saying !,
| Involved TIE pos'popement vi the bill until
| the whole question OF revenue should be
decided, while IL was indispensable to the
laborer and planter To know now II tue Ia y
| is Ia he paid next year.
| A cross debate was continued at soaie
| length by Ness IS. Stewart, Grimes. Tbayer
| Nyc and Sherman. The bill was finally
Lard over
The House bill max 'ug appropriations fol
the execution of the Reconstruction laws
| aud of the Quartcrinasier's Department was
referred to the Committee on Arpfopfi--
tons.
The Senate went into Executive session
| then NJ burned.
| House, In transmitting on Wednesday
| the abstract of the deficiency bill which
Was passed by the House yesterday, there
was an important omission in the reporter s
manuscript whichjwas as follows
Expenses 10 the first military district, oil
txtr s,.s
$4,000; 81 military district s3s 90, 4th
military district $4,000; 9th military dis
trio. $3.50 zoo, in all sUjI,oOo.
| MIR Price introduced resolution reciting
the obligations on the part OF subjects 10
obey the Laws aud support the government
and bear true faith AMI allegiance thereto
rrosupposipg that the obligation on the part
OF the government 10 protect and defend
all subjects, whether atsshome or abroad. in
their right of lie liberty and property; as
| ser,ing tina, numerous cases have occurred
where the government OF Great Britain
have with apparent Injustice deprived
American citizens in one ot these, and in
stanced the case OF WIN. j. Nagle. whose
petition stating the facts in the case Is at
tached 10 the resolution /; declaring the de
termination on the part Of the House oil
keprese ntatiyesto submit to no such oppres
sion of American citizens, by any power,
and TO ADOPT such measures as will make !,
safe tor American citizens free from crime
| to t.avel 10 any part of the civilized world
and instfuciing the Committee on Military
| Affairs To give the subject their immediate
attention 10 report to the House such meas
urcs AS will he calculated to accomplish the
objects designed.
/ referred
| Mr.. Dawes. from the Committee on Elcc
tions, reported resolution. extending fol
sixty days the time for taking testimony in
| the Now Mexico contested election case
Adopted.
Mr.. Washbnrne, Of Ill.,, suggested that til,
Senate amendment to the deficiency bill be-
taken up and disposed Of AS in Committee
Of the Whole.
MIR. Maynard objected, and moved that
the House aCjonrn. Lost.
The resolution authorizing the Committc,
on Mining aud Pacific railroad TO employ
one clerk between them, reported by Mr.
il,rbee. was opposed by Mr. Washburne, o.
Iii. but adopted, ,3agaiDst %.
Tie Chairman presented a number o
petitions IN regard 10 tie rights Of foreign
horn citizens. Among them one was iion
| William j. Nagle, claiming - &c Is ciii1ai
Of the United Stncs, born in New Yoil
and to be unlaw c'ly held az 4 prisoner Il,
| tue Brush Gov rDnent. ald praying lol
his relief irem inpris onment. All of which
were referred 10 the Committee on For,igi
| AT.;rs.
Mr. S.ones introduced hlll "a amend ID,
act II July 4. 1864. 10 allow n further ex-
tension of time ct two years Tor filling ap
| plics,sions, which was re.efrea 10 the Com
miitce on Invalid Pensions
The Il sc ,hcn II ournel until the Gil
| OF jimmy