Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-01-30

dltl0n That no person should De EN-
pIoyed as professor or teacher in such
college, who ever neld a military
Office under the Confederate Govern,
ment, or under the rebel State govern
ment of Tennessee. Adopted.
MI. COOPER, in noticing the re
mark of Mr.. Kelley, denouncing John,
son as an usurper, said that if he were
permitted by parliamentary decorum,
he would reply to him in the language
of Marion, Lord Angus, thou hast
lied"
Mr.. KELLY said he had been in.
formed, by those sitting around him,
that the gentleman from Tennessee
had made some offensive allusion to
him. That gentleman was, while usur.
patton was being plotted, the coniden.
tial andpaid agent of the usurper. He
knew all the secrets of the usurpation.
If his conscience had not been extin-
guished in him to deny the charge he
Kelly had made of usurpstion.
Mr.. COOPER replied: 81 vas the
confidential friend of the President OF
United States and l glory in the fact;
but not one dollar of his money was
handled by me, and when the gentle
men from Pennsylvania, says | was the
paid agent of Mr.. johnson he lies
again. Sensation.
The SPEAKER called him to order.
Nj. KELLY, 1 know it was not An
drew Johnson's W money that the
member from Tennessee handled; it
was our money, the money of the peo-
pie of the United States. The mem
Der from Tennesse was a member of
Mr.. Johnson's household, and was
paid for his services, but 1 will not
handy words with him.
Mr.. JENCKS made a point of order,
that this discussion was not in order,
having no reference to the subject.
The SPEAKER sustained the point
of order, and the personal alteration
was stopped, and the joint resolution
passed without division, with Donnel-
ly's amendment, by a vote of 116 to IS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Is.
SENATE
Mr.. WILLIAMS, from the Finance
Committee, reported back the House
joint resolution giving an increase of
compensation to certain civil employers
of the Government, amended by Civ
ing an increase of 20 per cent. to all
civil employees at Washington whose
s~aleries are less than So, 500. He
would call it up tomorrow.
Mr.. TRUMBULL, called up the
House bill relative to habeas corpus,
and it was passed. 1t authorizes the
writ of habeas corpus for the removal
of any case authorized by the statutes
from a State Court to the Circuit Court
of the United States, when the defend
ant is in actual custoday.
The bill allowing a deduction of one
month per year for good behaviour in
the case of persons imprisoned for
offences against the United States, was
passed, and goes to the House for con-
currence or amendment.
A communication was received from
the Governor of West Virginia, trans
hitting a copy of the resolution rati-
fying the Constitutional Amendment,
also from the Governor of Pennsylva-
mia, the certificate of election of Sena-
tor Cameron.
Mr.. Patterson introduced a bill to
amend the act for the collection of tax
IS III IAC 1oulICCGAOudI DAdICot nAACA
authorizes the transfer to the Internal
Revenue Department of all the powers
and duties connected with the redemp-
ton and leasing of lands. Referred.
The Tariff bill was taken up on mo-
ton of Mr.. johnson, and after debate
was amended so as to fix the duty on
camel coai at $3.50 per ton, by yeas
26, nays IA. The duty on asphaltum,
bitumen; mineral pitch, &C., wa raised
from so cents to SIS per ton; the duty
on machinery was raised from 45 to so
per cent ad valorum the duty on cop
per ore was changed to three cents per
pound; regulus of copper ore 4 cents,
and copper ingots and pigs 5 cents per
pound; the duty on zinc paint was
raised to 8 cents per pound, and on
zinc sheets to 81 cents per pound.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Private bills were considered, and
the Senate joint resolution authorizing
the acceptance of the steam screw
sloop of war Idaho from the contractor
at $3.50, 900, the price already paid, was
adopted.
A resolution mildly censuring MI.
Cooper of Tennessee for his remarks
of yesterday, was introduced by Mr..
CROMWELL, and after some breezy
discussion was withdrawn.
Mr.. HOGAN, from the Ways and
Means Committee, reported a joint
resolution relieving from the tax on
alcohol, burning fluid made from dis
titled spirits on which a tax was al
ready paid. Passed.
Bills were passed giving a pension of
$1,000 each to ]. N, Gray, of Noble
County, O., l03 years old, and. Daniel
F. Brakeman, of Sandusky, New York,
10Y years old, revolutionary soldiers.
The private calender was considered
in Committee of the Whole and sever
al bills were passed.
Nj. DONNELLY introduced a bill to
amend a section of the act of July %,
1866, granting pensions to widows and
orphans, 30 IS to include the widows of
officers, as well as of soldiers and sail
ors. Referred.
Mr.. GRISWOLD introduced a bill to
expe1Iate the construction of the
Southern Pacific Railroad. Referred.
The Committee of the Whole was
discharged from the further eonsldera-
ton of the Senate bill for the relief of
Josiah J. Ames, and it came before the
House for consideration. II appropri-
ates $4,000 to pay for a house, and 9th
er buildings burned at Ansandale, Va,
for military purposes. As the bill es-
tablishes very important principles at
variance with a resolution of the
House, it gave rise to considerable de-
bate, in the course of which Mr.. Della
no, Chairman of the Committee on
Claims, in answer to a question, said he
supposed s. 600, 900, 900 would not COW
er the amount of such claims. The bill
was passed-99 against q.
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