The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-03-01
XXxIXth CONGRESS. I'D SESSION.
SENATE.


i All pending amendments were voted
down and the bill passed.
! Mr.. Sumner, from the Committee on
| Foreign Relations, reported a Joint
Resolution authorizing the Assistant
I Secretary of the Navy, Fox, and other
officers of the Miantonamiah and Au-
/ gusta, to accept presents from the EN-
peror of Russia.
! Mr.. johnson moved an amendment
exempting these presents from DUTY,
Adopted and the resolution passed.
| Mr.. Wilson, from the Military Com
mittee, reported adversely on the House
bill to reduce the pay:of the Officers of
the army, which was, he said, in viola
ton of a bill to increase the pay of navy
officers as much as IS, 900 a year. The
committee was discharged from fur
Their consideration.
The Senate concurred in the House
amendment to the bill to temporarily
increase the pay OF the officers of the
army.
Mr.. Buckalew entered a motion to
reconsider the vote by which the bill
establishing department of education
was passed.
The miscellaneous appropriation bill
was taken up.
The question was upon the amend
nent Of the Finance Committee, to pro-
vide for the payment OF certain Assist
ant Assessors in the Southern States.
For this Mr.. Edmunds offered a sub
stitute calling on the Secretary of the
Treasury to send to the Senate a list of
persons employed as Assessors without
taking the oath; what service they rem
dered, and how much was due them.
HOUSE
The motion to suspend the rules,
made by Mr.. Raymond last night, that
he might offer a resolution of inquiry
in reference to the Canadian Confedera-
ton, came up,
Mr.. Raymond, in view of the evident
disinclination ofthe House last evening
to suspend the rules to have the reso-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, with leave
to report at any time, the resolution
was thereupon referred to the Commit
tee- But objection was made to the
Committee reporting at any time, this
requiring unanimous consent.
Mr.. kasson, from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported back the Sen
ate amendment to the Indian appro-
priation bill, some of which was con-
CURED in. The ameudmedt to pay in
terest on the non-interest paying bonds
and stocks in which the money of GER
tain tribes OF Indians is invested by
the Government was non-concurred in.
The Committee on Conference asked
that the Senate bill to provide for the
allotment of members of the Supreme
Court among the circuits, and for the
appointment of a Marshal for the Su-
preme Court, be taken from the Speak
er's table.
Mr.. Wilson offered an amendment,
providing for the appointment of a
Marshal for the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia. Theamendment
was agreed to, and the bill pissed.
Mr.. LIE Blond, rising to a personal
explanation, referred TO the recent act
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strike out of the State Constitution the
word IChite, and the act of the New
York Senate rejecting the Constitu-
tional amendment, and congratulated
his Democratic colleague on these facts
in their cause against universal sui
frage being thus sustained by these
two States.
Mr.. Garfield, as if cause for further
congratulation on the part of his col
league, sent to the clerks desk and
had read printed proclamation issued
by the Mayor of Yazoo City, Miss,
ordering all the freedmen to leave the
place Within specified time.
Mr.. Stevens, from the Committee of
Conference on the Omnibus Bill, re-
ported the Committee unable to agree,
Another Committee was asked for by
Mr.. Bingham.
MIR. Ancona asked Mr.. Banks for
information on the subject of Mexican
dAhlLS. GhG- DdHhS replied LlaL Inc
Committee on Foreign Affairs did not
intend to make any report on the. sub
ject at this time.
Mr.. Morrill, rose. He said he was
about 10 make his last effort in regard
to the Tariff bill. This House had at
the last session sent to the Senate bill
merely amending the tariff, and cover
ing only SO pages, but the Senate took
wide stretch of power, and sent back
from the printing office on the 5th. It
was therefore impossible for the Com
mittee on Ways and Means to consider
it properly and report it back. On the
10Th of February the bill had to go to
the Committee of the Whole, where
the amendments were interminable,
yet as much progress as possible was
made, but now il was clear concessions
would have to be made on all sides if
the bill was brought to a final vote.
He would therefore make a motion
which would require two-third vote
to discharge the Committee OF the
Whole from further consideration of
the bill.
After debate, refused to discharge
the committee from further considera-
ton of the bill, and that is the end of il
this session.
Mr. Stevens made another effort TO
resuscitate the bill by motion to sus-
pend the Committee of The Whole and
concur in the Senate amendment, as
amended by the Committee of the
Whole. Motion failed.
Mr.. Morrill's tirst motion was lost.
Mr.. Stevens motion was lost, two
thirds not voting yea.
Mr.. Morrill, moved to suspend the
rules to allow him 10 introduce the new
tariff bill, making a uniform increase
of 20 per cent. on all duties except on
sugar, tea, coffee, salt, coal and railroad
iron. This was also lost, two-thirds
not voting yea.
Mr.. Kasson then moved to suspend
the rules in order that he might intro
duce the joint resoluting relating to the
tariff on wool and woolens, stating that
it only contained the recommendation
of the Committee on Ways and Means
on the subject, two-thirds not voting
yea.
Prom New York.
I New YoRK, Feb. 26.-The particulars
of the gold swindling operations in
May, 1865, by which a broker named
John Ross obtained $500, 900 in gold
from various brokers in this city, have
finally come to light. The money was
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