The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-21
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.

In the Senate on Monday the credentials Of Hon.
P. F. Thomas, Senator elect from Maryland, were
presented and motion was made tlht he be per-
mitted to take tho oath Of Office. Tho credentials
were then read, and Mr.. Howard moved that they
be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:
long discussion ensued, in which o number OF
nembers participated, on the question OF Dir:
Thomas LOYALTY to the Union; fum M, report Oh
consideration Of the subject was finally postponed
until to-day. In the debate, Messrs. johnson,
Trumbull, Fessenden and Salisbury advocated the
immediate admission OF Mr. Thomas and were op,
and Conness, who favored the motion to refer. Tho
Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to
furnish to Governor Brownlow, of Tennessee, arms
and equipments for twenty-five hundred mllitiawas
then taken up. Mr.. Fowler stated that Governor
Brownlow wanted these arrs to protect Union men
from assassination. Mr.. Patterson asked if reb-
els" had not been murdered? Mr. Fowler replied that
She hoped so-hoped some Of these arms would
be used fol- that purpose!" The resolution was
adopted-yeas thirty five, nays five. Tho Bill sup
Elementary to the Military Reconstruction Act was
then taken up, the question being on concurring
in the House amendments thereto: The first OF
the House amendments was adopted, but the sec,
ond, which requires majority Of the registered
voters to adopt the Constitution was disagreed to,
after q long discussion, by vote Of yeas twenty
one nays twenty-four. The Bill now goes back to
the House. The Senate then went into executive
session, and at its close adjourned.
House OE REPRESENTNTIvEs.-The credentials
Of Messrs. Ella and Stevens, Representatives elect
| from New Hampshire, were presented and the
| gentlemen appe,red and took the oath OF Office
Under the call of the States and Territories Tor
Bills and joint resolutions, number OF each were
! introduced and referred to appropriate commit
| tees. A resolution was passed authorizing the
| appointment of Joint Committee Oh Ordnance.
The President was requested to furnish the Il use
! with information in his possession relative to Inc
trials OF Fenians in Canada, and also relative to
the withdrawal Of French troops from Mexico
The House agreed to the Senate concurrent reso-
lutions prohibiting the sale Of liquor IN tho Cap
itol building or grounds. The House also con-
Cured in the Senate joint resolution directing
the Joint Committee on Retrenchment to inquire
into the method of printing United States cur
rency and to report what guards are necessary to
prevent frauds therein. The House then pro
ceeded to the consideration Of the Senate suDst-
provide for the more efficient government OF
the Southern States. Tho following amendments
were adopted: all amendment requiring all persons
before being registered to take oath that they have
never been members OF any state Les1siaeuic s,L'
or held any judicial ofco in any State aud alter
wards engaged in war against the tederal Gov
ernment; an amendment recognizing the ratlfca-
tion of constitution when it shall have received
electors; and an amendment making it perjury
to falsely subscribe to any oath prescribed
in tho bill. The substitute as amended was
then passed. The House concurred III the
Senate amendment to the resolution IN Ie!aton "
the coin on deposit in the Treasury which IS clam.
ed by the Viz mia banks. The resolution was then
ADOPTED. TleSenate joint resolu ion amcntatory
of the ninth section of the act providing for the
greater security Of passengers on steam vessels
Mas taken up and passed A resolution wes adol-
ted allowing the suspension of the rulss s ., ca
any day during the continuance Of tic
present session the same a5 on Monday
resolution was passed providing that the tosti,
mcny .aken by tho Committee on The Judiciary q
the last House i'll reference to affairs in Mar! land
and whether the government ct rllat State Is re-
publican in form, shall be committed to tho same
Committee OF the present House, with instruc'
tions to prosecute tho inquiry. A resolution was
passed suspending for the present tho operation
the act awarding compensation to tho loyal owner:
OF slaves drafted into the United States service
bill was passed exempting wrapping paper aIt
paper made of wood OF corn stalks from lnterna
revenue tax. Several othor joint resolutions o.
minor importance were also passed, WHICH will b'
found mentioned in tho proceedings elsewhere
The House then adjourned.