The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1867-03-13
CONGRESSIONAL.
nothing Of Importance was done i
either branch o. Congress- 10 day. -

either brunch of Congress- 10 day. IN
"WEDNESDAY.
SENATE Various bills aud resolutions
were introduced, including, among the
former, bills by Mr.. Sumner, to provide q
Republican form of government for the
late rebel States, and prescribing the form
Of oath to sustain such a government, and
among the latter, a resolution declaring
vacant the municipal Offices just filled A.
Alexandra, Va, BY the exclusion Of ne.
gro votes.
HoUsE-The session Of the House was
very brief aAd its proceedings were of
limited public Importance.
'iaiHahgRu THURSDAY, ''',"'
SENATE-A large number. Of bills and
joint resolutions were introduced in the
Senate, including among the former was
a bill to direct an Immediate registration
Of voters in the late rebel States who
should proceed toielsct delegates to a Con
vention to form o constitution, &c.-in
short directing at once that to be done by.
the authority Of Congress, which, by the
terms ofdthe Reconstruction bill was sub.
mitted as an alternative, to the discretion
Of those States. Mr.. Cragin renewed the
Wade proposition fot a Constitutional
Amendment to legaTze the Ons.term
Principle for the Presidency. "A resolu.
ton appropriating $4,000 for the purpo.
ses Of the Paris Exposition was passed.
HousE-In the Hoase, various resolu-
tons and communications we're disposed
Of, an adjournment an Monday next until
May 9Th was agreed to, the Judiciary
Committee were Instructed to report a bill
designating the authority to call Conven.
ton in the rebel States and providing
that in all such elections, the voting
should be by ballot, > bill to repeal the
act ceding back ALI kandria to Virginia
was brought in under q suspension of the
rules and passed. and The residue Of the
day was occupied with a long speech, BY
Mr.. Ashley, in support of his impeach-
ment resolutions, which were again intro.
duced by him. These were also support
ed by General Butler and opposed by
Messrs. Spalding aud Niblack, but were
finally adopted by nearly . strict party
vote, the House thus ordering the Judi
ciary Committee to take up the case, as
left by the Congress, aud proceed with it
to some issue. ..... ..al,a
SENArE-The Senate appropriated $751;
900 for the relief Of destitute in the Dis
'trict and voted, 35 to 2,b present to Mr..
George. Peabody, 10 til, name Of the
American People, a gdd medal, as a
mark Of n%otional appreciation Of his great
liberality. "- '''
HoUsE.-The House granted an ex.
tension of time for taking testimony in
contested election cases, one Of them be-
ing that of Delano VS. Morgan, from Ohio;
and passed the Senate resolution appro.
p%riating $4,000 additional for expenses
at the Paris Exposition. A resolution Of
sympathy with the struggling people Of
ireland, was appropriately referred. The
House, after some other unimportant bust.
ness, adjourned to Monday.
SATURDAY.
In the Senate, a petition was presented
from citizens Of Alexandra, asking Con.
gress to delay action on tie bill to re:an.
mex that city to the District, until they
could be heard in their own defense
The Senate on the recommendation and
testimony Of Gen. Howard, adopted a
joint resolution appropriating one million
dollars for the relief Of the destitute Of
oil classes and. opinions at the South. All
disloyal persons had been excluded from
the benefit Of former appropriations, but
it is now proposed to feed all alike. "
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