The Portland daily press., 1867-03-01
xxx CONGRESS-. SECOND SESSION
WASHINGTON, Feb. %.
SEN ATE.

| meht vessels to take soundines for an Allan
| tic cable between Amar;oa snd the French
| coast
MIR. CONFESS spoke against such summary
disposal of so important matter as the Ha
| walian reciprocity and on his motion the re-
port ON this subject was laid on the taDie. :,
In the latter case the Committee was DIS
| charged.
On motion of Mr. Chandler, the Committee
| on Commerce was discharged from further
consideration of large number OF memorial:
| on various subjects. .... -.. 81. .
The House amendments to the bill for tenn
| porary increase OF pay 10 omcerS OF the army
| were concurred in. .,l
| Att p M. the miscellaneous appropriation
bill was taken up, the question being ON the
| refusal to pay certain Assistant Treasures il
| the Southern States.
| Mr.. Edmunds offered substitute calling
upon the Secretary of the Treasury to send t.
| the Senate list OF persons employed as asses
| s0rs without taking the oath, what services
they have rendered, how much is due them
| etc.
Mr.. Chandler spoke, rejecting very severely
| upon the Secretary of the Treasury and de-
nouncing his appointments as utterly unfit tt
| be made etc. During his remarks he said
| that Gen. Voorhees,, better known as Dan
Voorhees,, of Indiana, had been the secret
| agent of the Secretary of the Treasury and
for months had been travelling through the
| rebel States on secret duty for him.
Mr.. Hendricks interrupted him to say thai
| this was not true.
Mr.. Chandler said his informant was VIM
a Howard, formerly member OF Congress
| from the Detroit district sas-
Mr.. Hendricks said Mr.. Voorhees, had been
engaged as as agent of western distilleries, to
| secure the harvest, the execution of the reve.
nue. law, and devise means for putting a stol
| to the abuses under which liquor was sold fol
was on this business he travelled in the South
| Recently, he was in no way employed by thu
| Treasury Department.
The omnibus bill was taken up. M
| Mr.. Sumner raised point of order, that un
der the rules of the Senate leading amend
ment was not in order, as it provided for the
! payment of private claims which, under the
| rules, could not be attached to an appropria-
alton bill These assessors had not taken the
| oath of office, and were therefore in no just
| sense officers of the United States.
| The Chair decided the point not well taken
| and Mr.. Sumner appealed from the decision.
| After debate the decision of the Chair thai
the amendment was in order, was sustained BY
| 81 to TO- s.9lf ~
| The amendment of Mr.. Edwards was dis
| agreed to.
| The amendment of the Finance Commit
tee was then adopted, SO to 13.
An amendment from the Finance Commit
tee was offered, authorizing the sale of certain
buildings and grounds formerly used by tn
| Government as Custom Houses, in Alexan
dria, Nortorlk, New Haven, Portsmouth, N
H., Perth Amboy and Sackett's Harbor.
Mr.. Wade offered an amendment appropri
ating $4,000 for the erection of Jail in Daco
tab, alleging in reply to a question, that tn
| population of the Territory was small an,
mostly criminals. The amendment was re
jected. tIa fu .aJ
Mr.. Wade offered an amendment providin
for the Government advertising in the Distric
of Columbia, in the two papers having tn
largest circulation, and none others. Adopt
ed. a
Mr.. Trumbull moved as an amendment
section repeating the provision for the appoint
ment of a commission to investigate the claim
of loyal shareholders, whose slaves enlisted il
the army, but subsequently, at the request c
Mr.. Fessenden, withdrew it. fs- a- "a.
The Senate then took recess. llt..l.l s =
EVENING SESSION.
The tax bill was then taken up rT Z
On motion of Mr.. Fessenden the amend
ments of the Finance Committee were acte
upon as they were reached.
The amendment to strike out the section re
pealing the tax on newspaper advertisement
was agreed to. tN tF.a.ra "a
Mr. Hendricks. from the committee of cor
ference on the bill for the relief of contractor
building ironclads, made a report which wa
agreed to.
The Senate agreed to conference commit
| tee on the bill for allotments of Suprem
Court Judges, ETC., also to a conference com
mittee on the compound interest note fundin
bill.
At11 P. NJ, Mr.. Wade moved to postpone al
prior orders and take up the bill to ADM
Colorado, which was pending with the yeto-
After debate the bill was taken up and posi-
poned until one L. NJ. tomorrow, when vOt
| will be taken.
After the appointment of conference con
mittees the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE. f
Mr.. Latin, from the Committee on Printin!
reported the resolution to print 10000 exit
| copies of the agricultural report. Adopted
Also 1900 extra copies of the Patent report
and 5000 copies of the Smithsonian Institut
report; also 10000 copies of the report of til
select committee on the murder of Union so
diers. Adopted.
A motion 10 suspend the rules by Mr.. Ray
mond, last night, that he might offer resoli
ton of enquiry in relation to Canadian confet
Grafton, was the business in order
Mr.. Raymond proposed, in view of the ev
dent dissemination of the House to suspen
| the rules, he would have the resolution recei'
ed and referred to the Committee ON Foreig
Affairs, with leave to report at any time.
| The resolution was accordingly referred bu
objections were made to their reporting at an
time, this requiring unanimous vote.
! Mr.. Kasson, from the Committee on Apprt
priations, reported back the Senate amend
ments to the Indian appropriation bill Som
of the amendments were cOncurred in ant
| others were not.
After an hour and q half 8 debate, and
committee of conference was asked for on til
disagreeing votes, on motion of Mr.. Wilson, til
Senate bill to provide for the allotment
Judges Of the Supreme Judicial Court anon
circuits, etc, was taken from the Speaker
| table. .a z.Ff I'm
passed. At ID"
Mr.. LeBlond rising to personal explain:
ton, referred to the recent act of the Oh
Legislature refusing to strike out of the Stat
Constitution the word white" and to the a.
| of the New York Senate ratifying the Const
tutional amendment and congratulated h
Democratic colleagues on these facts, on the
cause against universal suffrage being thus Ell
dorsed by those two great States.
Mr. Banks, from the Committee on Foreigl
Affairs, made an adverse report on the bill fO
the relief of Henry c. Peck Minister residen
at Hayti. Tabled.
Also resolution requesting the President {
the United States to transmit the diplomat
correspondence of the State Department M
hitherto sent, up to the opening of this session
Adopted.
Other bills from the same committee wei
reported and passed.
Mr. Ancona asked Mr.. Banks for informatiO
on Mexican affairs
Mr.. Banks replied that the Committee o
Foreign Affairs did not intend to make any n
port on that subject at this time. s.H
The bills in relation to territories we're II
ported from the Committee ON Territories, an
passed. 20
At half past two Mr. Morrill, said he wa
about to make last effort in regard to til
tariff bill He gave brief history of the bi
from its inception to its present position. A
much progress as possible had been made, bu
now it was clear that concessions would hav
to be made on all sides if this bill was to b
brought to a final vote. He should, therefor
now make motion which would require q tw,
thirds vote. He would move the discharge
: the committee of the whole from the furtht
consideration of the bill. If his propositio
was agreed to and the committee discharge,
the bin would then be in full control of til
; House. In reply to questions from Mr.. Scheme
he said he did not intend to offer a subStitut
for the bill
After further debate Mr. Morrill, moved I
suspend the rules SO as to discharge the CON
mittee of the whole from further considerable
of the tariff bill, and come to a vote on c0ncu
ring in the Senate amendments, those agree
to in committee of the whole to be reported
, and he added that if the motion failed, I'll
|, Committee on Ways and Means would max
. no further effort in the matter this session
The vote was then taken and resulted-1O5
! GA, not two-thirds, and the rules were not SUI
pended.
As soon as the vote was announced M
Stevens rose and submitted a motion to su
pend the rules and discharge the COMMITTEES
the whole from further consideration of III
Senate amendments to the tariff bill, and tn,
the House concur therein with the amen,
ments agreed to in committee of the Who'll
and with the additional amendment to stril
out of the paragraph relating to wool, Il
words which except charges from the calcul
ton of the value ON which the tax is to
levied.
Mr.. Stevens motion was lost by yeas IL
nays go, two-thirds not voting yea.
MIR. Morrill, move to suspend the rules to a