Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-12-13

x coNeREss.
Senator Wilson introduced an amend
ment to the Reconstruction laws, to en-
able q majority Of those Toting, In
. stead Of 8 majority Of those registered,
to carry an election 1.-THE House pass
ed the bill repeating the tax On cotton
by a Tete of 145 against 20. The bill ap-
plies to the next crOp,.s... The bill intro
dueed in the House a few days ago by
Gen. Garfield, making it unlawful for
the President to restore officers, who
have been Cashiered, to their rank, al
though general in terms, had special
reference to Fitz John Porter. .Sena-
tor Drake OF Mo, introduced joint
EeS0EuBlOA Cn8Eboter1ZiDg that part OF
the Presidents message which pronoun-
ced the legislation Of Congress uncon-
sbitutiOnal, as a departure from Official
preprtety and breach Of official obli-
Cation, justifying and calling for dis
tinet apprehension on part Of the Senate
&nd Aouse..a...A short eOllOquy between
MessTs. Hendricks and Morton in re-
gard to epithets Of newspapers, as ap-
piled TO the Democratic party, was end
ea oy Mr.. Morton saying that the feel
ing against tbs rebellIon and ats a1oers
and abetoors was as strong as ever. and
ten years hence Il would be stronger
Senator Summers proposition, to defeat
the resolution for printing extra copies
of the message. was lost ...... Mr.. ScheuCk
1by OF the Secretary OF the Treasury to
retire or cancel u. $. notes. Ut was read
twice and recommitted I'm the Senate
a1r. Summers bill to abolish distinctions
of color IN the government Of washing
ton City, was passed. $500 The COMMITTEES
on Elections reported in favor of AIr.
Golladay, and in opposition to MT.
Blake, contestants fromthe Third Ken
lucky District..-...... Senator Edmonds'
bill, with regard to the payment of the
bends in coin, was the subject Of an ex-
tended debate. 10 was finally laid on
the table, to give AIr. Hendricks an Op-
portunity to offer amendmentss.,-.. ..On
motion of Representative lugersOIl, the
Committee on Ways and Means was in
stfucted to inquire into the eZpediency
Of restoring the currency to an amount
equal to the amount retired since the
act Of April 12, 1861. The Secretary Of
the Treasury has sent to the House
statement ofinternal revenue receipts
from distilled spirits the last fiscal year.
The aggregate was S2s, ,296 000. OF this,
there were collected from Ohio, S. ,652,
00o; Indiana, 81, ,153, 600; Illinois, s., 7S9,-
000s Missouri, @l, ,l53, 600; Iowa, S7,7T0,-
600; Kentucky, Sl29, ,OO0......Mr. Schenck
reported back from the Committee on
Ways and Means the bill to take away
from the Secretary of the Treasury au-
thoritY to cancel or retire u. S. notes,
and after brief debate ii passed by a vote
of 12z to 23......On the assembling Of the
House on Saturday, the impeachment
business was the first to come up, and
the previous policy of hllibusteriDg was
E5sorted 70 by the supporters Of the ma
tOrity report, in order to get an OppOr-
tunity to make speeches. Their efforts,
however, were unsuccessful. At length
it was proposed by Gen. Logan that if
Mr.. Wilson would withdraw his motion
to lay the subject on the table, allowing
the vote to be taken direct on the TesO-
olgtiOn submitted by the majority re-
port, no opposition would be made to
animmediate vote. This was done, and
the vote taken by yeas and nays. The
resolution was lost, yeas, 81; nays, los.
All who voted in the Affirmative were
Republicans. SiXty-eight Republicans
voted in the negative. The Senate bill
fixing the quorum of the Judges of the
Supreme Court at five, was passed by
the House. ...... Representative Lynch, of
Ne, introduced a bill providing for the
resumption of specie payments on a
new -plaD......Ihe Senate bill striking
the word white from all laws and char
ters Of the District of Columbia, so as
to make colored men competent to hold
office and sit on juries, was passed by
the House. Logan introduced a
bin requiring the Committee Of Ways
and Means to inquire into the Justice
and eXpedlemcy OF reporting q bill re-
funding the income tax collected from
officers of the army and navy during
the War......Mr. Hooper, of Mass, made
another unsuccessful attempt to get be-
fore the House his proposition for redu-
cling revenues and appropriations to a
sum not exceeding $500, 100000. The
House refused to suspend the rules to
allow it to be introduced..... Represen-
tative Hubbard offered resolution in
structing the Committee on Banking
and Currency to inquire into the expe-
diencY of amending the National cur
rency law so as to extend its adTan-
tages to all persons who will comply
with its provisions, and restrict the is
suing of bank notes to two-thirds the
capital of the bank. Adopted--..,.The
House passed a resolution to adjourn on
the Goth of December, until the 9th of
January is not believed the SEN
ate Finance Committee viii report fa-
Yorably on the House Anti-eOntractiOn
biIl.-....4.he COnfiscatiOn bill introduced
on the 10Th Of March last, was called
up, and after speeches against it by Mr..
Chandler and Eldridge, its consider
alton was postponed to January 2Ist,.,,.
G Senator DoOlittle offered an amendment
to Senator Wilson's amendment of the
reconstruction laws regarding suffrage.
Mr.. Doo1ttle's proposition would eZ-
clude from the franchise all excluded
Dy the laws OF the southern States be-
fore the war, except such as can either
read or write, or possess q freehold
worth $3.50, or have served a year in the
Union army during the war, This led
to quite q debate, in the course of which
Mr., Wilson stated that he did not know
as he should press his amendment,
since the work of reconstruction was
progressing very rapidly and satisfac-
torily......Senator Cole, of Cal. intro
dueed a bill regarding the legal tender
notes, the chief feature of which is that
it provides that U. S. notes shall be a Ie-
gal lender in payment Of all debts, pub
lie and private, except import duties,
and except where otherwise specially
provided in contracts made after the 4th
OF July, 1858.