The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-01-24
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coNeREss1oNAs PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Il

coNaREss1oNA1 PROCEEDINGS: "a
S's-' WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.
In the Senate. petitions for the fncrease 0l .n'
..-;tf .ha coT stjSiopal afnemdhsnt, and securing
- -. ,esa Of sex, we're presented. Apro-
test against the reduction OF the currency
The Committee of the District were directed 10 re.
nort whether adue PROPORTION Of the school tuna
10. heen set opart for colored schools.
IN The House, the enabling Act was resumed
Stevens accepted, as modification, tha. after the
=. .sace of the Act, until the Ssates are allowed
-,presentation, the ha6eas eorpas TO be suspended
and martial law rule in those States during The
whole time Elaborate speeches were made. Sum-
hers johnson TRADE includes the Following SEN
tences: The country sees the President OF the re-
bellion revived IN the President Of the United
States; he is d usurpen who promising to be
Moses. has become PharoaA. And added, IN ef-
feet, that the President fills vita partisans OF his
usurpation every vacancy that occurs and makes
vacancies for them.
The President sent to the HSase mass Of pa
ners relative to the New Orleans July riots, incru-
ding 400 pages of testimony taken by the ihvesti-
cation board The board in their report, say that
IL is by no means their opinion that hostility to
Northern Union men prevails in the community to
the extent of endsngering life or property, provi-
asd they refrain from claiming freedom OF speech
ON certain subjects. The party which elected
Mayor Munroe, and through him contfea fnunici-
pal authorities, the board considers thoroughly
imbued with the spirit Of hostility, and predicts
that when the lapse of time affords immunity for
past Offences and give them confidence the inse-
curity toNorthern Efe and property will commence
The board e1culpates General Baird, and says the
negro procession was ii ftFFiaed and unfortunate;
but the board fails to see the eNidete that It was
an arAaea ongsnisatioA The beseised patty We're
totally unarMeA the report aasataea to+he brutal
treatment of the wounded and prisoners and states
that but for martial law and other military laea-
.urss, unparalled outrages would have occurred.
WASHINGTON, January 81.
fn the House, Mr.. Maynard, of Tennessee, in
4roduced bill providing for the publication of
the laws and judicial proceedings in the States
lately in rebellion referred to Judiciary CON-
mitEee.
MIR. Baker, of Illinois, introduced joint reso-
luton declaring the rebel States governments in
valid until Congressionally recognized !; referred
to Judiciary Committed
MIR. Bro~nweM iAevdHced = Joint resolution, de-
elaring the rebel States disqualified from voting,
pending future constitutional amendments, until
formally restored.
fhe bill regulating the Supreme Court, requi-
ling full board and unanimous decisions on the
questions involving State, national and constitu-
sional questions, was referred to the Judiciary
Committee.
The Ways saa Means CoMMittee re,oftsda gold |
bill requiring four days advertisements
The Committee on Elections were instructed to
INQUIRE into the Maryland elections, and report
whether the laws disfranchising rebel property |
were enforced.
In the Senate the House bill for o National
Soldiers and Sailors Home, and joint resolution
transferring the public land at Point Lookout for
o disabled volunteers asylum, both passed.
The Indian Committee were Instructed to inves- |
xiqote the recent massacrcs, and report measures
10 protect the Western frohtiefs.
Mr.. Brown introduced bill granting land for |
railroad and telegraph liae from Arkansas TO the
Pacific.
The tariff bill was Discussed until adjournment
The President in response 10 call from the
House, submitted mass Of papers relative to
G. st. Leger Grenfeli, convicted by the military
commission at Cincinnati, in 1865, Of conspiracy
for the release of prisoners at Camps Douglas and
Chase, and who was sentenced to death. The
documents show that that the President approved
the finding, but, influenced by the recommends
lions of the court and tho successful progress of
the war, commuted the sentence to imprisonment