The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-02-27

In the House, Lne VOte W coiioui .. IL ~. W..
ssmhan's substitute was defeated-7s to 9S.
A Committee of Conference has been ap-
pointed. The whole matter is dead for
b this session. sf.r ,,:..:,. ! ,,... :,
The House was ftlll-the galleries crowd
cd Banks introduced resolution, allow
ino a national vessel to carry contributions
Of clothing and provisions to the destitute
people of the South, Spalding objected,
lest debate should follow. 80 ,......
S6erman's bill came up. "A motion was
made tolay the whole matter on the taoiee,
: when Mr. Stokes attempted to read de-
iispatchg he had received from Tennessee;
-z5nt was cried down. The vote on the mo-
I'll ton on to concur was 79 to 9S., The motion
f a Committee ofConference was agreed
ITO without division. Stevens. Shellaber-
= oer and Blaine are the committee.
2 The report of the Conference Committe
On On the tenure Of office bill was adopted
slls to 40. 1t includes Cabinet officers
amonc, those whom the President cannot
remove. -. :.
.1The death Of Samuel Downing, the last
Revolutionary soldier, was announced.
The, militia bilb giving standing army
Of two regiments to each district, came up.
The Democrats fillibustered through the
qIiour assigned it, and it goes over. The
House tlsen went into committee on the
military appropriation. Itgives the Freed
mems Bureau, for various items; 1885,
soc! second section makes the Gene
raj of the arnly's headquarters in Wash
i siineetocn and that lie shall not be removed,
suspended, relieved or ordered elsewhere,
without the approval ofthe Senate. ANY
:herson issuing orders contrary to this Act
shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor,
punishable with imprisonment not less than
1.-TWO nor more than thirty years.
In the Senate, the action Of the House
on Shermar.'s substitute was reported
Williams moved that the Senate insist of
Its amendment. Conness objected-as he
thought it too important to entrust to COM
inittees of conference. The difference be-
tween the two Houses was a fundattiental
bne, and conference committee could give give
no further light. The result In the House
arose from the bad faith OF past friends OF
the measure. He was in favor of laying
on the table, to take up the louisiana bill
j and apply. it to all Southern States.
h.. Sumner and Pomeroy advocated a con-
ference committee Howard said there
Should be no compromising or trafficking
in such an important matter. Sherman
held that they could not reconcile. the
House without abandoning the brinciple OF
the bill. Opposition came from extreme
sides-one holding that the States were en-
titled to representation; and the other that
1p3f
the President would shrink from acting, if
the bill reached him. Pomeroy repeated
his belief that it would not becomea q law
this session, either by conference OF other
wise. Lane opposed a committee; the
difference was Observation-Disclosures
and he was unwilling to abandon the Sen
ate,s position. Wade thought the. matter
too grave to entrust to q comrtttee 1T this
STAGE of the session, and preferred begin
nino-the tnAtter again. Abiding to FeS-
senden. Wade said Fessenden's course
being silent here, then going to the House
to try to defeat the blll-might be honor
able, but Wade did not like it. - ;,,,,
The discussion proceeded at length, but
was mostly of personal character
Owing to the utter want of harmony, the
Senate finally insisted on its amendment
and refused committee without division:
x WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.
The Presidents answer to tl!e Senate,
fial questions regarding violations OF the
civil rights bill, states that neither OF the
Secretaries of State, War and the Navy,
nor the Postmaster-General, have re-
ported any. Several were under consid-
GRAFTON, which had been refused at the
Attorney-GeneraPs Office. Secretary.
Stanton had reported several cases to
Congress. Cowan, in speech, defended
the President and The South, and asked
the Senate why they did not give Stanton
assistance to redress the reported out
1ages, instead Of pouring them into the
public ear. Respect for the fair fame of
the country required this, instead-of using
them as means for malfgning the Presl-
dent. Sherman, urging his bill, SAID we
give the negro ballot, school, protection
and Law, but the nation would never con-
sent to put white men under his domln3-
tion. He designated Stevens and EllIot's
plans as horribly defective.
: Ii appears, from communication OF
the President to the Senate, that Che
gross proceeds of cotton seized is S25, 800
coo; sale of miscellaneous property, ST.
100000; rents of abandoned property,
nearly S5,OOO,0O0; and other receipts 81
100000; total, Sc, ,000,0 900; net profits to
United States, s25,OO0,O0O.
John Surratt was brotight on shore to-
day. On landing, the marshal said: "Is
your name John Surratt?" He replied:
at is, sir" The marshal then served his
warrant, and took possession of the pris-
ofer. His case and custody are entirely
under civil authorities. Ex-Governor
Thomas II. Ford, of Ohio, and Colonel
HincIle Will defend SurratG.