The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-02-04
xxx OONGREss--sEOoND SESSION
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.

re-s WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.
SENATE.
Petitions were presented and referred, and
among them one of sugar reiners of the Union
asking protection in the pending tariff bill.
Mr.. Morrill, offered a resolution to return the
ironclad Onondaga to her builder, George w.
Quintard, on his refunding the amount ad-
vanced to him. Referred to the Committee on
Naval Affairs.
The bill authorizing the judges of Idaho to
appoint times and places of holding Courts,
and providing that the Legislature of that Ter,
rltory snail meet biennially on the first Mon
day of December, was debated and passed
The joint resolution authorizing ocean mail
services three times month between San
Francisco and Portland, Oregon, was debated
and passed.
Mr.. Summers resolution calling for a cow
OF the letter on which MIR. Seward founded
his inquiries of Mr.. Motley, and furnish the
name of the writer, was called up, debated and
passed.
Mr.. Trumbull, from the Committee ON Tn.
dietary, reported the joint resolution prohibits
leg payments from the Treasury to persons not
known to have been opposed to the rebellion
and in favor of its suppression, with an amend
ment striking out the provision as above and
leaving the bill to prohibit payment of any
claims of such persons occurring prior to 18th
OF April, 1861, and providing further that no
pardon shall authorize such payment until
this joint resolution shall be modified or re-
pealed.
Several other reports were made, when at
o'clock the bankrupt bill came up, pending the
question upon the amendment OF the .judicia-
ry Committee to strike out the proposition of
the House bill exempting from sales under
opulence OF the law, so much of debtors
property as is exempted by the exemption law
OF the State in which the debtor resides. This
was debated by Messrs. Stewart, Foster, Po-
land and Doolittle, after which a vote was ta-
ken on Mr.. Wilson's amendment to insert in
lieu of the above provision, thatthe amount to
be exempted shall not exceed $1,000. Disa-
greed to and the question then required on
striking out the clause above referred to from
the bill; yeas IA, nays o. So the clause was
not stricken out.
The Senate bill to regulate the tenure of
office was received from the House. During
an attempt to get up conference committee
on the disagreeing amendments the Clerk of
of the House arrived and announced the pro-
ceedings of the House on the death of Philip
johnson, Representative from the 18th District
OF Pennsylvania. MIR. Buckalew delivered an
address, the customary resolutions of condo
lence and regret were passed, and the Senate
at As z. NJ, adjourned. q
The Secretary of the Treasury was request
ed TO communicate a statement of the amount
of revenue paid to the Treasury from Balti-
more city and each of the. counties of Mary
land in 1864 and 65.
ic Jill W iCSuidoC tHc tcuuTc Vi OUlce was
taken up, the question being on reconsidering
the vote whereby the House rejected yester-
day Mr.. Williams amendment.
The vote resulted, yeas "a, nays 65; SO the
vote rejecting tho amendment was reconsid-
ered
The amendment WIS then adopted, 50 to 60.
The effect of this amendment is to strike out
the exception of Cabinet officers from the op-
erations of the bill
The bill was then passed Ill to SO.
The Senate's amendments to the tariffs bill
were referred to the Ways and Means Com
mittee and ordered to be printed.
The House then took up the bill for extend
ing patent to Thomas w. Harvey, for i'm
provement in machinery. U
The bill was afterwards laid on the table "a
to 62. y
The House proceeded to private business
After disposition of several private bills, Mr..
Ancona rose and announced the death of his
colleague, Mr.. johnson, and offered the usual
resolutions of coincidence and respect. Eulo-
gies were delivered and the House adjourned