The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-12-11
CoNGREssIoNAL PROCEEDINGS.


7hority Z ward Cooper had been appoint
Cd Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
He repiies a vacancy having occurred by
the resignation of Chandler, Cooper was
authnrized, under the Act of February,
lS65, 10 assume the duties of the office un-
III MS successor shou!d be appointed. Re
ferred to the Committee on Finance.
Howard offered the following resolution,
Resllued, That the Secretary of Interior
be requested to furnish to the Senate
Statement setting forth, lst. The amount of
U. ,. bOrds issued to the Union Pacific
Railroad Company, under the acts OF 1862,
and amendm thereto, dates at which
some were issaed the Company and deliy-
cred. . na SECTIONS OF tAS road ID respect TO
which they We're granted. I'd. An account
between the United states and said Com
pany, ana each Or SAID branches. Inctud-
ing the Centra Pacific Company, setting
forth the amount of interest paid by the
United States on such bonds. and the
amount of interest referred to the United
State by said Company. and each of said
branche~, including the Central Pacific
Company, aud mode of repayment,
whether in cash or by the transmission of
dispatches and the transportation of mails
and supplies, as provided by the charter.
Sd. The length OF line on each road al
ready completed and accepted, designating
the locality.
Summer offered the following resolution,
wnich was adoptei
HeesolreI. That, in answering the resolu-
tion of the Senate of the 4th inst, calling
against Great Britain, the President be re-
quested. If compatible with public inter-
est, to furnish copy OF all the correspond
ence and other papers not before pub
liShed in this country, touching the recOg-
milton of bellIgerent rights by that power
at the beginning of the rebellion: also
touching fha de5redafions on the com
merce of the United States by the Ala
bama and other vessels built, owned.
equipped, and manned, in Great Britain;
and, il convenient, he cause the Secretary
of State to prepare an index to ali cores
pondence and documents on these subjects.
A joint resolution was introduced by
Howard, and referred to the Committee
on claims, instructing the Secretary of
War to -etJIe the claims of the columbia
Turnpike ompany, for damages TO their
property cur ng the war.
A bill TO regulate the rights of married
introduced by Harlan. Referred.
Grimes introduced joint resolution in
regard to eoasula4 appointments. Refer
red to Naval COnHnittee.
Cole Introduced the following bill, which
was referred to tAe Committee on FL
nance: That United states notes, COM
monty called Legal Tender notes, be re-
ceivable in payment OF all taxes, internal
duties, exciSes, cebts and demands of every
kind due TO the United States, except du-
ties on imports, and Of all claims and de-
mands against the United States, of every
kind, except for interest on bonds, when
payable in coin; and shall also be lawful
money and legal tender in payments OF all
debts, public and private, within the
United States, except where otherwise
specially provided, in contracts made after
the Atm day of July, 1868, and except on inn
ports and interest as aforesaid.
DOOlittle offered an amendment TO the
bill introduced by Wilson on Friday, to
allow the adoption of the constitutional
Amendments or Convent on by majority
of voters, instead of requiring majority
of those registered. The amendment
makes provisO that persons who did OF
possess the voting qualifications required
by those states previous to the rebellion,
must be, in order to be permitted to vote at
said election, possessed of one of these
qualifications: 1St. Service in the United
States rmy of one year or more I'd. Abi 'ity
to read the Const1Jution of the United
nj h -
10 support it. Sd. Freehold es' ate in his
own II ght to the value OF t2j0.
DOolttle said that if, as he expected,
Wilson shoa eress his bill, this amend
ment was very important. 1t might pos
sibly bring solace to that distressed
take "A position on the question that the
Wilson said that his bill was simply to
strike out that remarkable provision
in the bill to provide for a more
efficient goyernme OF the rebel
ed. he thought would operate
badly for the friends of rconstructton
But nine States had now ordered and
elected their Conventions, and matters
We're going on, he thought, exceedingly !
well; so it was donbtfnl whether his BID
been concluded in as orderly "A manner as
the average in this country. and il one or
two new Constitutions failed, which was |
than that reconstruction was Sure to !
triumph in spite of all that might be said. |
HOUSE.-In the vote saturday suspend
ing the currency contraction the following |
names were omitted of members voting |
nay: Mccullough, Peters, Phelps, Pike, |
Poland, Price and Prune.
Buckland introduced bill to amend the |
additional Bounty Act, to extend its bene- |
fits 10 soldiers who had been discharged |
before the expiration of their term of ser. |
vice and a short time rrior 10 the actual !
expiration of their term. Referred to the |
Committee on Military Affairs.
The Speaker announced the following |
committees:
Reconstruction-steve of Pa, Bout
well, lngham. Farnsworth, Huriburt of n. |
Y. Beamon. Paine. Brooks and Breck.
On Revision of the Laws of the United |
States-PoIand, Spalding, Jenk, Ferris and |
Woodward.
on Expenditure in Public Buildings-
Grover.
To fill vacancies.-On Mines and Min |
ing-Knott:
Jones.
on Expenditures Department : Gallo
way.
Dodge offered resolution iustructfng |
the Committee on Military Affairs to in |
Quire into the expediency of establishing |
a United States Arsenal at Fort David |
Russell, Cheyenne, Dakota Territory. |
Hooper introduced bill to provide for |
the sealing of scales, weights and balances |
used by National Banks, Navy Yards and /
Custom Houses. Referred.
sented a letter from Mr.. OrdWay. Sergeant ant
alarms. referring 10 certain newspaper |
paragraphs, particularly one IN the New |
Hampshire Patriot, charging him with |
having allowed large sums for liquors. |
cigars, &c, furnished the Committees of the |
House, denouncing such charges as utter
ly false and base; denying that any bills /
for liquors or cigars, or other eXtrava-
gances have been allowed since he was
Sergeant-at-ArmS, and requesting an ex-
animation OF his account. Allison stated |
that he had faith in the honesty of that
officer, but thought his request reasonable
and proper. He therefore moved a reier-
ence to the subject to the Committee on
Accounts. Agreed TO.