New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-10

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>, T1ISek5n 70 TsrSeroN Wednesday, Jan 2, 1867
y" soy very little was done but the |
In VIZ - tbe bills admitting NeoIash" anu Ooloi"uo
PASS tokipr the appointment OF pension "sen'S
Jhe p Seeretary OF the Interior and giving u Uothe
ron Inv and with the advice ana consent VI tiie
,sae nndcr discussion and would nave passed
Hro, the objection OF Nj tesSendeh' VINO Sau he
tld n examine itaId movedltS poSlpoheiheht uH
,onorTow Since the war these oiiices nave oecoIhe
,,.no~taut and il is claimed by those VINO advocate
hin that very bad appointments have
~, ,,o6e within a few months. Not long since
A. Rrowninq appointed as agent al Lexington NY
~ - ranbovV who had been an undisgulSed synl"-
- 9TH the Rebels during the war, although
a. ,ore more than 20 discharged Union soldiers
- Cor the position The contest on the Ne
hka hin WAS interesting from the ciOseneSs OF the
,voto on the important amendments MI Browns
amerdmept. recurring negro suffrage TO be TatlIed
nv the people Of Nebraska before the admission OF
tbo state received but eight votes A vote
was then taken on the Edmunds amendment
which admits the State Immediately but attaches
universal suffrage as a fundamental condition. Inns
Vas lost al first by tie vote i to Is subsequently
MeCSre Fowler ana SutIHdN NUiit ia anu Not'N iAh
the affirmative, thus securing the amendment. The
amendment received the votes of several Senators
Who yyould have preferred the bill without 1t, but
feared II could not be carried. On the passage the
vote was "A to 10 Fisher, Crimes Howe and Nor
Gan voted with the Democrats in the negative
There were IS Senators absent of whom MeSsTs Har-
us Nye Pomeroy, Trumbul Wilson and Yates may
be counted as friends of the measure, making 80 il
all Ar Fessenden was in the Senate but did not
vote lie is regarded as for the bill when vetoed
Tit said that the veto can be overcome. The Col
Orado bin was passed mmediatelyafer the Nebraska
bill The Ednunds amendment was attached 10 IL
also Senator Frelinghuysen left Washington yes
terday for Trenton n j. to look after an election to
the Senate,
The House to-day, after brief debate, passed the
joint resolution accepting the lower end of the City
Hall Park as a site for new Post Office and United
States Courthouse for New-York City, and naming
POSTMASTER Kelly District-Attoney COurtenay, Mayor
Hoffman and Moses Taylor Jackson Schultz and
Charles s Russell a commission to provide for the
transfer Of the same by deed to them, and by them
70 the United States The amount of purchase money
for the same is fixed at $4,000 Tde early passage
by the Senate of the joint resolution will be urged.
The House then took up and discussed till the adj
sournment the bin to give the departmental clerks
20 pei cent increase on their salaries for the first of
iaSt jay lHeIt was oplVoitiOh W 'i0
bill as it now stands and its passage is by no
means certain. In the course Of the debate
Gen Schenck animadvcrted very severely on the
time-serving clerls,cOmpOsing the johnson Depart
ment Club. He speaks with force and determination,
and when he opposes thing he fights IL with great
tenacity His scathing remarks Oh the members OF
Che Johnson Departmental Club were well timed,
and lost to the bill many of its former friends.
The Senate Finance Committee to-day gave notice
that they would hear more delegations after to-
day They intend TO devote tomorrow and Friday
70 arranging the bill with view of reporting II this
week if possible 1t is barely probable that it may
bot be ready TO report before Monday next The
clerk is busily engaged in arranging II in proper
form and if he can complete it in time il viii be re-
ported on Friday and sent Immediately 10 the prin-
ter so that it will be laid the desks Of Senators
and members on Monday morning.
The House Ways and Means Committee to-day
heard lengthy arguments from large delegation Of
cotton and wollen manufacturers from Philadelphia,
who urged upon the Committee to repeal the five
Der cent tax on said manufactures. They argued
that this tax is high that the tariff is Of little or
nc use i'll protecting them against foreign compeC-
zion. The Committee listened to their arguments
and promised to give the matter careful consideTa-
ton.
Gen Ashley was before the House Judiciary Com
Committee have decided not to make public what
takes place in Committee, and they have enjoned
upon each member of the Committee secresy under
penalty Of expulsion in case it is proven that any
member dvulges what takes place in their sessions
The bill giving impartial suffrage IN the District
Of Columbia became a law yesterday. To-day some
leading Democrats made OyeItures through coOred
clergyman, TO know what the negroes wanted and if
an alliance could be made with them Oh terms salts
factory to both parties.
Gen Grant, Gen. Meade and large number Of
other distinguished army officers have memoriaized
Congress for the passage Of law continuing the
service or longery ration TO officers the retired
list of the army The House Military Committee
have authorized their chairman to report the same
bounty bill which passed the House last session. with
additional section TO enable soldiers who have lost
their discharges without fault Of their own TO obtain
the bounty upon making proper proofs of the facts
and Of the identity Of the claimant The bill allows
y Is per month for time Of service, deductng all
Government, State and local bounty. Gen. Scbenck
who has charge Of the BILL intends TO call it up and
urge IT'S passage at an early day.
The President to-day sent TO the House Of Repre-
sentatves all the papers in his possession relating to
the murder Of the three Union soldiers in South
Carolina, during the Autumn of 1865, with copy of
the proceedings of the Military Commission which
tried and convicted Messrs. Keys, Showers and By
ram for the crime. Most Of the facts in the case
have already been made pnbhc through the columns
Of The TRIBUNE. The papers were referred to the
Special Committee on the subject, who viii imme-
diately commence an investigation as 70 what in
Duence was brought TO bear upon the President Of
the United States to have the sentences of prison
eIs committed from death to Imprisonment for life
ahd dterward to procure their removal from the