The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-02-08
XXXIXth CONGRESS. I'D SESSION.
SENATE.

On motion of Mr.. Sumner, the Presi-
dent was requested to communicate any |
recent correspondence between the De-
ps,rtment of State and the Minister at |
Stockholm, in relation to the report OF
his transfer from Stockholm to Bogota'
Mr.. Williams called up the resolution !
giving 20 per cent. increased compensa-
ton to clerks and other civil employees
of the government st Washington Tor
one year, ending June LIST, 1s61,iwhlch
was discussed till O'Clock.
| Mr., Fessenden called up the legisla-
tive, executive and Judicial aPpropria-
ton bill. -'l
charging the Secretary of the Treasury
with controlling his clerks on political
consideration.
Mr.. Fessenden disagreed with the
Senator.
+ sion, finally the question was taken on
the amendment appropriating S5O,OOO
for temporary clerks in the Treasury
, Department, and authorizing the Secre-
tary to classify the clerks according to
the character of their services. 1t was
adopted.
Recess till o'clock.
On motion of Mr.. Kasson. the Com
r mittee on Coinage, Weights, Measures,
&C., were instructed to attend the annu-
al assay at the United States Mint on
3 men. and economy thereof, and report
what measures, II any, would tend to
preater economy and efficiency in the
The system of United States mintage,
or Improvement of coinage.
The House took up the bill reported
: Yesterday from the Reconstruction
3 COMMITTEES, to provide more efficient
: government in the inSurrectlOnary
t States. After some discussion as to
g how long the debate should last without
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: question, and sent to the Clerks desk
# and had read a correspondence from
n the Cincinnati Commercial, protesting
to give the circumstances connected
d with the offering OF Mr.. Ashley's i'm
Y parchment resolution. The reading
e caused much amusement. Mr.. Ashley
n said, of all falsehoods manufactured
n and sent from this city by reckless and
l. stupid maligners, this story was the
most silly. He had never had, up to
h the time Of offering the resolution. any
t. correspondence or conversation with
l. General Butler on the subject, nor
III had he known what his views were
1t except from newspaper reports. he
ID had his own views since his first IN
S. teryiew with the President correcting
himself,) the acting President, after the
ID assassination of Mr.. Lincoln, the hrsi
L. gentleman to whom he had readGit was
Mr.. Washburne, ofllIlnois, ana no ONT
eff would accuse him of want OF friend
of ship for General Grant. He had also
shown it to Mr.. Stevens and two Of
o. three sother gentlemen. Certainly
~ nothing was further from his thoughts
m or the thoughts of those he had consult
ed than the idea of stabbing Genera
x Grant in the dark. 1t was well known
ty that no officer Ofthe army could be i'm
re peached, therefore the story on tina
IT. point was so stupied as to be onl.
worthy of contempt. AS to the Ian
a guage of his colleague alleged to hay'
rs. been used to him by hi.
IL colleague, Mr.. Bingham. No sue
iy language was ever used. He woult
Irt not have risen to a personal eSplana
ton on his own account, but ne ha'
n Welded to the Judgment of others.
nv Mr.. Stevens resuming the floor o
.u- the bill to provide for insurrectionar
in States, preIaced his remarks by Stain
en- that the reference made to him in tn
or. correspondence lust read was who'll
ms false. He supported the bill, and sal
ri he would move the previous questio
.ge at one o'clock tomorrow. The debal
he was continued by Brandegee, Hick
,u- and Farnsworth in support, and L
be Blond and Fincks in opposition.
lis Mr.. LIE Blond said that the adopt o
ted of this law would be the death knell {
.ri- civil liberty on this continent and tn
establishment of n military despotisI
over the country. He opposed the bi
as unconstitutional.
80. Mr.. Farnsworth said that if civil lii
's' erty meant the right to slaughter an
mot | destroy at pleasure Inen ne iTuSte
no' that it was its death knell. The hi
; Ia was framed for the purpose of protec
ian ian ing all the people in the insurrectiol
nus airy States, and the necessity of it w;
,,,d found in the fact that there was
cd present no protection IN those ulso
.eu' ranized States afforded by the cour
l;,t, and civil tribunal. He believed it "
iiHy in accordance with the views of &c
tho Grant.
t tne In reply to question, Mr.. Farm
'ei worth said he did not claim person
knowledge TO that effect.
10 Mr.. Bingham rising "A few minut
before the hour for recess, declared
m. was not going to yield to the props
,Pa' ton of Mr.. Stevens that one rood
=. territory within the lines of ten Stat
t Ihe was conquered territory. "a vol
Tue from the Democratic side, that's RICH
~, A government did not conquer n ter
. .is, tory that owed it allegiance.
i LIE Recess till T.SO o'clock.
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