The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-01-18

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journed.
HoUsE.-A number of resolutions
WereintrOduced and referred. The Com
mittee on Naval Affairs was instructed
to inquire into the propriety ofamend-
ing the Appropriation bill of July 2S,
1866, 50 as to allow sailors and marines
in the United States service, to receive
the same bounty as soldiers. The Com
mittee on Ways and Means was instruc-
ted to inquire into the eXpediency of
amending the income tax law so as to
exempt all incomes under tWenty-one
hundred dollars from taxation, and to
tax all over that amount five per cent.
A bill was passed providing for the pur-
chase Of the lower portion of the City
Hall Park in New York asa site foran
United States Postoffice and Custom
House building in that city, for the sum
of fivehundred thousand dollars. A bill
to incorporate the National Safety
Fund Company of Washington city was
passed. Messages were received from
the President enclosing the following
reports: from the Secretary Of War
report of the proceedings in relation to
the trial of Crawford, Keys and Others,
charged with the murder of Federal SOL
diers in South Carolina, and the subse-
quentreSpite Of their sentences; a re-
port from the Secretary of Navy rela-
ting to the amount charged the State
Department for the use of naval vessels
since May, '64; report of the Attorney
General giving the names of all citi-
zels of the Southern States pardoned
by the President, &c. This list COM
priSes some three or four hundred
names. The following are the names
of those pardoned from Maryland:
Frederick Chatard, Commander G. S.
n; Bradley Johnson, Brigadier Gener-
al G.. S. A., and George II. Steuart, Ma
ior General c. S. A. The bill granting
additional compensation to certain en-
ployees in the civil service Of the Gov
eminent at Washington. A number of
amendments were proposed and reject
ed, as was also substitute offered by
Mr.. FarnSWorth. Pending vote on
the passage of the bill the House ad
iourned.
SENATE.-A number Of memorials
and petitions were presented and dis
posed of. The bill regulating the time
for the meeting Of Congress was taken
up, the question being on the amend
ment reported by the Committee on
the Judiciary, providing thatmembers
of the present Congress, who are also
members Of the next, shall not receive
mileage for the additional session pro-
vided for in the bill, to commence on
the 4th Of March, 1867. After some dis
cussiOn the amendment was adopted.
A long discussion then ensued on the
bill, which was finally passed by vote
of yeas 26, nays 7. The bill amending
the organic acts of the different Terri
tories, which declare that there shall be
no denial of the right Of franchise or
any other right on account Of race or
color, in any Territory, was taken up
and passed-yeas II, nays s. The bill
regulating the tenure of civil offices
was then taken up. This bill makes
the consent Of the Senate necessary to
all appointments to civil offices, except
in the Cabinet. The President may
make temporary removals for cause, or
fill vacancies occurring during the re-
cess of the Senate, but these appoint
mentS must be confirmed by the Sen
ate at its next session, to become per-
manent. An amendment was offered
by Mr.. Howe to include Cabinet officers
in the bill. After long discussion it
was rejected. The discussion of the bill
was then continued, but without taking
any further action on it the Senate adj
journed.
House. credentials of the Hon
| Thomas J. Foster, Representative elect
from the Sixth Alabama, and Hon. a
NJ. Branch, from the Third Texas dis
trict, were presented and referred. A
bill was passed authorizing the Post
master General to pay route agents
of the Postofice DepaWfnent salaries
not less than nine hundred or more
than twelve hundred dollars annum
A bill declaring the bridge across the
Mississippi River, from New Albany
Illinois, to Clinton, Iowa, post route
was passed after long discussion. The
Senate amendment to the bill regula,
ting the time for the meetings Cong
ress, which prohibits constructive mile
age, was concurred in, as was also the
Senate amendment to the bill amend
ing the organic acts Of the Territories
! which provides for negro suffrage there
in. The vote on the latter was yeas 104
nays 38. The bill for the admission o.
Nebraska was thentaken up. Mr.. Ash
ley demanded the previous question on
the bill. A number of members pro-
tested against such hasty action, and
amotiOn was made to lay the bill on
the table, which was lost. Mr.. Ashley
then renewed his motion, but it was
not seconded. A motion was then made
to refer the bill to the Committee on
Territories. Pending a vote the House
adjourned.
SENATE.-A petition was presented
by Mr.. Sumner, signed by certain par
ties calling themselves ''ioyal citizens
of Arkansa.,," asking that the present
State Government be abolished. The
Committee on Naval Affairs was in
structed to inquire into the eXpediency
of temporarily closing the Norfolk Ma
Wy Yard. The bill to provide for the
payment of pensions was taken up, and
after short discussion was laid aside,
and the bill regulating the tenure OF
civil offices was taken up. An amend
ment was adopted requiring the Secre-
tary Of the Senate, at the end OF each
session. to furnish to the Secretary, and
to other officers Of the Treasury, lists OF
all persons nominated to office, and who
have been rejected or not confirmed by
the Senate. After long discussion
the bill was laid over without any adj
ditional action on it. The Committee
on Finance reported Commissioner
Wells bill Recommending, however,
certain amendments to be made in it,
as a substitute for the House Tariffbill.
The Senate then went into executive
session, and at its close adjourned until