Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-01-31
CONGRESSIONAL.
FRIDAY. January al.


Judge OF that district to 90, UO0 Referred TO the
Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr.. morgan presented \ memorial from sur
geons, paymastsrs, stswardsi&c.. who served
an the navy during the reseiIion, asking for
Affairs
Mr. Ramsey. from the Committee on Post
Offices, reported. with amendments, the bill, TO
amend the postal laws.
Mr. Trumbull entered m otIon to recon slider
the vote by which the bill IN relation to the
National Soldiers and Sailors Orphan Home
was passed. This bill was passed iast night
Mr. Sherman presented four petitions from
citizens OF OHIO, asking the passage OF the
tari1 olii passed by the House last summer.
Mr. Sumner presented three petitions, ask.
ing civil and political rights without distinc.
ton OF color: Referred to the Committee on
RecOnstr
Mr.. Morrill, introd need resolution calling
On the Secretary of the Interior for a state
ment ofIthe amounts paid to the baiiiffs &c of
the district courts during the last year
On motion OF Mr.. Patterson, the Committee
on Claims was instructed to inq uire into the
propriety OF recompeneiug the loyal citizens
of East Tennessee for aid furnished the Union
armies.
Mr.. Sumner offered resolution calling on
the president for copy OF all correspond den e
between the Department Of State and our Min
listers abroad relative to the policy Of the Gov
eminent towards the States lately in rebellion,
and also as to any inquiries addressed to tn EN-
relative to alleged compensation, &c; which
was adopted.
Mr.. Cnness asked to take up the resoI ton
introduced by him yesterday, req Nesting the
Secretary Of the Treasury to comm unicate to
the Senate his opinion In regard to the prob
able dyantages of q commercial treaty with
the Hawaiian Islands.
Mr.. Grimes opposed the resolution as not
coming within the province of the Preside mt
or Secretary of the Treasury, who b adj nothing
TO do wi III making treaties.
Mr.: CONFESS replied TO Mr.. Grimes; after
which, the resolution was adopted
MI. sumner deked to take the rasol Mt ton
OF inquiry introduced by him yesterday, call
ing on the President for copy of the letter of
Mr; Seward to Mr.. Motley, and also the name
OF the writer.
Mr.. Davis theughtit better to let tie subject
drop. Mr.. Molly had satisfactorily repealed
the charges made against, and a citizen of mis-
eminence could not nsw be unfayorably
affected by the letter.
Mr.. Sumner wanted to know the name OF
this spy, this eavedropper. 1t was due to the
country, and due to the eminent citizen who
had been maligned
Mr.. Hendricks said it was the duty of the
Secretary Of State to ask Of MI. Motley de-
made the correspondence public. but the Sena.
tor from Massachusetts had.
Pending discussion, the morning hour ex.
pired, when the tariff bill was taken mp.
HoUsE-Mr. Dawes mass, ,ntrodu ced a
resolution which was agreed to, directing the
Sergeant at Arms to pay to Hon. f. H. Web
ster the amount OF increased ompen safion to
which he Is entitled as Representative from
member OF the Thirty ninth Congress-
On motion OF Mr.. Eliot, mass, } the Senate
bill suppementar 10 the act to prevent snug
CLING, was taken from the Speakers table and
passed
Mr.. Donnelley Mimi introduced resolu
ton 10 print 5000 copies of the report of the
Seer etary OF war upon the examination and
survey OF the Upper Mississippi and It's ,ribu.
tar!es. Referred to Committee on Printing
The House proceeded to the consideration
OF The amendments to the Consular and D,plo-
m "a q
Committee OF the Whole, and the amendment
to insert Portugal was not agreed to.
he question then required upon striking
Rome from the list of foreign missions Of high
grade; and the amendment was agreed to-
The other amendments were adopted en-
mdsse. and the bill passed.
West Point Military Academy was then takeI
up, and the amendments made in Cenamittse
OF the Whole were concurred in, and the bill
passed.
Mr.. Trowbridge Mich from the Commit.
tee on Enrolled Bills, reported a resolution
setting forth that the act 10 repeal Section I3
OF the act TO Suppress Insurrection, de-, APP
proved July II, 1861, (the Amnesty law, and
the bill to reg ulate the Elective franch in
the Territories Of the United States had been
passed by both Houses Of Congress duly en-
rolled and submitted to the Com mittee on
Enrolled Bills 10 the President Of the United
States on the sth and 18th days Of January
respectively, and the President had failed to
notify the House whether he had approved or
rejected the same, and that under the Constr
tuition they mad there fore become laws nv
lapse Of time: and as they had not been pub
inform the House whether the laws indicated
have been file in his Department.
mr.. tlDck co. objected to the reception Of
Tae Speaker decided that the Committee on
Enrolled Bills had leave to report any
time.
Mr. Finck made the point tha, this WAS m,
an enrolled bill but an original resolution.
The Speaker said It had q bearing upon the
question Of enrolled bills.
Mr.. Trowbridge said this was the first time
In the history OF the country when bills sub.
mitted 10 the President had not been returned
with or without his approval. The bills had
become laws BY lapse Of time and the resoiu-
ton was simply to ascertain their whereabouts,
and II they were not on file in the State DE.
partment proposition would be made to take
such action AZ would secure a re.enrollment Of
the bills and their publication.
Mr.. Schenck (Ohio) suggested that this was
new question, and the resolution should 20
further. The Secretary OF State might answer
that the laws were in his Department and
that he intended TO publish them, and they
would then appear without the approval OF
the President, and Congress should take such
by the default Of the President.
The resolution was agreed to.
The Speaker laid before the House q commu.
nicatIon from the Secretary Of war, transmit.
ting the papers in relation to the purchase Of
the steamship Illinois. Ordered TO be printed.
The House resumed the consideration OF the
Jill icpoItoO ITOm commune on Indian on0lrs,
70 provide for an annual inspection Of Indian
affairs.
Mr.. Highly (Calfornia) advocated the retain.
ing OF the Indian Bureau under the control Of
the Interior Department.
M. Schenck (Ohio) advocated his amend
msnt, which Is 70 transfer the Bureau to the
war Department. He believed 1t would pre-
vent the preparation OF wrongs, and it should
be done on the score Of economy.
MT kasson (lowa) argued that the present
system OF Indian affairs was miserable fail.
ure. and under present arrangements the In.
dams could not be civilized, unless to cheat
ana swlndie them was the proper process
whereby to civilize them. The whole present
system Of Indian treaties must be aboIiehed or
else the United States must see that its faith ia
Kept when treaties are made. The Indians
themselves, he argued, prefer to have their
anairs managed by the military, and such
management was more conducive TO peace
between the Indians and the whites. The
treaties as carried On by traders and agents are
continued frauds, and this system cannot be
allowed to continue longer without iniustice
to the honor and dignity Of the United States.
The bill OF MI Windsm he did not believe
would correct any evils.
Mr.. Darling IN. Y. advocated the transfer
Of the Bureau to the War Department.