Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-12-09
CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, December s 1855.
SENATE.


SENATE.
The President presented acommunioa-
ton from the Court OF Claims, relating to
the Judges OF thst Court, and another
from the Interior Department, urging re-
lief for the destitute Indians in upper
Missouri. Both were laid on the table.
Bills extending the Ereedmen's Bureau
IN certain States for a certain period, for
removing political disabilities and abol-
ishlng the ranking privilege, were
tabled and ordered TO be printed.
Mr.. Sumner offered q resolution call
ing on the President for Information
concerning the recent transactions In
the Louisiana, plata III which vss
adopted.
A bill for removing the disabilities
from Chief Justice +. Moses, of South
Carolina, was laid over.
Mr. Patterson presented q memorial
relating to the Improvement of the Ten
nessee river, which was tabled and
ordered to be printed.
AjOint resolution was introduced, re-
lRtiOg TO the Court Of Claims, which pro-
vides thst the provisions Of the act Of
July 4, 1854, entitled "An act to limit
the jurisdiction Of the Court Of Claims"
be extended to the loyal people Of the
States Of Louisiana and Arkansas, and
that the act of the 18th of February,
1857, entitled "An act to declare the
sense Of an act entitled an act to restrict
the Jurisdiction Of the Court OF Claims "
shall not be go construed sc to prohibit
the payment of claims of loyal citizsns
Of the United states, In said States. It
was laid on the table and ordered to be
printed, and then the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
In the House the bill regulating the
duties on copper and copper ore, was ta-
ken up and passed. Yeas, 107 nays 81
Several communications were pre-
scented and appropriately referred. A
communication from the Oregon Legis-
lature was read. I~tinstucts their Sena-
tors to resign, they having voted for
measures plainly unconstitutional, which
hsve overthrown civil liberty and free
government In eleven States.
Washburne, Of Illinois, offered = reso-
luton returning the resolution, the same
being ~scsndalous, impertinent andindec-
orous. The previous question was SEQ
onded and the resolution was adopted;
yess-En nays SIS.
Mr.. Butler, Of Massachusetts,, intro
ducsd s bill repeating the tenure-of-ofhce
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Committee.
Mr.. Garfield, from the Committee on
Military Affairs, reported 3 bill to restore
the Bureau Of Indian Affairs to the VA
Department from January 1, 1859, and
moved the previous question on its
passage. The bill then passed by q vote
of Il6 to 80.
Mr.. Robinson then obtained the
floor to speak on the subject of
American citizens imprisoned IN
Great Britain, and offered s resolution
calling On the President for information
on the subject. He declared thst every
day Warren and Costello were allowed
to remain In British prisons without re-
monstranse on the part Of the American
Government, the country suffered a dis
grace. These men had been convicted,
he argued, for acts done and words spo-
ken in the United States, and had been
refused their right to = mixed jury; and
IL he had his will, no man should eat his
dinner, no woman marry shusband, and
business carried on until there wss a
declaration Of war by tie United States
against Greas Britain.
Mr. Wood made q few remarks, declar-
ing that he cono1Frsd in the views Of
his colleague. The House then adjourned.