Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-06-30
CONGRESSIONAL.


Howard. from the Senate Military Com
missee, repor,ed favofnbly on the bilI 70
The discontinuance Of the Freedmen
Bureau. The bill provides that ihe Com
missioner shall withdraw the Bnrea'
frouiall Ne States entitled tcrepresen
,a,icp. q the 6rstofJspuery next, ora
soon thereafter as may be done withou
lirjary to the Goyernmept. The Eduea
l,ioual Department Of the Bureau, an'
The collection and payment ofmoney du'
] .sailors and .ssliiers. shall be eoniinass
until otherwise ordered BY the action Q
Congress. 1t also provides for the con
tiuuauoe 10 oilice Of the present Copu's
siOnsr, excspt % she case ofhis dead q
resignation, when the Office is to be filed
only by the appointment Of the Presi'
dent BY the nomination Of the Secretary
of War, aud with the consent OF the SEN
"A joint resolution directing the with
holding Of money due from The United
States 70 any State u defaultiu the pay
ment Of the principal or interest on its
stocks or bonds held by the United
States, in trust, was passed.
The Colorado bill then came up, but
was soon laid aside by vote Of twenty
one 10 twenty. M
The cihl Appropriations bin was then
taken up aud amended by increasing The
Appropriation for the issue Of Treasury
notes to $500, 600, which was adopted.
Fowler introduced a bill to provide for
the election Of certain Territorial officers
by the people, and. after ashort execu-
tive session the Senate took a reoess..ss
At the evening session, Mr.. Wilson's
bill for The government of the army was
considered. About dozen Senators
we're present. The bill is elaborate,
varying but little, however, from the
provisions Of the Regulators, except in
imposing somewhat stricter penalties
for the violation of its provisions (,
Mr.. Wilson offered an amendment as
an additional section, providing for pun
ishment BY cashiering for conviction Of
gambling. go fsoiset ~ ali 70
In the House, numerous bills and joint
resolutions we're introduced for reference,
among which was bill to extend to Ar
kansas the provisions of the Agricultural
College bill, and another to aid in the
construction of railroad and telegraph
line from the Rio Grande to the Pacific
ocesh. CO 1 fai i 94f 30.
Mr. Cobb offered bill levying tax Of
at least ten per cent. on the interest of
the bonds Of the United States, to be as
sessed and collected annually by the Sec
rotary Of the Treasury and such subor
dinates as may be charged with the duty
Of paying the interest on the bonded in
debtedness of the United States, which
was passed by 90 to 81 ~ 1
The Secretary Of. the Treasury was
called upon for statement Of the re-
noval Of revenue officers by the Com
missioner and President, and the River
md Harbor Appropriation bill taken up.
Fifteen thousand dollars was allowed for
he Tennessee river, from its mouth to
.-I .
Florence. and 500, 600 from Chattanooga
o Decatur. Eighteen thousand of the
s250, 600 for the Ohio was ordered to be
applied in experimenting on the value of
hitting sluices. ID esg
] Mr. Root. of Arkansas, moved to make
IN appropriation for the Improvement Of
White river, which was rejected. The
)uachita, in Arkansas, the White and
Black rivers, in Arkansas, the latter to
Poplar Bluffs, Missouri, were added to
be rivers 10 be surveyed. stfs
Leave Of absence was granted to many
e the Democratic members, and the
ienate adjourned.