Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-06-26

ID. Nul 3 I -le Senate tie Da..t..r ff
/ was taken zap and Mr.. Morrill, offered s- au
Imeriment that on tic issue Of any increase
/ "t national circulation the Secretary u Oh,
+ Treasury De required to- permanently withdraw
800 equal amount Of United States u1ta- T..
this Mr.. Morton gave notice he would move iu
add that tie notes thus retired shall not le
obtained from the sale q bonds. but shall bt
taken from the funds ia the Treasury. collected
in the ordinary way After lengthy debate.
during which the Senate refused TO Iav the bin
on the table until after the Presidential election.
Mt Morrill, s amendment was rejected by vote
Of sixteen yeas 90 twenty-scyeu nays.
On Tuesday MIR sherman introduced iii, TO
promote commerce among the several States.
and cheaper transportation of the mail and mill
itary and naval stores He smtci that It pro-
posed the construction of several railroijs I'm
different directions from Washington, and moved
IFS reference 10 a Select Committee. 10 report
early next session. Agreed to.
The Chair appointed as the Select Committee
Nessrs. sherman, Sumner, Chandler. Pomcrov.
Stewart Buckalew and Nickers.
Fhe bin provides for "a separate incorporation
Of the Washington and New York Railroad
Washington and Cleveland Railroad and Tele-
graph Company. Washington and Cincinnati
Railroad and Telegraph Companies
The Currency bill was again taken up and au
amendment offered by Mr.. Davis agreed to
proposing to withdraw the the pro rata amount
from states having an excess Of baukng capital
and distribute it among those requiring it to
place them ON an equal footing with the form
err.
In the House Tuesday return Of the resolution
increasing the pay Of Government Clerks from
the Senate was asked for
The House proceeded to the consideration Of
the bill reported by the Committee on Commerce
making appropriations for the repairs, pre-
seryauon and completion of certain public
works.
\ general debate sprung up in which the poll
cy of internal Improvements was advocated and
denounced. Finally the House preceded to
consider and act upon each item in the bill sepa-
rately, and many Of the appropriations, especi-
ally those for Western rivers and harbors were
largely increased
In the Senate, ON the 10th, the currency bill
was again discussed and finally passed BY vote
of % TO IA, after striking out the first section
and amending the fifth
On the 18th the report of a conference COM
mittee, recommending that the names Of Georre
Houston, Of Alabama, and George W Jones of
Tennessee, be stricken out Of a bill for removal
OF political disabilities, agreed 10 by vote Of
twenty-five to seven.
long discussion was had on a bill to rive
American register to the British bark Col en-
Fleece, which changed its colors during the war.
and the bill was rejected.
In the House On the 10Th Il resolution was
adopted directing the committee at present en-
gagged ON new tax bill TO report also on the sub
Ject oil tax on the capital, deposits (prvate snd
goyernmentaD and circulation of national and
other banks. The bill to promote American COM
mcrce, reported from the committee was then
taken up, and after a long and animated dis
cussion was lad on the table
On Thursday the resolution TO reconsider the
bill granting twenty per cent additional pay 10
government employees was agreed To, and the
original bill was laid on the table by a vote Of
slxty-eight to sixty-four The Committee on In
dian Affairs made report on the treaty with
the Usage Indians for the sale to a Kansas rail-
way company Of eight million acres Of laud.
characterizlng the treaty unjust and its max
mg an assumption of authority. They also pre-
sented resolutions protesting against the ratif-
cation Of the treaty by the Senate and declaring
that the House viii refuse any appropriation in
turtherance of it, which were adopted
On Friday in the Senate Mr. Pomerov intro
duced bill to transfer the Indian Bureau from
the Interior department to the War Department
lie said the purpose was to turn it over to the
Freelmen's Bureau
On motion Of Mr.. Morgan, the adverse vote Of
Thursday on the bill for the relief of certain ex-
porters Of rum and alchohol was reconsidered
and the bill was passed. The importers named
are engaged in the African trade and there were
presented many certificates Of the Justice Of such
exemption from prominent merchants.
The House resolution denouncinp the rati6c,-
ton Of the Usage treaty was read and referred
The bill in relation TO the Central Branch Of