Litchfield enquirer., 1868-01-30
CONGRESS-.

WEDNESDAY,, Jan 22.-Tn the Sa,o4o motion of Mir. Doolittle the House Booon "h structlon bill was laid over. Tho Cnnfar ence Committee on the Currency bill va ported that the Senate should recedc s,o,,, US amendments; the Senate did so and tbo olll passed. It prevents further controc, tlon ot the currency. The Conferenco Committee on Cotton Tax reported inabil. lty to agree, and moved another commit. zee: motion to suspend the tax untiI 1ooo, and after that make it one cent il pound, was adopted. The matter of the admission of of Mr. Thomas as Senator rom Maryland was worldly debated. Ar TS,I STt % sonle euloglstlc remarks upon the late Thomas B. Noell, of Missouri inc Scnote adjourned ''H"'o
 In the House, amendments to inc DaH. cheney bill were next in order, and the bill was perfected. MT. Vnn Wyck reportcd nm the Gettysburg Asylum Gift Enterpriso denounclng 1t in several particulars 4 resolution was offered looking to fine t(tai abolition of the franking privilege. The Education Committee was instructed to re port upon the expediency of providing q thorough system of education for children In the Southern States, irrespective Of race or color. On bill forfeiting to the Gov ernment certain lands given by Rebel State Governments to aid railroads, there was personal passage between Mr. Julian of In diana and Mir. Chandler of New York. THURSDAY, Jan. 23-In the Senate. the Supplementary Reconstruction bill. ns passed by the House, was called for sec ond sending, when Mr. Doolittle took the floor in opposition to it. MT. Nye replied at some length. controyersing the argu- ments of MT. Doolittle
 A discussion arose in the House upon the Senate amendments to the House Bounty bill, providing for payment of bounty to the heirs of deceased soldiers Slight amendments were made and tho bill pass ed. Ihe death of Hon. Cornelius s. Ham ilton, late Representative from Ohio was announced and fitting eulOgios Dronounc- ed were adopted.
 FRIDAY, Jan. 24.-The President sent q message to the Senate regarding the bill securing equal rights in the District of Co., lumbla. Mir. Edmunds said that it was manifest that the Presidents construction was entirely wrong, and that legislation would be very much impeded if Congress acquiesced in it. Referred to the Judicia- ry Committee The Secretary of the Treas ury was requested to inform the Senate whether the number of empiUy Ges in tho New York Custom House has been increas ed, and at what additional expense; and whether decrease of the force there is not possible. Mir. Wilson called up the joint resolution authorizing the Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau to distribute to the destitute people of the South sucL dossi cated meat and vegetables provided dnr- ing the war, as are not needed for tho use ot the army, which was passed At the cx- plratlon ot the morning hour the Senate resumed the consideration of the Supple.
 mentary Reconstruction bill on, which Ml.
 Morton made a speech
 In the House the Committee on Com
 merce were asked to look into the cholern
 business on the ship Leibnitz. The naval appropriation bill created much debate. i but nothing of consequence was done. nearly all the session was consumed in the, consideration of m exceptional approDria- tion bill in regard to Southern property. The customary resolutions were passed on announcement of the death of MT. Hise.
 | SATURDAY.-Jan. 25.-Tho Senate not in session.
 In the House the day was devoted to general debate. In committee of the whole MT. Sitgreaves discussed the state of the Union from Christian standpoint" " and holding that the rebellion and it's fruits were directly chargeable to the spirit of Radicalism which prevailed the land. Other members discussed other matters.
 MONDAY, Jan. 27.-The bill to relieve Gov. Patton, of Alabama from certain DO litical disabilities was discussed, passed The resolution to take part officially in the National Maritime Exhibition at Havre was discussed rather sharply and laid on the table. The Supplementary Recon struction bill was then taken up, and speeches were made by Mr. Wilson and MT. Johnson.
 | In the House various resolutions were of ferred and referred. A resolution was adopted requiring the Committee on Ter ritories to ascertain whether Montana has restricted the right of suffrage to white cit izens. A bill was introduce authOriZinran addition of S45, ,000 900 to the legal tender notes. Information was called for as to whether combinations have been made to obstruct the due execution of the laws, with power to send for persons papers.
 TUESDAY, Jan. 2S.-In the Senate the de fciency bill came back from the House with the amendments of Conference Com mittee rejected. The whskey question was then debated, and Committee to cx- anime meters appointed.
 In the House, bills were passed regnia- ting the taxation of Bank stock, and for bidding making them public Repositories in cities where there is an United States Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer The bill declaring lands of Southern railroads for foitoJ voc 6oboto5