The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-02-01
Washington Matters.
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GREENBAoKs VS.. BANK CURRENCY.
The House committee on banking are reported
at work perfecting the Randall bill to withdraw
the currency of the national banks and replace il
with $500 100000 in greenbacks.
AMERICAN CITIZENS ABROAD.
General Banks's bill in regard to the rights OF
American citizens abroad is understood to be in
entire accordance with the views Of the depart
ment Of State.
CUTTING DOWN EXPENSES.
-, The committee on appropriations will report
the executive and diplomatic appropriation bill
in few days. This committee cuts down the
secretary Of the nayys estimate $40. 900 CO0 and
those Of Secretaries Seward, M'Culloch and
Browning, Attorney General Stantery and Post.
master General Randall will be reduced in the
same proportion.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE ANTI. CONTRACTION BILL.
1t is generally believed BY Mr.. Johnson's friends
that he will soon sign the anti contraction bill
passed last week, and now in his hands But it
IL possible that he may conclude to permit the
oil to become law by the lapse Of the COlstitu-
ti0n (ten days.)
BILL CONTINUING FREEDMES's BUREAU.
The committee on freedmen's affairs have in
structed their chairman Mr.. Elliott, to report a
bill to the House continuing the freedmen's bu-
Teau for one year after the 10th of July next.
The bill authorizes the secretary of war TO dis
continue the operations of the bureau in any State
fully restored IN its Constitutional relations to the
government and represented in Congress, unless
such continuance in the State shall be necessary.
BILL REGULATING PROCEEDINGS IN IMPEACHMENT.
The most important Of the new provisions Of
SenatorS Edmund's bill, regulating the procedure
on impeachment, are those relating to the suspen-
sion from Office of persons on trial. This may be
done by vote Of twO-thirds of the senator's
present, on application OF the House, and may be
enforced by any officer of civil, naval military
service, with force at his disposal. Officers dis
regarding such order of the Senate, shall be con-
sidered guilty of contempt and be suspended dur
ing the progress Of the proceedings against them.
and punished therefor, by fine not exceeding
$4,000, or imprisonment from one to twenty ears,
or both, at the discretion of the Senate.
BILL TAXING NATIONAL BANKS.
The following is Mr.. Blaine's bill relating TO tax
ing the shares of national banks, as it passed the
House to-day:
BE IL epGcted, etc.. That the words "place
where the hsak is located and not elsewhere 4" in
section Al OF " act to provide a national curreu.
cy," approved June 50, 1864, shall be construed
sDd held TO mean the State within which the bank
is located, and the legislatures of each State may
determine and direct the manner and place Of tax
ing all shares of national banks located within
that State subject to restriction the taxation shall
not be at greater rate than il assessed upon
other moneyed capital in the hands Of individual
citizens of such State; provided, always, that
shares OF any national bank owned by nom
residents in any State shall be taxed in the city
or town where said bank is located and not else
where.
VOTE AGAINST BILL PREVENTING PAYMENT OF WAR
CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES.
The following those who voted, yesterday,
against Washburn's bill preventing the payment
of claims for damages incurred during the war:
Aessrs. Anderson, Arnell, Axtell, Barnes. Bar
nun, Beck, Boyer, Burr, Carey, Chandler, Sidney
Clarke, Coburn. Dixon, Dodge, Eldridge, Gloss
brenner, Golladay, Graveliy, Groves, Hlight,
Hawkins, Highly, Holman, Hotchkiss, @. d. Hub
bard, Richard d. Hubbard, Humphrey, IngersolI,
Jenckes, johnson, Jones' Julian Kitchen Knott
Koonz, Mallory, Maynard, Mccormick, Miller,
Morgan, Morrissey, hullens, Mungen, Myers,
Newcomb Niblack Nicholson, Neill Pile, Pruyn,
Randall, Raum, Ross, Schenck, Starkweather,
Taber, Tafe, Thomas, Lawrence Trimble, Trow-
bridge, Van Aukeen, Robert I. Van Horn, Henry
D. Washburn, and John 7. WiIson-G5.