The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-07-16
From TIE Ohio Slate JohIIiai.
Congressional Summary.

GOmmlLteoC was ulscnurBeu alTOM
the further considsratiop Of the
bill TO allow Indiaus to S;ye testi
mony- In certain cases. The tax
bill was taken up, and an amend
ment adopted increasing the num-
ber Of special, agents in the ReRen-.
10 Department from twenty to fif-
ty. Mr.. Pomeroy advocated the
increRse of the whisky tax 70 $500.
The bill was further considered in
an evening session.
House Mr.. Garfield stated that
the military bill reduced the army
nearly one half. He reported
rules for the further regulation Of
tho army. The billto transfer
to the Interior Department certain
duties now performed by the Sec.
rotary of tho Treasury relating to
Indian matters was passed. 9A' 4
4 SENATE; July GA motion Of
Mr.. Edmunds was adopted re-
questing Secretary Seward I'd in
form the Senate what States had
ratified the l4th constitutional
am mendment. The Tax Bill was
taken up, and motion Of Mr..
Pomer5y TO restore the S2. tax
was lost-25 TO 1S. An amendment
to exempt petroleum and its kin.
dred substances was agreed to and
tho bill passed, Mr.. Rcverdy
johnson, in written speech, bade
farewell to the Senate. a; .Ia z
H0uSe.--Mr. Butler introduced
his bill TO .eauslize taxation and re,
Tho vote on tho Alaska appropria;,
ton bill was postponed till the 18th.
A bill from the Reconstruction
Committee, providing for an cleo,
tion in Virginia on the 18th, 14th
and 10Th of August, was passed
without. opposition. ~r1s y.'r
SENATE, July 1O.--Mr. Trum-
bull offered q substitute to Mr.
Cattell's bill for the sale of tempo.
rary loan certificates for the redemp.
tion Of compound interest notes,
a bill authorizing tho sale of coin
in the Treasury 10 the amount of
ten millions per month till the
whole sum in the Treasury is re-
duced to forty millions, the pro.
ceeds of the sales to be devoted to
the purchase and cancellation of
interest bearing bonds of the Uni.
ted States. .lz fra -GI
House-A joint resolution was
passed, extending the time Of col
lecting direct tax in the South to
January 1st, 1869. The bill for
tho distribution of the awards for
tho capture of jeff. Davis was pass
cd. A bill to incorporate the,
United States telegraph postal sys-
tom was introduced. Tho Def,
cheney bill was taken up, and
among tho amendments adopted, /,
was one providing that no contract
shall bo mado for public work
which shall involve a larger OK.
pcndituro than the amoant appro.
priatcd for that purpose The eve.
ming session was devoted TO- tho
consideration of the bill from, the
committee on Military Affairs. o
SENATE, July ll.--Tho bill dis
continuing the Freedman's Bureau,
the first of January next, was,
passed. The bill declarativo of the
laws relative to officers cashiored
or dismissed from the army, was
passed. Tho IIouse amendment to
the Electoral College resolution
was adopted, and the resolution
goes to the President. ,. r1.-.,
HoHSe "A joint resolution re-
stricting the jurisdiction of the
Court of Claims to the loyal citi-
zens of Arkansas was passed. The
bill authorizing tho construction Of
bridges at Fort Iieavenworth and
St, Joseph, on tho Missouri river,
was passed.. Tho joint resolution
in relation to excluding States late,
ly in rebellion from the Electoral
College, was adopted, with an
amendment. The Tax Bill won't
Ito n Eonferanca Committoo.