The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-08-01

fuse to put on the registry lists The bill was
passed under the whip and spur Of the gag rule.
At 5 o'clock the House adjourned TO 10 o'clock
Tomorrow.
SATURDAY, July Is.
Senate-The bill giving lands to the Denver
branch of the Pacific K. X. was passed.
The House bill for the protection of American
citizens abroad was passed, with an amendment
taking from the President the power given him
in the House bill TO force to protect natural.
lied citizens abroad, but requiring him in all
such cases Immediately to report the facts to
Congress.
The Presidents veto of the bill to extend the
freedmens bureau received, and the bill
passed over the veto.
Quite number of bills of minor Importance
were passed.
A resolution to pay southern senators from
the 4th OF March, 1867, was 80 amended as to
make their pay commence from the time their
states were admitted TO representation, and
passed,
The Senate, at 9 o'clock p. N. went into execu.
tive session and continued therein until after
midnight and then adjourned, to meet again at
o'clock on Sunday evening. lts.
Hsu@-The Senate bill, that lands granted to
railroad companies be sold only to actual set
tiers, was passed. II
ment on the funding bill would be arrived ct in
the conference committee, got leave to report
bill from the ways and means committee con.
tanning certain unobjectionable provisions OF the
funding bill. The provisions relate to prohibit
ing the allowance of commissions for the nego.
tistion sale of T. s. bonds, and to the issue Of
per cent. bonds for taxing up the compound
interest notes The bill was passed.
resolution passed to retain, in the pay.
Il - T.. II
81, 900 for each white person tor negro killed by
said tribe.
Mr.. Hamilton, cnrpet-bagger from Florida,
offered resolution to revive the impeachment
humbug. 1t was squelched by being referred to
the judiciary committee
The Senate amendments to the House bill for
the protection Of naturalized citizens abroad
were concurred in. So that bill is law.
The impeachment managers were discharged.
The bill to distribute 100000 to the captors
of jeff Davis was passed.
The freedmen's bureau bill, vetoed by the
President, was passed over the Veto
The Senate bill to relieve Hahn, Conley and
lot of other reconstructed southern rebels from
political disabilities, was passed.
After passing large number of other bills OF
private or local nature, the House, at 10 o'clock
at night, adjourned to nine o'clock Monday
morning
SUNDAY, July 90.
!Ssnan-The evening session began with per.
sonal explanation from Senator Henderson, re-
garding his course in the impeachment matter
and the report of the managers. He denounced
Butler in the most abusive terms; and charac.
terised the report as false, malicious and vndic-
tive beyond precedent He also read letters
from Messrs Evarts, Lacy, Craig, Cooper and
others, in exculpat0n of his cause, and closed
his explanation, as he opened it, by denuncia-
tions of Butler. He occupied an hours time.
Mr.. Sherman made report from the commit.
tee of conference on the funding bill. Ho ex-
planned the provisions OF the bill as to the pro-
posed amendment, saying that it applies to the
whole of the outstanding 5-20s, and he regretted
to say that the committee had been obliged to
recede from the provision legalizing gold con-
tracts The report was concurred in.
The Senate then went into executive session.,
remaining therein until late in the night. 4
MONDAY, July o.
!Ssnats-The Senate met at $3.50. The House
bill for the further reconstruction Of Virginia,
Mississippi and Texas was taken up, when Mr..
Buckalew commenced speaking against it, point
ing out its monstrous provisions, DC. MIR. FOw-
Ter said, as both houses would stand adjourned
at II o'clock, it was evident the bill could not
pass and he moved to go into executive session.
Mr.. Fowler thereupon rose to personal ex-
PLANTATION, and commenced pitching into Buffers
Impeachment report in u strain even tougher
than Henderson's. He was prevailed upon to
stop. however, and let the Senate go into execu.
tive session, which it did immediately, and re.
manned therein until the final adjournment, at
II o'clock
EHIIouse--The House met at o'clock The ways
and means committee made an effort looking
toward a tariff, and o big fight was made on an
effort to pass bill to increase the duty on cop
per. Gen. Schenok and others made strong eff
fort to put the bill on its passage but Gen, Banks
and the opponents of the bill resorted to all the
strategic points in parliamentary tactics; and by
calling the yeas and nays, and other species Of
filibustering, succeeded in frightening Schenck
who becoming alarmed at the fate of the funding
bill, consented to the postponement OF the tariff
question, which was ordered, consenting to it,
burial for this session.
The funding bill was then reported, and it,
enemies resorted to dilatory motions to prevent
its passage. At least dozen motions to adjourn
or take recess were made on the democratic
side, but all were defeated, and at II o'clock thu
main question was ordered on the passage of thu
bill, and it was passed bya vote of 1O2 ayes Il
% noes.
At this hour adjournment was only five min
utes off, and business was, pressing Nelson
Young and p. NJ. B. Young, two carpet.bagger
from Georgia. ut this inopportune moment, pre-
sented themselves, and were made members y