Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-02-21
CONGRESSIONAL
SENATE

SENATE
wAsHTNeToN, February 20.-A com
unnicetien from the President, giving
tbe report of the Attorney General as tc
he names of eounterfeiteFs pardoned.
etc. was submitted, and referred to the
Judiciary Committee.
Stewart, from the Committee on Nine
and Mining, reported, with amendments
a bill to establish national mining
schools.
day, to take up a bill for the admission o,
Colorado. but gave notice that he would
move to take it up when the reeonstTue-
ton bill was disposed Of.
Anthony made 3 motion that when
then Senate adjourn it adjourn Til
Monday, which wss lost.
Trumbull presented the House bill to
amend the act OF the 23d OF March, 1867
supplementary to q bill for the more eff
Gent government of the rebel States,
passed March 2, 1861, and to facilitate
their restoration.
The bill was taken up.
RuckaIew offered an amendment max
ing necessary ten days residence in the
district bsfore election, before q person
can vote-the bill heretofore published
allowing registered persons to vote any
where in the State.
Davis moved to amend by instrueting
the Judiciary Committee to report in
favor of repeating all acts heretofore
passed on the subject Of reconstruction.
Davis reviewed the whole ground OF
reconstruction, and closed by charging
Unon the majority of the Radical party
the design to continue their power oy tne
establishment OF negro suffrage and the
.Ez-.lE--r1an nf q IaFun hGF nT
the white race.
Conklin got the floor, and having
asked whether il was intended 10 pre-
coed with the consideration tonight,
some discussion ensued, which closed
with the understanding that the bill will
be passed tomorrow and sn opportunity
be given for debate on thesupplementary
reconstruction bill, the consideration
whereof to follow Immediately, Sauls-
/ bury. Thayer and others proposing to
| SPEAK on general subjects. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
The report of the Committee on Ac-
/ counts respecting the charges made
/ against OrdWay, Sergeant at Arms, was
adopted.
Banks. from the Committee on For
eign Affairs, reported a bin concerning
the rights Of American citizens in for
eign lands, which was ordered to be
printed and recOmmitted.
Hoskins, from the Committee on Pub
lie Lands, reported a bill TO regulate the
disposition of lands so that they may
hereafter be given to aid in the coDstruc-
tisn of railroads. Ordered to be printed.
This bill provides that all land hereafter
| granted for railroads shall be granted to
the States or Territories wherein the
roads are to be constructed, and shall by
them be sold to actual settlers at prices
not exceeding two and a half dollars per
acre, the proceeds to te paid to railroad
companies. lis object is to prevent the
withdrawal Of large quantities of land
from the market, and the monopoly by
corporations, and to enlarge the settle
ment of the country.
McClung, from the Select COMMITTEES on
Railroads, made a report showing that
in the testimony before the Committee,
facts had come out which indicated fraud
in the Postoffice Department, and sug-
gested tas the Committee is not author
lied to investigate the matter the az
pOintment of a new committee for further
examination. The report closes with a
resolution for this new committee to TX
anime into the subject of contracts for
the transportation of the United States
mail, and report such facts rs may be
deemed important, particularly whether
or not there is any evidence OF corrup-
ton, with suthority TO send for persons
and Pspers.s
TIE resolution was referred to the
Committee on Expenditure Of the Post
Office Department.
Payne presented q paper denying the
New York IT5buHe's statement that be
left the room CT manifested any desire to
evsde the question Ofippeachment.
a large number Of bills granting PEN
sions 10 individuals, were reported from
the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and
passed.
a bill extending the provisions OF the act
Of July II, 1862, relating to the n~aturRli-
zation of soldiers, to those also who en-
listed ia the naval or marine service of
the United States.
Pile moved an amendment by insert
ing the words: "And have been and
may be honorably discharged"
Agreed to, and the bill passed.
Bingham, from the Reconstruction
Committee, reported 8 bill L. remove the
disabilities from Gov. Holden and others.
Ordered printed and recommitted.
Logan had read, by the Clerk, q re-
spouse from the Secretary Of the Treas
ury, to the inquiry concerning the sub
~stitution of 1910 bonds for 5 -20s, on de-
post in the Treasury, to secure the cir
culatiOn Of national banks. He asserted
the sales Of I0-4gs to the amount of S. ]
900. coo, from the lst of October, 1867,
to the Dist Of January, 1883, made
by order Of the Secretary, were made
with the exception OF i've small sales, at
less premium tnan the regular New York
quotations. He had calculated the diff
ference, and fcund that the Government
had lost S24, 264, sesices commissions OF
oBe-eighth per cent. given 70 Jay Cooke
& Co, amounting to 6l0,l77, making the
whole lose SS+4l. He also referred to a
letter purpOrting TO be written by the
Secretary of the Treasury TO gentlemen
controlling national banks, stating that
be would accept l0-4G5 in lieu Of 5 3Os at
ia his report the Secretary
says they had never been received at
higher rates than S5c. Having made
this stst0Dept, be asked leave TO offer a
resolution directing the Secretary TO in
form the House whether tbs letter dated
Dec. Both was signed by him, to whom
addressed, and whether the propositions
therein were compiled with, and also
whether sales of i0-4V' from October Is, |
1857, to January 20, 1858, were at rates
equal to daily New York quotations.
D. bated and Adopted.
The House then proceeded to the con-
sideTation OF the army appropriation bill
in Committee Of the Whole.
Tee amendment for reduction of the
army was adopted by 80 70 90.
All amendments being disposed of,
called for the yeas and NAYS on the
Of the bill, Passed, SO to SO,