The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-03-13
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.
Gen. Vickers, the new Senate
from Maryland, was sworn in ant
took his seat. Mr.. Wilson called ul
the Joint resolution for the restora
ton of Alabama, and spoke in it
support. 1t was on his motion refer
red to the Judiciary Committee. II
also introduced a bill embodying
scheme for funding the national deb
in fifty year bonds, bearing for TWEEN
ty years six, and afterward five pc
cent gold interest, with q plan for tn
gradual extingmshment of the debt
T Little additional business was trans
acted.
Mr.. Trumbull presented a memo
rial from the Colonization Society
! asking for an appropriation Of 500,
600 annually, to send American citi
zens to Liberia. and a gift of 500 Il
each. After long debate it wa
resolved to issue nine hundred ticket
daily for admission to the Senate gal
!, leries, during the impeachment trial
The Senate spent two hours in EX
ecutive Session, after which the Con
sular and Diplomatic Appropriation
bill was taken up and passed, and th'
Postoffice Appropriation bill report
ed with amendments. The bill tC
authorize the employment of fifty ad
ditional clerks to facilitate the pay
ment of soldiers bounties was passed
HOUSE.
Mr. Elliott introduced a bill fol
supplying temporarily the place ol
the Chief Justice of the United States
in case of his death or resignation
which was referred to the Judiciary
Committee A Banking Committee
was instructed to inquire as to the
expediency of amending the Banking
law, so that State Banks in process
of liquidation, after the faithful pay
ment of debts, may he relieved from
making monthly statements, and from
payment of tax on outstanding cir.
culation. The case of Z. r. Butler,
claiming a seat as Representative
from Tennessee, was taken up. Mr..
Myers suggested that bill of tenn
porary operation, or until the Com
mittee OF Ways and Means should
perfect their bill relieving manufac-
tnrers from taxation, should be pass
ed. Mr.. Schenck objected. Mr..
Buffers case was then sent back to
the Committee on Elections, with an
structions, on the motion OF Mr..
Paine. made yesterday. The Com
mittee Immediately reported, but no
action was taken. Erastus Il. Wal
colt, of Wisconsin John H. Martin
dale, of New York; and Hugh l..
Bond, OF Maryland, were chosen
Managers of the National Asylum
for Disabled Soldiers.
Large number of bills, resolutions,
&c, were introduced and appropri-
ately referred. Mr. Pile stated that
if he had been present he would have
voted for the articles of impeachment,
except the last two, The Judiciary
Committee was instructed to inquire
into the condition of Texas. Mr..
Burr, of Illinois, offered a resolution,
declaring that sound financial policy
requires the withdrawal of interest
bearing bonds and the substitution
of greenbacks. Mr.. Spalding moved
to lay on the table, which motion was
defeated on a yea and nay vote So to
90, and it was referred to the Com
mittee of Ways and Means. Mr..
Logan made the startling statement
that eighteen million dollars in can
celled bonds were still in existence,
although the Superintendent of the
Printing Bureau held certificate of
three men, made in the usual form,
stating that the bonds had been burn
ed in their presence. This created
quite breeze. Mr.. Logan was ques-
toned, but reiterated his assertion,
and the Committee on Retrenchment
was instructed to make investigation
and report Wednesday. The Senate
substitute to the House bill covering
money from the possession of the
Secretary of the Treasury and Claim
Agents by warrant into the Treasury
was agreed to. United States Dis
trict Courts at Cairo were provided
for. Mr.. Maynard, of Tenn, was
permitted to record his vote affirma.
lively on the impeachment resolution
and articles. Mr.. Schenck, from the
Committee of Ways and Means, re-
ported bill to exempt certain man.
ufactures from Internal Revenue tax.
Mr.. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, from
the Reconstruction Committee, re-
ported bill for the admission of the
State of Alabama. The Senate joint
resolution for the issue of clothing
to soldiers and others. to replace that
destroyed to prevent contagion, pass
ed. Mr.. Payne, from the Freedmen's
Bureau Committee, reported bill to
provide for the sale of cotton lands
and lots in the Sea Island and Beau
fort District, South Carolina. Mr..
Eliot, from the Committee on Freed
mems Affairs, reported back a substi-
tute for the bill to continue the
Freedmen's Bureau for one year from
the 10th of July next. with authority
to the Secretary of War to re-estab-
lish the Bureau where it has been
discontinued, on being satisfied that
the personal safety of the freedmen |
requires it. Mr.. Schenck, from the
Committee on Ways and Means, re-
ported back the bill reported by him
to exempt certain manu-
facturers from internal revenue tax.
The second section is modified 30 as
to read: "Nothing in this act con-
tained shall be construed to repeal or
interfere with any law, regulation or
provision for the assessment or col
lection of any tax which, under ex-
sting laws, many accrue before the
lst of April, 1868" The third sec
ton is struck out altogether. Mr..
Schenck made a speech explaining
md supporting the bill. He said it
would remove a burden of SS4, ,000,-
100, while the net diminution of re-
,eipts would not be more than $780,
100000. He refused to admit an
reducing the tax on