The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-01-30
CONGRESSlO ONAI,

| SENATE, JAN 22.- On motion Of Mr..
Doolittle tie House Reconstructiou bill
was laid over, as he desires 10 propose an
amendment.
Several resolutions and petitions !.
bout protection Of citizens abroad were
referred
The Conference COMMITTEES on tie
Currency bill reported that they hal !,
greed to request the Senate to rscei,
from it's amendments the Senate did ,, i,
and the bill passed. Itprevents fnrther
contraction of the carrency :; fmuitilatel /
bids may be replaced by new issues.
The Conference Committee on the
Cotton Tax reported inability to agree,
and moved another committee, with in
structions to agree TO recede from the
Senate amendments, and report to allow
the importation of cotton free of duty
A motion to suspend the tax until 1868,
and after that make it one cent a pound,
was adopted.
A resolution to appoint representa-
tives to the proposed international ex
hibition at Harve WAS laid on the table.
The judiciary Committee were dis
charged from the further consideration
of the resolution in relation to the South
ern District of New York, and the join .
resolutions relating to the right Of A.
merican citizens to sell vessels TO citi
Zens OF other countries.
A bill was offered to grant iands tn
aid the Northern Michigan Railroad in
connecting with the North Pacific Road
The Senate voted to give $4,000 to
relieve the poor in the Distric. Of Co
lunbia.
The matter of the admission of Mr.
Thomas as senator from Maryland WAS
worldly debated, but no vote was taken.
After some eulogistic remarks upon
the late Thomas F. Noell OF Missou ri tr
Senate adjourned.
HogsE. Jan. 22.--Among the petitions
resolutions of inquiry, &c, were these
AS to protection Of naturalized citizens
information as to the Fort Riley rescr.
alton , as to the location and prescnl
duty Of the steamships Vanderbilt
whether Navy Yard at Grand Haven.
Mich, is desirable whether our troops
at Sitka are suffering. and ifso whether
from cold or heat
Amendments to the Deficiency bill
were next in order. and the bill was per
fected, with the exception OF q single
Senate amendment, which was rejected,
and the bill is consequently sent back.
A bill to make right Of way for i'm
provements of the Rock Island and Des
Moines Rapids was passed.
A bill was passed to put in market
the lands Of the Miami Reservation.
The report of our official representa-
tiyes to the Paris Exhibition was called
for.
Mr. Van Wyck reported upon the Get.
tysburg Asylum Gift Enterprise, de-
nouncing it in several particulars
A bill in relation to taxing National
Bank shares was referred to the Bank.
ing Committee.
An official report upon the late riot at
Marshall, Texas, was called for.
A resolution was offered lookiag to
the total abolition of the frankinx privi
lege.
The Education COMMITTEES was in.
strncted to report upon the expediency
of providing thorough system Of edu-
cation for children in the South ern
States, irrespective Of race or color
On bill forfeitiDg to tine Government
certain lands given by Rebel State Gov
ernments to aid railroads, there was a
personal passage between Mr.. Julian Of
Indiana and Mr.. Chanler ofNew York
1t did not amount to much, however,
though some sanguinary threats were
made.
After hearing eulogies on the late
Noell Of Missouri, the
House adjourned.