Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-02-11
NUMBER XXIII..
CONGRESSIONAL.

SENATE. Saturday, Feb 1st.-The Senate
was not in session to-day Il .I0rag1HsAW
House. The President was asked whether.
he had appointed certain special agents as post
masters who had been rejected by the Senate,
and under what law such appointments were
made. sA7@4eS' 90 ~-l% 'A4A
| John Young Brown case was resumed. Mr..
Beck (Democrat), of Kentucky, advocated
Browns admission, aud denied the right of the
House TO extend its inquiries beyond the Con-
stitution' prescriptions. If the member elect
charges of fdisloyalty should come up afterwards,
when, if guilty, two thirds could expel him. IA
Mr. Knots (Democrat), Of Kentucky, favored
Brown S admission lh'.- s ' s-'-~-
Mr. Kerr (Democrat), of Indiana members
of the committee. was sick, and the question
was postponed till Monday. .a,or 81 bre .gsf
Mr. Brooks Democrat Of New York pre-
sented the petition OF many citizens OF New York
against the income tax Adjourned. Elih 5q
SENATE Monday Feb. 3rd.-Mr. Cameron
(Rep1blcan,) of Pennsylvania, presented
memorial memorial recalling Charles Francis Adams,
The bill taxing national bank shares for State
purposes was passed. a2 9a- 1eii -A17D -s1J
The reconstruction bill was resumed, and dis
cussed until adjournment. tf.'4q iii I'D
House. Among the bills introduced on the
regular Monday call were the following: To
provide for the settlement OF contracts payable
in gold directing the courts to enforce coin
payments; to establish departments of justice;
to build postal railroad between Washington
and New York to dredge the Potomac river
by convict labor; to repeal the fifth section of
an act relative to the registry and recording of
vessels to issue $3.50, 100000 legal tenders,
replacing those withdrawn; to remove the ma
tional capital to St. Louis to tax United States
notes, treasury notes, and fractional currency,
tor State and municipal purposes I; also, several
regarding naturalization and finance. ohGm a1.
The Secretary of War was called on for the
correspondence between himself and General
Grant, Copies of all orders issued by district
commanders are demanded.
John Young Browns case was resumed, and
postponed until the 1lth instant. gadi Il aa y.al
SENATE. Tuesday, Feb. 4th.-A special COM
mission was appointed to inquire into the re-
ported destltution In Mississippi.
A bill protecting persons making disclosures
or testifylng as witnesses was passed. aasiEoL
The President was called on for all instruc-
tlOns given Generals Pope and Meade for the
government Of the Fourth District '''-
The reconstruction bill was resumed after
which the supplemental tenure of Office bill was
discussed and recommitted ,er -, -4a- ~ I;
House.-The Committee on Freedmen's At
fairs was directed to inquire into outrages In
Maury and Giles counties, Tennessee, and re-
port measures of relief
The rights of American citizens abroad were
discussed, and several substitutes for the COM
mlttee,s bill on the subject offered The matter
was postponed. -g eft trHe,.e. ,sli
The forfeiture of Southern railroad lands was
resumed.
MIR. Eldridge (Democrat,) of Wisconsin,
characterized it as cowardly and uncharitable,
springing from a spirit of revenge against the
southern people for acts heretofore committed.
The bill was conceived in a spirit of dissolution
rather than restoration, and of antagonism to
the avowed objects of the war. 1t violates the
Constitution. The Car of Russia could not do
more than this bill contempates. Such meas
ure could never restore amty and fraternity to
the country. aaj A 81 ,a5i9a-+eA f" 10 l %
Mr.. Lawrence, of Pennsylvania, favoring the
forfeiture, introduced a table to show the in
suficiency of the lands in Alabama, Mississip-
p, Louisiana Arkansas, and Florida, to supply
homesteads. Nearly 5000 900 Of acres are not
fitted for homesteads. The Judiciary Commit
tee reported bill, and refused amendments,
exempting certain roads from the operations of
the bill but without fina action the House ad-
journed @ Ha A % sAnS1e2 .'1-s'--