The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-18
coNaRRssIaN.sE. vi PaQCEEaINas

SENATE .......... " AsE1Ess Srozy. June "a.
The Chair aubml,e-d a sommYptc ltsoFn
Texas, transnsitLihg 9 the resoiptLons adopt
ed by the Conve nj on. -eaue- ting p change
in the law a. the earliest moment and
aut hoTiZtug the commander OF IHe Dis
trict to appoint Registers OF lections.
Referred to the Com N tee on judiciary.
Also, conn4un n ieittoE frs, m tue SECRETARY
of War, Transmitting draft of the prOpos-
ed law re ,atiye TO Judge AdYocatts Of the
army. Referred 70 the Com nTnitteBf on
Military Affairs. Also, a communication
from Major General Sheridan, com ms uder
of tue District OF Ai, souri,, urg n z n At the
Central Pacific Railroad De, compelled TO
extend their line from Atchison 10 Fort
Leavenworth. Referred 70 the Committee
on Pacific Railroad.
Wilson Introduced Il joint resolution 20
remit the duties on certain religious BOOKS
donated To he p OpIe of the United 1t teS.
Referred TO ne Committee oa Ftuance
Also, a JOINT resolution authorizing the
sale OF damaged or UhserVlseaoie arms
ore nance nd ordnance stores. Referred
to the Committee on Military Affair.
1rumbuIl, from the Commiftee on Iu-
dietary rec .uanaended an Indefinite post
, pOuemeut OF several btlts in relattOn TO
the establishment Of Uniform system Of
bankruptcy. AgFe d to.
On motion OF sherman. the Dill IN rela-
tlou to the National currency WAS again
taken up.
Game on denounced the drs II section. for
bidding any National baHk from payi iug IN
| terest ON the balances OF any Otuer say D--s
bank, got up 1or the purpose of enabling
the city auks 10 use the funds o cOuatry
banks Without paying for them He w0u Id
prefer that he sub ect snoEld be deferred
until the next session. but since 10 was 10 ne
considered lie mOvedt0 strike out the GTst
section. fs.a
Chandler also osposei the first section.
! prague took the floor, but was shortly
Interrupted the announcement Of the
/ Chi enlb 3Ssy.
summer pressnted the guests, and the
President pro tenn made a brief speech of
welcome; during which time there was
&c neral Misunderstanding and. conversation
through teTpret ers with the orenfais.
piie Pressd INT pro TEN. again called the
Seua % order and the embassy retired
/ without C. emOny-
Sprague resumed the door, and. spoke
1 against all propositions of imitation. H
/ would vote or the motion 10 strike out,
| and hoped the Whole SUBJECT would oe
I ia biz q.
Hendricks would also vote to strike out
/ the first sectio2, as in his opinion the mat
4 e>t 10 egul te tor themselves.
( shortly tore ocleck the Chair aid
/ before the Senate a ateiegraTn from be Con-
stitutional Convention of T xas. dated
I Austin. June 10Th, forwarding resolutions
! just do9ted, on which they ask the action
\ of Congress The resolutions, after reclting
/ The lawlesSness existing IN certain pOr-
/ tiOns of the State, urge u pom COnAr Ares~ the
/ necessity OF authorizing the organ izat on
/ by the Convention of military force la
/ the several counties to act in connection
/ with the military com mander, for whOn
/ they express their conftd dsnce, for the pur-
pose OF protecting the lives and property
sassins and robbers, and assert that other
| wise they will be OBLIGED to organize Tor
/ their own defense. The matter was refer
| red to the Committee on Military Affairs.
| After furtner discussion, the first section
of the Currency Bill was struck out by a
\ vote of 20 to H.
/ Yeas-AnthOny, Buckalew, Cameron,
] Chandler, Cole. Conkltng, Cragen. DAVIS,
! Doolittie, Edmunds, Ferry, Darlan. Hen
dricks, Howard, Howe, McCreery, Morrill,
I OF Maine, Patterson of New Ham shire,
| Patterson of Tennessee, Pomeroy ,Sprague,
I stewart. TFumhuli. N4gEers- Wade an
Nays-catten, Fessenden, Henderson,,
| Morga ,, Morrill, OF Vermont. herman,
/ Sumner, Upton, Van Wrinkle, Wiley
4 Ia eiinghuysen, who would have voted
| aye, was paired with Drake and Williams,
| VINO have voted nay with Thayer.
Sherman then offered his substitut for
/ the Fifth section, providing that, for the
better distribution OF the tonal BANK
cur ency. an amount not exceeding twenty
mill ons may De Issued to the Banking
| Territories having a less circulation tn an
s. 10 per inhabitant, and that WITHIN one
year the same siastll be withdfaWn 70 rata
GrCm the banks Ia the STATES and Terri
! toifes having an amount in excess OF their
| proportion. under Act OF March Sd 1864 -
ascertain when the Comptroller OF TIE
/ Currency is TO make a staten ent shown z
the amount to be retired by each of such
banks,and tOmakea requistlon upon them
commencing with those having Tue largest
excess, and IN case of failure 10 furnish, 10
4 Is made the duty of the Conn ptrOller of tine
Currency TO sell at auction "a suffice II
amount of bonds held to secure the cireu-
latIon ofsuch banks
II bill having passed through b the ,Om-
mittee, morrill, OF Vermont again offered
hisamendment, voted down IN Committee.
TO strI e out Sc tion .. and insert THAT
upon the issue OF any such NabIOBHl o rcu-
lastion provided for IA this se ti0n. The
! Secretary OF the Treasur, is hereby IA
thor zed a d required to srmanent y
Rejected without divi ion.
Mr.. Fesseut EN- moved to amend by
I - fAf fnt nKrf Or
! circu ation herein authorized, Snait bz
I issued only as circulation Is wltGdt 0Wn a
80 tHe ag-It gaze cilculatdoh sMlal M hot q
any time esceed s5OO,OJ0,OJO," winch was
Mr. 1herman's amendment was also
-bIts Ra tasay oiIareda appointment pre-
I pared, lie said, aN the Com nptr0Aer OF hs
ii urreney sIae stos 4 ll'si sec. ton aal no
, Na.Iunai 3 ulzs upon application p the
Comptroller or the currency. and puo
iic notice Ven. Which was felected o. -
oDexis offered the following rs an addt
tiCuat section: That al laws iinposius
stug tax upon tue circulating notes of note
Il o{ sue rnade by any 1aHk aE3y state O.
~ grit 'Fy. OF ian oslu- bS any Dan Ks o
any Tex "a any form apau. sl3ea % aIis : S'
and the same are repe -te 3. Rejected with
{ -tSlt q dtNi toa-t dIle biIsi thsn passeG ol
The son -oW lng vote
. Cras p- Davis. U0Ohltle, Ferry, Harla a
I assaeezs9ss- aowarAi h!etrieE; \y~ Pa
renpessee: Pomer5y, Ramsay. Ross, Size
- snoseu, stewart, summer, Van WlnSte
, .AMHdn w lliey ,aud Vii Ou-15
NAYS = A .sthpnVr = -g1Tu, CaIner2n q
- COnkhng, Edmun5 S, Fes eUden, Es
dicks, Howe, Morgan, SRA ne, Trum
y bull, Slckcr-, Will ms, ana \ Il e--lf 1
Morrill,, OF V=rmoaJ, wlfo ~ousd lay
voted aye, pared .vIth Aorrii 0f alaiut
tf OPPOSED The bI now goes ths Hoass
s Howard tried TO ca0 up t..e oil re atty
TO the Union PaC fc Railroad Coml lan,
buI "a m JtiOn 90 g into executive Sc 5, %
:, prevalied In the mean tlme the Dill tC
toe segmoval of political dlsab iitles cam
L { q 81 from the House wItll request fOT