The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-24
The House agrees to FIX Tax on
= "a. whisky at Fifty cents.

Sc ENALE...-...... W A5HISGTOS, June ..
y A large nun unnber Of petitions shstsoidiers
OF 1912 be included IN the pension rolls,
'snmner' from the Committee on Foreign
Affairs reported Rftn amendments the
| bills tor the protection Of tue rights OF
American citizens abroad.
The aInendment reported by Sumner
strikes ont that portion o. the third sec-
tlon which provided. for Tetaltatory meas
ures In cases of illegal irnprisonmeut OF
American citizens and inserts new pro-
vision to make the section read
q AHd be IL ftE ther enacted, That when
ever it shall De duly made known % the.
| President that any citizen has been
rested and is detained by any foreign Gov
ernment in contravent1on OF the intent
/ and purposes of this article; or II any citi-
| zen shall have been arrested aud detained
whose release upon demand shall have
been unreasonably delayed or refused, 1t
| shah be the duty or the President forth
with to report TO Congress all the circum-
stances Of any sucn arrest or dete rons
and any proceedings for the release OF
I citizens so arrested, that Congress may
| take prompt action to secure TO every clti-
zen of the United states his Just rights;
I tfdmunds called up the bill to amend an
act to provide Tor the cleo IN OF Senators
of the United sta es; providing that in
Senator elect, the Legislature shall meet
I on the secOud tuesday thereafter, and
/ proceed to the election OF q Senator TO nll
the vacancy. Some discussion followed,
/ but no uctlon was taken.
Tnayer sent to the Cnair the credentia
| Of Alex ander McBonald aud Benjamin. Il.
! Rice, Senators elect trom Arkansas.
| Thayrr moved tf at they be sworn IN.
Davis said he held in his hand the cre-
dent tials OF two other gentlemen, that he
/ asked TO have read. LaughLerl. s..
Howard asked who they were, and BY
| whose authority they were prese Bted.
Davis replied that the reading would
\ show. Hrf.ss -....g .s-.,f E4g eCi
dentlals of men elected unaer Johnsons
/ COnstitu lion of 1865. .tzl sr4
/ - Davis. maze some reply. 9tsi
IL Howard moved 10 lay the motion on the
Ia
/ Conk ing raised point OF order that the
motion OF Davis was IN the nature Of a
table prevailed, it would carry all the Gre
| Several SENATORS attempted to speak
The Chair decided debate out OF order,
| and that the Senate could lay on the table
| any papers IL chose aI
THE yeas and nays were called for on the
| motion to lay 90 the table. E
4 Herdricks called for reading OF the pa
/ perS before he would vote. 3af
! Several Senators objected, and Hen-
/ bricks made motion TO that effect, on
| which the yeas and nays were called. Tne
| motion was adopted By vote OF 20 to IL.
4 YEAs-Anthony. Bayard, Cote, Conkllng,
i COrOett, .Cragin, Davis, Dixon, Doollttie,
4 Ian. Hendricks, Henderson, johnson, Nc
Creery. Morgan, Morrill OF Vermont, Nor
ton, Patterson OF Hew Hampshire, Patter-
son OF rennessee, Ross, sherman. eprague,
Van Wlnkle, Wiley and Yates-30.
| Nays--Cattell, Chandler, Coanesss Ferry,
Frennghuysen, Howard, Howe morrill,
3 tMe.l, Nye, POmeroy, stewart, sumner,
, fnayer, Upton, Tr1mbull, Wade and
Papers were then read, being the ere-
dentIsls of John 2. Jones and James HI.
Garland, as senators eject from Arkansas,
| dated 2fth Noyem Der, 1866.
Howard moved to lay on the table.
Davis moved that the documents OF both
periods be referred 70 the Judiciary Com
| mfttee, with instructions to inquire Wnlcn
were Constituionally elected.
After a loug discussion the motion was
| rafRcfad- e.
Tue senators elect from Arkansas were
sworn ia at d quarter past two O'Clock:
| CONFESS Withdrew his resolution, offered
| yesterday, TO discharge the Committee on
Foreign Affairs from Inrther consideration
of the House bill for the protection ol
of American citizens abroad, on the
grou4.d tlat the committee had made q
, fna legislative Appropriation Bill was
again taken up. The question was or
! summers motion to strike from tue
: amendment of the Committee the CLAUSE
. Second Assistant Secretary of state, ailc
Examining Claims In the state Depart
sumner made some additional remark,
on the subject After debate the amend
. | amendment of the Committee was agreeC
l 10, increasing ia the Treasury Department
: the force OF clerks In class taree. Iron II ~ .
! II; IN class two, from = to IA IN class one
from TO Is, and increasing the amount .
: appropriation accordlngiy; The amend
3 ment adding six clerks OF c. ass four Tor ths
! First CompIro Ier " s adopted
! On motion of Sherman tile amendnlen
q appropriating $500 Tor temporary elef <
o tor the First Comptroli er was amended p.
AnotheT amenamettt was adopted in
q creasiBg the number OF clerks Tor the sec
: ond Com ptroiier from seven TO twelve II
class 4, tourteen to twenty IN class ), nfteei
e to twenty eight in Glass =, six UotweatF
N one IN class |, anu aodlt 3 Twelve copy Is
:, y Another aInenGmept, BY sherman, add
o three clerks Tor the CoInraisstoner Of Gus
III The Committee. added for the same tw
{ | clerks to class p two 70 class 3, and two .
G class ,. q ~ lh N4 -1af
i Further amendments by the Com naitte
/ Wei { adopled. striking out the pfOvls. q
to continue III tOrcS so n1t1g-.t OF t1e act c
s March IA, 1854 As author zes. upw srds7C
i two nuud ed clerk, ". the Lhree classes j.
q the office OF the second Auditor, amt
Z. 4 June So 1869 a4ld no longer; and add n
~ Ior ne Fifth Auditor Cnllle clerks or copy
e force; for INCREASING toe appropriate
Cor ssef eeg ing and brmgingho panIshnler
- Eiolatorss on the ffntsraal revenue law
-e rom one TO two hundred t1ous Ind aal sers
2 ahfor increasfng the numbei OF c-erss al clas
a1b - IN the GIssnd t5t1ee from twenty
isss hsIf-pasr four O'Clock with tsvo-thirr
nd Of the bill y eI EeLIE4fD1gg o be conssdsEe,
g .inte am executive session, and alter som
~ time Adjourned. = f- - isat i7
IN ~ sa tEGf@ Ht@ ~ 81 4atsaG
Ie h1ads. 8j ai4 ~ ia zallet -,
- HGUS E,........ w SHINGToS, June ..
u .s,ffered i f9sSoIutfon 4 At the oath 81 on
st he n oVvad mi niseered 70 Logan h. Roat
Il James Kinds anu EhomAs 6tles, iaeln De
- elect from the state of Arka usaS.
May nard Suggested Whether1t would n
be betterso take the same eonrse as ns
r been tax en- in the case. OF the Tenness.
delegates-refer the CREDENTIALS formal
w 10 the Committee On Elections and u
oe resolution was SO modified and agreed
VI Stevens, Of Pennsy tvanta, offered u
lis usual resolution directing the Clerk
present to the Secretary of state, the A