Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-01-30
CONGRESSIONAL.


SENATE, Jan. 23.-The morning hour
was occupied by Mr.. Doolittle in aspeech
against the House Reconstruction Bill.
tee on the Cotton Tax bill was agreed
to. The tax is repealed, and foreign I
cotton may come in duty free after July |
/. The President was requested to send /
in any instructions given to Gems. Pcpe
and Mead in reference to their course In |
the Forth Military district. A bill for |
the sale of iron-clads belonging to the |
Navy Department was reported. A bill |
was rpeorted to amend the Homestead
laws. The case Of the Senator from
Maryland came up, but was not debated,
lowing Mr.. Dooljttle to finish. ..hisspeech
on the Reconstruction bill. After the
announcement of the death Of Repre-
sentative Hamilton of Ohio and the
adotpion of resolutions, the Senate adj
journed, or l1ty MANY -5. .u.s.aar
= HoUsE.r The bounty = bill was
the business first in order. The Senate
substituted for the bill (providing that If
a person entitled as a soldier to the boun-
ty provided by sections I2 and 13 of the
Act Of July %, 1865, dies before receiv-
ing it, the bounty shall be paid TO his
heirs, as designated in the act, in the
order therein named, and to none other),
was agreed to-4S4 to 81. A bin far the
sale of the Arsenal grounds at st. Louis
and Liberty, Mo-, and part of the Fort
Levenworth Reservation, was debated
for long time, and finally passed. The
Military Committee reported back ad-
versely the petition of volunteer officers
praying Congress to pass an act entitli Dg
all of the late volunteer army commits
stoned since March 3, 1865, to the three
months extra pay allowed. The death
of the Hon. Cornelius S. Hamilton,
late Representative from the iNIIIth
Ohio District, was announced, and after
the usual speeches and resolutions, the
House adorned. f. --a .3iF'-. Il
SENATE, Jan. 24.-The President sent
a message replying to the resolution of
inquiry whether the bill to secure equal
rights in the District of Coumlia had
| become a law. Mr.. Edmunds said that
it was manifest that the Presidents con-
structioh wss entirely wrong, and that
| Legislation would be very much impedcd
| if Congress acquiesced in it. 1t was not
a party question, and he hoped they
would consider it impartially. The sub-
ject was referred TO the Judiciary Com
mittee. Mr.. Ferry presented a petition
| in regard to the rights of American
citizens abroad, claiming that in render
ing obedience to the Government OF the
United States they were entitled to its
projections. The petition was referred
4 to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
On motion Of Mr.. Wilson, the Secretary
Of the Treasury was requested to inform
the Senate whether the number of en-
ployes in the New York Custom House
had been Increased, and at what addi-
tiohal expense: also, whether business
has increased there since the last session,
and whtthera decrease of the force there
is not possible, without detriment 10 tie
public Sefyice. Mr. Wilson called I'D
! the joint resolution authorizing the Com
missionerof the FTeadmen's Bureau 10
distribute to the des, itute people of tile
South sucll dessicated meats ard vese-
tables provided during the war, as are
i not needed for the use OF the army, which
! was passed. AT the expiration of the
morning hour the Senate resumed the
consideration of the Supplementary
I,econs ruction BILL on which Mr.. Nor
ton made u speech. An Adjournment un.
til Mun.!ay was then provided for, and
4 the death of the Hen. Elijah Hise oi
ke ntucky was announced by the Secre-
tary of the House, and Mr.. Davis ofltr.
, ed the usual resolutions, accompanying
them with brief speech They were
seconded by Mr.. Hendricks, who also
made n few remarks, whereulon they
I were adopted, and the Senate adjourn
ed.
HoUss.-'rhe Committee on Com
merce were asked to look into th,
I cholera business on tie ship Leibnitz
P The Naval Appropriation fill create,
' much debate, but nothing of consequence,
. was done. Nearly all of the session wa
e CONSUMED in the consideration of an ex
= ceptipnal appropriation bill in reguar'
, to Southern property, on which tlier
| , ia nd tar Aaf,u utD
e Business was concluded with the custO
: mary. proceedings OH the occasion OF III
r annOtincement of the death OF Mr.. HisC
: member from Kentucky.
, SENATE. Jan. 25.-The Senate was no
: in session, to-day. .- .l...
: HousE.-The House went int
. Committee of the Whoi on the State q
= the Union, with Mr., Paine, of Wis, il
. the Chair. Mr.. Sitgreaves, ~ Demacrai
. ic member from New Jersey, made
speech intended to show that the peopl
u OF the South were in the state of min
y of the prodigal son, and to keep theI
II out of the Union is unchrisiian. II
WAS replied to by Mr.. Price of Mo. M
d Morrill,, of Pa, mode speech on tinar
j. ces, fly,ring the conversion of six le
cent. into four per cent. bonds, and maxim
Z five per cent. the uniform rate of ban
interest. Mr.. Williams, Ind, arraigr
ed the Democratic party for its respons
2 bility for the rebellion. Mr.. Stone, 4
Md, Genouncing the Congression:
T. policy of reconstruction. Mr. Wilson
!. Of Ohio, made speech oil the finance
declaring himself in favor ofpay ing II
SOS in greenbacks. He also advocate
10 the establishment Of sinking fund, b
IA which he thought the whole debt coul
paid Off in nineteen years. Mr.. Hawkin
n of Tenn, spoke on individual rights, an
- the claims of citizens ofthis State Oh I'll
General Government.
SENATE, Jan. e7.--ln the Senate 4
k day, the reconstruction debate was col
- tiiiued In speeches by Mcssfs Wilson al
Reverdy johnson. Mr.. Wilson W,
"a very bitter against Mr.. Doolittle, who
:, speech of Thursday he characterized
," the most unpatriotic harrangue he hu
ever listened to. ReveIdy johnson fo
vs. lowed him in u strong argument, In T
n ply to Mr.. Morton's speech of Frida
y. which he spoke of as one of the able
10 speeches he had ever heard. The bill
Of remove political disabilities from Go
- ernor Patton, of Alabama, was passe
after some discussion. by 20 to 8. ''-
Id HOUSE. Mr.. Thad Stevens intr
ed duced bill providing for universal 81
,s. frage by act of Congress. IL was refs
:, red Mr.. Ingersoll, Of ILL.,, introduce
q. q hill providing for the issue Of S45, OO
ar 900 new legal tender notes and dire'
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