The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-01-08
FoRTIETH CONGRESS
SENATE.

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uhteers as part of the army so as IN
give volunteer officers their DroDer
rank. including the marine board, Ra
ieEred to the Committee on Military
Affairs.
Mr.. Sumner reminded the Senate
1nht me pill Tor further security and
equal rights IN the District of Column
Ola pad been sent to the President De-
cember 10Th. The President having
tailed 10 return il, he now asked to in.
trod uce bill precisely similar.
MI sherman suggested u reference
OF Inc matter to the Judiciary Commit
tee, as II might be that the bill was now
law of the land.
AIter debate on the point by Messrs.
johnson, Edwards, Drake and Summer
until the morning hour had expired.
the bill was referred.
resolution was introduced by Mr.,
DAVIS lnstructing the COMMITTEES ON
Commerce to inquire into the expetIi-
ency of regulating the fares on the VA
TIous railroads in the United States.
referred to the Committee on Com
merce.
The bill to repeal the tax on cotton
was taken up.
Mr.. Conkling withdrew his motion
10 postpone, saying that he should Mt
the proper time press the amendment
continuing the suspension 10 one year.
Inc question was received on Mr..
| AhlGHuH1SnB kCGeLnDtinH the
crops grown in 80, and in the hands ~
| producers. -
Mr.. Williams moved an amendment
exempting all the cotton remaining mn.
sold in the hands of producers, When
the act takes effect, provided that no
t s heretofore collected shall be re.
funded. Lost.
lost. ""' "ASO
| Ihe question recurring on Mr., Nor
tons amendment, reducing the tax on
cotton grown after 1867 TO one cent.
Mr.. Conkling moved TO amend by
combining the exemption to '6S.
Messrs johnson, Frelinghuysen and
PATTERSON, of New Hampshire, spoke
IN favor of the repeal, and Mr.. Morrill,,
OF Vermont, against it.
MIR. Davis made u speech of some
length, claiming that if the North
would keep It's spoon out of the South.
ern dish the South would soon be re-
constructed, and that free negro labor
had proved failure.
Mr. Morton replied that the reason
why the Northern spoon was in the
southern dish was that the South had
once putt Its spoon in the Northern dish,
Inc negro might have been made law
by freedom, but that evil would be
remedied ifthe Southern whites were
thereby made more Industrious. He
then proceeded to support the Justice OF
nj least ii reduced tax.
Mr.. Howard would support the
amendment OF the Senator from In
diana. He could not vote to give to
the South the privilege which he was
compelled TO deny to his own constit-
uehts, ana he inquired of the Chair
man OF the Finance Committee wheth-
er provisions: had been made for sup.
plying the defect accustomed by re-
moving this tax.
Mr.. Sherman replied, instanciuR
several portions of estimated expenses
oil the government for the next fiscal
| year which would be reduced. The
whole would not exceed one hundred
and forty or one hundred and tifty
million dollars, so that Congress might
now safely throw or one hundred mil
lion dollars taxation.
Mr.. Howard inquired whether tina
Committee had considered the propri.
ETY. of disseminating the pay nent o
the war debt for the present.
Mr.. Sumner said that bill to tina
elect was now on the table.
MI. COnkhug's amendment exempt
ing cotton grown in '6S, was adopted,
Mr.. Drake offered an amendment de
caring that no further provision oflay
Is required to authorize the collection a
tax after '6S. Adopted.
| On motion of Mr.. Morrill,, of Yer
mont, "a prOviso was added exemptinI
cotton imported between April rs ant
April '69; Tie bill then passed-ycai
The Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Hopkins offered "A resolution in
siructing the Committee on Public
Lands to inquire into the expediency OF
suh1tctinE 10 entry, under the home.
stehd law and Offering for sale and
Prempl for actual settlement, all
the unsold even numbered sections
ana paris OF sections of public lands
remaining unsold along the lines OF
railroads where the odd numb ered
sections nave been granted or reserved
TO aid in The construction of Railroads.
Adopted.
The Speaker presented communi-
cation from the Secretary of the Treas
ufy, transmitting Il report of the spe-
cial Commissioner of Revenue. Re
ierred to the Committee on Ways and
Means.
The bill to facilitate the payment of
soldiers bounties, came up. All the
amendments were withdrawn and Mr..
Washburne, of Indiana, proposed as IA
substitute, Il bill directing the Secreta-
ry OF the Treasury to employ, by trans
fer or otherwise, sufficient number Of
additional clerks, nots less than fifty, |
in the division of the Second Audi |
tors Oflice,in the Treasury Department, !
furnishing Information to the Paymas- |
ter General in reference to soldiers !
claiming bounty under the act of July, |
'66, to be continued so long as neces-
sary, preference to be given in this em-
ployment of clerks to discharged SOL
diers and sailors; also, directing the
o: the Treasury to provide
adequate and convenient rooms for all |
clerks employed in that business; also,
directing the Assistant Treasurer at
New York to pay duplicate checks on
notice Of the loss OF the original.
Agreed to, and the bill passed.
The Senate joint resolution author
izing Rear Admiral Thatcher to accept
a decoration from the King of the Ha-
waiian Islands was passed.
MIR. SChenck, from the Committee on
Ways aud Means, reported bill TO
compel the payment of taxes on dis
titled spirits In all cases when with
drawn from bonded warehouses, and
made a lengthy explanation of the
brands which make ii necessary. After
passed.
Mr.. Paine offered resolution direct
ing the Secretary of State to furnish
copies of the correspondence, &c., on
lle in reference TO the calm OF j. w
Perkins against the Russian Govern
ment. arising out Of contracts for ordi-
nance. Adopted.
The $ eaker presented IA cpmmuni-
cation from the Com missioner of inter
nal Revenue relative to the mode OF ,
.axing the Shaker Association at New
Lebanon, n. Y. Laid ON the table. /;
Adjourned.
Fires.
CHICAGO, jan. "a fire broke ont in ;
Farwell Hall, the Young Mems
Christian Association Building, at ten ,
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