The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-12-13
BY TELEGRAPH.
xLIst CONGRESS.
EXTRA SESSION.
WAHnINnToN, Dac. N

MEs 4HKeTAOIl again introduced hlH
bill authorizing an additional Issue Of
legal tender notes to the amount OF
VI. 900. .OOO, ,Sand moved its reference 10
the Committee on Ways and Means.
Mr.. Garfield moved liz reference 10
the Committee on Banking.
Mr.. 1ngerBoll Insisted on this motion
OF reference, and moved the previous
question.
The previous questlon was seconded.
MIR. Judd demanded the reading Of
the bill.
II authorizes and directs the Score
tary TO lssue additional legal tender
notes OF the denominations heretofore
Issued, and in such proportion az he
may deem best, to the amount OF $44,-
0O0. 900; len millions TO he Issued within
thirty days after the passage OF the
act. ten millions more within sixty
days; ten millions more within ninety
days; and the remaining fourteen mil.
lions within one hundred and twenty
days. The second section directs the
Secretary OF the Treasury 10 purchase
with such notes gold interest bearing
bonds. and to cancel the same In the
manner now provided by law.
Mr.. Scoheld moved to table the bill.
Mr.. Holman called for the yeas and
nays.
Mr.. Garfield inquired whether the
bill was now before the House for aC.
tIon.
The Speaker replied that II WAS.
Mr.. Cox remarked that II the gentle-
man from Pennsylvania (Mr. ScOlield,)
wanted a decision OF the House between
the Initiation and contraction OF Cnrren-
Cy, now was the time.
Mr.. Scoheld supposed thOses who
wanted 10 Initiate the currency would
vote against his motion.
The motion WAS rejected. Go TO GS.
The question was resumed on Mr..
SCofield'A motion to refer TO the Com
mlttee on Banking.
Mr.. 1ugersOll called for the yeas and
nays, remarklng that four out OF six
members of that Committee who had
just voted, had voted to lay the bill on
the tablG.
The yeas and nays were ordered, and
the bill WAS referred, yeas IS; nays 81.
Mr.. Payne, from the COMMITTEES on
Reconstruction, reported the following
described papers In reference to the ad.
misslsslou OF Virginia, which was or.
dered printed: Gen. Canby's report
to the Secretary OF War relative to the
election In Virginia In July. 1869; the
address OF the Republican Central
Committee, presented to the Senate by
O. U. Potts, chairman; the statement OF
Mr.. Hughes, indorsed by Mr.. Witcher;
the statement OF Gov. Wells; the me-
mortal OF u committee OF the Virginia
Legislature, presented by Mr.. Turner,
Speaker Of the House OF Delegates; the
statement Of Gov. Walker before the
committee; the opinion OF Attorney
General Hoar on Virginia affairs; the
statement that there were about fifty
aflldaVlts before the committee from
persons In various parts OF the State
charging, In some instances, q failure
on the part Of the registering officers to
register, and refusal In others To per.
init applicants to vote when registered,
and In others that the calls we've from
persons on the conservative side, and
inumidatlons were rsSorted to TO pre-.
vent persons from voting tho Republl.
eau ticket, and that they were pres
vented from voting.
Resolutions were offered aud adopt.
ed, as follows:
BY Mr.. CoN-Requssting the COn-
miLIee on Ways aud Means to re-
port u bill repeating the so.oalled
Manufacturers tax on provisions,
and Joint Resolution 90 explaining
the present law as TO relieve the trade
In provisions from the present inter-
probation OF law by the Commissioner
Of Internal Revenue.
Bills were introduced and referred ns
follows: To regulate the Importation OF
lumber on the Northern, Northeastern
and Northwestern frontiers OF the
United States; to dispense with spies
and iRformers In the Internal Revenue
service; TO authorize the payment OF u
bounty to certain volunteer army off,
GERS; to amend the act declaring and
liking the status of volunteers as part
Of the army; amendatory OF the natu-
ralizatIon law.
The House went Into a Committee OF
the Whole, Mr.. Dawes In the chair, on
Census bill, commencing at section II.
The Committe rose after dIsposIng Of
the only section the 18th, and new
print OF the bill ~ amended was Or
uered.
Mr.. Knott IntrOd uced q bill TO amend
the existing laws IN relation to the trial
by jury In tho Federal Courts. II was
referred To the Judiciary Committee.
Mr.. Ingersoll'a bill authorizing the
iSsu" OF forty.four millions OF Hddl-
lional legal tender notes, introduced on
motion 10 lay II Oh the table. lost, 81
10 GS.
Tue house at two minutes past 3 P.
NJ. adjourned.