New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-20
XLTH CONGRESS--IIID SESSION.
sENArE .wAsnINoroN. Feb. 10. lsco.

report opposition to the views OF the minority vi '0
Omnibus Railroad bill lately reportedl
Mr.. WILSON Rep Mass) introduced Dill 10 repeai
the act fixing the Headquarters Of the General OF the
Army 81 Washington; requiring all orders Of the PreF
dent and Secretary of War TO be Issued by him. aO ID
case OF his inability by the next in rank and providing
that he shall not be released from command or @ghea
10 duty elsewhere except at his request WITHOUT the a
proyal of the Senate and that all contrary orders sa
Mr. ANTHONY REP r. ~, from the Committee on
Printing made report on the subject OF % satc 10
printing the debates and said nc would ask the % ,
consider tomorrow. He also maze rSrGpr', ne NH
hcaton by Congress Of other public documents tnah
these connected directly with or forming part Vi NO
Mr. POMERoY rep. Kan) introduced bin to aoohsh
" M " ANS rep Oregon from the Committee on
public Lands reported bill for the sale OF the HOT
st,rin.<s Reservation in Arkansas
PRIZE MONEY FOR FARRAGUIs TIILI ,..,ou
Mr. GRIMES Rep Iowa called np inc Gi at IA i5e
Mississippi in 1862. la reply to question 10y alr @
hni nc said mat the OH o nOv nv I ne entitled 70
under existing lave but would have mercy tcchniV"i
effect. The biz was passed.
Mr. I 5f S6 Saed 3p the Bill to compensate the
officers and crew the Keagsarge for the destruction or
the Alabama. Ii gives to Commander Winsiow ana his
'i ON motion of Mr. SUMNER Rep. Mass) bin
passed authorizing Commander Kirkland Of the Navy 10
MI TRTMBUIL rep III, from the Committee tho
Judiciary. reported, with amendments inc D GeelnSS
Criminal Courts of the District of Columbus 10 ne terms
and or the Supreme Court OF lnc DiStIltt Nv
amendments consist of additional sections providing for
the APPOINTMENT OF an additional Associate Justice for
said Court that whenever AT session III Heneral ieIi
held bv four of its Justices the Court shall be equally d
yided in opinion either party IN the cause may demand
held by the Orphans Court shall he exercised by the Jus
holding special term Of the Supreme Court Tor that
Mr PoMEROY Rep., Kansas, from the Committee Of
Public Lands reported with an ameGdmehf ' me I a
cation OF Agricultural College scrip As amended me Dill
provides simply that all such scrip shall be IRON
acfual settlers in payment OF preenptOu CdlHS III 0ii
as is now authorized by law III me caSe VI
hi to declare forfeited TO the United States certain lands
granted in aid Of the construction OF railroads IN Mssls-
eippi, Louisiana, and Florida.
Mr. FERRY Rep, Comm, from the Committee on
Patents reported adversely the bill to repeal the sixteenth
section Of the OF March 1861 relating to patents Tor
Inventions and discoveries previously patented abroad
reported against the petition Of H. L. Emery of New
York for the extension Of the patent for the endless cham
Mr. Upton Rep, Neb.l introduced bin granting
the right Of way and public lands in d OF the Denver
Mr. wilson rep, Mass.,j introduced bill continuing
the and M So 0f te
and also continuing the freedmens hospitals at "ashnH
ton, Richmond, and other points until line next july
On motion Of Mr.. HOWARD rep, Mich) who stated
mee would not have time to act upon them, the Com,
mittee Pacific Railroads were discharged from me
further consideration Of bills in aid OF the Following ran
road enterprises, viz The Southern Pacific of Texasi
the Union Pacific Southern Branch; the Lawrence Nan
sas, and Guaymas; the Lake superior anu sioux Slg'
the Lake Superior and Puget Sound; the Idaho,
from Cairo to the Rio Grande; the Atlantic and
California Thirty-second Parallel Line; and the
Also from the further consideration Of the House bills
extending the time for the completion OF the Dubuque
and Sioux City Railroads the House JOINT resolution dc
carlnG the meaning Of the acts relating 10 Pacinc ran
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES that American IRON must be used
also in repairs and relayng the track; and the House
III Commissioners to establish dr Of prices for the
transportation of freight and passengers ON the Pacific
The Committee on Printing reported the following
RESOLVED 10y ee That the
Joint COMMITTEE on Pubhe Printing hereby auLofd to con
Crowsn for the reporting and publication Of The De
The 4b day q March 1859 in accordance vb the proposition
So S S BIN Pqs s 9 'Se uS Sats se b s
Printing Officers they degnatei and
Their Of his thereof being an respects sseoFag
after having Pel the proper accounting oesr thereof
osPSb, PnSg are unable to conclude contract SS the said Crow
ell or that be be unable u any contract that he nav nae ,h
printed u. direction the Congressional Printer At the Gov
s%5 3D. That for n; Ss!FS. esFf ss, t
Ees5lSea ~ as senate House Of Rsrsai ETC. That n
hereby authorized and directed on and from h
sSdsi is i. direction tS Of The JOINT Committee Printing
purpose aforesaid there shall be appropriate
moneys the Treasury not otherwise appropriated
Mr.. TRUMBULL called up the bill to reorganize The
Judicial System of the United States An abstract
Der Of judges Of the United States Supreme Court at nine
and provides fer the appointments of Circuit Judges to
the supreme Court but requires that each Of the latte
shall do circuit duty for at least one term every two
Mr.. EDMUNDs (Rep;, W began a speech in opposition
TO the provision of the bill for circuit bat interrupted
by the expiration OF the morning hour which brought VI
the unfinished business.
Mr.. TRUMBULL asked Mr.. Morrill, in charge of the
Appropriation BILL TO consent 10 its temporary postpone
might be disposed of; but Mr. EDMUNDS objected, be
not be had on the Tenure-ofOnce act as as thu
Senate should have finished the consideration Of The
The indian Appropriation hill was then taken up and
several additional amendments proposed by the Com
mlttee ON Indian Affairs were adopted
Mr. STEWART offered additional section, the bill
which lately passed the House transferring the control
OF the Indian Bureau to the War Department and made
brief speech in favor Of the transfer.
Mr.. MORRILL, Giep Mel said that if this bill were to
be attached TO the Appropriation bill the effect would be
to snk The latter for this occasion ,.-.,.
would delay action at all upon the Appropriation bill
because 1T was not new and unconsidered proposition
elect and other high army officers and had met the APP
Messrs. MORRILL, and POMEROY objected to the
Senator from Nevada attempting 10 influence the action
OF the Senate by citing the action Of the House.
sing opinion the merits OF the Amendment OF
the Senator from Nevada he would vote against it be
cause he thought ought not to be proposed in this place
M, Mr. EDMgNDs Rsg VI thought i very, apprOprl-
Rey offered as an additional section OF the Indian APP
preparation BILL and said that although he had before
voted against the proposed transfer, he had since
tanned further light on the subject and would
for it.
In order to mention the Senate the fact that the House
had already acted upon the pending proposition, and
Indian Bureau to the War Department.
Mr.. HENDRICKS Dem. Ind was opposed 10 the
honest Quartermasters or Commissioners and pre-
niced that II the transfer made proposed the
times as much as 1t does now
Mr. sPRAGUE rep, r. H. took the same view. He
believed that the radical defect system Of
dealing with the Indians; defect which could not be
5emeSed by any administration OF the system however