Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-04-09
CONGRESSIONAL.


WASHINGTON, April S.-Mr. Morto
ire made an Intellectual effort, Mr.. Davi
let Directing. to offer joint resolution tina
on before Virginia, Mississippi, Texas an
nd Georgia shall be admitted to represents
k, ton their Legislature hereafter lawfully
ut organized shall ratify by the 18th amend
er ment.
X Mr.. Ramsey, from the Committee OF
m Postroads reported with amendments the
in bill in relation TO bridges across the
IS Ohio river. One amendment provides
Il that if the board of engineers shall re-
II port that any of the bridges now con-
: stTucted are national obstacles to nayiga~
is tian, said bridges shall be reconstructed
. in conformity to their report. Also with
If amendment to House bill to establish
e certain postroads.
5 Mr.. Chandler, from the Committee on
Commerce reported without amendment
! House River and Harbor Appropriation
q bill.
; Mr.. Trumbull, from the Committee
t on the Judiciary, to which the Presi-
/ dents message Of yesterday had been
referred, made report recommending
that its consideration should be post
poned until the lst Monday in Deems
Der. lie made this report, he said, by
direction of the committee.
A motion to postpone the unfinished
business was lost by 20 to 80.
The Senate then proceeeed to consider
the bill.
Several amendments reported from the
Committee on Finance were agreed to.
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time for the withdrawal of distilled
spirits from bonded warehouses until
June 30 1869. but subjecting it to an
additional tax of one per cent per gallon
per month after April 20, until withdrawn
and FORGETTING all distilled spirits remain
ing in bond June 80.
BY provision amending section SO
the original act that retail dealers shall |
pay license of twenty-five dollars, that |
wholesale dealers selling not less than
i've gallons at time pay a tax Of one /
hundred dollars. Dealers whose sales of |
| all merchandise exceeds two hundred, |
an additional tax of one dollar for every
one hundred dollars worth of sales of
liquors in excess of twenty-five thou>
sand dollars, and on every one hun
dred dollars Of sales of other
merchandise shall pay at the same rate
as a wholesale dealer; but that no dis
tiller or brewer who has paid special
tax as such, and who sells only dis
titled spirits or malt liquors at the
place OF manufacture in the original casks
or packages to which stamps are affixed,
shall be required to pay the special tax
OF wholesale dealer.
A spirited discussion took place in the |
Senate to-day on the subject of prolonga
ing the session.
Mr.. Sherman thought it better to
leave the States of Virginia and Missis-
sippi under military government under
the vigorous prompt and kindly admins
istratiOn of President Grant, until next
session when Congress could properly
consider the question Of their re admis> a
sion; besides the President had full power
under existing laws to submit the {
constitution Of Virginia to the S
people, and there was no need for fur I
Their legislation upon that subject. The q
same was true of Mississippi C
Mr.. Howard took the same view. 9
Mr.. Sumner said in the work of re- a
construction nothing was done, while
everything was left undone, and there d
was certainly much to be done before the
country could confidently accept the re- L
Cancellation and peace which were to be
the crown of the work of reconstruction. S
There was also other important matters b
demanding the immediate attention of a
Congress. chiefamong which were Pacific e
+. K. and revision Of naturalization laws.
To show the necessity of acting on the S
latter, he read letter from one of his a
friends in New York expressing the fear
that Congress would adjourn without
doing anything to punish the enormous
election frauds perpetrsted in New York
by the Democratic party, or to prevent Ii
the other greater frauds which that party
has in contemplation, stating that there c.
was a combination between Tamany and
the Erie Company for fraudulent pur- p
poses, and expressing the writer's belief
that unless such frauds were pun
ished by Congress and prevented in y
the future, the Republican party could
never win an election in that State
Stewart says there is no necessity for
prolOnging the session beyond Saturday
The reasons urged now, by some
against adjournment were not new, but
were just as we'll known at the time Of c
the passage Of the resolution to adjourn
Saturday as now.
Mr.. Conkling took the came view He | !
thought the force of the argument again. t a
adjourning, of the Senator from Massa- Z
chusetts, was somewhat lessened by the
fact that the Senator always opposed =,
such resolution during the admin !
istratiOn of President Johnson .
Mr.. Sumner had had a plausible al
good reason for such opposition, and it |
might be safely said that while these two !
eminent persons, Johnson and Sumner, )
were not confederates in anything else,
they had been, during the whole term Of
the former, c0nspiratcrs to keep Congress
In continuous session. Laughter
At the expiration of the morning hour
the unfnished business bill to amend the
act imposing tax on distilled spirits and {
tobacco, and for other purposes, was {
taken up
Mr.. Sumner moved to postpone it for
the purpose Of disposing of the pending |
resolution.
Mr.. Trimble thought it better not to
pass upon the resolution until the time
fixed for adjournment should be near.
He was opposed to resembling the resCs
luton to ad JOurn on Saturday, but IVES |
in favor of providing for the submission
of the constitutions of Virginia and
Mississippi to the people of these States,
which he thought could be done betwee n
now and Saturday, by. the passage of a
Joint resolution.
Several other amendments were made
to the pending bill, which now goes to
the House for concurrence in amend
ments.
On motion Of Mr.. Chandler, the Sens
ate took up and passed the bill making
appropriations for the improvement OF
rivers and harbOrs, for the fiscal year
| ending June 80, 1869
Mr.. Fesssnden, from the Conference
Committee, reported the Indian apprOe
| priation bill as agreed upon.
The report was concurred in.
The Senate concurred in the House |
amendment to the bill to amend the iu> |
dicial system of the United States
Adjourned
Proceedings in the House.
The Presidents message on recon |
strpction in Mississippi, etc, was referred
to the Reconstruction Committee, Mr..