Evening star., 1870-03-04
FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
This Afternoons Proceedings
FRIDAY, March 4.

| trict of Columbia, reported a bill to exempt
certain church property in the District OF Co
/ lumbia from taxation.
Mr.. Hamlin. from the same committee, re
| ported, with amendments, bill to incorporat,
| the metropolitan Presbyterian Church of Wash
l iDgton.
| Mr.. Revels presented a memorial of tn,
| Legislature of Mississippi, asking the speed,
1 passage of a bill to remove the political and
legal disabilities of all the citizens of Missis
| sippi; which was ordered to be printed and re-
! ferred to the Committee on Disabilities.
| MIR. Howard offered resolution requesting
i the President to communicate copies of all cor
l respOndence between the Department of STATE
and the United States Minister to France re-
garding the so-called Memphis, FL PasO and
l Pacific railroad. Passed.
Mr.. Summer asked to take up the bill to repeal
l the charter of the Medical Society of the bis
| trict of Columbia which he said ought to have
been passed the day the Senator from Missis
| controversy about it.
| Mr.. TrumbuIl hoped this bill would not be
taken up. There might be no controversy abou,
| it i'm the Senator's mind, but there was contro-
| versy among the Senators.
Mr.. Sumner said this society had refused to
give equal rights to cOl0red practitioners. The
testimony was 'ndoubted, and the bill should
Mr.. Thurman said the bill would be defeated
Mr.. Sumner.-Very well. Every measure for
equal rights has been defeated in this chamber
| Mr.. Vlckers said the bill should not be taken
| up in the absence Of the Senator from New
l hampshire fattersOn), VINO had opposed
| the bill in the committee, and who had more in
| formation on this subject than any other Sen
| atOr except the Senator from Massachusetts, MIR
l Sumper).
l Mr.. Davis stated that Mr.. Patterson had in.
| formed him that he was opposed to this bill.
Mr.. Sumner said the bill met the concurrence
of Mr.. Patterson in the shape Which it had
| been passed. The colored people felt indignan,
| and sore about the delay in the matter; they
| were deprived now OF the opportunity to obtain
| a medical education, and the Senate after
having admitted the Senator from Mississippi,
| should not go back.
The motion of MIR. Sumner was then rejected
l ayes q, NAYS &c.
| Mr.. Stewart moved to take up the bill to
| laws.
Mr.. Trumbull then called up the bin to
concluded the explanation commenced by him
4 yesterday.
The bill was further discussed by Mr.. Davis
until the expiration OF the morning hour, when
l it went over.
l Mr.. Sumner stated that he had a day or two
| since entered motion to reconsider the political
l disabilities bill. He had made this motion at
| the request of Senator on this floor and of
| other persons, and the cause was that it had
| been supposed that several names which were
nthe bill had been placed there surreptitiously.
He now withdrew that motion.
The funding bill then came up as unfinished
| business, when it was Oh motion of Mr.. Hamlin
| postponed until Monday.
porate the New Era Printing Company, ~ WSisn
was amended by adding four more cOrporators,
and was then passed.
Also, bill to incorporate the Washington Hos
pital for FOundlings. Passed.
| Mr.. Hamlin then stated that he would now
time was afforded he would be glad to call up
the bill to incorporate the Columbia railway
which he believed would pass without objection:
and it should pass, because it would give inn
mediate employment 10 a large numbes OF Ia
bOrers who stood sadly in need of work.
The Committee on Pensions then reported a
number Of private pension bills; which were
passed.
HOUSE.-The question pending when the
House was called to order was the calling of the
yeas and nays upon receiving the Georgia bill
reported by Mr.. Butler yesterday, as the report
of the Committee on Reconstruction. At the
after the morning hour, and the House pro-
ceeded 10 the call Of Committees for bills of a
A number of bills for pensions reported from
the Committee on Invalid Pensions were dis
posed of as recommended. large number were
passed.
A bill to pension Jerry Gordon, a colored man.
who, as teamster, lOsi his legs at the battle of
Bull Run, occupied good portion Of the morn
ing hour, and was finally passed.
On motion of Mr.. 1ngers0ll, (nl y the Secreta-
ry of the Interior was directed to send to the
House all papers in relation to the expedition
against the Pigeon Indians in Montana.
Mr.. Wood On. Y. } rising to q personal expla-
nation, called attention to the publication in
the New York Tribune, q few days ago, of a par
agraph sent by its correspondent in this city,
Point who wasnot resident of his district. Sub
sequently the correspondent reiterated the
statement, and said that he lWood) had ap-
not a resident of his district He would not
have taken notice of the charge if it had not
been copied into other papers, in the West. He
now desired to say that the charge was entirely
false, and appealed to Mr.. Logan, Chairman
Of the Military Committee, to say whether
there was any evidence before the committee
conflicting with his statement.
Mr.. Logan replied that if testimony before
the committee implicated, he would decline to
answer such question; but he would say i'm
this case that, pending the examination of the
testified that Mr.. Wood had made an appoint
ment outside CT his district, and named the son
OF Gen. Gilmore as the person appointed. The
committee that he was mistaken, and asked to
correct that part Of his Testimony, and it was
stricken out.
Mr. Wood said that if the correspondent knew
anything at all about IL he must have known
these facts. As the House granted the privi-
leges Of the gallery, he hoped they would not
hold members up to censure unless cores
pOndents knew there was some foundation for
their charges. He desired to say, in conclusion,
that although he had been a member Of Con-
gfess some ten or twelve years, he had never
not resident Of his district.
Mr.. Lawrence, (Ohio,) from the Committee
on Appropriations, reported q joint resolution
apprOpflatlng SS,SlO fOr 0enelenc1es In apprO-
priations for certain employees Of the House;
which was passed.
On motion of Mr.. Butler, (Mass., y the House
proceeded to the consideration of business ON
the Speakers table, and bills were disposed Of
as follows:
Senate bill to establish collection district at
Willamette, Oregon. Referred to the Commit
tee on Commerce.
Senate bill to extend the time for the com.
pletion Of the lateral branch Of the Baltimore
ana Potomac railroad, and to change its l0ca-
ton In the city Of WashingtAu. q. Referred to the
Committee ON the District Of Columbia.
Senate bill authorizing the sale or lease of q
lot OF land in Washington, d. @. Same refer
ence.
Senate bill to incorporate the Washington
Homeopathic Medical Society. Same refer
ence.
Senate bill relating to the Acknowledgement of
deeds in the District Of Columbia. Same refer
ence.
Senate bill authorixing certain officers Of the
Executive Departments to administer oaths in
certain cases. Passed.
Senate bill authorizing the paving and sewer
age Of d street In Washin9ton, d. g. Referred
to the Committee on District Of Columbia
Senate bill TO amend the actincorporating the
National Theological Institute of the District of
Columbia. Same reference.
Sena!e oll 70 incorporate the Washington
Steamship Company. Same reference.
senate Dill 70 prescribe the duties Of the Sec
retsry OF the Treasury on certain cases named
Referred TO the COmmifken of Wava and Means.