The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1870-03-03
CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, Feb. %.

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statement of the charges against Gen.
eral Porter was the redoubtable Pope
whose reputation for veracity, the pub
lie will remember, was none of the
best during the war; Mr.. Wilson re-
piled to Chandler in a moderate
speech, expressing his willingness
to give Porter another chance
Mr.. Howard introduced a bill to estab-
lish a territorial government in Alas
ka. Patterson, from the Committee
on Retrenchment, reported bill to a.
bolish the Freedmen's Bureau and
provide for the Bureau of Educa-
ton. Bills were passed by the
Senate--to provide for the better Sc
curity of the lives of passengers ON
board of vessels propelled by steam,
and to organize the Marine Hospital
service and provide for the relief of
sick and disabled seamen. The re-
ports of the Committee of Conference
on the Naval Appropriation bill, fix
ing the amount of appropriation at 81
900 900, WAS concurred in. A jointres-
olution directed that no speech not ac-
tually delivered in Congress shall be
printed in the Gto5e was passed i'm
mediately. The bill to aid the New
York and Washington Airline Rail-
road was up when the Senate went in
to executive session. The proceedings
in the House of Representatives were
important and interesting. The reso-
luton of Mr.. Loughridge ins,lucting
the Committee on Banking to report a
bill increasing the currency to so, ,000,
900 was taken up and passed by a vote
of yeas 40, nays II. About forty
members were absent. The commit
tee are known to be opposed to any in
crease of the currency, but they will be
obliged cfc0urse, to report a bill back to
the House, when the struggle will be re-
newed. Bills were introduced-to en-
force the fifteenth amendment, to pro-
hibit the sale ofarms and munitions of
war to foreign states while carrying on
actual hostIlties, to abolish the Office
of Pension Agent, and to reduce the
income tax TO three per cent. and
exempting 8, 700 therefrom. B. F.
Butler reported favorably the Senate
bill removing political disabilities from
five hundred people. A long discus
sion followed in which many of the
mon, har- toCIy aocaoicn 70 avDra.D Fl, a;r
opinion on Il general amnesty, and
Messrs. Cox and Covode piously quo
ted Scripture. The bill passed by a
two-thirds majority. The Committee
on Military Affairs reported through
| General Logan the result of their in
vestigations in the sale of cadetships,
andsrecommended the expulsion of B.
f. WhittemOre, Radical member
from South Carolina, for bribery and
corruption. The report was signed by
ell the committee. At the suggestion
Of Mr.. Poland, the matter was postpon-
ed until tomorrow, in order to give
Whittemore an opportunity to prepare
| his defense. Butler and other extreme
Radicals fought desperately for delay.
WASHINGTON, Feb. %.
The United States Senate yesterday
declared emphatically against the issue
of any more paper money, il a resolu-
ti0n presented by Mr.. Williams. 1t
passed without division. The Sen
! a to .opourraJ Il, Tho II,,,-o 1
/ ment to the Political Disability bill
/ Speeches on the Funding bill were
made by Mr.. Fenton ard Mr.. Patter-
son. The Mississippi negro Senator
matter was taken up, and Mr.. Sauls-
bury delivered an elaborate argument
in opposition to the admission of
Revels, taking the position that he
had not been nine years citizen of the
United States. a vote was not reach
ed when the Senate adjourned. In the
House of Represen, atives the White
more case came up. The late member
then attempted to make a speech in
his own defense, but was checked by
the Speaker, on the ground that he
was no longer member of the House.
The original resolution of expulsion
was laid upon the table, and General
Logan offered q resolution declaring
that b. f. Whittemore, the late mem
ber from South Carolina, had been
guilty of conduct which rendered him
unworthy to occupya seat on the floor
The resolution was unanimously a
dOpted-Butler and a few others re.
fusing to vote. Mr.. Whittemore then
packed up his papers and departed
The House afterwards went into Com
mittee on the Appropriation bill,
WASHINGTON, ] Feb. 26
The negro has taken his seat in the
Senate Chamber. After long debate
in which many of the leading Senator:
on both sides participated, the Senate
voted down the resolution of Mr.
Stockton to refer the credentials oil
Revels to the Judiciary Committee
and admitted him by a strict party
vote, As to s. Senator Wilson ostenta
tiously conducted his black brother t
a seat, and the Radical Senators crowd
ed around with their congratulations
Mr.. HaElin introduced a bill TO pro
vide territorial government for tht
District of Columbia. Mr.. Wilson in
troduced a bill to prevent and punlst
prize-fghting in the United States
Two years Imprisonment and So ,0Ol
fine are the penalties. Mr.. Howard
introduced a bill to divide the State 0
Texas, and to establish the Terrific