Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-01-20
Asst CONGREss---2D SESSION,
SENATE.

SENATE.
/ WASHINGTON, Jan. IS.
Mr.. Abbott introduced bill to increase
the efficiency of the army. Referred to
committee on military affairs. 1t pro-
vides that twenty-five regiments of in.
fantrv shall have the same organizations
lions or appointments shall be made in
infantry until all unattached officers of
infantry are assigned to regiments; that
officers on waiting orders shall receive no
pay until assigned to some regiment or
placed on some appropriate duty, as now
allowed by law the President may place
on retired list, officers who from long and
faithful service, wounds or sickness, have
become incapacitated for active service.
A number of petitions respecting the
ranking privilege, ocean cables and pub
| lie lands in California, were presented.
The House bill making appropriations
to defray the expenses of the House COM
mittee on banking and currency, was on
motion of Mr.. Morrill, of Maine, taken
up and passed.
Mr.. Thayer resumed the floor IN oppo-
sition to the unconditional admission of
Virginia He quoted from the recon
struction acts, to prove that Congress had
not in a single line of those acts, commit
ted itself to the admission of Virginia in
any contingency.
Mr. Drake asserted his distrust of the
Virginia legislature, and insisted upon
the reimposition of fundamentatel con-
ditions as a means of enabling Congress
more readily to deal with Virginia.
Messrs. Stewart, Sumner, Norton and
l,,o-saol
the Senate grew weary of the stereotyped
subject. Adjourned at 430 p. m
HOUSE.
The House resumed consideration of the
bill for the transfer of the Philadelphia
Navy Yard to League Island. Mr.. Dawes
made an argument against the passage of
the bill. He showed that if it could have
been forced through, under the previous
question, the Secretary of the Navy could
sell three millions of property at private
sale, to whom, when, and what terms he
pleased, the only obligation on him being
that he should obtain the approval of the
President, who, from the nature of his
duties, could pay no personal regard or
attention to the proceedings. He referred
at length to the enornormous expenses of
the government. While he knew the I'M
STdClOu5 pOSltlOu nc OCCupicu, uc prOpOSeu
to speak plainly but truly to his own
party friends in the House. He knew
there was not much comfort to be derived
from the wounds of friend. Andrew
johnson, in the last year of his admins
tration, had estimated that he could carry
on the government for $303,000,000, and
that amount had been cut down over
$20,000,000. What did their own admin
istration estimate that it would carry on
the administration of the government
for year for (? $311, 097,17 an increase
of over $28,000,0O0 beyond the amount
required by Andrew Johnson, and an in
crease of $49,62S,534 over the amount
for the present year; but
this included an error of over $7,000,000
in footing up the post Office department,
which would reduce the increase to
$40, 100000. The bill finally went over
under rules.
Judd's apportionment bill was referred
to the committee of the whole On the
state of the union. After presentation of
petitions, adoption of resolutions and mis-
cellaneous business the House adjourned
at p. m.