The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-03-02
XLISt CONGRESS.
- THIRD SESSION.

WASHINGTON, March !,

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The credentials of Senators elect FRE.
LINGHUYsEN, from New Jersey, KELLY,
from Oregon, and WRIGHT. from Iowa,
were presented, read, and ordered, filed.
On motion OF Mr.. HAMLIN the Senate
took up the resolution to continue the In.
vestigation, by special COMMITTEE, ,of the
Ku.Kpx sOutrages in South Carolina,
during the first session of the Forty.sec.
ond Congress.
Mr.. CAssERLY moved to require the
proceedings Of the committee to be pub.
iishcd, his object being to prevent false
impressions upon the public by one-sided
newspaper statements Of the testimony.
Alter debate CAssERIY's amendment
was rejected, and theresolutlon adopted.
The Senate then took up the Army Ap.
preparation bill, the question being on
McDoNkIlD's amendment to pay for
Qu6rtefmaster and Commissaryi stores
furnished by loyal citizens Of the south.
After various notifications tho amend.
ment was adopted (yeas, "a ! nays 22, in
the following form:
And be ii further enacted, That by the
provisionsof the act Of July "A, 1854, en-.
titled AN net toglimit the 1urisdictionfot
the Court q Claims To South Carolina,
the same arc hereby extended to the loyal
citizens who remained loyal during the
late war, and who In no way voluntarily
gave aid and comfort to the rebellion.
Provided, that service In the United States
army during the late rebellion as commits
stoned officer or enlisted man shall be held
TO be priHa facid evidence Of loyalty, un-a
less some act OF disloyalty shall be proven
to have been committed after said service,
and the iHenetib Of this proyiso shall be
extended to the citizens, oftthe State Of
Tennessee, and all such parts of said act
as make u discrimination between loyal
claimants because ofresidence, arc hereby
renealed." - ~ { ~ 4.
The Regular order OF business was tem-
porarily suspended, and Mr.. Cole, from
the committee Of conference on the In
dian Appropriation bill, submitted the re-
port, whichwss read, and after consider
able discussion, concurred In. II ~
A bill repeating the duty on coal wns
received from the House, and read for the
first time. Mr.. VIcKERs objected to It's
second reading = 80 - ! {! Z
The Army Appropriation bill WINS again
brought up, and passed,
The Naval Appropriation bill was taken
up, as In committee Of tho whole, and
after disposing of 90 pages Of the bill, the
Senate, ut 4:30 went into executive ses-
ston, and soon alter took recess till even,
ing. ~. , ~ . ! " -iI3!0 T!
EVENING SESSION.
The Naval Appropriation bill was pro-
e'eq4Ffa'witAA HOUSE V8 a
A motion was made 10 correct the
Journal so as to show that tho action Of
the House In concurring in tho Sem
ate amendments to tho Postofiice Appro-
priation bill, and send them tothe Com.
mitteeSo Conference, q was made final by
a vote 70 reconsider and lay on the table.
The Journal not showing that fact, the
motion was resisted by Messrs. GARFIELD,
STEVENSON and. other Ohio members,
whose object was to have the Senate
amendment In regard 10 the Cincinnati
and Newport bridge concurred In. After
hUlllG GAtltGlllClt ALA tbAAAoAbA sAAS bSdA
nal was ordered to be corrected.
The rcportof tho Conference Committee
on tho Indian Appropriation bill, was
taken up. Mr.. SARGEANT explained the
report. He called attention to the TACT
that the contest which had been going on
Tor the last five or six years, on the 4ues,
tibn whether tic Senate had the fight or
should; continue to exercise the power Of
making treaties with scattered bands Of
Indians within the territory Of the United
States, was ended. That point had been
yielded by the SenateI Aproyision had
been Incorporated by tho Conference
Committee In the bill that hereafter no
Indian nation or tribe within the territory
Of tho United States, shall be acknowl-
edged or recognized as an independent
nation, tribeor power, with which the
United States can contract by treaty,
but that nothing in that, provision
shall inyalidate or impair the obligations
Of any treaty heretofore lawfully made or
ratified with any such Indian ratlonyor
tribe. He said that this provision was
substantially the same as had been drawn
by the gentleman from Pennsylvania,
(NIr, ARMsTRoNGl, and submitted to the
House. he also called attention TO the
fact that the amendments provided in the
conference report guarded against allow
ing commissions for services to agents,
and also required vouchers for Indian
goods TO be submitted to the Indian Com.
missioner. .s..
Tho conference report was agreed TO.
The House went to the business on the
Speakers table, and after disposing Ofia
largenahb Of Sbtlls, adjourned q