The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-12-14
CONGRESS.
WAsuISGToN, Decenbcr 10.
uOl'SE

payable out Of the Chinese indemnity
iunl. The bill WAS reCOmmittGd.
Mr.. Randall offered resolution calling
on the Postmaster General Tor inlO!mH-
ton and correspondence touching the
style, cost and contract for postal cards
ordered Nt the last session Of Congress;
also for information and correspondence
touching the present contract Tor postage
stamps, the changein the stamps adopted
under such contract and causes for it; to
what extent, II any, the Government Is u
loser when the pCScnt contract expires,
and what steps, il any, have been taken
Tor advertising lcr proposals under the
law both us to postal cards and postage
stamps. Adopted.
4 number oil private bills were reported.
The House at l:90 o'clock, went into a
Committee OF the Whole on private cal.
eUdGr, Mr.. S. Myers OF Pennsylvania, in
tle Chair, md took up the bill to reim-
burse To the college of William Rnd
Mary, in Virginia, $1,000 for property
destroyed during the War OF the Re
bClliOn.
Mr.. Shanks offered an amendment, pro.
vidiug that no p,rt Of the money shall be
paid until q regular meeting Of the stock.
holders or corp rate authorities Of the
college shsll have adopted, and caused to
to entered in the records Of tue corpora
ton aad a resolution declaring the col.
lrGc to be open, and it shall be at all times
Open, for the admission, on equal terms
and with equal privileges, OF all persons
irrespective Ui race, color or previous
condition .! scrvitudc.
Mr.. PerCc, Chairman Of the Committee
on Education, who reported the bill,
opposed the amendment because he re.
g4rdcd it as beng intended TO kill the bill
The result Of its adoption would be that
instead of its being college open To all
citizens Of the United States, it would lie
y college open only 10 the CO'OTed citizens
Of America, and lie represented that his
COlorcd constituency did not desire such
distinction They desire the rrCOgni
lion that was made in the Civil Rights
bill. They desired that every Institution
OF learning should be open 10 them.
Mr.. ShAnks defended the amendment,
arguing that the money in the Treasury
was contributed rOpOrtionatuly by the
co!ored people, and that the amendment
was bHsed upon the provisions Of the Con.
sti,uuun.
Mr. CritChcr, Of Virginia, opposed the
amendment, and stated that there was
now within tcw mics OF the College of
William and Mary, n college devoted eX.
ClusivCly 10 the education OF cOlOrCd
go that there was no necessity
for the proposed amendment.
Mr.. Shnnks asked Mr. CrItChcr whether
the regulations Of that ColOrcd college
forbade the admission Of white students.
Mr.. ClitChcr was not aware Of any such
provision, nut knew there were no white
students nj the college.
Mr.. Shanks-As II matter Of choice, !
presume. The suggestions OF the gentle.
man from Mississippi, (Mr. Percc) as to
the Civil Rights hill, is question in the
luiurc. II he will bat wait until that bu.
comes law, and if it produces the
proper effect, il will answer all the pur
poses Of my amendment. But if this bill
IS to pass tirst, prefer that it should be
properly guarded.
MIR. Hawley, of Illinois, opposed the
bill, and sent to the Clerks desk and Ind
read letter from General S. II. Roberts,
Of Brooklyn, New York, who commanded
the CaitCd States troops ut the College,
stating that from ali tue information he
obtained on the spot, he had nm imprcs.
sion amounting To moral conviction that
the College was set on fire not by United
States soldiers, but by the rebels, out of
pure "CusScdnCss.
Mr.. lIOar, member Of the Committee
on Education, supported tue amendment,
and made strong appeal in favor Of the
bill.
The question was taken and i. was
adopted by vote OF - TO Il.
The committee then rose and reported
the BILL. The first question was on the
adoption Of Mr.. Shank amendments and it
was aioptcd-ycas S9;nHys &C. The only
Republicans voting agniGst it were But.
'cr, Of Tenn, Cobb, oi n. G., PCrCc, Of
Miss, and Sargent, of California No
democrats voted Tor it. The bill was
then rejected, the vote ON its passage be
leg, yeas 81; nays l2G. The democrats
oil Joined in the vote against it.
The liOuSC then took up the Senate
amendment to the House bill abolishlng
the Offices Of Assessors und Assistant
Assessors Of Internal Revenue. All those
that were mere verbal amendments were
cOncurred in without question, the only
important one remaining being that Of
the appointment OF twenty |
five treasury agents
After long and uninteresting debate,
in which the 5 nate amendment was Op.
posed by Mcssrs Dawes, Kerr and Beck, |
members ui the Committee Of Ways md |
Means, and defended by Mr.. Butler, OF
who stated that the dis |
tlIers were ia Washington lobbying
q against il, in order that they might have |
y wider field for the evasion Of the revenue |
laws, the amendment was rejected by u
vote Of2G To 50, and u Committee Of Con.
ference ordered, the Committee on the
part Of the House being McESrs Dawes,
h. II Roberts, Of New York, and Beck,
OF KCnluCky.
The House then adjourned, the session
tomorrow being restricted TO general dc.
bate
SENATE
A note was read from tho Vice Presi-
dent stating that hu would be absent for
few days. Mr.. Anthony was chosen
President, pro TEN.
Mr. Cmgin, from the Naval Committee,
reported the House bill Tor building six
Of war. lie gavO notice that
at an early day hG would CRll it up.
a Till was pissed nppropriNting $500.
600 lo purchHsc an additional site Tor the
Boston pOstUilicc,
Mr., Morton presented The credentials
oi George 4 Spencer, oI Alabama, re
elected Senator from that State.
MIR. sherman offered resolution Which
wns agreed To n-lrucling Committee on
Finance tn inquire whether thG valuation
0lthc sovereign 0rp1Hnd strrlinGof Great
Britain nj thrCustnm hnuscSOi tho United
Stntrl IN the settlement ul accounts be
tween the two countries, uudCr the exist
ing uws, correspond with its true or
intrinsic value, rs expressed ia the money