The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-02-10
FORTY Y-SECOND CONGRESS- I'd Session
FRIDAY, Feb. 0, 1872.
SENtTE

A resolution calling for information re-
garding the treaty affairs was discussed all
the morning, and finally went over on
motion to lay on the table.
Amnesty was resumed. The clause af-
fecting naturalization in Summers amend
ment, discussing the treaty with China and
forbidding the naturalization of Chinese, Is
the stumbling-block in Summers path.
Finally, Summers amendment was
adopted by the casting vote of Vice-Pfes
dent Colfax and the amnesty bill, thus
amended, failed to pass for want Of the ne
cessary two-thirds vote.
The members voting nay were Messrs.
Blair, Boreman, Davis, Goldwaite, Hill,
johnson, Kelly, Logan, Morrill, of Maine,
Norwood. Salisbury, Stewart, Stockton,
Thurman, Upton, Trumbull, Vickers and
Wright-19. Thirty-three members voted
in the affirmative. apaa ea" ~
Adjourned till Monday. r
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Several bills extending New England
patents, but none of direct interest South
were passed.
A bill authorizing the abatement Of the
tax on certain tobacco burned in Louisiana
and Missouri was passed.
The election committees report ousting
Edwards and seating Bowles from Arkan-
sas was adopted. Bowles was seated, and
e5rit Edwards. rra, -.,rg...s ,s.,rr.ss..
The House then took up the bill report
ed last Friday, to pay to William and Mary
College, in Virginia, s65, 200 for the des-
truction of its buildings and other property
destroyed without authority by the Union
soldiers during the late rebellion. The
bill was considered in committee of the
whole, Mr.. L. Myers in the chair.
The report of the committee on educa-
tion was read, giving the history of the col
lege and its destruction. The buildings
were originally designed by the famous
architect, Sir Christopher Wrenn, and were
completed in 1928; But they were totally
destroyed by fire in 1850. They were re-
built in year thereafter, and the college,
when restored, was in better condition
than before the fire. Williamsburg,
the site of the college, was the key
of the military position of tho peninsular,
and terrific battles were fought for its pos
session. Upon its evacuation by force of
rebel cavalry ON the 9th of September,
1862, the college was fired by party of
drunken, dsorderly and insubordinate
stragglers from the United States force, and
the building was destroyed, with the libra
zry, apparatus, furniture and other property.
The memorialists admitted they had no
lawful claims against the United States,
but appealed to the justice and generosity
of the government. -
Mr.. Perce, chairman of the Committee
on Education and Labor, recapitulated the
facts in the case, and advocated the passage
of the bill.
MIR. Hoar, member of that committee,
also spoke in favor of the bill. He men,
toned the interesting facts that during the
operations against Yorktown during the
revolutionary war, the college was occu-
pied and respected by the British troops,
and that having been subsequently occu-
pied by French troops, the buildings were
injured in much the same way as they were
by the American troops during the rebel
lion and that Louis XVI, when he heard
of it, repaired the damages out of his pri-
vate purse. ,.~s.--- e-r7g
Without action, the House adjourned.