The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-06-15
your obedlent servant,
(Signed) l. S. GRANT
CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate, on Friday, the bill regard
ing the disposition of fines, penalties and
forfetures was discussed and passed over
without action. The Sundry Civil Appro-
priation bill was taken up, and the amend
ment prohibiting pay to mail contractors in
the Confederate States was adopted. Mr..
Sumner moved the Supplemental Civil
bill as an amendment and Mr.. Carpenter
, offered the Amendatory Enforcement act
as another amendment. In the House of
Representatives the House refused to
amend the rules to pass the Supplementary
Civil Rights bill, and the motion was lost.
The bill extending the power of the Presi-
dent to suspend the writ of habeas corpus
was also discussed and abandoned.
The Senate held an all-night session on
Friday night on an amendment to the Sun
dry Civil Service Appropriation bill, which
was offered by Mr.. Kellogg, and consisted
ofthe Amendatory enforcement act author
izing the appointment of Federal Super
vsors Of Election at all voting precincts on
election day. The Democrats made hard
fight against the reception of the amend
ment, but they were overruled by the
Chair Mr.. Anthony }, and the majority
sustained his decision admitting it. Mr..
Summers Supplemental Civil Rights bill
was also submitted as an amendment, but
it was ruled out, and thus quietly disposed
of. The debate on the first named amend
ment was prolonged throughout the night,
and in the morning it was adopted and the
complete bill sent over to the House. That
body refused to concur in it, and another
committee of conference named The Sem
ate transacted no ether business of impor-
lance, except to thank Mr.. Colfax for the
impartial discharge Of his duties as presid-
ing officer, and to refer the long pending
| claim of Miss Anna Ella Carroll, asking
compensation for having planned the cam
paign of Sherman in the West, to the print
Ell. In the House an amnesty bill, includ-
ing number of names, was passpd. Both
Houses adjourned until Monday morning.
Congress got through its work on Mon
day night, and the session was adjourned
| sine die at nine o'clock. The most import
ant matter pending, the Amendatory
Enforcement act, which was taken on by
the Senate as rider to the Sundry Civil
Service Appropriation bill, was disposed of
by a compromise which the third committee
of conference succeeded in hitting upon
AS passed by both Houses it provides that
in any county or parish in any Congress
sienal district where ten citizens OF good
standing shall make known to the Judge
of the United States Circuit Court their
desire to have the registration or election
guarded and scrutiniZed the Judge shall
appoint two citizens of the election district
or voting precinct of different political par
ties as Supervisors of Election They are
not to have any compensation, and are not
to have power OF authority to make arrests
or perform other duties except to be in the
Immediate presence Of the officers holding
the election, and TO witness all the proceed
ings, including the counting of votes and
the making the returns thereof. The SEN
ate conceded to the House in bringing the
amendment down to this point and the
Republican majority then went for it solid
ly as party measure. In the Senate the
minority report of the committee which
investigated the New York Custom House
was submitted. The committee to inquire
into the charges against Senator Clayton,
Of Arkansas. made report generating
him. Several amnesty bills were passed,
among which was one embracing the name
of Governor Vance, of North Carolina. In
the House of Representatives there was an
animated scene, in which Mr. Kelley first
took part as an advisor to the Republican
side not to push the Enforcement amend
ment through, but afterwards the House
was thrown into a turmoil ofexcitement by
Mr.. Morgan deliberately giving Mr.. Bing-
ham the lie-in a Pickwickian sense pro-
baby. as there were no serious results. A
bill was passed to abolish the franking pri-
vilege, but of course the Senate had no
time to touch it. The two important bills
which die with the session are the new
Steamboat bill ana the bill regulating the
construction of bridges over the Ohio river.