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' THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU.
The report of Major General llow
3, tlto Commissioner in charge of
o xreedmen s .bureau, which was
nt to Congress with the special mes
;e of the President on tho subject,
. reconstruction, calls for un nppro
nation of 511,745,950 (nearly twelve
Zillions) for the expenses of the next
ear. Of this amount $4,100,250 is
squired for commissar' stores $4,750,
J00 for clothing, 83,000,000 for sites
"or schoolbouses and as3lum3, and
J230.O0O for salaries of assistant com
missaries and clerks. Gen. Howard
jays Le doe9 not consider the problems
jgfven to him to have been solved yet,
lnd that be docs not hope for a com
plete and satisfactory result ; but he
nevertheless trusts to Providence to
tiring the negro question to some good
rosult.
Is'o fewer than eight hundred thou
sand of these poor negroes are said to
'have perished miserably already, from
jthc suffering and exposure incidental
I to this abrupt and violent manner of
'giving them thoir "freedom." It is a
J costly business, too. ' To manage the
(-remaining three millions of these ne
Jfrroes, the sum ot twelve million dol
lars or half tho entire annual expen
ses of tho Government in the country's
betterdays iscalled for to go through
with the first year of tho experiment.
This is additional to the already severe
taxation growing out -of the- war.
Tho sum spent in carrying on the
war, would bave;urcA7eJ the freedom
f every negro man, woman and
child in theslavoStates; given every
neg.'O family land enough to support
them; and furnirhed every individual
among thorn with as complete an edu
cation as ho or she was capable of re
ceiving. This plan, however, is open
to tho objection that it would have
bed nono of tho blood that has flowed
tn tbo sacrifico of 900,000 lives; and
hence it would never have recommen
ded itself to tho good graces of the
ftrocious philanthropists of the day.
Views of Hon. JoiinEell. Tho
I Louisville JoVBNAL publishes tho Erst
j tf a eories of letters by the Hon. John
I Loll, of Tennessee, on tho issues of
i tho day. Mr. Bell was a candidate
for the President)' in 1860, in conjunc
tion with Mr. Everett, on an avowod
Union platform ; but when Tennessee
seceded, ho identified himself with the
Confederacy, and continued to support
it nntil tho last. Mr. Bell now dis-
I cusses the questions of tho day from a
I Southern point of view. Ho heartily
I accepts tho legitimate results of tho
war, and devotes himself to tho im
I portant work of reconciling the South-
rn pconlo to an unreserved endorso-
l went of President Johnson's policy of
,i restoration and generally adopts a line
j of argument consistant with the sound
I est statesmanship. He deprecates,
with great force, tho dangerous poli-
I cy of tho radicals, w ho are striving to
defeat tho President's plan, and points
I out tho importanco of baffling the
f schemes of Southern dismemberment
; by a consistent support of tho const!
tutional polity of the administration
Tint Blacks in Richmond. Tn
poakingof thecrowd of hungry blacks
at the Frcedmcn's Bureau in Rich
mond, Va., onco or twice a week to
draw rations, the Esqurer applauds
the bencvolenco of the government in
thus preventing a m eat deal of suffer
ing, bnt thinks at tho same time that
most of tho two or three hundred ablo
bodied negro women w ho in this way
manage to obtaid food for nothing are
fully able to work. It Fays that many
of them are able to earn a livelihood
by their own labor nud industry, if
they were only made to do bo. Many
a white family would willingly take
come of these women for their board
and clothes, if the women themselves
would uso a little energy and indus
try in the performance of desired du
ties. They arc tdo lazy, however, to
deserve- the confidence ot an employer,
and will not improvo bo long as ra
tions are given them.
; ' The Boston Post says : "Thad. Ste
vens bears tho Bear of a wound receiv
ed w hen he jumped through the State
House window at llarrisburg, during
tho Buck'-hot War,' which can't bo
Been when ho has his pants on."
A now counterfeit of tho fifty cent
fractional currency has been detected
ty the chief detective of the Troasnry
Department,
. Jf Schenck beats Sherman, in Ohio,
for U S Senator, it will be the first
.tattle he bm won sDf e tb$ rebellion
iron? ouk
THE TEST OATH-
Frcquont allusion is mado, in con-
;ncctiou with the question ot recon-
struction, to tho test oath of office en-;
acted by tho congress oi WuZ to Do
(wlministorod in tho
T"7 " " V" . " ,
....... ..v i"'""."'"' biaiou umii "a crisis was uion mo
the debates to which the assembling t.,urc, ttnd missions." Ho declared
of Congress is expected to givo riso ,that ti,c prevailing weakness of Chris-
WO copy It as loIIOWSS
CllAPTttt CXXV1IL An act t pre-
Bcribe an Oath of Ollico,
and
'Or ,
other purposes.
-Beit enacted - by the Senattand
House of Representatives of the United
States of America, in Congress assem
bled, That hereafter every person elec
ted or appointed to any office of honor
or profit under tho Government of the
United States, either in tho civil, mil
itary, or uaval department of the pub
lic service, excepting tho President of
tho United States, shall, butore enter
ing upon the duties of such office, and
before being entitled to any of the
salary or other emoluments thereof,
take and subscribe tho following oath
or affirmation : "I A, B, do solemnly
6veur(or affirm) that I have never
voluntarily borne arms against the
United States bincc I bavoltoc-n a cit
izen thereof; that I have voluntarily
given no Hid, countenance, counsel or
encouragement to per&onn gagod in
armed hostility thereto; that! have
neither sought or accepted, nor At
tempted to exwoie tLo ftmctionsof
any office whatever, under any au
thority or pretended authority in hos
tility to the United States; that I
havo not yielded a voluntary support,
to any pretended government, author
ity, power or Constitution within the
LuitedStates,ho8tilc or inimical thcye-
to. And l dofurtherflwear (or affirm)
that, to tho be"st ot my know ledge and
ability, I will support and defend the
Constitution of the United States
againt all enemies, foreign and do
mestic; that 1 will bear true taitu and
allegiance to the same; that I take
this obligation freely, without any
mental reservation or purpose of eva
sion, and that I will well and faith
fully discharge the duties of the ofiico
on which I am about to enter, eo help
mo liod ; which said oull no taken
shall bo preserved among the files of
tho Court, IIouso of Congress, or de
partment to which tho said office may
appertain. And any person who shall
lulsely take tho said oath shall bo guil
ty of pcrjiuy, and, on conviction, in
addition to tho penalties now pro
scribed for that offense, nhall bo de-,
prired of his ofiico and reudercd inca
pable forever after of holdingany office
or pluco under tho United States.
Approved July 2, ltb'Z.
Hon. Edward Bates, Attorney Gen
eral during Mr. Lincoln's administra
tion, having been interrogated, upon
the Constitutionality of this oath, by
a number of tho citizens of St. Louis ;
thus closes bis answer. He eays :
"Test oaths, odious, oppressive and
cowardly always, aro always the re
sort of desperate parties, who (as vio
lent as timidity can make them) seize
tipoa this method to weaken their ad
versaries, whom they nro afraid to
meet in fair and open controversy
It was of frequent occurrcnco during
tho French revolution, and on o re
markable instanco bus been preserved
for our instruction by tho great histo
rian of that epoch. Tho two legisla
tive councils the Ancients and the
Five Hundred imputing to their ad
versaries tho crime of royalisin, hoiod,
by an adroit trick, to cct rid of their
presence in tho councils, and thoir in
fluenco with tho pcoplo. And bo, in
.ho forged name of republicanism,
they decreed that all the members of
tho council should, on a certain day,
take an oath of hatred to royalty.
I ho opposition (quite as good repub
licans, in fact, as their hypocritical
oppressors) resisted, as best they could,
complained and protested but they
took the oath for they bad no not ion
of deserting their place in tho govern
ment, and thus leaving (llr un
principled adversaries unresisted to
work out their wicked will in tho mis
govcrnmcnt of the country. And tho
philosophic historian dismisses the
subject with this brief remark: "This
formality of an oath, so frequently
employed by partieB, never could be
considered as a guaranty ; it has never
Ik'cii anything out an annoyance of
the conquerors, who havo taken de
light in forcing tho conquered to per
jure themselves.
Justice that was the crauy polic
oi iiio r rench revolutionary radica
-and our revolutionary radicals dojro80 by tll0 convVnlioll as will enable negroes who aro natives of the land,
L ? ?T 1,1CIP cxaml1- .wojtho fisheries to bo restored without ftd who for four years fought for the
nmy indulge tho hopo that the wign b cnt u in which por. Lountry7 The restrictions on suffrage
!:??r.r"i,.t;ul? WlU mad ,9 bnCI nations, individuals, and the Stato1 the States should not deter him from
as that of their rrreat numnU. nnd
bv the same cauho thnir
nines, unu
ic their fol
Your friend,
f it rt
their crimes.
EnwAUD Baths
It is reported that cx-Gov. llolden,
of North Cnrolins. Is to bnv a forrir-n
I mission.
A CRISIS IN TIES CHURCH.
It appears that tho financial coudi-
tion of tho American ltoardtf Foreign
Missions is not encouraging. At a
recent meeting the Rev. T J j. Cuvlcr
Q WP 0 r 1U '
tinn rhnrchpa vn Jirjr IvvojjiinT ('mr)i-
icniiUo jukI woildlv. "Th ntkeism
of hiHhinn wiih rrrentor t inn i hnt of
j '
f " - j
Rationalism, and tho church would go I
jto pieces." This bus inference only J
to tno I'rotestant cnurcnes, lor Mr.
Cuyler declared that the church of
Rome was extending. Why is it that
tho Roman Catholic church is thus
progressing and tho ProtestaiitcJmrch
cs aro declining 7 One reason is very
iear, tho majority of the Protestant
churches have ceased preaching tho
gospel of love and charitj-, or even
civilization. They are simply tho
temples of bate and barbarism. Tho
clergy aro mostly a young Bet of politi-
eo-tlfotwognaHS, with a good Cwal more
of tho politician than tho preacher in
them
1 hey aro all disseminators of
Abolitionism, and as that is simply not perhaps -endorse the ivction of the
fighting .against God, lie lias leil them Secre-lr.-y in the mutter, 10 tit had
to work out their own destruction. ' confidence! in his patriotism, atid be
Poor deluded creatures 1 when their lieved that in dorng wimt he did he
eyes are opened to the enormous Bins, had acted as he thought ior the best.
they aro guilty of, tho agony w hich
Cotton Mather underwent after his
crazincss about witches was over, will
uo uo c-ouipariboii iq uicj-ts. aiu
about evangelizing tho world 1 They
better first evangelize themselves, and
tlcn set about restoring religious tol-j
craiion in America, before spending
thoir money abroad. I.et them send
some missionaries to tho benighted
heathen of Missouri, who aro now in
carcerating ministers of tho Gospel
because they wilt not take oatiiscon
tnsry to their consciences. It is merely for the admonition of Jc Secre
cnoiigh t make tho blood boil with , tarv of tho Treasury. It it was de
indignation torcad theatrociouscourso!fii,;d to admonish tho Secret arv.u res-
of the Abolition tyrants in Missouri,
towards the clergy of that Stat-, who
simply desire to preach tho Gospel
and nothing more. And all this in
that boasted "frco country" which
Presidont Johnson so grandly do- j
scribcB 1 Bonds, fines, imprisonment,!
for worshiping God according to tho(
dictaUs of our own conscience, and
that, too, under a party that tlaims
to bo tho depository of freedom par
excdlence. Ko wonder thoro is "a
crisis in tho church." Day Book.
THE LATE FISH CONVENTION.
The Fish Convention lately held in
llarrisburg, wns probablj tlie largest
public gathering, not of a political
character, ever convened at the State , exposed tho dis-union course of tho
Capitol. Tho delegates represented .Abolition leaders,
every profession and trade, aud among j At tho conclusion of Mr Johnson's
their number were some of tho most , remarks, Mr Howe obtained tho floor,
distinguished citizens of tho State and, on motion the Senate adjourned.
The opening of the Susquehanna river j House Tho Speaker laid beforo
and its various tributaries to tho pas- the , House the credentials of James
sage of shad and other fish, thus ro- Farrow and John D. Kennedy, as
viving a trade which beforo tho con- members of the IIo'.'ro from tho State
structiow of dams in thoso streams cf South Carolina, which was referred
gave employment to thousands of per- to tho joint Commiltco on Reconstruct
sons and yielded an immenso revenuo, lion.
deserves the prompt attention of tho. On motion of Mr IngcrsoU, of IU.,
Legislature. The older citizens of the Committee on Territories w as in
the score or more of counties through structed to inquire into the cxpedicn
which tho obstructed rivers run, re- ey of reporting a bill to repeal t he ac t
member tho cheap food with which organizating tho Territory of Utah,
they were once suppliod by tho fish- and to divide tho said territory, at
crmen, and although they havo hero- taching ono part thereof to Nevada,
tofore patiently borne the deprivation ' and tho other to tho territories lying
occasioned by tho building of dains, contiguous. This is nn indirect way
havo now determined to use every cf- of nbu!ii.h5fig tho Territory of Utah,
fort to restoro their fisheries to their If tho radirals nre allowed to run the
natural condition. It has been proven machine much longer, they wilt aool
in tho New England Stutes that, by a tho w holoconeorn. The house at this
Blight alteration, these dams can be point resumed "negro suffrage" in the
so arranged an to permit the passage District, Mr Rogers of NJ opposing
ot fish to the. upper waters of tho it and Mr Kelley.of Pa.and MrFarns-
streams, and this is all that iho pcoplo
of tho interior of Pennsylvania do- took issuo with tho gentleman that
mand. Some law should therefore uu-i this is exclusively the white man's
douhteo'ly bo enacted whic h will grat-J government ; and maintained that our
ify their wishes, but to ensure its nas-i fathers who made tho Constitution
sago by tho Legislature it shoulil bo Resigned it not for the white or black
so worded as to commend itself to tho man, but for mankind. Ho noticed
support of all tho corporations inter-' tho charges of amalgamation mado
csted in tho different canals. Some 'from time to time, paying it existed
of tho dams complained of, it must bo ' where slavery prevailed ; not where
remembered, wero constructed by tho' tho ncrro was free, and as for tho al-
Commonwealth and subsequently sold legation that the attempt was to pro
to their present owners, who may not duce equality, he was freo to admit
no wining to invest a largo amount oi tliat ho would preter a sent hero ty
money for alterations. It may be ar-jtho sido of Fred Douglas than beside
gued that tho Stato had no right or Fernando Wood, for instance (Laugh
power to obstruct a public highway, tor.) During tho war a law was passed
nut as sno uia ao so, ana sunsequenny
disposed of tho alleged obstructions
for a consideration, it is to be honod
'Vlil.,.1 .....1. . I Ml ...Ml I.. . . I I...
f i urn bui. ii a inn win no pu-pfu uy
li-.i. i :un- , - ,t
' viiuir jiniBCTuwii w uu-
fondants. rhil. Prcs.
It is said that Governor Tierpont,
of Virginia, intends to resign on ao-
count of difficulties with fh T.crii
Intnro.
THE XXXIX CONGRESS.
Washington, Jan. 11.
Senate Mr Sumner, of Mass., pre
sented the'' petition of tho Colored
Buptiat Convention, asking forunivcr
sulivage. Referred
Mr Fessendcn called up the bill to au
thorizo the Secretary of tho Treasury
to appoint tho assistant assessors of in-
iuriiin
MfRnmTii'rnUnnl.n
- iivimu (ia mi
nmnnrtmmt hnt un unrynn lmiilt ka
h - " v j'vi t" V 1 1 DilVU IV IL V
appointed to the , ollice of assistant
ussessor without beitwr "required to
take the oath required by act of Con
gress. Mr Fcssendn objected to tho amend
ment as unnecessary, as it was a pro
vision already embraced in a law of
Congress.
Mr Sumner Called attention to a
report of the Scctetary of tho Trras-
ury, in which tliai,
nmiointmciit of iim
oflieer ndmits tho
ppointment ot men to olhco in the
South without complying with the
requirements of tho law
Mr Fessendcn said the Appoinlnnonta
relerrcd to wero mauedwvitig Uio va
cation of Conross. While he tulMit
3Ir Howard said every appointment
made without ntiuinni? the oath uio-
scribed by law, was in violation of
law. lie denied the right Of
tbo Secretary of tho Treasury to
. disnenso with the i rovisions of a law.
It was not Aw Kim to alter laws passed
by Congress. In saying flun Ira Kl
intention to bo disrespectful to the
nl.ln nnd cilii iVnt Secret nrv of lhe
Treasury.
Mr Fessenden thought it singular
'for the Senate to imss a law overairain
olution ou"ht to be passed.
Mr Sumner said ho would accept
the suggestion of Mr Fessendcn and
withdraw bis amendment. Ho could
not but regret, however, that the Sec
letary of tho Treasury had, in making
appointments of men in tho .Southern
Suites without requiring the oath,
.riven enc.iirnTMvw.ntto rebels.
giver
Mr. Davis was glad to hear the Sen
- e . : .
ator on tho other bide advocatm
obedience to law. Ho would rcmin
tho Senator from Mass.. of the number
of times be (Mr Sumner) bad dec Jarcd
that ho would resist tho execution
of
the fugitive slave law.
Mr Johnson of Maryland, resumed
. bis remarks, and in an able iiuunicr
worth of III, favoring it. Tho latter
i giving citizenship to cv
cry foreigner
j who entered tho army and served for
: one vear. If this nrivilecro was con-
I .... .1 ! . f .
ierrou on inoso ignorant oi our insu
j i j . . . , . . i i
cioiDg ins auiy to mo coiorcu men in
tho District.
, In answering objections which had
been made to the bill, ho said the late
ntnpf.mn tirnfnauin it in fnlrA fKnfianaA
oi tno people on me subject ot negroi
euffrg,waBOno fidfland a moekc
cry,'
only one part of tho peoplo voting,in
stead of all going to the polls. All the
secessionist and sympathizers in the
rebellion, and copperheads, voted on1
that occasion against tho extension of
suffrage.
Mr Marshall, of 111, asked on what'
authority bis colleaguo made that
charge
Mr Farnsworth replied, general re
port. !
Mr Marshall said it was very easy
to make a general charge, and added
ho had been informed that no one of
tho returned white soldiers voted for
negro Bufir age. Tho tliurgo was made
without proof.
Mr Farnsworth repeated hie dcclar
ation,and intimated that bis colleague
was a sympathizer with the rebellion.
Mr Marshall said if his colleague
charged that be sympathized with the
rebellion, iio charged what was not
true.
M r Farnsworth said those whouisde
the Chicago platform inlt!G4 uid sym
pathize with tho rebellion,
- Mr Marshall You already bare my
response.
Mr Farnsworth Baid, whether tho
Democratic Convention intended
or not, they did give aid an comfort,
to tho rcbcllion,and in further advoca-
cy and conferring suffrage on tho col-
ored soldiers, said the country would
be criminal if it did not grant it.
The Houso adjourned.
Washington, January iz,
Sknaie Mr Grimes, of Iowa, pre-
sented tlw petition of citizens of
nnsas, asking for the organization into
a territory of a district of country ly-j
ing to tho west ol that Male, which lions tor members ol such Conventions
they assert, is now a howling wilder- and Legislatures, together with the
ness, though capable of maintaininga, qualifications required for voters at
large population. Referred to the 6uch elections aud for members when.
Committee on Territories. 'elected, together with such other in-
Mr Morton, of Minn, offered a re so- formation concerningthe public action,
lution.which was adopted, instructing t of such States tending to throw light
the Committee on Finance to inquire, upon their political condition, as may
into and report upon tho expediency bo in his possession, and to communi
of appointing a Bjtecial committee to . cato further conies of ull proclamations
iiivetttigate the conduct of tbo sujer- issued by tho President ofhis immedi
vising agents of tho Treasury Depart-! ate prcdeccssorrelating to thissubject,,
ment. . ... j whether issued by him directly or
The President fro tern, slated that through the Secretary of State, and.
the unfinished business was tho roso-J tho papers accompanying tho same..
lutwn of Mr. Howo for tho appoint- A messago was received from tho
mcut of Provisional Governors in the President of tho United States. -Southern
States. On this proposition The message and documents wero
Mr. Howe was cutitled to tho floor, referred to tho Committee on Tcrritop-
butatbia suggestion tho resolution
! was iw)stponedtill Wednesday next
I Mr. Dixou of Conn, introduced a
fill 10 nilieilU IHO J'uoiui i.tj, nimu
provides :
That after January, 1SC7, all news
jtapcrs mid eriodicals,including those
mailed from tho office of publication,
ehall bejircpnid, and nono shall be
carried without prepayment except
those coming from foreign countries.
That tho Postmaster General may
sell stamps and envelopes nt the val
uo of the stamps impressed upon
them.
After the first of April next letters
forwnrdedfromoncpostoffiectoanoth-Of Colorado, together with tho nccom
er at request of the person addressed,; panying documents. Under authori
Bhall be sent without additional post-j ty of the act of Congress, approved
age, and dead letters tJiall bcrcturncd tho 2lst day of March, 1SG4, tho peo
freo. plo of Colorado, through a convention,
Authorizes tho sending to any port formed a constitution making provis
of tho United States and any joreign'ionfornStategovciument,whithwhen
port, at a cost not excecdings the sea submitted to the qualified voters of tho
potage. territory was rejected. In tho sum-
Thatar.y sum not exceeding S50j mer of ISfV) a second convention was
may bo sent. by money order, and the called by tbo Executive Committees
fee for thirty to forty dollars shall bo of the several political parties in tho
twenty cents, and for forty dollars, territory, which assembled at Denver
thirty cents. jon the Pili day of August, 1SC5. On
That a money order shall bo good tho 12th of that month this convention,
for twelve months, and if lost a dupli-' adopted a Stato constitution, which
cate shall be issued free. was submitted to the people on the '
On motion of Mr Trumbull, of 111, 5th of Sept ember, island ratifiod
tho bill to enlarge the powers of tho , by a majority of one hundred and fiftj--ncgro
Bureau was taken up and five of tho qualified voters. Tho pio
read as amended by tho Judiciary ecdings in the second instance for the
Committee. j formation of a State government hav-
Tho lull was after reading, on mo- ing been different in time and modo
tion of Mr Hendricks, of Indiana.post- lrom those specified in theact ofMarcm
poned till Monday. j 21st, 1SG4, 1 havo declined to issuo tho
Mr Trumbull called up tho bill to proclamation for which provision. is.
protect the inhabitants of tho United mado in the fifth section of tho lanv,
States in thecnpymcr.t of thoir civil and thenforo submit the question fbr
rights, and on motion it was mado tho' tho consultation and further actioa or
special order for Monday. j Congrcs.
Mr. Morrill, ol Maine, from tho (Signed) "Anwiew JoirNsoN."'
Committee on the District of Colum- Washington, D. C, Jan 12, UT.ti
bin, reported the bill to regulate tho Washington, Jan, 15, 1806Y
eloclivo franchise in the District It is' Senate Mr Wade presented a mc
tho same as recently presented, with1 morial, numeiously signed, in favtr oC
the provision requiring the elector to' a protective tariff; relerrcd
bo alio to read the Constitution in tho Mr Sumner presented the petition'
English language and to write his of tho Colored Methodist Episcopal
name, stricken out. Church of Missouri, in f nvor of univer-
Atone o'clock the Senato went into sal suffrage, Referred to the Special
Executive session, and soon after ad- Cominitte on Reconstruction.
journed until Monday.
House Un motion of Mr. IJoIlinsand explained tint tlio person named
a resolution wasndopted instructing iirho resolution had. been appointed,
tho Commit too of AY ays and Moans to upon therecomc.icn'iation ofamember
inquire into the expediency of repeal of the House from Kentucky, in pre
ingsomuchof tho internal revenue leronco to tho son ot General Jackson,
law as imposes a tax on carnages val- a Federal offif -r killed in the late war.
ued at less than one hundred dollars.) Iiexolvcd, rrbat James 1. Wheeler,
On motion ofMr Ward, the Com -
mir.ieeoi ysonajweanswasinstrue-imy,
... J, . . .
tf1 to tnqutrt.uvTe the exrsiicnpr cf.Tice0ftiftft rolled CcnrtSratebtatei!,
repealing tho internal revenuo tax on
paper, and all bibles testaments, and
other religious works and school books
used in colleges and academies.
A resolution was also passed in
stituting inquiry into tho expediency
of taxing all horso races by requiring
five per centum of the gross receipts.
On motion of Mr Raymond of N Y,
it was
Jiesolved, That tho Committee oa
tho District of Columbia be instructed
to inquire into and report upon tho
expediency of committing to a com
mission appointed by tho President,
and with tho advice and consent of
tho Senate, such and so much of the
powers of tho municipal government
of tho city of 'Washington as relate to
the police, the sauitary regulations,
paving, cleansing and control of the
Bt recta, and other matters affecting
tho health, safety, comfort and con
vonience of tho members of the Gor
cniment of the United States.
Mr Davis offered a similar resolution,
which was agreed to.
On motion of Mr Raymond it was
JeS"'rd, That the President of th
Uniteo States Ira requested, if not
eu ivoecmca uy nun incompatible with the
public interest, to communicate to
this House copies of ull messages,
proclamations and other document
issued by tho Provisional Governor
of any States that may have been pro
claimed at any time to be in rebellion,
of all acts, ordinances, resolutions and
proceedings of Conventions, or Lecis-
Ark-jlatures huld in Buch States under tho
authority or at tho call of said Provis-
ional Governors ; of all returns of elcc-
ies.
i lie House resumed tho considcra-
tion of the bill to extend suffrago to
the negroes jf tho District of Colum
bia, by striking from all laws and oiv
dinanecs the word "white."
Tho House, without taking any
question, adjourned till Monday. '
The following is tho message 6ent
to the Senate and House of Represen
tatives to-day, and relerrcd to tho
Committee on Territories:
''I transmit herewith a communica
tion addressed to me by Messrs. John.
Evans and J B Chaffee, as United
States Senators elect from tho Stato
Mr Sherman offerci the following.
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