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"CLOSE OF YESTERDAY'S PROOF: DINGS.]
SENATE.—Mr. McDougall (Cal.) rose and
said: A few days ago I made some remarks
of a personal nature. It is' believed' by my
personal friends that those -remarks were a
ykolation of the decorum of the Senate. After
their advice, and on careful consideration, I
now acknowledge the wrong, and express
my profound regret, and 'ask the pardon of
the Senate. More than that, I would state
that I have already asked the pardon of my
colleague from California. That day the sun
went down on my wrath, and peace did not
return 'until the next morning, when the
sun was high above the misty mountain
lops, when it came with penitence, and these
are penitential remarks.
Mr. Sherman (Ohio) presented a petition
for the protection of American industry,
Which was referred to the Committee on Fi
nance.
Mr. Ramsey (Minn.) presented the peti
tion of stovemakers, for a modification on
stove-castings and sheet iron.' Referred to
the Committee on-Finance.-
Mr. Chandler (Mich.), from the Committee
on Commerce, reported the bill to issue
American registers to certain British-built
vessels.
Certain Home amendments recommended
by the Committee on Commerce were
agreed to.
• Mr. Antlibny (R. I.),Arom the Committee
on Printing, reported- a resolution, which
was adopted, to,print six thousand copies of
the eulogies on the late Senator Foot.
Mr. Sherman (Ohio) offered a resolution
Calling upon the President for any addi
tional. information since his last - 'report
which he, may have in relation to th`e condi
tion of i the Southern States.' r•
Mr. Stewart (Nevada) offered a resolution
which was" adopted,directing the Committee
-of Indian .Atfairs to report npon the expedi r
ency of transferring the Bureau of Indian
Afilura from ; the Interior Department to the
War. Department.
Mr. Wilson (Mass.) asked the Senate to
proceed to the consideration of the Colorado
_
bill, ,
- .NU., Sumner (Mass.) said there were two
reasons' for not taking up the bill to-day.
The first was that the Senate was not full at
present, and the second was that this day
was dedicated to freedom. The streets of
the city . werefilled with a happy people, re
joicing in the anniversary of their emanci
pation. This was no day to recognize ine
equality of rights and to insult public senti
ment by admitting a State recognizing dis
tinction on account of color.
Mr., Wilson (Mass.) said his colleague
(Mr. Sumner) was the most earnest man in
the Senate on the bill to enable Colorado to
form a Slate government. He did not then
insist upon this question of equality. He
(Mr. Sumner) voted for giving them power
to frame a constitution to suit themselves,
and said not a word about the question he
now raised. Mr. Wilson said that while he
would vote for the admission of Colorado,
under her present constitution, he would
vote against enabling acts in the future for
all territories in which distinction on ac
count of color was recognized. But as the
enabling act for Colorado was passed in
good faith, without a qualification as to
equality of rights, Congress ought to admi
it under that act.
Mr. Lane (Ind.) spoke in favor of the ad
mission of Colorado. There was no enabling
act on the statute book containing the pro
vision'which Mr. Sumner insisted on.
Mr. Sumner—ls it not time to begin? -
Mr. Lane (Ind.) said the time to begin
was when the enabling act was being passd.
The Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Sum
ner) voted for the enabling act of Colorado
and Nevada without insisting on equality.
He (Mr. Lane) wished the word "white"
was not in the constitution of Colorado, but
be would not exclude the State on that ac
count.
Mr. Grimes (Iowa) said the Senate was
not bound by the enabling act, inasmuch as
Colorado had once refused to come in under
it. He maintained that the population of
Colorado was not sufficient for the purposes
of a State government. With what grace,
he asked, could the Senate admit Colorado
while she excluded negroes from the right
of suffrage, and in a few days insist that
Virginia should permit negroes to vote ? He
could not endorse the constitution of Colo
rado to-day, and afterwards undertake to
confer the righ' of suffrage to colored people
in the South.
Mr. Sumner contended that the enabling
act failed with the refusal of Colorado to
come in under it.
The morning hour expired while Mr.
Sumner was speaking.
A discussion arose on a motion to con
tinue the consideration of this subject, in the
course of which . • •
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Mr. Trumbull (111.) said the opponents of
this bill were acting unfairly, and pursuing
a course which was in opposition to the .
rules of the Senate.
Mr. Grimes replied to Mr. Trumbull, say
ing, that as one of the opponents of the bill
he was heartily tired of his (Mr.TrambuLl's)
lectures, and he begged him to withhold
them - '
so far as he (Mr. Grimes) was con
c,erned, in the future.
Mr. Trumbull said he had never assumed
to lecture anybody in the Senate, least of
all the Senator from lowa. He (Mr. Trum
bull) should learn from him, and not at
tempt to teach him.
Mr. Yates (El.) hoped the bill would be
considered to-day, and for a reason directly
opposite to that which animated Mr. Sum
ner in coming to a different conclusion. He
thought there could be no better day than
this, when so many happy people were
celebrating their emancipation, to add
another star to the national galaxy. -
The Colorado bill was made the special
order for Tuesday.
The bill in relation to habeas corpus was
taken up. - The question was on the adop
tion of Mr. Edmund's (Vt.) amendment,
published in yesterday's report, excluding
from the indemnification granted by the
bill all acts committed in States not in re
bellion, or where the habeas corpus was not
suspended.
The, yeas and nays were called for:
Mr. Conness said the Senate wasmot full;
several Senators had just left their seats.
Mr. Sherman—What did they go out for?
Several Senators suggested that they had
gone out to see the procession.
Mr. Conness (Cal.) moved a call of the
Senate.
Mr: Johnson (Md.)—You can't have that.
There is no such thing.
Mr. Conness—Then I move that the Sen
ate adjourn.
Mr. Johnson—On that I call for the yeas
and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered and the
Senate adjourned.
HoutiE.—The regular order of busines
in the morning hour being the call of com
mittees for reports, the bill which was re
ported two days since from the Committee
en Invalid Pensions, increasing the salary
of commissioners of pensions to four thou
sand dollars, and of chief clerk in the pen
sion office to twenty-five hundred dollars,
came up. The House had voted yesterday
to reject the bill, but had reconsidered that
vote, and now the question was again on
the passage of the bill. •
After some diiscussion in the Caine vein
as that which took place on the bill yester
day, the House came to a vote Upon it, and
the bill was passed by a vote of 60 to 51.
Mr. 'Van Horn (N. Y.), from the Commit
tee on Roads and Canals, • reported back a
bill to construct: a ship canal around the
Falls of,Niagara. - • •
The aull.recites that the construction of a
ship canal around the Falls of Niagara, to
connect - the ;navigable waters •,of. Lakes
Erie and Ontario, ,of ;,sufficient dimensions
for the passage of gunboats , and Vessels. of
liver, will afford .great protection as a mill
-027 work in cape of invasion or war with "a
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foreign power to the large cities upon and
the commerce of the Northern lakes, and
will be of vast importance to the United
States in facilitating ,rand increasing the
commerce between the States; is national
in its character, and should be constructed
and controlled by the government of the
United States. h
The first section provides forthe construc
tion ofsnch ship canal as a military work,
for the use of the Government of the United
States. It is to be not less than one hundred
and five feet wide on the surface and ninety
feet on the bottom, with not less then four
teen feet depth of water, with locks not less
than two hundred and seventy-five feet
long and forty-six feet -wide. The President
of the United States is to appoint engineers
to makestirveys, is to secure the right of
way, and is to contract with any legally an-
Thorized and responsible company, char
.tared for such purpose. The company is to
pay 'all the damage" awarded for lands
taken, to commence - the work within
twelve months after the execution of the
contract, and to keep_ the canal at all times
in good order; which canal and the Niagara
river are to be a militarycnaval, postal and
public highway. It is to - be free from toll
for the transportations of military stores,
dce. The company_ is to fix the rates of toll
to be charged on commercial vessels and
rafts, not to exceed the rates charged'on the
Welland canal in 1864. In case or the com
pany failing to perform its share of the con
tract, the President may, after due notice,
declare the-contract void,- and terminate it:
The aura of six: millions of dollars is to , be
loaned by. the United States to the company
in 81.000 bonds, at-the rate of $209,000
for every $300,000 - expended •by the
company. , Ten per cent. of the net -re
ceipts is to be paid annually •into the Trea
sury of the Umted States, to be applied to
the payment of the principal of the loan.
The tolls are to be revised every five years,
five commissioners, to be appointed, one by
the President, one by each of the Governors
of New York, Massachusetts and Illinois,
and one by the company. The last section
gives to the United States the right to pur
chase the canal for the whole amount ex
pended.
Mr. Van Horn (N. Y.) addressed the
House for some ten minutes in support of
the bill. He was sorry to say that the chief
opposition to the project came from his own
State, but he had no smypathy with such'
opposition. He belived the measure to oe
one of great public importance and utility,
and as he was acting as a legislator for the
whole country he was not disposed to throw
obstacles in its way, even though it might
seem to interfere to a small extent with the
interest of his State.
Mr. Taylor (N. Y.) inquired what benefit
this large expenditure would be to Ameri
can commerce, so long as the control of the
St. Lawrence River was with the English:gov
ern went?
Mr. Van Horn replied that it would cer
tainly be of the same benefit to American
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commerce as the Welland Canal now was.
Mr. Taylor inquired of what use that was
since the abrogation of the Reciprocity
treaty?
Mr. Van Horn stated that in 1862 ever
thirty mil ion tons of produce had passed
down Lake Ontario, three-fourths of which
went to American ports, and not down the
St. Lawrence. He would now yield fifteen
minutes of his time to the gentleman from
Illinois (Mr. Moulton).
Mr. Moulton spoke in favor of the bill. -In
common with the people of his State, and
of the great west, be feltgreat interest in the
project. He believed the details of the bill
were substantially what were desired by his
people. He held it to be the duty of every
government to afford reasonable facility for
commerce between the several States. The
opening of the canal would enable Western
producers to overcome at least one hundred
and fifty miles of artificial travel, which
would effect a saving of seventy cents on
every ton of produce raised in the West.
Millions of bushels of corn were used as
fuel in Illinois during the past year, be
cause it would cost more than it was worth
to transport it to market.
This canal would permit western produce
to reach New York almost without break
ing bulk. Boats leaving Chicago or Detroit,
and coming to Ogdensburg, would connect
at Syracuse with the Erie canal, and thus
reach New York down the Hudson river.
It was for the interest of New York to en
courage this work, so that New York might
control the commerce of the West. The
west would either be depopulated, or would
have to get its products to market. If not
afforded means to get to New York by this.
canal, its produce would seek transportation
through the St. Lawrence,depriving the
city of New York of the enefits of UNIT
commerce.
Mr. Spaulding (Ohio) said that the impe
rious necessities of the great west would de
mand soon the construction of this canal
around the Falls of Niagara. The Erie 0:1.
nal could not be made or sufficient capacity
to accommodate western products. The
hundred million bushels of wheat and bar
ley which the west now supplied to the
markets of the world could be very readily
increased to a thousand millions, if there
ware facilities for its transportation. How
long Could the opposition of New York re
sist a; measure of such vital importance to
the west? He left out of view now the
question of its military necessity, and dis
cussed it as a mere commercial necessity.
There were at this moment a fleet of four
thousand craft on the upper lakes. The im
ports last year at the port of cleveland, on
Lake Erie, whioh could not begin to aim-
pare with Chicazo, on Lake Mict.igan,
amounted to $117,582,984, and its:exports to
$90,572,137.
It was a confessed fact that the Erie Ca
nal, the Erie Railroad, the Pennsylvania
Central, and all the great lines of, commu
nication now established, leading from the
northwest to the eastern seabord, were not
sufficient to take off the surplus produce.
Further remarks were cut off by the ter
mination of the morning hour, when the
bill went over until Tuesday , morning.
The House then proceeded to the consid
eration of the bill to reorganize and estab
lish the army of the United Stabio, the
question being on the fifth section.
After some propositions, the House passed
to the consideration of the sixth section.
The fifth section, as amended, reads as
follows:
Snarrow 5. And be it further enacted,That
the officers of the thirty seven regiments of
infantry first provided for in the foregoing
section shall consist of those now commis
sioned and serving thereviith, subject to
such examination as the condition of their
being r stained in the service as hereinafter
provided for; and in making appointments
to fill the original vacancies in the thirty
seven regiments thus provided for and for a
period of three years after the passage of
this act, all the first and second lieutenants
and two-thirds of the officers in each of the
gradeS shove that of first lieutenant shall be
selected from among the officers and soldiers
of volunteers who have served in the army
of the 'United States in the late war for the
suppression of therebellion, and who have
been distinguished for capacity, good con
duct and efficient serviqe;_but graduates of
the United States Military Acadeiny and
enlisted men shall be eligible to appoint
ment as second lieutenants in these regi
ments, as in the new regiments of cavalry
under the provisions of the third section of
this act, and. not otherwise. The Veteran
Reserve Corps shall be officered by appoint
ment from any officers and soldiers of vol
unteers, or of the regular - army, ,who have
been wounded in the line of their duty while
serving in the army of the United States in.
the late war, orhave been disabled .by dis
ease contracted in such service,, and may
yet be conipetept for, garrisonor duly,
to , w,hich that corps 1108 'heretofore been ills-.
signed. The officers selected.to .fill
vacancies in the regiments.of colored troops}
shall be taken from among thoserwho .have •
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service as officers of colored troops in the
army of the United States in the late war;
and all;appointments of officers in the Vete
ran Reserve Corps, and in regiments of col
ored troops, shall be made on examination,
as hereinafter provided, having reference to
capacity,good conduct and efficient service,
in every case. Provided, That all officers
of the existing Veteran Reserve Corps, ex
cept those now actually; detailed for duty iu
the Freedmen's Bureau; or otherwise actu
ally and necessarily employed; shall, on the
passage of this act, -be mustered out of ser
vice and put upon the 'same footing with
other disabled officers not now in service.
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted,That the
appointments to be made from among vol
unteer officers under the provisions of this
act shall be distributed as far as practicable
among the States, Territories and District
of Columbia, in proportion to the number of
troops furnished by them, respectively to
the service of the United States daring the
late war.
On motion of Mr. Van Aernank- -the se
cond section was amended by striking, out
the words, "authorizing the appointment of
one regimental commissary for each regi
n3ent of infantry." He moved to increase
the strength of each company from fifty pri
vates to one hundredprivates.
The amendment was rejected—yeas, 45,
nays, 65.
At this time, the members present had
fallen much below a quorum, and the lusty
cheering from without that waiheard in the
hall suggested that the absent members
were assisting at the great colored Celebra
tion.
Mr: Niblack (Ind.) called attention to the
fact that there was not a quorum present.
Mr. Ancona (Pa.) moved an adjournment,
but be subseqtiently withdrew the motion,
and the House prodedecl with the consider
ation of the bill.
The seventh section, as amended, reads
-as follows;
SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That
each regiment of infantry, provided for by
this act, shall have one colonel, one lieu
tenant colonel, one major, one adjutant, one
regimental quartermaster, one sergeant
major, one hospital steward, two principal
musicians and ten companies; and each
company shall have one captain, one first
lieutenant, and one second lieutenant. one
first sergeant, four sergeants, eight corpo
rals, two artificers, two musicians, one
wagoner and fifty privates, and the number
of privates may be increased to one hurt
dred,at the discretion of the Presid ent,when
ever the exigencies of the service require
such increase. The adjutant and quarter
master of a regiment shall each been extra
first lieutenant appointed for their respect
ive duties.
The eighth section being under considera
tion,
Mr. Harding (liy.) expressed his views
in favor of reducing the standing army to
thirty or forty thousand men. If he got
one division of cavalry and one division of
infantry, be would undenake the job of
keeping order all over the nation in time
of peace.
The eighth section, as amended, reads as
follows:
SEC. S. And be it furtber enacted, That
the adjutants and quarteimasters of infan
try regiments shall be mounted officers, and
that all regimental adjutants and quarter
masters shall be paid, in addition to their
other proper allowance as first lieutenants
and mounted officers, ten dollars a month,
as compensation for their greater care and
responsibility; and officers of the line de
failed to act as regimental quartermasters,
or as auasternaastersor commanders of per.
=anent posts, or of commands of not less
than two companies, shall, when the assign
ment is duly reported to and approved by
the War Department, receive an extra com
pensation, while responsible for Goverment
property, ten dollars per month.
Mr. Paine (Wis.) moved to amend the
ninth section by striking out the clause
giving, to each regiment a band, and insert
ing a clause authorizing the retaining or
enlisting of twenty bands.
On the suggestion of Mr. Van Aernam
(N. Y.), the number was reduced to seven
teen bands, and the amendment so modified
was adopted. The ninth sertion, as amended, reads as
follows:
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That
seventeen bands, including the band of the
Military Academy, may be retained or en
listed in the army with such organization
as is now provided by law, to be assigned
to brigades in time of war, and in time of
peace to assembled brigades or to forts or
pests, at which the largest number of troops
shall be stationed, and the band at the Mili
tary Academy shall be placed on the same
footing as other bands, and there shall be
'one ordnance sergeant, and one hospital
steward for each military post, and the same
number of post chaplains as now provided
by law; and the President of the United
States is hereby authorized to appoint for
each national ce,metery now established or
that may be established, a superintendent,
with the rank, pay and emoluments of an
ordnance sergeant, to be selected from
among those who were non-commissioned
officers of volunteers in the army of the
United States in the-late war, and who have
served faithfully atd been disabled while
in the line of their qty.
The tenth section being under discussion.
Mr. Garfield (Ohio) moved to amend it by
making the term of enlistment five years
instead of threoyears. Be said that one of
the greatest evils that the country had had
in.the past was the short term of enlistment.
It had almost ruined the country in the Re
volutionary War. It had been almost
equally damaging in the war of 1812, and
everybody knew how sad and terrible a
mistake the short term of enlistment had
been in tbe last war.
Mn Schenck (Ohio) replied that the char
acter of the people from which the army
was to be made up was to be taken into
consideration. The question was one of
political economy, relating to the industrial
pursuits of the country, as well as having
reference to getting good veteran soldiers in
the army. The army was to be made up of
men drawn from all the walks of life, and
he undertook to say that three years carved
out the life of a young American was eaual
to ten years taken out of the life of a EUro
peen. American young men were not will
ing to give five years of their time to mili
tary 111'e, but the same persona would be
willing to dedicate three years to it.
Mr. Garfield said he would be very glad
to discourage the habit of men turning so
quickly from one pursuit to another. He
would be in favor of making it a longer
term of service, so that men would go into
the army as a definite, permanent, chosen
profession, making themselves soldiers, and
rising ny merit to the highest positions in
the army.
Mr. Garfield's amendment was rejected by
a vote of yeas 40, flays 61.
There was no othertamendment offered to
the tenth, section, nor were there any offered
to the eleventh or twelfth sections.
These sections read as follows:
SECTION 10. And be it further (minted,
That all:enlistinenta into the ,army shall
hereafter be for the term of three years, and
that but two field officers shall be appointed
to any regiment until six companies of the
regiment shall have been organized, and
that but two officers for each company shall
be appointed until the minimum number
of men•lias been enlisted and the regiment
duly organized;but recruits may at all times
be collected at the general rendezvous, in
additipa to the number required to fill to
their minimum all the regiments and com
ptinies of the - army; provided that such
recruits shall not exceed in .the aggregate
three thousand Men., It titian' be'competent
to,enliSt men for the service who `have been
wounded in' the -line of theii'cluty
serving in the army of the United States, or.
who have' Wen' disabled by disease con-
I:acted pima seirco; : provided it shall be
found, on medical inspection, that by such
wounds or disability they are not unfitted for
efficiency in garrison or other light duty,
and such men when enlisted shall' be,
assigned to service exclusively in the regi
ments of the Veteran Reserve Corps.
Sxo. 11. And be it further enacted, That
the President of the United States is hereby
authorized to umploy in the territories and
Indian country a force of Indians, not to
exceed one thousand, to act asscouts,. who
shall receive the pay and alloWances or my:-
alry soldiers, and be (*charged whenever
the necessity for their further employment
is abated, or at the discretion of the depart
ment commander. • '
Snc. 12. And be it further enacted, That
there shall be one lieutenant general, five
major generals and ten brigadier generals,
who shall have the same pay and emolu
ment. and be entitled to the - same staff
officers in number and grade, as now pre
pared by law.
The thirteenth section being tinder con
sideration,
Mr. Garfield (Ohio) inquired - what
was meant by the term 'adjutant,'! as used
in it.
Mr. Schenck (Ohio) replied that that term
was used to get rid of the long, lumbering
title of assistant adjutant general. They
were to be called simply adjutants. Each
regiment had its adjutant, ,known as
regimental adjutant. There were other ad:
jntants, and at the head of all was an adju
tant general.
Mr. Thayer (Pa.) moved to strike out the
section, and to insert in lieu of it the cor
responding section in the Senate bill; pro
viding that "the Adjutant General's De
ikartment of the army shall hereafter con
slat of the officers now authorized by law."
He expressed his surprise that the chairman
of the Military Committee should take the
view that the effect of the section Was
simply to change a name. This effect ofit was
to legislate out of the army no less than
seventeen of its regular officers, and to de
prive them of their positions even without
the operation of the star chamber system
provided for, without any trial, without
any examination, and without any accusa
tion. These officers, were commissioned in
that capacity, and the rank was simply in
cidental to the office, and when the office
was destroyed the officers were deprived of
their employment and of the rank incident
to it. This same principle was also carried
into the Quartermaster's Department, the
Subsistence Department and the Pay De
par went, and he would follow up this
amendment by moving a similar one to the
sections referring to those departments.
Mr. Blaine (Me) explained that the
change of title in the Quartermaster's De
partment was made on the suggestion and
recommendation of the Quartermaster
General, and it was applied in the same
view to the other departments. Nothing
was further removed from the intention of
the Military Committee than to commit
any trick or injustice, or do anything else
than comply with the wish of the depart
ment as expressed through its chief.
Mr. Woodbridge (Vt,) said that if the
Quartermaster General had been guilty of
this great weakness, or this great injustice
to his corps, be should move, at the proper
time, the rank of Quartermaster General be
reduced to that of Chief Quartermaster. Ii
this section were left in the bill in its pre
sent form, seventeen officers in the'Adjutant
General's Department world be as a matter
of law absolutely dropped from the rolls of
the army, and be was sure that the House
did not mean to do any such injustice.
Mr. Schenck (Ohio) said it was not to be
wondered at that a. bill looking to war
should stir up the feeling of the House. It
seemed as if gentlemen could not discuss
this bill without showing a belligerent
spirit toward the committee which had re
ported it and framed it according to its best
ability, and with a great deal of care and
pains taking. Whenever had gentlemen
found out that the committee was cunning,
and bad been actuated by sinister motives?
He did not think their impeachment worth
answering. It was unworthy of them, and
it would be unworthy of members of the
committee to defend themselves against
such an imputation. When gentlemen SUS
pected cunning and sinister motives in
others, he was very much inclined, although
not suspicious generally, to suspect that it
was because they derived their conclusions
from some consciousness within themselves
that they would be so influenced if they had
the same duty to perform.
Mr. Thayer (Pa.) inquired whether the
gentleman from Ohio referred to anything
he bad just said.
Mr. Schenck replied that he did, so far as
the gentleman thought the committee had
made a covert attack on those officers.
Mr. Thayer protested that he had said
nothing of the kind.
Mr. schenck stated that lie had so under
stood the gentleman, but if the tenor of his
argument was not to that effect, then his
(Mr. Schenck's) remarks had no application
to him.
Mr. Thayer disclaimed the intention of
making any reflection on the committee.
He trusted that no one supposed he in
tended to charge the committee with a de
liberate design to do injustice.
Mr. SChenck proceeded to state that the
section was drawn up by the committee un
der the circumstances stated by his col
league (Mr. Blaine), and that when his at
tention was called to it by an officer in the
Adjutant General's Department, he had
prepared an amendment which he intended
to offer, and which would obviate the diffi
culty. That was to add a proviso that noth
ing contained in the section should be so
construed as to vacate the commissions of
any officer now commissioned as assistant
adjutant general. He repeated that the
only object of the section was a change of
nomenclature, to simplify the long and
cumbrous titles of those officers, and he re
lated an anecdote of a rather vain young
gentleman, who some years ago held the
position of deputy quartermaster general,
and who was fond of spreading in hotel
registers, after his name, the initials, D. Q
M. G. ' which a wag interpreted by writing
after them d—d quick made general.
[Laughter.]
He (Mr. Schenck) wanted no more of
liaise A. Q. M. G'.is A. A. G.'s, or A. A. Q.
M's. He also spoke i of the trouble that al
ways came from bureau officers stationed
in Washington whenever any legislation
affecting the army was undertaken. Foster
legislation had tended to attract men to
Washington to these positions, but the Com
mittee proposed - now a refOrna which will
have a centrifugal rather than a centripetal
effect upon these gentlemen.
Without disposing of the thirteenth sec
tion, recognizing the Adjutant General's
Departinent,a movement was made towards
an adjournment, when
Mr. Price (Iowa), from the Committee on
the Pacific Railroad, reported back, with
amendments, the Senate bill granting aid
in the construction of a railroad and tele
graph line, from the town of Folsom to the
town of Placerville, California. Ordered to
be printed and recommitted.
Mr. Ingersoll (111.) introduced bills to
authorize a , special tax for the purpose of
improving the Washington City Canal, and
to incorporate the Washington Canal and
Sewerage Company, which were read twice
and referred to the Committee for the Dia
tridt. •
On motion of Mr. Morrill (Vt.) the Senate
bill to remit and refund certain duties was
taken.from the Speakei's table, read twice,
and referred to the Committee of Ways and
Means.
Onmotion.of Wasttbunie (Ill.) the
Senate bill, to issue American registers to
certain vessels, was taken from the Speaker's
table and the amendments to the House
amenitlirfg.nts concurred In.
Mr: Delano (Ohio) asked. leave to ,offer a
resolution. requesting .the President. to turn
nishthe.House of ilepresentatives With any.
additional reports or information he might
have received relative to the condition of the
Southern people, and of the States lately in
rebellion.
. Mr. Stevens (Pa. ) objected.
Mr. Miller (Pa.) presented the joint res
olution of the, PUmisylvania Legislature in
favor of the equalization of bounties, and of
the increase of chaplains in the navy. Laid
on the table.
Mr. Smith (Ky.) introduced a bill to pro
vide for the a ationEd d efences by. establistdng
a untform militia, and organizing an active
militia force throughout the United States.
Read twice and referred to the Committee
on the Militia.
Mr. Garfield (Ohio) presented the petition
of 1,572 citizens of Trumbull county, Ohio,
asking for increased protection of American
wool. Referreld to,the Committee on Ways
and Means,• - -
Mr. Conklii3g (N. Y.) presented the peti
tion of S. A. Bruce and others, praying for
enactments regulating inter-State insu
rance. Also, the petition of citizens of
Cayuga county, New York, asking that Ca
nadian lumber be relieved from duty. Same
reference.
Mr. Donnelly (Minn.) pre&nted pett
tions from citizens of Minnesota on the sub
jects of American wool and inter-State than
ranee.
On motion of Mr. Stevens (Pa.) the
Senate joint resolution, making an appro
priation to enable the President to nego
tiate treaties with certain Indian tribes, was
taken from the SPeaker's table, read twice,
wad referred to the Committee on Appro
priations.
On motion of Mr. Ingersoll (Ill.) the
Senate bill to incorporate the District of
Columbia Canal and Sewerage Company
was taken from the Speaker's table, read
twice, and referred to the Committee for the
District.
The House at half-past four o'clock ad
journed.
'l4.lhrlAill. pus lt eittftifiLft
satin Striped . Grenadines
JUST OPENED . :
AT REDUCED PRICES,
CURWEN ISTODDART & BROTHER
:N - 08.450, 452 and 454 N. SECOND Street,
aplB 3t Above
COLURISD BAD WHITE 41.11,00fi1l
MOHAIR FOULARDS,
OF CHOICE STYLES,
AT REDUCED PRICES.
CIIRWEN STODDABT Sa BROTHRII
Nos. 450, 452, 454 N. Second St,
Above WlLlow.
3.024. CHESTNUT STREET.
1866. Spring Importation. 1866 :4
E. M. BEEDLES
Has Just opened,
1,000 PIECES WHITE GOODS ,
Z.
In PLAIN, FANCY,STRIPEII PLAID and ri
Figured Jaconets, Cambric", Nainsook, Dimi-14!
tea, Swiss, Nall and other Aluslins,
ing a most complete stock to which the aUen- 1.4 I
non of purchasers is solicited as they are ofkili
fried at a lars REDUCTION front last SEA. '
BON'S _
I
let pieces SHIRRED MUBLINS fbr Bodies. %111
WO pieces PIQUES In all varle.ties of style and c 4 .1
price from 90c. to 11 50.
SCO PARIS °OFFERED SEMIS, newest 0
styles, of my own Importation.
iirve frz ON=1041: el Azic tzteem:l---fol
OnHS CA FAIMERES AND COAT OS.—Janes
ceinvite. the 'Vacation of their friends and
others to their large and well assorted Spring Stock,
Comprising, in part,
COATTITG GOODS,
Super/Black French Cloth.
Colored Cloths, of all kind.,
Black Tricot Coatings.
Fancy French Coatings,
Super Silk Mixed Coatings,
Tweeds. of every shade and quality.
PANTALOO'N STUFFS.
Black French Doeskins, the finest texture,
Black French Cassimereenn ,, the &len texture.
New styles of Fancy Cassimeres.
Plain and neat styles Cassimeres. .
Mixed Doeskin, and Cassimeres.
Silk Mixed and Plaid Cassimeres.
Cords, Beacerteens and Velveteens.
Cassimeres for Sults, all styles.
Also, a large assortment or Goods Tastily adapted
to Boys' wear, Mr sale cheap. T 4 r r.vp -
No. 11 North Second st., sign . of the Golden Lamb.
EDWIN HALL &CO.. South Second street, have
now open their Spring Mock of Shawls.
Open Centre Brodie Shawls.
Open Centre Square Shawls.
Filled Ceuta e Square bawls.
New Styles of Shawls.
Span Silk Shawls.
Llama Wool Shawls.
Cashmere Wool Shawls.
&i Wohls.
Long and Square Blank Thl r tre m t
Shawl
s, in aw
great Va
riety. wholesale and retail. ,
EDNVIIi: BALL .k CO., 8 Soot/I:Second street, are
opening daily new goods. ,
amok Silks, Colored Grounds.
(beck Szllm, Whito Grounds.
Rich Noire A ntiques.
Rich Shades Plain Silks.
Foulard Silkszich styles.
Silk and Linen Poplins.
Black Sitks,of all kinds.fOr Cloaks.
BILKS AT REIMCED PRIChk9.-
YRE & LA NRKLI,..FOURTH AND ARCII.OfEN
TO-DA Y
Loci) YARDS FOULARDS. AT - $1 A YARD.
Si-EPBERD PLAID !-ILKS.
NEAT STRIPE SILKS, tUI and sl‘.4'.
PYRE WAITx SHETLAND SHAWLS.
RURE WRITE. BARFGE SHAWLS.
ELTIL LINE OF SUMMER SHAWLS:
BLACK SHAWLS. WHOLFSALE and RETAIL.
_ .
LITRE et LA NDELL OP.N TO.DAY—
CRAPE PON. , Pks, FOR *ATTU'S.
P. AIN POGEFS. FOR SUITS.
SUMMER POPLINS, FoR Burrs.
FASHIJNABLE SPRING DRESS GOODS.
64 la HT OLOTIi SACKINGS.
LUPINS GOODS, I.RUM AUCTIONr,
SIIMALER SILKS, AT LOW PRICES.
r_i_OODS FOR FRIENDS. ' I
VI - Crepe Mauls, plain colors.
Lance, in neat plaids and stripes.
Melange Crepe a new article. only 3734.
Madonna Poplits. plain shade..
Crape Poplins, si , k and wool, beautiful,
Lawns, neat styles and fast colors.
Plain and Ilaid Usk Thread Gineharns. at
STORES & WOOD S, 702 Arch
I't to). wmr. Diiv -
LADOXii s :
'DIAMOND DE WEE & JEWELED, 1
WATCHES, JEWELRY al SILVER {TARE,
WATOHES and . JEWELRY ILEPAIRED, A
802 Chestnut St., Phila.
_AI
Owing to the decline of sold, has made
a great reduction in price of his
large and well snorted
Stook of
Diamonds,
Watches,
tTeweli-v.
Silverware, &c.
The public are leepectiiill7 Invited to call and ex
amine our stock before unrchamine elsewhere. jalitf
HOWARD'S
FTRST•CLASS -
AMERICAN
HAVE 'ZEE • DIPAOVED
Merehon'a Patent Regulator._
SOLD lir TEE PRIITCTIPAL WATiIIEOILILIEER'S
With
FURNITURE AND BEDDI
Walnut Climber aad Parlor Suites.
Either Polished or Oiled. at
151-eo. J. 1- len.lzels',
Thirteenth and Chestnut Streets,
Formerly of 809 and 811 Chestnut Street.
aplE-wfr m la/
FURNITIU.ECE.
GOULD & CO.'S
Celebrated Furniture Establisbment Is yemoved from
second and Race streets to the spiendldNEW DEPOT,.
No. 37 and 39 N. Second street,
(OPPosite Christ Church.)
Where they purpose selling for one year, at about
cost.
Elegant Furniture at Fabulonely Low
Prices.
Also at their Ninth and Market Streets Branch;
where they are selling equally low, being about to en
large the premises.
GOULD dc CO.'S Fl333.NTYlnut DEPOTS,
Nos. 37 and 39 N. SECOND Street, and
Corner Drawn and leLliitKET.
RObEWOOD I CHAMBER AND'
PARLOR SUITES,
AT
Geo. J. ilenizelss2
Thirteenth and Chestnut Streets,
arm w
Jr
m F i T t r i merly 808 and 811 Chestnut Street.-
11_0 HOUSEKEEPERS.
I have a large stock of every variety of Punatore
rhich I will sell at reduced prices consisting of
PLAIN AND MARBLE-TOP COTTA( E SUMS.
WALNUT CHAMBER SUITS.
PARLOR SUITS IN VELVET PLUSH.
PARLOR SUITS IN HAIR CLOTH.
PARLOR SUITS IN REPS.
Sideboards, Extension 'Tables, Wardrobes, Book
cases, Mattrases, Lounges, Cane and Woodsea:i;
Chairs, ,Bedstesals and Tables of every description.
. P. P. GUSTENTE,
N. E. Corner Second and Race streets.
xnha-Zan
ISPRING MATREt.iB.
BEST QUALITY AND STYLE,
AND BEDDDZO OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
J. G. FULLER.
mhl7•Rm 9 Scmth Street.
A.AI CiALLI
v B 4O
-4*
SPECIALTY. la
MOH, RANDOLPH
BANKERS AND BROKERS,
16 South Third st., I 3 Nassau street s
Philadelphia. I New York.
STOCKS AND GOLD
BOUGHT 41D BOLD ON • 11,Z.Z11.
ALLLOWRD ON Diila ) glinni. al
5-20 - 7 3-100.
COMPOUND INTEREST NOTES
WANTED.
DE HA VEN & 8R0.,.
40 South Third Street,
P. S. PETERSON & CO.,
P. S. PETERSON & CO.,
39 South Third Street.
Stocks, Bonds. &c, &c., - Bought and
Sold at Board of Broken.
Liberal Premium paid for COMPOUND INTITEUMfp
NOTES.
Interest allowed on. Deposits. fe94l
'll6OO — , T a t i , , i ea l aro on ofSlX .%,TDRErD DOLLARS.
prls• to :T. 13. CPRTIre* BOCelionable first mortgage.
, Real Estate Brokers,
433 Walota' street"
PATENT MOULDER SEAM SHIRT
MUSITTFACTORY. -
Orders for these celebrated shirts supplied promptly
at brief notice.
GENTLEMEN'S
Furnishing Goods.
Of late styles in ftill variety. -
WINCHESTER 80 00.
iseanms.u 7o6 CHESTNUT-
J. W. SCOTT & CO.,
SHIRT MANUFACTURERS,
AND DEALERS IN
Men's Furnishing Gonds.
No. 814 Chestnut Street;
Four doors below the "Continental,"
PHILADELPHIA
THE .IFIIITE ARTS
A. S. ROBINSON
910 eIIESINITT STREET.
LOOKING GLASSES,
PAINTINGS
.Fngravings and Photographs,
ame4tal Gilt Warne&
carv" Milut,'AniriEtidnY Frames, -
ON HAND OR MADE TO ORD
. A.ND ri: 1 1 - 04M1 ILANETA : ~1
SIB North Water street, and'
, Sllt North Mel:aware avenufh