XXXFIth Congress—First Session. [CLOSE OF YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS SENATE.---The bill for, the admission. ni Colorado was•taken up as the special order: • The pending question was a motion to re= consider. Mr. Sumner spoke against the proposi tion, reiterating his arguments, heretofore published, of inadequacy of population, and / the insertion of the word " white " in the newly adopted State constitution of Colora-' do. The population, he claimed, had de creased with every year since 1861. In September, 4861, the aggregate vote was 10,586; in December, of the same year, it was 9,354. In September ' 1864, the aggregates vote was 6,192; in last September only 5,903. Referring to a pamphlet on the resources of Colorado, pubLehed by Messrs. Evans and Chaffer, Senators elect, he quoted from the report of the Committee on the Conduct of the War on the massacre of the Cheyenne Indians, before which Mr. Evans, then Go vernor of Colorado, was summoned. The report states that the testimony of Mr. Evans was of a prevaricating and shuffling character. The same prevaricating and shuffling, Mr. Sumner said, were apparent in Mr. Evans's pamphlet. There was a re trogression in every respect in that territo ry, but greatest of all was its retrogression in republican._ government. The original organization of this territory allowed every male person of the age of twenty-one years and upwards to exerciss the elective fran— chise, but in 1864 the Legislative Assembly declared ,that no person - being a negro', or mulatto should be a voter; Mr. Trumbull interrupted Mr. Sumner to say that it was not true that colored persons had. ever voted in, Coicirado. The right of suffrage had been confined to citizens of the United States - according to statute laws, and colored men were not believed to be citizens. A message from the House was received announcing non-concurrence in the Senate amendinent to the bill in relation to • habeas corpus; , Mr. Clark moved that the Senate insist on its amendments, and call for a Commit tee of Conference. The motion was agreed Co. Mr. Sumner (Mass.) resumed his remarks en the Colorado bill, saying in conclusion Against all this .I hear - a whisper, not an argument. It is whispered that we need two more votes on this floor. Sir, there is something that you need more than two more votes. It is loyalty to that great principle which is now in question. Better far than any num ber of votes will be loyalty to that great cause. Tell me not, sir, that it is expedient to create two more votes in this Chamber. Permit me to say, sir, nothing can be ex pedient that is not right, and if I were now. about to pronounce the last words I could ever utter in this Chamber, I would say to you, Senators do not forget that right is al ways the highest expediency. The Chair laid_before the Senate a mes sage from the President in response to a resolution of the Senate transmitting the record of a commission assembled in St. Louis in relation to brevet appointments in the regular army. Mr. Stewart (Nevada) spoke briefly in favor of the admission of Colorado. Mr. - Gutl:rie advocated the small population of Colorado as a reason against its admission. He had no doubt she had less population now than when the enabling tot was passed. There was at one time a government better suited than a State government for the people who lived in Colorado. He thought the Senate ought to increase its votes legitimately by admitting the twenty-two Senators from the Southern States. That. would be better than to in crease it as the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Sumner) bad suggested, by admitting Colorado. It was far more to the advantage of the country that the Senate should admit the, Southern States than: that It should ad mit. Colbrado. The Senator from Massachu setts (Mr. Sumner) had spoken about in creasing the votes of the Senate. He ought to have thought of this while making his onslaught on the New Jersey Senator. Mr. Nye (Nevada) replied to the argu ments of Mr. Sumner, He alluded to the population and resources of the territory, alleging that it contained twice as much tenantable land as Massachusetts. She paid $132,652 internal tax last year, exclusive of the stamp tax, against $56,000 in Nebraska, $49,000 in New Mexico, and $21,000 in Utah. He would not vote against the State because of. the word "white," because he believed it was only a phantom, that would not last. He believed that, before twelve months rolled round, colored men would vote in Nevada and in Colorado. The bars of pre judice were fast falling. The Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Doolittle) opposed negro suffrage last fall, not knowing that there was a statute already in the law books grant ing that right in Wisconsin. Mr. Doolittle asked leave to correct his friend from Nevada. I may as well state it here as at any other point, said he, that twenty years ago I advocated colored suf frage. I have voted for it in the State of 'Wisconsin ever since I have resided there. I have always been willing that colored men should vote in Wisconsin. This very fall that he speaks of, I advocated before our people to allow the colored men of Wis consin-the right to vote I , and I voted for that at the polls. Mr. .Nye—That's good. - Mr. Doolittle—Let me say to the honor= able Senator from. Nevada that there is Another thing I advocated—that each State had,a right for itself to determine the ques tion,. and that the Federal government had no right nor constitutional power to impose upon any State negro suffrage, and that the right of a State, to determine that for itself was one of the reserved rights of every State under the Constitution. I say to that honor able gentleman now, that if he and the men who act with him here shall undertake to impose negro suffrage upon the States of this Union—coming from the Federal go vernment as an exercise of authority—f give him notice that he and any party or set of men that advocates it will be crushe I under the force of public opinion and swept out of existence and out of power. Mx. Stewart asked Mr. Doolittle whether aconstitu.tional amendment for universal suffrage would produce' the effects he had mentioned. Mr. Doolittle replied that anypFty which shall go before the pedple upon the idea that the Federal government has the right to regulate suffrage in the States against the, will of the State will be put to the wall. Mr. Nye said it was evident from the re solution of the Wisconsin Legislature that Mr. Doolittle did not reflect the sentiments of that State. Mr. Doolittle said the State convention of Wisconsin last fall declared the very doc trine he had just announced. Mr. Nye said there had been great pro gress made since last fall. [Laughter.] Mr. Nye continued his remarks in advo cacy of the admission of Colorado. Pending the consideration of this ques tion, the Senate, at 4.4E1 P. M., adjourned. HOUSE.—The Senate amendments to pro vide for the better organization of the Pa y Department of the Navy were referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. The Senate bill to extend the term for the reversion to the United States of the lands granted by Congress to aid in the construc tion of a railroad from Amberi by Hillsdale and Lansing to some point on or near Tra verse Bay, in Michigan, was referred to the Committee on Public Lands. The Senate joint resolution to extend the time for construction of the first section of the Western Pacific Railroad was referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. , The Senate joint, resolution manifesting the sense of Congress towards the officers, seamen and others who assisted in the rescuing of the passengers, officers and crew of the steamship San , Francisco, was _referred to the Coiamittee on Commerce. The Senate bill - granting lands to the State of Michigan, to aid in the constractio of a harbonarid ship canal at Portage Lake Superidi 7 , was referred - to the Com- ~mitf ee - on-~ttblie - 17sn$ar ----.-..., _...._ T. The Senate :bill concerning certain lands - granted-te - the-Seater-of-Nevada-met - with" the same reference. On motion Of Mr. Ashley °(Ohio), Thum day of next week was set apart for reports on the ComixiiffiTZETerritories. During the morning hour Mr. Ashley (Ohio) introduced a bill. to amend theor ganic acts of the several Territories, so as to prohibit - legislative assemblies frem pass ing special acts conferring corporate powers and requiring them to pass general laws for the purpose. Read -twice and referred to the Committee on_Territories. Mr. Laflin offered a resolution for th printing of the same number of the Presi dent's message and accompanying docu ments on the subject of Mexico as is now provided by law for the printing of the ge neral diplomatic correspondence. Referred to the Committee on Printing. The House then proceeded to the conside ratipn of the bill' to reorganize and establish the army of the United States, the question being on the motion made yesterday by Mr. Niblack to postpone the bill till the first Monday in Decembernext. Mr. Niblack stated he was satisfied that the motion to postpone would not ROW' be a fair test of the sense of the House in refer ence to the bill. — Besides, it would he more respectful to the Military Committee to let it go , on with the bill and make the best -it, can of it. He therefore withdrew the motion to postpone,- LThe question recurred on amendments to the nineteenth section, which regulates the SubSistence Department. Mr. Woodbridge{ - Vt.) moved as a substi tute for the section the corresponding• sec tion in the Senate bill. - Mr. Hale (N. Y.) moved to strike out the clause rendering West Point graduates in eligible to appointment in the Subsistence Department. The question of West Point graduates be inginvolved in this amendment,Mr. Wood bridge submitted some statistics'to disprove the charge that West Point had been a nur sery for treason, Those statistics show that when the war broke out there were 1,200 officers in the regular army, of whom 181 were left dead upon the battle-field and 500 were wounded. Of these officers of the re gular army 820 were graduates of West Point. A large number of the cadets hav ing been from the South, 197 out of 820 re signed and joined the Confederate army, leaving 623 loyal to the government, and of this latter number 138 were from the South, being nearly half of the Southern graduate-. He did not believe that any department a the government presented so large a pro portion of Southern men who adhered to the Union as the regular army at Wes - !. Point. Out of over two hundred officers appointed to the army from the South, not being graduates, there were scarcely half :t dozen who did not prove false to their alle giance. This proved that the influence of West Point, and the education which it af forded, had been in favor of loyalty. Mr. Schenck disclaimed any imputation against West Point, although he did not deem it a matter for boasting that a larger proportion of graduates had not deserted their flag, and thus become the doubly per jured wretches which Robert E. Lee an such as he had become. He suggested be sides that many of those who had remains loyal had manifested only a very moderate , and questionable and temperate sort of 103 - any. But the whole of the matter was in t nut-shell. Those men were educated at the public cost, and there were places enough for them in the engineer corps, the cavaln , the artillery, the bureaus, and the different staff departments,- without their being put into places which did not require their pe culiar qualification. The amendment offered by Mr. Hale was rejected. The question recurred on the substitute offered. by Mr. Woodbridge, and it was re jected. The nineteenth section,as amended,reads: Exc. 19. And be it further enacted, That the Subsistence Department shall hereafter consist of the number of officers now autho rized by law, namely, one commissary general, with the rank, pay and emoluments of a brigadier general; two assistant com missary generals, with the rank, pay anti emoluments of colonels of cavalry; two commissaries, with the rank, pay and emol uments of lieutenant colonels of cavalry; eight commissaries, with the rank, pay and emoluments of majors of cavalry; and six teen commissaries, with the rank, pay and emoluments of captains of cavalry. But after the first appointments made under the provisions of this section, as vacancies may occur reducing the number of officers in the several grades below that of brigadier gene ral of this Department, no appointments to fill the same shall be madeuntil the number of colonels shall be reduced to one, the num ber of majors to five, and the number of captains to ten, and thereafter the number of officers in each of said several grades shall continue to conform to such reduced numbers, and hereafter no graduate of the United.. States Military Academy being at the time 'in the army of the United States, or having been therein at any time for three years next preceding, shall be eligible ,to appointment as an officer in the Subsistence Department. But this provision shall not extend to graduates of West Point now in the Subsistence Department, and nothing in this section shall be construed so as to vacate the commission of the Commissary General of Subsistence, but only to change the title of that officer to Commissary Gene ral,,nor to vacate the commission of any officer now commissioned as assistant com missary general of subSistence, or commis sary of subsistence, but only to change the title to commissary, in, the cases of those who rank as lieutenant colonels, captains and majors, without affecting in any way their relative position for the time front which they take such rank. • • The House proceeded to the consideration of the twentieth section, in reference te the Provost Marshal's Bureau. Mr. Conkling (N. Y.) moved to strike out the section. Efforts, he said, had been made to throw the responsibility of continuing this unpopular office on the Lieutenant General; but, to show how false that sugges tion was, he sent up and had read a letter from Gen. Grant to Senator Nesmith, la which he says "I am opposed to multiply ing bureaus, and think there is no necessity for a Provost Marshal's Bureau. In fact,• 2 r we had to organize the army anew, I would not have as many bureaus as we now have. In my opinion the country would be just as well and much moreecono mically served if the coast survey duties were added to the Engineer . Bureau, andlif the Quartermaster's, the SUbsistence an I the Pay Departments were merged int) one." There was one important thing for th 3 Bureau of the Provost Marshal General t do, and that was, to close its accounts, and allow the country to know what has be come of the twenty-six millions of dollars which, nder the act of March 13, 1863,went to its cr dit. He protested, in the name of his constituents and of the people of the western division of New York, against pei•- petuating a power under which they had suffered beyond his capacity to expreas. They had sent to rule over them by the provost marshal a member of the Veteran Reserve Corps, a man who had never seen a battle or suffered a scratch in the service of the country, a crony and confidant of General Fry, and who went on until the business of recruiting in the western divi sion became a paradise of coxcombs and thieves. False quotas had been, put upon the peo ple, and exaggerated telegraphs and orders sent to the boards of supervisors, and in his own district, under one call, $433,000 Was ,-. . f 4.0 : .0.4.1Ly„ P;Y : ',..4 N . 1N,.(* . :j5 tr : I4I 4 :S : I7T.N. f ...- .4 , t rli.j.T., .. A i 17,1, P A 1.A..., : :.,W,ED Nf.S.,...PAT,A.V.ti t ij A ,g : ;• i ,1866. 'stolen from "an outraged and groaning peo ple.liCommittees and individuals,"irnatea surably the superiors of. General Fry, had, protested against it,.andbad, been spurned , with magnificent disdain: 'Never, had the -insolertee of office apPearednapre offensive "than when illustrated by. that man whom This eection proposed to make for life a brigadier, general.. lie (Mr. Porikling) had been directed by the goVernment to prose cute the. Assistant ProvostMarslial (Major Aladdock). who .was; justified. bY his Gape ,rior officer, down to , the time when his sen tence was published, he having been con victed of the 'very basest forms of official atrocity. • ' • Every'effence ' from highway robbery up and down, had been charged and proved against him, and although this man had disgorged $200,000 under the prosecution, he had purchased the other day an establish ment in Philadelphia, for which he had paid 71,000 down, and that man's case was not a peculiar one. There never had been a greater mockery, a greater burlesque, and a greater fraud on the pretence of honest ad ministration, than the conduct of the Pro vost Marshal's Bureau, as averaged and il lustrated throughout the tr whole country. It would turn out that of the six or seven or eight hundred thousand men for whom enormous bounties had been'paid, not two hundred thousand had ever gone to the front. Mr. Blaine (Me.) stated that the Secretary of War bad sent to-the Committee, in answer to an inquiry directed, among other documents, a letter from the Lieutenant- General, which had induced the Comraittee to report this section. This letter, which Mr. Blaine had sent to the desk and had read, is dated December I4th, 1855, and is addressed to the Secretary of War. It states as the opinion of the writer that the present method of recruiting was not sufficient to fill up the regular army to the force required, and to keep it full; that the duty was an important one and demanded the exclusive attention of an officer ,of the War Department; that the officer best fitted for the position, from his experience during the war, was Gen. Fry, and recommended that the whole subject of recruiting be put' in his hands. Mr. Boutwell (Mass.) intimated, that the Adjutant-General's Department had re cruited from October to April nineteen thousand men for the regular army. Mr. Blaine said he would not go into the quarrels which the gentleman from New York (Mr. Conkling) had had with Gen. Fry, in which quarrels he understood the gentleman from New York had come out second best. He took greatpleasure in say ing that a more honorable and high-toned officer than Gen. Fry was not in the'army, and that he (Gen. Fry) was ready to meet the gentleman or anybody else in the proper forum. It was not a fair thing for the gen tleman from New York to get up and tra duce him here as an undeserving officer when he had no opportunity to answer him. Be did not think that a very high manifes tation of chivalry. The gentleman (Mr. Conkling) had had issues with General Fry, which had been adjudicated on by the Secretary of War, and he would leave the gentleman to say whether he had come out second best as an efficient officer, as a high-toned gentleman, as a man ready to meet the gentleman from New York anywhere and everywhere, as a man without spot or blemish, and who was ready to meet all his accusers. James B. Fry was not second to any officer in the American army. He (Mr. Blaine) was going very much be yond his strength, for he should have been on his sick bed to-day, but he was carried away by a sense of indignation at hearing the gentleman from New York bringing up here all the nasty details of the recruiting frauds in New York, which General Fry had tried to keep an iron hand upon all the time, and by a desire to denounce the course of the gentleman from New York as he now did denounce it. Mr. Conkling rose to respond. He said: I begin by remarking that whenever it shall occur to me, or to James B. Fry, as he has been called, or to anybody else, to seek from the gentleman from Maine (Mr. Blaine) in structions as to the proprieties of parlia mentary behavior, or as to any other pro priety, I say it not profanely, "God help me." I say to him, further, that lam en tirely responsible, not only here but else where, for what I have said, and for what I shall say about General Fry, and I say at once, lest I forget it, that the statement of the gentleman from Maine with reference to myself, and my quarrels and issues with General Fry, is false, Mr. Speaker, false. That is what I mean to say it is. Mr. Blaine (rising)—What does the gen tleman mean to say is false? Mr. Conkling—l mean to say that the statement mace by the gentleman from Maine is false. Does he (Mr. Blaine) un derstand what I mean? Mr. Bliiine—What statement? Mr. C,onkling—That statement concern ing my issues with General Fry. Mr. Blaine—l call the gentleman to order. I demand that he shall state wherein what I said is false, and I make the point of or der that until he does so he has no right to proceed. The Speaker pro tern. (Mr. Dawes in the Chair) overruled the point of order a. 4 made. Mr. Blaine—Do I understand the Speaker to rule that when a member asserts that what another one has stated is falso, a point of order canna he made upon hini? The Speaker pr.. tem—The Chair does not understand that to have been the point of order. Mr. Blaine---I have raised the point of order that the gentleman from New Yor.i. has used unparliamentary language in saying that I made a false statement; but I have no objection to his goingon andstating wherein it was false. The Speaker, pro tem—The Chair sustains that point of order, but it is not a point of order well taken that a member should go on and state wherein the statement is false Mr. Washburn; (Ind.)—l move that the gentleman from New York be, allowedlo proceed in order. . Mr; Conkling (N. Y.)—That is an unne cessary motion.. A gentleman who maker a point ' so fine as that made.by the gentle man from Maine, should be more particular. It is not my habit to invite, or unnecessarily engage in any personal controversy on this floor, but when a gentleman forgets himself so far as to rise here and state that I have had personal quarrels or issues with another individual named; that I have been worsted in those quarirels before the Secre tary of War, and by the Secretary of War, and when that statement has no foundation whatever in fact, I think the Chair and the House will agree with me that something is to be pardoned to the earnestness of the oc casion. I say what I have felt bound to say, speak ing not only for my constituents, but for the constituents of many other members on this floor. I say that in my own district and elsewhere ' men who stood up honestly and attempted to resist bounty jumpers and thieves, were cut down and trodden under foot by Provost Marshal General Fry, and I say that the only way to acquit him of official corruption is L convict him of the most incredible incompetency. I am re sponsible for that, sir, everywhere. Yet it is untrue entirely that I have had, any per sonal quarrPl with General Fry. I believe I never chanced to see him but once, unless I have forgotten it, and therefore when is gentleman rises here and makes a charge of that sort, it calls for some animadversion. Using, therefore, the parliamentary language, whatever that may be, I reiterate that the statement which was made h'e 03 is without foundation, and,is destitute of , that which it should possess in order to render it admissible as a statement in debate. I bd.. lieve that is parliamentary language, Mr. Speaker; at any rate no point seems to be made upon it. ' Mr: Cottkling - havitig - feTerled lo — a - tid. AC; tempted to reconcile General- Grant's two letters, went on to , say, no officer in this Go vernment holding a similar position, has:in my judgement done so much harm and so little good as the officer of whom I am speaking (Gen. Fry). If.that is offence to, anybody, so be it. To the particular indi vidual to whom it may give offence; I will answer not here but elsewhere; any where that it'may be:agreeable to have the answer.. Mr. Spaulding asked whether it wonldnot answer the gentleman's purpose to have the.. House vote down thesection for the Provost Marshal's. Department. Mr. Conkling—Yes, sir. That is that I intended to do originally. Mr. Spaulding—Well, we will do that cheerfully. Mr. Blaine attempted to get the floor, but Mr. Conklin yielded the remainder of his time to Mr. Spaulding, who declared him self opposed to the continuance of the Provost Marshal's Department,althongh he believed that during the war it was a neces sary evil He believed that no man could have•disclarged its duties with more satia tion to the public than Gen. Fry. Mr. Blaine obtained the floor, and said—l do not rise to argue the merits of the propo sition, but rather to place myself right on the record, as becomes a representative and a gentleman. I stated wheal was up before —and I left it to -the gentleman from New York to say whether I stated correctly— "that I understand there were personal diffi culties between himself and the Provost Marshal General. I have so understood it; thave - understood it from very high au thority. I have understood that in those difficultiesfthe gentleman from New York, as I said before, did not come out first beet. I did not make these assgrtions; I left the gentleman from New York to say whether they were so or not. I certainly did not violate any principle of propriety or parliamentary etiquette. I cannot, even if 1 were in full health, con sent to go into that cheap sort of stuff about answering here or elsewhere, and abont personal responsibility and all thttt kind of thing. I do not know how to chiracterize it. When we used to have gentlemen here from the eleven seceded States talking about "answering here or elsewhere," we we understood they meant a duel, and I suppose the gentleman from New York is going to ape them in that matter. Ido not know whether he is or not; but that is the only meaning to be attached to the phrase about "answering here or elsewhere.' That is so very cheap that it is beneath my no tice. Ido not presume that the gentleman from New Yorkireally meant that he wants to tight a duel, and he need not have the as surance from me that I do not intend it. When I have to resort to the epithet "false," and to go into the cheap swagger of "answering here and elsewhere," .I shall have very little faith in the cause that I stand up here to maintain. Mr. Mercur (Pa.) spoke against the section, expressing his hope that the House would, with great unanimity, vote it down. Mr. Stevens (Pa.) moved to amend tho amendment by inserting instead of the sec tion the following: SEcriox 20. And be it further enocted, That the - Provost Marshal General's Bu reau shall be continued only so long as in the judgment of the Secretary of War may be necessary to close up the business there of, not, exceeding, however,six months after the passage of this act. Mr. Conkling accepted the amendment. Mr. Schenck (0 ) declared his impression that the sense of the House was against the section, and his intention was not to strug gle to keep it there. •He explained to tha House how the Committee had been led to report the section by the opinions expressed by Gen. Grant in his letter to the Secretary of War. Mr. Farquhar (Ind.), as one who had served under the orders of. Gen. Fry, bore testimony to the efficiency, honesty and ability of that officer. The Ronde being brought to a vote by the previous question, the twentieth section was struck out, and the substitute offered by Mr. Stevens put in its place. The House then proceeded to the twenty first section. On motion of Mr. Conkling, it was amended by adding the words, "by com petitive examination." The section as amended reads: SEC. 21. And belt further enacted,That the Medical Department of the army shall here after consist of one surgeon general, with the rank, pay and emoluments of a briga dier general; one assistant surgeon general, with the rank, payjand emoluments of a colonel of cavalry; eighty surgeons; with the rank, pay and emoluments of majors of cavalry; one hundred and sixty assistant surgeons, with the rank, pay and emolu ments of first lieutenants of cavalry for the first three years' service, and with the rank, pay and emoluments of captains of cavalry after three years' service, and five medical storekeepers, wtth the same compensation as is now provided by law; and at least two thirds of the original vacancies in the grades of surgeon' and assistant surgeon shall be filled by selection by competitive examina tion, from among the persons who have served as staff or regimental surgeons, or assistant surgeons of volunteers in the army of the United States two years during the late war, and one-third from similar officers of the regular army, and persons who have served as assistant surgeons three years in the volunteer service, shall be eligible for promotion to the grade of captain. The twenty-second section, relating to medical purveyors, was, on motion of Mr. Schenck, who said that the subject was embraced in another section, stricken on;. The House then proceeded to the twenty third section, relating to the pay department of the army, which was, on motion of Mr. Thayer (Pa.), amended by adding to the sentence excluding gradates of the Military Academy from appointment a provision that it should not apply to officers now in the pay department. Other amendments were pending, when the House made a movement towards tak ing a recess. The speaker presented a report of the East New York Methodist Conference on the state of the country; which was ordered to be printed. Mr. Orth (Ind.) presented a remonstrance from citizens of several counties in Indiana, against the restoration of the late rebel States; until guarantees of farther security are obtained. Mr. Donnelly (Minn.) introduced a re monstrance from citizens of Minnesota, against the obstruction to the navigation of the Mississippi river, caused by the Clinton railroad bridge. I Mr. Darling (N. Y.) presented a petition from the dealers of leaf tobacco and manu facturers of cigars in the city of New York, for an increase tariff on imported cigars. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Mr. Wentworth (Ill.) gave notice that in the evening session, when the Pacific Rail road measures would be under considera tion, be should call for the rigid enforce ment of the rule excluding from the floor all not entitled to the privilege. The lobby be said, was getting too large, and he thought the House could manage the ma chinery of legislation without the aid of the lobby. He asked the Speaker to give due notice to the doorkeepers. The Speaker complied with the request. Mr. Washburne (III.) gave like notice that no business should be done without a quorum. Mr. Randall (Pa.) asked whether it was the intention of the Pacific Railroad Com mittee to take a vote to-night on the North ern Pacific Railroad bill. Mr. Price replied that was the intention. Mr. Washburne (Ill.) said he was very porry to hear so. That was a measure of greefestlntipartanae, inVolv iircii propriation sixty.inillions and the grant ing away of.any quantity of land. Mr. Ross (Ill.) moved an adjournment, so as to cut oft the, evening session,, bat ithe House, by a vote .of 27 seas to 70 nays, re fused to adjourn, and then, 'at ;half-past four took a recess , . until half-past •seven `o'clock . Evening Session. —The House met at half past seven .o!clock to_consider the busiaess of the Pacific Railroad. Committee. There. were not more than two dozen. members then present. Mr. Morrill (Me.) asked the unanimous consent to introduce a bill in regard to ,the importation of live animals from Canada. He stated that the necessity for it was that Since the abrogation of the Recipocity treaty there was no duty on the importation of live animals from Canada, and that, taking advantage of that fact, the Canadians were having sheep driven over the borders and sheared on the American side, thus evading the duty imposed on wool. Mr. Jenckes (R. I.) objected. Mr. Price (Iowa) moved that the bill to extend the time for completing certain land grant railroads in lowa, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi, expiring in 1866, for eight years..be recommitted to the Com mittee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Mr. Washburne (Ill.) called for the yeas and nays on the motion, saying that he had objected to the evening session. The; ote being taken resulted yeas 68, nays none. .No quorum having voted, Mr. Wilson (Iowa) moved a call of the House, and on that motion asked for the yeas and nays. The call of the House was ordered, yeas 71; nays 13. The call having taken place, and 98 members answered to their names, all further proceedings under the call were dispensed with, and the bill, with a substi tute offered by Mr. Beason (Iowa) were re committed to the Pacific Railroad Commit tee and ordered to be printed. ' Mr. Price (Iowa) from the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, reported back, with amendments, the bill granting land to the lowa and Missouri State Line Company, and for other purposes. The bill grants alternate sections of the public lands to the extent of ten sections per mile on each side of the road, which is to run on or near the State line of lowa and Missouri, between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, or to connect with the Des Moines Valley at or near Farmington, in the State of lowa, running thence to and along the State line to some point on the east bank of the Mis souri river. ' The road is to be a public high way for the use of the government of the - United States, free of all toll or other charge upon the transportation of property or troops of the United States. The amendments of the committee, being on matters of detail, were agreed to. Mr. Spaulding (Ohio) inquired as to the length of the road. Mr. Wilson replied that the length would be about 250 miles. Mr. Spaulding inquired whether the bill did not give ten sections per mile on each side of the road. Mr. Wilson admitted that on paper in looked so, but owing to the lands having been sold and granted to other roads, the company could not possibly receive more than 0,000 acres, probably not more that 20000 acres. Mr. Spaulding inquired further whether theivwas not a proviso in the bill authori zing the company to select lands elsewhere when the lands along the road were sold? Mr. Wilson replied in the negative,stating that the company was restricted to lands within twenty miles of the road. The road ran through one of the most densely settled portions of lowa, and it was only here and there that a piece of land remained undis posed of. If any company was entitled t. receive this favor from the government it was this one, because it wca, not owned or controlled by persons residing out of that section of the country, but by the farmer, residing near the line. Mr. Kasson offered an amendment pro viding that no lands shall be at any tim patented to the company that are situated more than two miles from the western ter minus of the road at the time the patents are issued. E t a Mr. Price said he had no objection to the amendment, and it was agree to. Mr. Hasson also offered t e following amendment as an additional ection : And be it further enacted, t at the lands hereby granted shall be open to pre-emp tion, settlement and purchase under the laws of the United States until certified to, and actually sold to a bona tide settler by the company as fully as if this grant were not made. Provided that the price of such purchase shall be V. 50 per acre, and such purchase money shall be specially ac counted for at the Treasury at the United States, and shall be paid to the railroad company by an appropriation hereafter to be made, whenever it would have become entitled to such lands if unsold. Mr. Julian (Ind.) suggested that the bill should have been referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr'. Farnsworth (Ill.) made the point of order that the Committee on the Pacific Railroad had no jurisdiction over the matter. The Speaker overruled the point of order, first, because the bill Had been referred to that committee by the House; and second, because that committee had jurisdiction over all railroad and telegraph projects between the Mississippi valley and the Pa cific ocean. Mr. Prim) moved the previous question. The House refused to second the previous question, whereupon Mr. Wentworth (DI) moved to refer the bin to the Committee on Public Lands, which was agreed to. Mr. Price, from the Pacific Railroad Com mittee, reported back the bill to secure the speedy construction of the Northern Pacific telegraph line, and to secure to the Govern ment the use of the same for postal, mili tary and other purposes. The bill directs the Secretary of the Treasury, whenever twenty-five consecutive miles of the mart are built, to pledge the credit of the United States for'the payment of the interest on the stock; of the company, for a period not ex ceeding 20 years, at the rate of 6 per cent., as follows: Between the eastern terminus of the 101st degree of meridian on 200 shares per mile; between the 101st and Ulth degrees of me ridian on 250 shares per mile for 6203 miles; between the 111th and 119th meridian, the mountain district, on 500 shares per mile for 520 miles; and between the 119th meridian and the western termination, including the mountain ranges of the coast, on 300 shares per mile. Mr. Randall (Pa.) made the point of order that this was an appropriation bill, pledging the credit of the United States Government for the payment of interest, and must go to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. The Speaker sustained the point of order. Mr. Stevens moved to recommit the bill. Mr. Washburne (Ill.) moved to refer it to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Mr. Boutwell (Mass.) suggested that if the decision of the Chair was correct; then the bill itself was unconstitutional, as it made appropriations for twenty years while the Constitution forbade appropriations for more than two years. The Speaker replied that it was not his pro vince to decide constitutional questions, but only parliamentary law. The vote being taken on Mr. Wash burne's motion, resulted yeas 43, nays 66. So the bill was not referred to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. The bill was then recommitted to the Com mittee on the Pacific Railroad, and immedi ately thereafter from the — Cortiniittee oa the Paeifte Railroad, reported :. back the same 'bill, modified so as to avoid the point of order as to the bill makinganap .-Washburne (11L) made , the point of order that - the - Paola& Railroad Committee had not ordered-the bill tilo be reported. Mr. Price said that was a question of veracity- between the gentleman front Illinois and himself, adding that, it. would be settled "somewhere else. [Laughter.] The Speaker overruled the point of order, stating that when the chairman of a commit tee said he was authorized to make a report, the Chair was bound to regard him as being duly authorized. - - Mr. Randall (Penn.) made the point of or der that the Committee was not authorized to sit during the Session of the House. The Speaker sustained the point of order, but intimated that the Chairman of the Com mittee might have conditional authority to report the bill. Mr. Price said he was authorized to report the bill, and when he made a statement of this kind he warned gentlemen that his ve racity was not to be called in question with impunity. [Laughter.] Mr. Garfield (Ohio) tried to make a remark but Mr. Price informed him tartly , that he was not to be commanded by major gene rals or brigadier generals on this floor. [Laughter.] Mr. Ross (al.) made the point of ordp.r.,- -- that . "brethren should dwell together in. unity." The Speaker said he sustained that point of order. [Laughter.l Mr. Thayer (Pa.) mowed an adjournment, but the House refused to adjourn, yeas 47, nays 58. The Speaker said that the question' now arose as to whether the House should re ceive the report. Mr. Washburne (Ill.) rose to debate the question. Mr. Banks (IWAcm.) raised The question of order that the point was as to the order of business, and was not debatable. The Speaker overruled the point of order, citing a precedent for his decision in the 29,:h Congress. Mr. Washburne (III.) reminded the House that the bill had not been recommit ted two minutes when it was reported back. He was certain that the gentleman from lowa had not been five feet from his seat all the time, and the Committee had not had, in a parliamentary sense, any meeting. If the gentlemen from lowa would state that the committee had considered the imperfect amendments reported, he (Mr. Washbarne) would withdraw his opposition. Mr. Stevens said it was the ordinary case of a chairman taking the responsibility of acting under instructions by his commit tee; and not being repudiated by the com mittee, it was to be presumed that he had authority. Mr. Staulding, at ten o'clock, moved an adjournment, and caned for the yeas and nays. _ The House refused to adjourn—yeas 40, nays 60. . The queStion recurred on the reception of the report, on which the main question was ordered. The motion to adjourn was renewed by Mr. Smith (Ind.), and was agreed to. The Speaker stating that the question on the reception of the bill would come up to morrow. The House at 101- o'clock adjourned. ~-~~~~a ~s.-~.~.;~ MAPLE SYRUP. Maple Syrup Molasses, New Crop, Very handsome quality. FOR FA T.R S3Y JAMES R. WEBB. WALYI3T and .IKEGIELTH Streets. Gi-iRMJEN . P. ASO Green Corn, Fresh Peaches, Fresh Tomatoes, Plums, dto. ALBERT C. ROBERTS. I ))Ellsiasals.z.alsonge):zilenißsaz Corner Eleventh and Vine Streets. HMSA! BAYS!!-J. Stewards Trentou, Davis'a Star - 13 " 03 . Briggs & Swift's celebrated Cincin nati Hams, and J. Bower's City Cared. warranted to give satisfaction. For sale by M. F. SPILLIN. N. W. corner Eighth and Arch. OLIVE OIL.-1Q) baskets Latour and other favorite brands of Salad Oil, for sale by H. F. SPILLIN, 2.C. W. corner Arch and Eighth. JAVA COFFER—Pure Old Government Java Coffee. tor sale by F. SPILLIN, N. W. corner of Arch and Eighth streets. TEAS! TEAS!!-100 packages of very choice new crop Green and Black, of the late importation. As these 'leas have been bought since the decline in gold. we are prepared to furnish famt les at greatly reduced prices. For sale by the box, or at retail. Ilf. F. Sail, LLN, N. W. corner Arch and Eighth streets. STEW QUEEN OLIVES.--.9)0 gallons of the finest Queen Olives ever imported in store and for sale at COUSTY'S East End Grocery No. 118 South Second street. "NTILW BONELESS SARDBYES, Anchovies, Caper% Dutch Herring; all of superior quality, at COOS TY'S East End Grocery, No: Us South Second street. OLI) FASHION SIIGAR HOUSE MOLASSES: also, Prime West India Honey, always to be had at COII , ,TY'S East End Grecery, No. US South Second street. WINSLOW'S SUPERIOR GREEN CORN, 40:chs per Can, Champion Green Peas at:4o cents pp a• can; Tomatoes M cents; all warranted; at COUSTrS. East End Grocery, No. US South Second street. mhl.4 MILLINERY GOODS. 726 W ' r . e S p T reporedto offer to WHOLP4 A T•V AND RETAIL BUYERS OUR SPLENDID STOCK OF MILLINERY AND STRAW GOODS, AT A VERY LARGE REDUCTION FROM RECENT PRICES. Onr stock inch:Lilts all the latest shapes of STRAW HATS BkiNNETSANOGYPSLIN BONNET MATERIALS OF EVERY Enc), IN EVERY SHADE. • RIBBONS, • ALL WIDTHS AND COLORS, TO MATS MATERIALS. - . FINE LACES. ILLUSION NETS, ceo., do ARTIFICIAL FLO MOST MUMBLE STYLES - --- - We solicit an insnection of our stock, and do not doubt that for completeness of assortment and mode ration ol prices it cannot be equaled. Give us a call. W HYL R BOSENH_FAIIi, • ap7-lmi No. 726 Chestnut street. Mrs. R. Dillon, a 32 3 and 331 Sontb Street, bas a handsome assortment of SPRING MIL LENRRY; Misses' and Infanta' Hats and Caps, Silks, Velvets, Crapes, Ribbons, Feathers, Flowers, Framee, an. mhs-4ml COMPTROLLEWIS NOTICE. rrIIEASURY__ L TNEILNT OFFICE OF COMP TROLLER OF CURRENCY, Wean:Dreamt. March 30th, 1866. Whereas, By satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned, it has been made to appear that "THE NATIONAL BANE OF THE REPUBLIC •OF PHLLADELPHIA," in the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia. and State of Pennsylvania, has been duly organized under and according to the re. quirements of the act of Congress, entitled 'An act to provide a National Currency, secured by a pledge of United States Bonds, and to provide for the Circuit"- Lion and Redemption thereof," approved Trine Sd. 1564, and has complied with all the provisions of said act re. quired to be complied with before commencing the business of Banking under said act. lfcrw, therefore, I, Freeman Clarke. Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby cern& that "THE NATION AL BANK. OF THE REPUBLIC OF PHILADEIr PAIA," in the city of Philadelphia, in the county o f Philadelphia, and State of Penns . ylvania, is authorized to commence the business ef • nking un d er masa afbresaid. In testimony whereof witness rny hand and mix , }seal of oftice, this thirtieth day ot Marto, ism FREEMAN CLARKE, iroh3ltraYSOU Comptroller. PERFUItERT. , _ - • ~ iri ' 18. . / W_JAVIRO - -:' 1 ,i 1 THE MOST DELICIOUS firo) ELL . z:1) Fi ALL-PE Ry UME $ - ' I :‘, f oli t milir SOLD' EVERYWHERE.
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