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VOLUME •L) XXIV,.
FIRST EMIR.
WINPIa:MT/E 'O'CLIO
FORTIETH CONGRESS.
[THIRD SESSION.I
SENATE: Memorial for Removal
of Disabilities—Pro osed Act
ReqUiring Sales of Lo us. Bonds
and Gold by Govern 'cut to be
Made by, Inviting Pa lic Com
- from Finance
Committee Legalizing Gold
Contracts, &c.—PersOnal Expla
national .Concerning Railroad
Jobs—The Copper Tana Bill
•
Considered. HOUSE: Bill Pro
posing
• the Issue of One Thou
land Millions of. Dollars of Cou
pons or Registered Bonds in
•
Payment or Exchange for Out
standing Bonds or Notes—Reso
,
lntion Adopted against Further
„,
Subsidies to Railro ad or Other
•
•Corporations—Naval Appropri
ation Bill . Passed -rilesolution
-of rnqniry Concerning National
Banks`-The Wells,- Fargo & Co.
,
' Mail'Contracts, be
•03y Telegraph to the Pittbbargeflatette.)
WAEHINGTOPT; January .18, 1869.
SENATE. ' -
-A memorial was presented 'praying that
;political disability. be removed from all
Superintendents of Insane \lrustitutions at
'the South. Referred.
Mr. IitORRISLI., of Vermont, presented a
petition from the merchenta of ,New York,
Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago for the
-enactment of a law reading that "Hereafter
all purchase, or sales of the loans and
,
bonds of the UnitedEtates, and on account
of the United States,shall be made by invit
ing public competition and thoroughlrad:
.vertising for proposals, and that all sales of
-gold-for scoount -of the United States shall
be made by an official of the Treasury De
partment, et a time and place` \fluty !Over.:
Referred to_the-comniittee - on Fi
nance. _
Mr. SHERMAN, from the Finance Cont.
mittee;reported the following bill:
Be at enacted, &c. That any contract
hereafter made,speeideally payable in eUitC,
shall ..be legal and valid, and may 'be en'.
forced; according to its terms,:auytking ill
the .several acts ,relating t.O,l3tlited States
nbtee to the cOntrary. ribtwltlistanding pro
'aided, that this section shill not apply to
contracts for borrowing currency, onto the
renewal pr-.extension of any indebtedness
.under'S .ciontract alreadyentered into, nu :
less such °entrant originally required pajt,.
went in (loin:. -
SP.c. 2.'That there Is hereby appropriated
• out of 'the duties levied from imported
goods the 'sun" of- 8140,008,000 annually,
ivhlclrenin during each fiscal year shall be
applied to the payment of interest and to
the reduction of the principal of the publid
debt, and such reduction shall be in lieu of
theeinking fund providedby the filth sec
`thin Cifiih act entitled an apt to authorize
the issue of United States notes and forlhe
redemption and funding thereof, and:4er
'funding the 'floating debt'of ' , the United
States, approved February.2s, 1882.
SEC. 3. That the holder of any lawful
-. money of the . United States to the amount
-Of fifty dollars. or any multiple of fifty dol
lars; may convert the same into bonds for
an equal amount ati bereio provided, under
- such regrilations at& 'rules as the Secre
tary of tLe Treasury may prescribe, and
that the Seorptary,ef the Treasury is here-,
by authorised tokiistie to such - holder, cou
pons or registered bonds of the United"
:States, in such form and of such denomina
tion, not less than fifty dollars, as he may
preacribe, recieernable In• pain at the pleas
.. nre of - the i, : United .States After ten,
years and payable in coin in forty yeare,
and bearing an annual interest of five vier
- .cent. payable semi-annually in coin, which
-said - bonds shall be exempt from taxation.
In any form by or under State or municipal
authority, and the same and the interest
thereon, the Income therefrom,'shall be ex
.emiit from payment of all ..taxes or duties
to the United States, other than such in
-'etanie tax ifs may be assessed upon other
incomes.
SEC. 4. That the Secretary of the Treas
ury is hefeby authorized and required to
- issue gold notes of the United States, not
bearing , interest, payable -to bearer on
mend ig coin at ..the Treasury of the Uni
ted States, in such form and of such de
. nomination, not less then ten dollars, as he
may prescribe, and such 'gold notes shall
be received for all taxes, duties or debt 9
payable to the United States, and the Sec
retary of the Treasury is, also authorized,
at his discretioh, to apply an amount of
such coin notes, not exeeeding the amounts
of United State notes surrendered for con
,venilon -into bonds under. preceding sec
tion of this ect,"to the purchase in open
nialket and in the city !of New York
of any . part of the sectiritities of
the, United 'States bearing , six per
cent. interest, and thereupon :the Sec
retary of the Treasury shall cancel an
amount of 11nitedStates notes equal to the
securities so purchased and 'said coin
bilities of the United States, at the option
- of the creditors. '
provided, however, that
the - aggregate of coin notes issued under
this act, and; the odtatanding gold certifi
cate!' of deposit, shall not exceed the' coin
and bullion In the Treasury of .the United,
States, and such coin notes shall be, paid
according to, their terms, and m 2 ii re-le
m' -
. sued from time to time as the e gencles of
the public service shall require.
SEC. 5., And be it- further enacted, That
any banking association, now organized or
that may hereafter organize under the act
to provides national , currency secured by
pledge of United States bonds, and to
provide har,, their circulation and the re
demptionthereof, approved January O.
1866, is hereby authorized, without reel:set
- to the limitation of t 300,000,000 of circula
tug notes prescribed by the 22d section of
said act, to - Issue and circulate in notes
as money, not bearing interest and=
payable - on demand in coin, And
such coin' Shall be obtained by the
-mode provided in said act as to-other circu
lating notes, and shall be paid on demand
111 001hAnatead of rUnited !gates notes, and
-only. be.issued to the amountof sixty-five
per cent of the bonds of the United States'
deposited with the Treasurer of the United
States as security for the redemption of
said coin mites; no 'bank shall receive less
sham 150,801 X 'aueli shin notes and, Audi
- bends, and tbe saideobioatee shall be sub
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ject in all other respects to the limitations,
restrictions'and provisions of such act.
Mr. WILLIAMS gave notice he wished
to offer the following amendment, to be
printed with the bill: To amend section
three by adding thdreto the following
words: "Provided, that not to exceed two
millions lawful money' shall be converted
into bonds, as herein proYided, in any one
HI M.
month." Strike out in section fourth the
words, "at his discretion," and insert in
place thereof the words, "and required,"
and also s;rike out in name section the,
words, tinot exceeding" and insert instead
thereof the words “egual to."
The following amendments were pro
posed to be offered by Mr. CATTELL:
Add at end of section the following:
"And any holder of any of the bonds pro
vided for in this act may present the same
to the Treasury of the United States and
demand lawful money of the United States
for the principal and accruing interest
thereon, and the Treaserer shall redeem
the same in lawful money of the United
States, unless the amount of the United
States notes then outstanding shall be equal
to $350,000,000, and.such bonds shall not be
redeemable:after the .United= States have
resumed the payment of coin for their
notes."
Mr, HARLAN called the attention of
,the
Senate to the letter of the correspondent of
the Cincinnati Gazette, General Boynton;
which had been copied and commented on
by the New York Tribune, and was personal
to himself, and he thought- to some other
Senators.
The letter and the Tribune editorial were
read.
Mr. HA.RLA.N then denounced the letter
-as exhibiting such a degree of carelessness,'
or ignorance, or something worse, as would,
In his .jcidginent, unfit the author to be a
correspondent of any respectable-journal.
Mr. Harlan made a long explanation of
the facts in each transaction with which he
w
1 3 accused of wrongdoing , and statedhe
ney r had and never expected to have any
°era nal interest whatever in these transac
tions. . .
Mr. POMEROY also-stated the statements
affecting himself were incorrect in regard
to material facts. •The only way in which
he had become interested in railroads in
hiswn State was by the Legislature hay
ingc,put his name hato the charters of certain
road as one of the , temporary corporators,
and hen capitalists were found to build
the ads heand the, other corporators had
site vs transferred the franchises-- without
comrnsation. ,
M . CONNESS commented briefly on the
lett of Gen. Boynton and the statement
of M . W_Lett burns, of Illinois, in the House,
in r gard to the vast quantities of public
len given away to railroad corporations,
whi h he said was Made in ignorance of
the facts. Mr. Conness also read in the
Ne York Herald that he (Conness) had
no 1 ss than five jobs before the Senate, be
fore seeing which ,he had congratulated
him elf that his name and influence were
not n any way connected with Jobe.
' A r. GRIMES said,the charge against his
Colleague was a trumped up affair, with no
foundation in fact. - ~ '
Mr. CONK . LING; from 'the , Judiciary
Committee, reported a bill to amend the
eat precribing the , mode of obtaining evi
dence in, cases of contested elections, which
passed._ ' .
Mr. TRUMBULL introduced a bill to
intend the judicial system of the United
States, which was ordered to be ierineed and
referred-to Judiciary Committee.
-- Mr. SHERMAN reported back from the
Finance- Committee the - specie payment
bill, introduded by Senator Morton. and
asked that the Committee be discharged
from its farther consideration;- because so
much of-it as they approved had been con
sidered in the general bill reported. -
Mr.MORRILL, Vt., from Committee on
Commerce, reported back the memorial of,
the Nevi-York and London Telegraph Com
pany, with a bill to authorize them to land
the cables on the - shores of the Untied
Statee, and recommended its passage.
..
Mr. MORTON introduced a bill to punis - ht
Hthe collation: of taxes on paisengers. It
eneVides•thatit shalt be unialiful for any
,officer of a railroad corporation to pay to
any State government or-its agents any tax
or sum of money for the transportation of
.passengers through its territories, and that
any person vidlating this law shall pay a
fine of not more than $5,000 and not less
than $l,OOO. The second section makes it
unlawful for any. State government or its
agent to collect such" tax, and imposes • a
penalty of $2,000 tor. a - violation: .The third
'section givesehe United -States Courts ju
risdiction in the matter, The bill was re
ferred. .
Mr. SUMNER reported a bill in regard
to the discharge of, poor convicts.
Ieir.DRAKE introdimed a bill to regulate
the construction of a bridge over the Mis
send river. Referred to Committee on
Commerce.
Mr.' , KELLOGG introduced - :a bill ,to
-guarantee the payment of certain bonds to
be issued under the authority of the Gov
einments of Louisiana and Arkansas, for
repairing levees of the Mississippi river.
Referred. • ..,
Mr. NORTON - introduced-a bill making a
I grOt of land to the State' of Minnesota, to
aid in improving the navigation of the Mis
sissippi river immediately above the Falls
of St. Anthony. Referred to committee on
Public Lands. '
The Senate, on motipn of Mr. CHAND
LER, took up the bill to regulate the duty
on copper, etc., • which was read as reported.
froarthe Committee. • „ . 1
Mr. ANTHONY nioild in anfendment,
_by adding "on copper in rolled platee,"Call
ed.biazierWcapper,laheeti, rods, pipes and
copper bottoms, eyelets and all manufac
tures of copper, of which copper shall be a
component of. the chief value, and not
otherwise herein provided for, 45 per cent
ttial ad valorem:" Adopted. •
Mr. MORRILL, Vt.; moved to amend by
inserting after the word "ores" in thp ninth
line the words "containing sulpha," and
in line 'ten, after the the word "therein,"
the words ""and on all coppei imported in
the, form . of ores not containing suiphur,
two emits on each pound of tine.copper con
taibed,therein." ~ -
After discussion, during which Mr.
FERRY, supported the amendment, and
Mr.,P.HANDLER , made a sharp reply, that
if Connecticutcontinued to say to the north
wear-estop your mines." the answer would
-be "stop your factories," the amendment
was fejected—_ yeas 20, nays 27, and the Sen
ate apt : timed. '
HOUSE.
BIWA afTRODTICRD AND REFERRED.
By Mr. POLAND: Proposing the issue
of couPone , ' , Or; registered^ bonds to the
amount of one thousand millions of dollars
in cctini.afttir,thirty find' fi ft y lean respect
ively, the thirty year bonds to bear inter
est'at four and one-half per cent. in coin,
and the fifty 'year bonds to bear interest
at four,per cent:, th bonds to be exempt
front - national, Stat e and niuniolpal taxes,
except theincome tax, and to be eiclusively
peed in payment of or exobanp:, for out
standing bonds, or notes that bare fallen
due or bear interest at ; higher rates ; the
SecretarY of the Treasurt Is to return and
cancel - , all States -nototr.;now, out.'
standing, by their conversion into , such
bonds circulating notes are to be issued ,
to the National banksas fast as the U. 8.
notes are , cancelled, until the amount' f tf.
notes'.ontatandlng• shall be reduced •to
one hundred dollars' the. Nettettel
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PITTSBURGH.. TUESDAY, JANU Alq 19. 189.
banks are hereafter to make their deposits
for the security of their circulation in the,
bonds provided in the act. •
My Mr. POLA,ND: , Allowing defendants
in criminal cases to teatify. Referred to
Committee on Revision of Laws.
By Mr. BUTLER, Mass.: Relating to
church property in the: lately rebellious
j
States. Referred to Corti ittee on Recon
struction. it proposes Of 't wher'e church
property has been give Ito Africans, the
trustees thereof shall I) elected by the
congregation.
By Mr. BANKS: To prevent the aliena
tion to foreigners of, grants of privileges
fictin the United States. `Referred to Com
mittee on Commerce.
By. Mr. VAN HORN, N. Y., for his col
league, Mr. Stewart: For the construc
tion of lines of telegraph between Boston,
New :York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washingecti, under the direction of the
Postoffloci Department. Referred to the
Post Office Committee.
By Mr. BARNES:- To prevent loaning
money on 'United States legal tender notes
as collateral 'security. Referred to the
Committee on 'Banking. -
.Also, to - prohibit banks - of issue from
paying interest on deposits, except on some
specified trine, not less Allah thirty daVs.
Referred to same Committee.
By Mr. BROOKS: To exempt manufac
turers of printed newspapers from tax, the
same as manufacturers of - other prints.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. COLLIS : For the appointment
of a select Committee on Ku-Klux outrages
in Alabama. Referred to Committee on
Recoustr uction.
-
:By Mr. KELLOGG: Relative to the sale
of gold and bonds. Referred to Committee
on Banking.
By Mr. BINGHAM: To admit the State
of Mississippi to representation in Congress.
Referred to Committee , on Reconstruction.
It provides for the admission'of Mississippi
whenever its Legislature shall have rati
fied the Fourteenth• Amendment to the
Constitution of the United States, and de
clares null and void the disability imposed
by the third section of article seventh of
the Constitution of Miasissippl.
By Mr. GA.RSIELD: Providing that no
commissions as Brigadier General shall .be
issued until the number of Brigadiers is
reduced below eight', and fixing eight as the
number of Brigadier Generals after that
time. Referred to. Committee on Military
Affairs.
By Mr. SCHENCK : To distribute the
number andirank of Government employes
among the s..veral States and Territo
ries. Referred to the Committee on Pub
he Buildings.
By Mr. JULIAN : To close the land sys
tem in certain States: Referred. to Com
mittee on Public Lands..
By Mr. BOLES: To aid the don
siruction of the Arkansas and• Pacific Rail
road. Referred to Committee on Pacific
Railroad.
By Mr. WILSON: Making appropria
tion; for certain harbors in Michigan. Re
ferred to-Committee on Appropriations.
'By Mr. WILSON, lowa : . To annelid the
Jud eery system of the United States; Re
ferred to the Judiciary Cdnimittee.
By. Mr. CLARK, Kansas: Authorizing
the appointment of a Commissioner for the
settlement of claims of citizens of Kansas.
Referred to Committee on Claims.
_ _
By Mr. CAy.S.NAUGII: To authorize the
construction and rnalutepanoe of a bridge
across the Missouri river, at the Three
Forks, Montana Territory. Referred to
. .•, Boada,and,Cnhoole......
At hie ARNELL: To•piovide for the
representation of the District of Columbia
in Congress. Referred to Judiciary Com
mittee..
By,-.Mr. LAWRENCE, Ohio: Providing
that after March 4th, 18 1 39, no Senator or
Representative in Congress shall be enti
tled to receive or transmit by mail any
letter or mail:matter Noe of postage. Re
ferred to Postoffice Committee.
By Mr. JONES, Kentucky: Forco-eperii-
Lion of the United States Coast Survey in
the geological surveys Instituted by the
•several States. Referred to Committee on
Mines and minine.
• By Mr.`BARNES: To compel Clio Nation- •
al banks to• make statements six times a
year. Referred to the Committee on Bank
ing.
_ Mr. COBURN, on behalf of Mr. Eli; of
fered a resolution directing the Committee
oh Public Expenditures to inquire into and
report the facts anti circumstances concern
ing. the cataract 'with Wells; Fargo Co.
for carrying United States mails between
the termini of the Pacific Railroad. Adop
ted.
Mr. HOLMA.N offered tbefollowingt
Resolved, That in the present condition
of the intim:re! finances no further subsidies
' ought to be given by Congre-s, either In
bonds or money, to railroad or 'other cor
porations, or to promote local enterprises;
but the whole resources of the country
vught•to be applied to the pressing necessi
ties of the public service in such a manner
as ,will relieve the people from the burdens
of taxation.
Resolved, That the grants.of pttblic lands
to corporations ought to be discontinued
and the whole of such lands ought to be
held as a sacred trust to secure homesteada_
to actual settlers, and for no other purpose
whatever.
He moved the previous question on the
adoption of the reaolutious., •
The previous question was seconded.
Mr. WIN.'DOM moved to lay the resolu
tions on the table—negatived, only thirty
fent affirmative votes.
Mr:SCOFIE LD demanded a separate vote
'On thti resolutions.
The first resolution was adopted—yeas
DO, nays 67, as,follows :
Yeas—Messrs. Allison, Bailey, Baker,
Baldwin, Bealnan, Beatty, Benton, Bing
ham Blair, Bontwell, Boyden, Broomall,
Brooks, Bockland, litirr, Butler,(Mass.,)
Cary, Chandler, Clark, (Ohio,) Cooke. Cor
nell, Cullom, Delano, Dockery, Ela ' Ferns
'worth, Ferris, Ferry, Field, Getz, Grover,
Harding, Hawkins, Heaton, Hill, Holman,
Hubbard, (W. Va g ) Jenekes, Johnson,
Jones, (N. C.,) ,Jones (Ky.,) Judd, Julian,
Robley, Kerr, Kitchen. Knott, Koontz,
Lash, Lawrence, (Pa,) Lawrence, (Ohio,)
McCarthy, McKee,:Mercur, Miller, Moore,.
Munger*, Niblack, Nicholson Paine, Pike,
Phelps, Plle, Plants, Price, Randall, Ross,
Scofield, Shanks, Shellabarger, Sitgreaves,
Spalding, Stone, Sypher, Taber, Taylor,
Trowbridge, • Upson, Vim Auken, Vali
Wyck, Van Trump, Ward, Washburne,
(DLO Washburne, (Ind.,) Welker Wil
liams, (Ind.,) Wilson, (Ohl%) Wilson,
(19wa,) Wood and Young.-90.
Nays—Messrs. Anderson,Arnell, Ash
ley. (Nev.,) Axtell, Bankt, Barnes, Beck,
Benjamin, Boles, Buckley, Butler, (Tenn.,)
Collis, Churchill, Clark, (Kansas,) Clift,
• Cobb; Coburn, Corley, ',Dewees, Dodge,
, Dragger Elliott, (Ark.;) Garfield, Gollady, -
Gem, Gove, Gravelly, Houghev' Hlgbeei
Hopkins, Humphrey, Ingersoll, Ketlfi
Kellogg, —Lincoln, Maynar ,
Att.'Cormick, Morrill, Mullins, Myers, New
comb, Nevtshatn, Norris. O'Neill, Perham,
Patera, Plerce; Prtnce, Baum, Roots, SaW
yer, Schenck, Smith, Stark weather, Stokes;
Stover, Tafe, Thomas, Tift. Trimble, (Ky..)
ptitehell, Van Eirmati,lran • Horn, (KY.')
waehburne, (Blassa.,) Whittemore and Win:.
' dom:-41.
The questlot recurred on'the second r3s
cntiti:Ar .JUttNdesdredToffer. übstitete
tiatiniolanuiaai begi 7 enta rttr -- oOr on ofraide4oeP:oeuditiogofActnaiietrumg:nan.
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ties not greater tha one hundred and sixty
acres to one purely ser for a fixed tax on
the full price.
Mr. HOLM AN declined to let it be of
fered.
WASHBURNE, of Indiana, moved
to lay the resolution on the table. because
it would interfere with the soldiers' bounty
bill.
.
The resolution was laid on the table—
yeas 110, nays 54.
Fend—Messrs. Allison, Ames, Anderson,
Arnell, Ashley, (Nev.), Axtell, Banks,
Beaman, Breck, Bet jamin, Bingham. Blair,
Boles, Buckland, Bckley. Butler, (Tenn.),
Cake, Collis, Churc ill,Clift, Cobb, Coburn,
ii
Cook, * Corley, Coved , Cullom, Delano; De
weez,Dockeny, Dode, Driggs, 'Eggleston,
Eliot, Eillott,Ferria, erry,French, Garfield,
Golladay, Goss, Gove, Graveley, Haughey,
Heaton, Hooper, Hopkins, Hotchkiss, Hub
bard, (Iowa), Hunter, Ingersoll, Jenekes,
Johnson, Jones, (N. 'C.), Judd, Julian,
Kelly, Kellogg, Knott, Lash, Lincoln,
(N. Y.), Mallory, Marvin, McKee, Mereur,
Miller, Morrill,. Mullens, Myers, New
comb. Newsharn, Norris,O'Neill, Orth,
Perham, Peters, Pettis, Phlps, Price ; Pile,
Poland, Pierce, Prince, Baum, Roots, Saw
yer. Schenck, Shanks, Smith Stark weather,
Stokes, Taber, Tafe, Till, Trimble, (Ky.),
Trimble, (Tenn.), Trowbridge, Twitchell,
Van Earnam, Van Horn, (N. Y.), Van
Wyck, Washburne, (Ind.), Wabburne,
(Ills..), Wilkes, Whittemore, Williams.
(Pa.),-Williams, (Ind.), Wilson, (Iowa),
Windom-110.
Nays—Messrs. Bailey, Baker, Baldwin,
Barnes, Boutwell, Beatty, Bentou, Burr,
Butler, (Mass.,) Carey, Chandler, Clarke,
(Ohio,) Clarke, (Kansas.) Ela, Farnsworth,
Fields, Get; Grover, Hardin, Hawkins,
Holman. Hubbard, (West Va..) Jones,
(Ky.,) Kelsey, Kerr, Koontz, Lawrence,
(Pa.,) Marshall, McCarthy, McCormick,
Moore, Mungen, Niblack, l'aintt, Pike,
Plants, Randall, Ross, Schofield, Shelia
berger, Sitgreaves, Spaiding,Stevens,Stone,
Sypher, Taylor, Thomas, Uoson,Vanauken,
Van Trump, Ward, Wilson, (Ohio.,)Wood
and 'Young-54.
Mr.' WASHBURNE, of Illinois, said if
he had been in the hall at tho time his
name was called, he would have voted No,
emphatically.
Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois, moved
to suspend she rules that he might offer as
an amendment to the Naval Appropriation
bill the sections relating to the L hiarine
CorPs, which had been ruled out as not in
_
order. -
The rules were not suspended-70 to 42,
not two-thirds.
The amendments reported from the
Committee on Ways and Means to the Na
val Appropriation bill were agreed to and
the bill passed.
Mr. .BUTLER, of Massachusetts, from
the Committee on Appropriations, offered
a resolution directing the Comptroller of
Currency to inform the House whether
any, and what, National Banks had ' been
allowed to exchange gold' bearing -interest
bonds for currency bonds issued to the
Pacific Railroad, and directing thht such
,exchange shall cease till the further action
of the House. Also directing the Comp
troller of Currency to inform the House
what banks had relinquished their charters
as National Banks and were doing business .
under State charters, still retaining the
National Bank circulation, with the amount
of such circulation outstanding. Also,
whether any bank had been instructed that
the twenty-ninth section of the banking
act, limiting the- amount of liability of
- Personin•theaswelation to`orie-tenth of its
capital, does not apply to the'endorsement
or collateral liabilities or checks certified
as goal.- ,
Daring the discussion which followed,
Mr. DELANO said he believed this an un-.
just attack on the Comptroller of the Cur
rency.
Mr. BUTLER retorted he had made no
such attack, and then said, in, his a judgment
the Treasurer and Comptroller were, both
paid and pliant servants of the banks, and
were doing the business of the banks.
After denial he withdrew, the portion of the
resolution directing the cessation of the ex
change, and it was then adopted.
Mr. SCHOFIELD, •froin Committee on
Appropriations, offered a resolution in
structing the eoretary of the Treasury to
withhold all payments of money to W. W.
Corcoran for the.nee of lands arid buildings
in the District of Columbia, 'supposed to
belong to him and 'taken possession of, by
the War Department during-the rebellion
for National purpoSes, until. fnither action
of Congress. - e -
Mr. BOUTWELL, froth the Committee
on Reconstruction, reported back the Sen
atejoint resolution respecting the provis
iona governments of Virginia and Texas.
The joint resolution provides that the per
sons now holding civilotlipes in the provis4
tonal governments of Virginia and Texas
who cannot take the oath prescribed by the
act of July 2d, 1882, the test oath, shall, on
the passage of this resolution; be removed
therefrom, and makes it :the duty , of the
District Commander to fill the vacancies so
created by the appointment of persons who
can take the oath.' f '
The Committee recommended an amend
ment, that the provisions of the act shall not
apply to persons who, by reason of the re
moval of their disabilities, as provided in
the Fourteenth Amendment of the Consti
tution, shall have been qualified for any
office, and that the act shall not take'effect
until thirty days from its passage.
The amendment was agreed to, and the
resolution passed.. -
Mr. BOUTWELL gave notice he would,
next Saturday, call up the proposed Consti
tutional amendment and bill in relation to
suffrage and try to bring them to a vote
the following: Tuesday.
Mr.
.BUTLER, of Massachusetts, from
the Conimittee on Appropriations, reported
the Indian appropriation; bill, - which was
made the special order for. Monday next. -
The House at three o'clock .went into
Committee of the Whole on the legislative;
executive and judicial appropriation bill,
Mr. Schenck in the chair, and was ' ad
dressed by Mr. WOOD as to . the powers of
Congress on the many subjects-now; being
comprehended within its legislation.
The Committee then proceeded to con
sider the bill by sections fort amendment,
and at half past four rose, wheril ~ .- ,
Mr. FARNSWORTH obtained leave to
'make . it;personal 'explanation in reference .
to newspaper insinuations against hint On.
the subleot of proposed investigations.-into.
the .Wells, -Fargo it CO: isPiatraete, in the
course of which he asked his colleague,
(Mr. Washburn,) if he had written or
dictated certain telegrams which appeared
in, the Chicago, 2Tribtfne And, lliel, stating'
that Mr. Farnsworthohiected to its consid
eration and that -the whole affair bad in,
ugly look. ,
Mr. WASHBURNE Said his - tiolleagne
,ought to know: hitt_ hatter:than to ask such
a-question. Remade no reflection on him
- of any kind. , i ';,,..--- -,' ~..,.
.
Mr. FARNSWORTH accepted the die.
claimer, and said he was opposed
,to stoP
loing the -payoot ; the ;_coptraptors, but ill;
favor of at inveatigatieri. In fact it was at'
his instance the resolution of inquiry was:
offered by his colleague,: (Mr.. Coburn) to
day and'adoPted by the House. -- : - fr
Mr.'WASHBURNE said he did not-in
tend to take part in the quarreVbettieen his
eolleaghe' and 'editors: • ''Each'mat talte.
care of himself.
~ After soma further discussion the eubjeot
was permitted todrop, and -ttni 'Row, at
Ail 0310914 adj=ned.
;ton
SECtilifiliTlOL
Nominations —The President's'
Answer to the Senate's Resolu
tion of Inquiry Upon 'what Au
thoritY He, Based His Amnesty
Proclamation The Virginia
Committee Call on Gem Grant.
[B y Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Geeette.3
WASHINGTON, January 18, 1869.
NOMINATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT.
The President nominated to the Senate
to-day John H. Gadsen, Secretary of, Lega
tion to Mexico vice Mr. Plumb; Wm. Dixon,
Associate Justice for Montana; R. H. Hunt,
Collector of Internal Revenue, Sixth Dis-
trict, Missouri; A. J. Brooks, Collector of
Internal Revenue, Twenty-Pint District,
Penna. •
MESSAGE PROM THE PRESIDENT—THE AM
NESTY PROCLAMATION. ,
The President transmitted the following
to-day to the Senate of the United States:
The resolution adopted on the .sth inst.,
requeStlng the President to transmit to the
Senate a copy of any proclamation of am
nesty made by him since the last adjourn
ment of Congress, and also to com
municate to the Senate by what au
thority of law it was made, has been
received. I accordingly transmit herewith
a cony of a proclamation dated the 25th day
of December last. The authority of law
by which it was made is set forth in the
proclamation itself, which expressly affirms
that it was issued by virtue of the power
and authority in me vested by the Consti
tution, and in the name of the sovereign
people of the United States, and proclaims
and declares, unconditionally, and without
reservation, to all and to every person who
directly or indirectly participated in the
late insurrection or rebellion a full pardon
and amnesty for the offense of trea
son against the United States, or of
adhering to their enemies during the
late civil war; with the restoration
of all their rights, privileges and immuni
ties under the Constitution and laws which
have been made in persuance thereof.
The Federal Constitution, as understood
to be and is regarded by the second section
of article second of that instrument, pro
vides that the President shall have power
to grant reprieves and pardon for offences
against the United States, except in cases
of impeachment. The proclamation of the
25th ult. is in strict accordance with the
judicial exposition of the authority thus
conferred upon the executive, and, as will be
seen by reference to the accompanying pa
pen, is in, coSformity with the pre
cedent esthblished, ,by Washington in
1795, and followed by Adams in 1800, Madi
son in 1815, • and Lincoln in 1863, and by the,
present Executive in 1865, '67 and '6B.
[Signed] • ANDREW Jorereole.
Washington, D. C., January 18, 1869.
The papers aecompanyingthePresident's
answer are as follows:
First—The: proclamation - of Gen. Wash
ington, dated July 10,1 7 795, granting to citi
zens who had been engaged in insurrection
and in resisting the collection of revenue
on distilled spirits and stills in the western
counties of Pennsylvania, excepting cer
tain classes described in the proclamation,
a general pardon of all treasons and other
indictable offenses. -
Second—The proclamation of , John
'Adams, dated the 21st of May, 1800, grant
ing full pardon to alland every person, ire
cludin some persona excepted in Wash
ington s proclamation, engaged in the said
insurrection, whereby remedying and re
leasing unto all such personaall pains and
penalties incurred or supposed to be in-
curred for or on account of the premises.
Third—The proclamation'of James• Mad
ison, dated February 16, 1815, concerning
certain foreigners hying from the danger
of their own homes, and certain citizens of
New Orleans who, forgetful of their dutY
had co-operated in' forming' an establish
,anent of the Island of. Barratria r near the
mouth, of .the river Mississippi, for the
purpose of a clandestine and lawless trade.
The Government of the United States
caused the establishment to be broken up
and pm:seeded to prosecute the offenders
by indictment, etc. For reasons set forth
in the proclamation, President Madison
granted to the offenders full pardon of all
offences committed against the( laws or
touching the intercourse and, commerce of
the United States with foreign, nations;and
the President directs all such indictments
and prosecutions for fines,' pena _ties, for
feitnres, etc.; to be discOntinued and re
leased. I
Fourth—The proclamation of President-I
Lincoln, dated the Bth day of December,
1863, familiar to the public, granting to all
persons, certain classes excepted, who had
participated in the 'rebellion full pardon
and restoration of all rights of property,
except as to slaves and in property cases
where the rights of third parties shall hove
intervened. ,In.t.bis proclamation: Mr. Lin
cam begins by citing the provision in the
Constitution empowering We President to ‘ I
grant reprievearid pardon. The law of
Congress declaring forfeiture, Om., and an- •
thorizing the President to issue proclatna
tiona of pardon' and amnesty, with such ex
ceptions as the:Executive •may deem pro
per, is thou oiled.. Mr. Lincoln; referring
to tbis actiaddet uWhereas, the Congres
,elonai declaration ,for limited ' and COndl.,.
Lionel pardonssccords with the well estab
lished judicial exposition of the pardoning
power; therefore,', etc. •
Pifth=-The" pidelalnation of President
Linuolri; dated the 26th of March,,lB64, de
fining cases in which persons are entitled
to the benefits of hie preceding proclama.
proclamation of President
Johnsen, dated the 29th of May, 181)5, simi
lar to the:Lincoln- proclamation of Decem
ber, 806413, granting 'part:lon .and amnesty,
excepting for cases therein named.
Seventh—Theproclamition , of President
Johnson 'dated September ,7, 1867, extend
ing , full - pardon to certain persons who
were engaged in the rebellion. This proc
lametion, extends pardon to -the classes
mentioned who were not' yardened by the *
ro
preceding pclamations. - -
Eighth—The proclamation '" of President
Johnson of July4,-1868, granting a general
pardon and amneaty to perions engaged. in
the late rebellion, with certain exceptions
and retiervations.
CALLSI) ON OEN. ORANT.'
The Virginia Committeecalled this more-
sing in a body; accompanied' by :other oh
116We:1n-fibril- their Stat , to pay their' v
, . . .
spool; to General "The_oonversation
turned mainly on the b sinees of these gen
tlemen befoieCongiess Thetieneral, who
shOwed.afamillaritv w li the praitisibns of
the Underwood bonstitutiOne" expreitsed
himself ;in. favor. of •speedy 'settlement.
o so n in :h . a duntt ge l n o e u rff aud p7 ,hi n ghly pti t, b , l:s ti b e e nactwy d
the' ristlitira. ,The, ,iotorview was of
to Ot Cathuditee. /bet PbseCicVatkr
' , I
EEL
lb-otritt o , c - Liocir. A. \ 31.
THE CAPITAL.
=III
_
St;ilN;_l3 : i.',l-t • I 9':
called upon the Prbsident and Secrtitary
hofield,. While not asking to base their
disabilities removed/4)y special laws, the
'Committee are exeiting themselves to ob-
Uin a general relief/of all persons in the
State of Virginia, andl/especially to check.
further removal of. State and Countyiolli
cers until Congress can act ion the whole
subject.
The. Senate Cororgitee cm l indiciary-has
under consideration tbe'pitbject of the res
toration of Virginia s trilhe • T.tnioll, but has
not taken forma actioki
NORTH VACIFW fr.A3LROAD.
The billintroduced,in the Rouse bY Mr.
_Windom to aid the construction of the
North Pacific Railroad, prOposes that the
Government shall Merely guarantee the in-
terest on half of the bonds of the Company,
1
HARRISBURG.
Proceedings of the Legislature—
Additional House Officers—Rills
Introduced.
[By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Qsatte..)
Hannisauno, January.lB; 1869.
The House met this evening.
Mr. HERR moved the invitation to attend
the dedication of the - Mexican monument;
May 26th, be accepted and a Committee of
three appointed to - make arrangements.
A opted
Mr. STRANG offered a resolution for
the appointment of twenty-seven additional
officers.
• Messrs. Beans, BroWn, of Clarion, Rogers
and Webb opposed the resolution.
Mr. STRANG. sftid the additional force
was necessary. The average number of
documents to be folded, itc., was forty-four
thousand.
Mr. WILSON, Allegheny, said the news
papers were misinformed as to the cost of
pasting and folding, which they repre
sented at thirty, forty and fifty thousand
dollars, whereas, under the present force,
it was only seven tlibusand dotlars, and
would be only fifteen thousand dollars with.
every addition.
Mr. ROGERS, Philadelphia, raised the
point that the law could not be repealed
by a resolution of the House.
The SPEAKER decided- that the Consti
tution gave each House the right to choose
its own officers.
Mr. WEBB, of Bradford, opposed the
resolution as not necessary.lf the officers
down stairs were not on duty.
Mr. NELSON, of Wayne, moved to
amend by authorizing the Clerk to reduce
the number when possible.
Agreed to arid the resolution passed.
Three thousand copies of the report of
the Pennsylvania Commissioners et Spring
field on the cattle disease were ordered to
be prfnted. •
Mr. CLARE', of Warren, presetited a re
port from the Committee which attended
the funeral of D.'A. Finney.
BILLS lIC4BODUCED.
.
• By• Mr. WILSON, , of Anthony . : Incor
porating the Allegheny Silver Mining
Company; • extending the time for pay
ment of enrollment tax on the act incorpo
rating the Youghiogheny Gaa Coal Coin
;pany to June first. -
By Mr. KERR: Supplement foe a State
road from Tarentam. F
By Mr. 'JACKSON: Extending.Thistat- .
ute of litnitation to fees of Sheriff and other
officers In Armitrong. county; supplement
to the militia' leer of 1864. - •
By Mr. PORTER, of Cambria:. =Extend
_
log the act relative to compensation of Corn
missiouers in Forest and cambria counties.
By Mr. BRATTY: Fixing the number of
tax collectors in Meadville and Titusville;
authorizing school directors oflerawford
county to borrow money.
By Mr. STRANAHAN: Proteciing farm
ers of Erie county from frauds in the sale
of patent rights. • ,
By Mr. BROWN, of litintligton: Allow
ing-parties to contract for the payment of
interest.
By Mr. - ROGERS, of Philadelphia: Abol—
ishing Rasters and folders alter the present
session, and providing for 'contracts for the
performance of said duties,whichthe House
refused to have read. ,
By Mr. STRANG: Authorizing County.
Commissionere to purchase Campbell's sys
tem of indexing,
By Mr. DUNCAN: To prevent the de
struction of oil producing and - unfinished_
wells in yenango county.
Adjourned at eleven o'clock::
LOUISVILLE,
Important Case Decided—Anottier Case
Involving the ConsUtutlonatity of Civil
Rights Bill.
Telegram' to the Pittsburgh easetie.i
LOUISVILLE, January 18.—In the County .
Court an important case has been decided.
The facts relating thereto are abdut as fol:-
lows: - The legislature-by enactment an
.
thorized the Auditor to appoint agents ta
collect back.. taxes due the . State since 1856„.
providing that the agent before entering
upon the duties of his agency, should, in ad
dition to the oath required by the law,
swear that he'had not aided the rebellion,
and was opposed to the overthrdw of the
Union. After a full hearing Judge. Hake -
decided that the oath was unconstitutional
and therefore null and cold.
, Sometime during the fall the bodies of
three negroes; Lucy Armstrong, Jack Po's
ter, her son-in-law . and Sarah Foster, wife
of Jack, were found lying dead lin their
house, iu Lewis connty, their heads having
been split open with an, axe. . Richard ,Fos
ter, who had also been attacked; was found
at a house near by, having made-his escape
shortly before the attacking party left. .:..
JohnßUen and Geo. Kennard who lived •
near the scene of the tragedy; were arrest-,
,ed to answer the crime and afterwards con
victed in the United States Court , here for
murder. The counsel fin' defendants object
ed to the introduction of negro testimony.
and also to the admission of tho_dying dec
laration of the negro, Richard Rader,. who.
died two days' after the commission of the
act. Both of these ohjectionnwen,oCerruled. -
to which exceptions were, entered. „After the
conviction of -the parties, motions in
arrest cifjudgment and Stir a new trial Wort
overruled } to : ; which ruliniP of the O:Mr b "
exceptions were also :entered. The parties'
were sentenced toy Judge Ballard, of the
United States court, to be banged in' this
city on the =of tho.preseul month,lnext
Friday. It is authorltively stated,the exec
'cation :will not takeiplace on that day, as
tbs.prisoners, by their counsel, hive per
fected.their appeal to the Supreme Court
of the Vatted States,:and have obtained a
'writ of error; This .is an irnpo - rtailt
inyolying the.constitutionality or Construe-
Lien of the Civil Rights bill and other
fjiieatiods raised on the record. It is the
.only case before. the 'Supreme COurt par
palely made to test the act.
,
• Earthguakuld Nese .
Brunswick.
Cilvireierrsca to the PietMeiriossette:i
Ntonvtgan.. Januarif 1ik4.4116. - sitock of
an earthqurke Was felt kit' Ste i l lohn, N. 8.,
on Saturday morning, lasting about, one
minute, during which time tab
was quits perceptible.
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