Show HOUSE proceedings I 1 A reso resolution luion pawl passed the he biou ie ies yes arday calling on the llie pre president ident if not income incompatible with tile p public t interest to communicate any possession or the executive department in regard to the lh I 1 take ala at t tu aay lion by bv ili ahe so callej called emperor of Mex mexico icil or a aej y Euro european pein and also abal or action barbern taken ins ia the premises by bj our government mr stillwell offered this preamble and resolution that as the firof iho rebellion has been apen crushed crush etl of the iho people who have been in rebellion anil and who wb have nib milled to lo the laws and nd adopts d a re publican form forin or government ern ment repealed the ordina ordinance of secession and passed the constitutional amendment readi abed the rebel debt and passed laws prote protecting cling shall be received js as members of the congress when they shall take the ibe est oath I 1 referred to the co committee on reconstruction A resolution providing that the test oath should have effect and bu be required in all departments of the public service was A motion to lay it on the table was wa di disagreed to yeas 36 na s the resolution then passed A resolution calling on the secretary orl of war Varto to furnish a statement showing the rin number niber ot of men furnished by etch cich state since sance the first of april stud end the number of three months men and the credited cre diled to each on the standard lor for three years ears A message ww wai wa i received from the fhe senate accompanied by ft a report fr from om that body proposing appropriate uc ile tion lion consequent upon tile the dt ath ot of P president esir lincoln report unanimously concurred in sir mr Wish burn of illinois from rom the committee appointed to take action on the bill lor for the relief or of sirs mrs lincoln reported arted an appropriation of loss less any amount tint that may have been paid p lid mr lincoln or his on account of his big salary 1 he bill passed t mr wilson of iowa reported a bill from the judiciary committee committie tending the right of suffrage in the district ot of columbia bill evicts that from all laws prescribing tie me qualifications of electors cle ele cori cors in the vi columbia the word w white bite be and the same stricken clion oil out t and th hat after thi pass ig je c of toi ae act t po no person stall s aall be di quantified from voting on account of col color or all acts of cou con gress all lawa ily leforc force e inthis in tah district ani aej all ordinances of corpora lions or of washington and georgetown inconsistent are hereby rep repealed paled and annulled afi Ll dridge objected to the bill being reported on motion of wilson the house su gnp ended the rules for that purpose aridity and ari dit it was madi made the apeci order for the joth of january y mr alley of b fredred iha a following resolution resolve revolved ved d that the abe house corda cordially lly concurs in tile views news of the secretary of the he treasury in relation to the tb necessity of the contraction of the currency with a view to any early resumption 0 of specie payments an am the tb bu business sineAs interests or of the coi country latry will peri permit nit and we hereby pledge co operative action to that evid ud as speedily a as poss possible the resolution nas aas agreed to yeas lit nays C G lil mr ashley introduced a bill to e enable loyal citizens citi ens in states stales whose whom constitutions were overthrown or subverted by the rb rebellion lilo j io fo form wc a constitution and state slata government preparatory to ta resuming n ing the relation to tho gobern gov ern in mcdo en referred let erred to committee on iledon 1 eco n st ruction clion mr sp P tiding ju introduced a bi providing for ti itie registering isterling and enrolling of vessels b built nil in foreign corin countries tries but v holly owned in the U S referred RL berred to comm vee tee on oil commercio commercii ml MI lowag iowa from committee on judicial judicini Judi ciny reported ported it a aj joint diat resolution in amendment to th the tilt conf the rebel debt after a debate the proposition passed by ha against 11 tho the house Judi judiciary clar y committee agreed to report at an early day on an amendment to the constitution providing that tu it the number of voters in states shall be the basli of their representation |