Show DOINGS OF CONGRESS in rn the senate on monday the of jan numerous petitions were presented for the enactment of a general bankrupt law mr clark dark offered a resolution which was adopted requesting the committee on the conduct of the war to inquire and report wha what were the objections and the causes of delay in the execution of the act to confiscate the property of se ceders cedera in the d strict of columbia and whether any legislation was necessary to secure the more prompt execution of the act the bill providing forthe for the further issue of bonds and united states notes was taken up and passed the bill providing for the reorganization L of t the h e court of claims claim S wa was taken up and considered mr hale opposed legislating upon that or any other measure not having in view the salvation of the country the court was a lame fame duck politician arrangement of no practical benefit to the country and time should not be consumed in its discussion cus sion A bill providing for the raising of troops for the defense of kentucky was taken up and ind passed the balance of the day was spent in speechifying speechify ing on various subjects in the house on the mr air colfax offered a resolution which was tabled to discharge the committee oi of ways way s ana ani means meana from the further consideration of the bill reducing the duty on imported paper from thirty five to ten per cent and that the bill be considered in the thel house fouse at once and Mr mckellogg kellogg offered a resolution which passed Instruct instructing luo lug the committee to inquire into the expediency of deduc ng the duty on imported rags of which paper is made on motion of mr dawes a resolution ozi oil was passed pass pabs ed requesting the president to comm ini mi cate to the house what instruction had bad been given to gen dix gen shipley gov stanley or either af them in f relation to the elec members of congress from virginia and north Ca carolina rolna roina on motion of mr sedgewick the tile naval committee was instructed to make inquiries in reference to laying a telegraph cable between fortress monroe and new orleans A resolution was also adopted providing that the debts due dus the soldiers be paid in preference lo 10 all other debts owed by the government the house then went into committee of the whole on onn the bill to provide ways and means for he the support ot of the governments government considered to be one of the most important matters for thi the consideration of con CoD congress kress iress in n the senate on tuesday jan mr grimes offered a resolution requesting the president to communicate to the senate all communications between the state department and the representatives of her britannic ma bestys government in relation to the capture of british besses sailing from one port to another having on board articles contraband of war intended for the use of the o called confederate states and mr mcdougall a resolution requester reque stir tl g him to communicate to the senate any correspondence in la his possession or in the tte state department between the government and the mexican minister at washington relating to exportation from drom parts of the he united states articles contraband of or war for the use of the french army in mexico Al exico t mr kennedy of ind announced the death of his late colleague the hon lion james alfred pearce the of december aged 58 years eulogies Eu ogies were delivered by M rs kennedy boyard and Fessenden and the customary resolutions were adopted in the house on the the speaker announced fenton of new york kellogg t of illinois hot bot kentucky and english of connecticut ts ai as a special commit tee to inquire into the expel expediency lency and fiecek necea sity of establishing n a military and post road from the city of nex nes york to the city of wash ington in order to facilitate the transportation of f the mails mail arms troops ai at d munitions of war the house then went into committee of the whole on the ha bill to provide ways waya and means meang for the support of the government and mr morrill made a speech in which he sad that the extraordinary figures 0 inthe bill were transcended ony by the object intended to be accomplished nine hundred millions of dollars in paper were called for by this measure if the he war should be prolonged until july 1864 1804 the entire amount would be needed but great as were the figures the price was not too much for liberty and union now cow and for ever one and inseparable he was constrained Bt to vote for the bill because be knew of hio fio no other mode to relieve the immediate necessities of the treasury he ife however did not abate one jot from his former declared OPP opposition position to making gilt edged paper a measure or solvent for gold and silver but the patient thad lad been so long accustomed to opiates that the dose could couls not be withheld without w peril in the senate on wednesday jan san 14 the vice president prisident presented a communication from the secretary of the interior asking for an ampro appropriation P of fifty thousand and dollars twenty thousand of which to be applied to the support of the utah indians mr air kennedy presented the credentials of of hon thomas 11 hicks appointed united states senator from the state of marland maryland to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of hon lion james A pearce who appeared and took his uis seat in the house on the a joint resolution was passed providing 0 hor tor the he payment of the soldiers by issuing one hundred millions of united states legal tender notes the amount to be deducted from the amount of an any ady y bill subsequently passed by congress for the up tup port of the war mr wrights resolution in relation to the reb rebellion eIllon and the be war was taken up upon which mr Val vai landingham made a lengthy speech and mr bingham replied in the senate on thursday jan loth the joint resolution providing for the payment of 0 the army and navy was passed by nearly a unanimous rute rotc vote powell rowen and salisbury were the only senators who voted nay the bill making appropriations for the support of the military academy forthe tor for the year ending june 30 1864 was passed after consid considerable erab le discussion in regard to the utility of the institution by a vote of 29 to 10 inthe in the house on the mr clemts clements presented the credential credentials s of A Mr fr jenn Jennings ings piggott claiming a spat scat as representative under the certificate cf f gor gov stanley mr dawson presented the be protest of charles henry foster poster his bis admission the ile house went into committee of the the whole on the bill to provide ways and means to support up the government and did notrice till the hour of adjournment in the senate on friday jan the vice president presented a communication from the secretary of the interior asking for an appropriation of five live thousand thOU SaLd d dollars for the new dome mr harding presented a memorial from the widow of the late col E D baker asking for a pension the bill to stipend bil sti pend the sale of lands on the coast of georgia in an and aud about po port rt royal was reported back with an amendment as a substitute A resolution wab waa adopted directing the committee on finance to inquire into the expediency e 0 if making an appropriation for the purpose of encouraging emigration from europe to 0 the united states in the house on the the bill providing for the enlargement engorgement of the mississippi and michigan canal and the osvrey anid arid erie canals was taken up and discussed at considerable sid erable I 1 len ien length th but no vote was taken both houses adjourned till monday in the senate on Mont monday lay the dougall offered a bennes of ofa rp solutions denouncing the attempt of the french government to subjugate the republic of mex nex cotoner to her authority by armed force as a violation of the established rules oe of international law and that it is moreover a violat violation on cf of the falth faith of i france pledged by the treaty made at london on the of october 1861 between the governments ern ments of spain S ai france and england Eng landd and an act un friendy unfriendly to free institutions everywhere and was regarded as not only odly unfriendly but hostile thit it should be the duty of the government to require ef of the government 01 ol of france the withdrawal of her armed armea forces fo r ces from mexico the resolutions were ia maldover lal ial id goven goyer dover ven ver till the following thursday the bill for the discharge of state prig pris prisoners nere was taken up and discussed after which the senate went into executive session in the ther house on the lath mr cox offered a resolution which was referred to the committee on contracts requesting the secretary of war to inform the house what amount of revenue is derived from the tho hides bides hoofs and tallow of the cattle slain for the army since the commencement ot of the rebellion the number of cattle slaughtered to whom bold sold whether by byl contract and whether an an 1 a arrangement 1 r cannot be made to increase the revenue from that source the house went into eito committee of the whole on the bill providing ways and means for foi the them support of the government and mr hooper made a speech on th the subject of paper currency c y |