Show spella to the deseret keening wi til wh I 1 1 1 co 4 I 1 sebr SENATE T the li 4 naval navai I 1 reported a adversely erse to the e memoria memorial 0 of commodore ommo re meade lead e to be xe restored stored to the fhe active listo mor morion li introduced a bill giving a pension to the widow df bf president lincoln sumner suggested that ahat the pension be made referred to the committee on Pens pensions lons ions I 1 the senate resu resumed hied nied the tian of the sue murphy bill during the discussion Wilson proposed the creation of a board consisting of generals meigs thomas howard and elkin to examine the report of the claims of loyalists to sit for two years from april next without action the Sena tead journea jour ned wilson glison introduced a bill to amend the tenure of office act march and 2nd 1867 which was referred to the joint committee on retrenchment kellogg introduced a bill for incorporating po a company under the name of the south southwestern western pacific railroad company with a capital of to construct a railroad and telegraph line from fulton Ar kamas arkansas crossing trinity elyer elver between the thirty second and thirty third parallels to el paso on the bio rio grande thence through new mexico and arizona toa to ton a point in colorado near the southeastern south eastern boundary of california and thence to san francisco with branches to some point near san diego the bill grants twenty sections per mile on each side of the line and six per cent thirty year G government 0 yern vern ment bonds to thel the amount of seventy thousand per mile in new mexico and arizona at sixteen thousand per mile I 1 and for the rest of the line to be secured by a second mortgage NV washington ashington ste wart from the judiciary committee reported the following constitutional amendment and asked that the committee be discharged from further consideration of the subject article the right of citizens of the united states to vote and hold holds office shall not be b denied or abridged by the united states or any state on an account of color or previous servitude sherman offered a resolution inquiring of the secretary of the treasury the amount paid the baltimore ohio all ali road for the transportation of men a and and aad ad supplies upp lies lles each year during the war yates introduced a bill to enable the people deop le of colorado to form a state go government V ern ment referred to the committee on territories the morning hour having expired shermans Sher mans resolution went over under rule the senate resumed the consideration odthe of the sue murphy bill after much discussion the bill and the amendments were re committed to the committee on claims the credentials of senator benator buckingham of connecticut were presented adjourned I 1 A memorial was presented asking for the removal of political disabilities from all superintendents of insane in the south sherman from the finance committee re reported potted a bill legalizing coin contracts tra c ts the second section appropriates te from the customs receipts annually to io pay the interest and reduce the principal of the public debt the said amount to be in lieu of I 1 he the sinking fund provided antho in the acton act of february ath 1862 see sec 3 provides for the exchange of greenbacks green backs in sums of not hot less lesa than fity fifty dollars for bonds payable bid in coin coln redeemable d dee in ten or pr payable in n fo forty arty years bearl bearing beaning ng per cent interest exempt from crom taxa taxation tlona tiona i sec 4 provides dorthe for the issue of government notes bearing interest interest payable on demand set see sec 5 authorizes the National Banks tois to issue safe saie any amol amount rint lint of Wt honl interest payable lri iri coin coln natto not tp axce exceed A sixty five per gent cent af the amount of government injen t bonds deposit edlas edias security for circulation I 1 willims williams and Cattell offered red several amendments which were ordered co bd printed with t he the billi bill The President sent to the senate enate tb day a reply wrepsy to the resolution a copy of any uny hinn binn amnesty esty osty proclamations nis sued sned since thie the last meeting of or congress also aiso to tate tafe te by the authority of what law etwas it was made he says the authority is set forth in the proclamation itself which declares that it was issued by virtue odthe of the power arnd arid authority vested inthe luthe in the president by the constitution artigie article and 2nd s eption 2nd and harlan made a lengths lengthy personal explanation in ili reply to me t e charges of lew newspaper e correspondents T ane q sen enate te considered the tho bill bin to regulate re glae let iet allt the duty on on copper 44 but aith out fint fini adjourned adjo corbett presented rt anted a m nikolla 1 I oom from the citizens ar f washington errio Tr rF hio rio lOry ry against te I 1 bf the thu t hib hie of nd tion of the ointa tip kip of san sap Js juan uan sa s1 to arbitration abb abbott ott 1 vc bill to fo aid idd in the of a railroad through arkansas to the 1 pacific 1 thayer offered a constitutional to prevent the A ment of any aby citizen jon 6 account of color the resolution reiola tion lion was wag laid table the TheS nute resumed of the tho copper bill to which several amendments were e offered arid ariL variously disposed of the ne bill was finally passed when wuen the senate weli well t into executive e and soon after adjourned house MOUSE 1 ashburne washburne NV opposed the bill on account of the financial condition of the country 13 alley aliey d ii gM and chandler also opposed the bill allison logan barnes and ingersoll soli favored it the motion to lay the bill on the table was lost seventy six pix yeas to 86 nays after further discussion the bill was defeated by reference to a committee of the whole bhole yeas 81 nays 60 Adjourn adjourned bd among the bills introduced was one b by poland providing for the issue of united united states bonds and for a free system of national banking A bill by vanhorn for the construction of lanes unes of telegraph tel tei graph between boston new now york philadelphia baltimore and washington under the direction of the Post effiee effice department one by banks exempting manufactures and printed newspapers from taxation one by bingham to admit the representatives of mississippi to congress one by garfield fixing the number of brigadier generals Genera 13 at eight one by lawrence abolishing the trank ing privilege after larch march ath n next axt holman offered a resolution that no further farther subsidies ought to be e given by C congress either elther in u bonds or ili money diley to railroad ra or other corporations or to promote local enterprises but that the whole reso resource urcer of the country ought to be applied to its decess I 1 ties in such a manner as will relieve the people pl e from the burdens af pf taxation resolved that grants of publio lands I 1 to 9 corporations ought to be b discontinued inu e and that the whole of such lands and g 0 ought U to be held as a sacred trust to 0 secure homesteads to actual settlers and for no other purpose whatever holman moved the previous question which was w as seconded and the dira fira resolution was adopted yeas 90 nays 67 the second resolution was laid on the table yeas 54 nays as it would iii ili interfere terone with the soldier soldie r a bounty bill the naval appropriation bill was passed with the amendments as reported by the committee committe 6 boutwell gave notice that on next saturday he would call up the proposed constitutional amendment in relation to the suffrage and try to bring it to tp the vote voto on the t he following tuesday butler from the committee gnap on ap reported the indian appropriation pria tion bill bills which was made a special order for monday next the house louse went into a committee of the whole on ahe legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill after its consideration sometime for the committee rose made a vi personal pers onil explanation i in regard to the newspaper strictures an his course lafiTe re 0 0 o the payment mee of bf wells Nr elis ells fargo co on 0 their adjourned a resolution to arn three I 1 hundred thousand copies coples of or commissioner wells report kelly e 11 ly opposed tho the he reso leso teso q i iia tia and J yells state stale aise alse and deceive deu det sive eive and lind da 6 agi p tha country the dehate delate was continued ti uli uki by 4 Mi Garfield nield field jencks butler r ea jela he re was nally finally n la 19 adopted ii pile I 1 s offered an amendment providing aj d ing fon for ta ark of 0 the minorities ml non nor 11 rejected J to c oo 00 considerable 0 as d er debate was P passed SO 61 to 56 the house proceed eq to didgs dispose of the business on the speakers ta tabie table lp tiie wile senate bill branti granting uge lands bands land wo the rigl right ht of way to the denver denven pacific railroad roa d was taken u up price prie offered an amendment that nor noy no subsidy in bonds be issued for inor lnor ethan nifty fifty four miles of af the road maynard inquired ailred whether the iho bill i rd under the resolution adopted yesterday IW Speaker said that was a matter for the house to decide i price remarked that the hou ie might as well weli fight the battle as to subsidies on this bill aa as on any other several other oilier amendments were offered including 11 two providing that lands be sold only to actual settlers washburne of illinois made an elaborate speech in opposition to the bill after which without further action the house adjourned i |