Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-06-23
CONGRESS-. LIST SESSION
WEDNESDAY, June IA, 1913.

priations for the service of the Post o1nce De-
partment.
Also. without amendment, the annual ap-
pronriation bill from the House, for the pay
ment o. revolutionary and other pensions.
Mr. Borland, from the military committee,
rpnorted back with amendments. the bill revl-
wing the several acts providing payment for
horses lost in the public service. The amend
ments were agreed 10, and the bill was then
read third time and passed
On motion of Mr.. Rusk, the joint resolution
from the House, providing for the payment OF
the Texas troops called into service under Col.
Curtis. was taken up and passed.
A motion to take up the Oregon Territorial
Bill was negatived, ii TO 10.
Mr.. Benton, from the military committee,
reported the following joint resolution, which
was twice read and ordered to be printed:
Be 1t resolved, &c, That on the restoration
of peace with Mexico, by treaty OF peace,
duly ratified and proclaimed, all the military
forces of the United States, whether voIun-
teers, regulars, or the marine corps, who by
law or the terms of their engagement were to
be discharged at the close of the war, snall,
under the direction of the President OF the
United States, be transported or marched, with
the least practicable delay, to such posts or
places in the United States as may be Ieas,
expensive or may be most convenient to the
troops and at such places they shall be dis
charged from the service of the United States
and that until they shall respectively reach
such places and be discharged, the officers and
men shall he considered paid, and treated as
in the service of the United States, in the same
manner as if the war had not closed.
The consideration of the In ian approprla-
| ton bill was then resumed, and debate again
ensued on Mr.. Bells amendment granting
compensation to certain Cherokee Indians in
| North Carolina who have not removed to the
Indian country west of the Mississippi The
amendment was finally agreed to, % to IL.
Mr. Mangum submitted resolution tor the
printing of 10000 copies of the proceedings
in Executive session on the treaty OF peace
from which the injunction of secresy has beer
removed. Lies over.
Mr.. Anterior submitted resolution 20 NEE
hereafter at II A M. instead Of IL NJ. Lies
over
Executive session. Adjourned
In the House, Mr. Mckay, from the Com
mittee of Ways and Means, reported, with a
mendments, the joint resolution providing tina
the reports of the heads Of the several depart
ments shall be made and communicated TO
publication Immediately after the close of eacI
fiscal year, and it was read the third time an
passed
Mr.. Mckay, from the same committee, re
ported a bill to repeal the fifth, sixth, and sew
enth clauses of an act in addition to the seve
raj acts regulating the shipment and dlscharg
of seamtn, and the duties of Consuls, appro
we'd goth July. 1910, and also TO amend tn
act supplementary to the act concerning Con
suls and Vice Consus, and for the protection
of American seamen, approved 28th February
1903 Read twice.
: A bill was reported, making appropriation
for certain rivers and harbors, and the surve
of certain others, which was twice read an
> committed
Mr. Goggin, from the Committee on Pos
, Offices and Post Roads. reported the bill to es
t tablsh certain post-routes in the States of NeN
? York, New Jersey, Vermont. Ohio, Indiana
Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Ten
sheraton of the bill several amendment
were proposed and adopted, and it was the
ordered to be engrossed for third reading.
Mr.. Bolts, from the military committee, re
a ported a Joint resolution in relation to tn
: transportation and discharge of the miltar
forces at the close of the Mexican war, Whic
was read the third time and passed.
The House then went into Committee of tn
, Whole on the naval appropriation bill Th
/ Committee finally rose without coming to an
t conclusion on the bill, and the House at
Joumed.
THURSDAY, June Is.
y In the Senate, the joint resolution whic
yesterday passed the House, in relation TO II
> transportation and discharge of the troop
n precisely the same as that yesterday lntrodl
J. ced in the Senate by Mr.. Renton) was req
J. twice, when Mr.. Benton proposed an amen
ment, providing that the commissioned office
|, so discharged shall be entitled to three montl
y extra pay, in addition to the pay and alIowa
a ces due by law.
" Mr. Cameron proposed to amend the amen
e ment by including non commissioned officer
y musicians, and prvates.
o Mr.. Atchison said that some of those WI
: would be included in the amendment of Il
e Senator from Pennsylvania, have never sme
D, npoWder-have never served at all in Il
Mexican war-and therefore that a distinctit
II should be made betw zen those who had al
y those who had not so served.
Al Mr.. Webster took an entirely different vie
n of the matter from the honorable member fro
< Missouri If they had never smeIt gunpov
l. der, it was their misfortune, and not the
J. fault. The object of most. certainly of Il
n officers, who have entered the service, b
70 been distinction, and if they have failed to q
ID tain that, it has been to them subject of +
A. greet and not of rejoicing The climate TO N
ny had been ten times more fatal than had Il
lie arms of the enemy TO others. They had {
re taken their chance, and he could see no re
re son why this distinction should be made.
l. Mr.. Atchison replied that his remarks we
intended simply to apply TO recent enlistment
'S war, but who were nevertheless entitled
80 their pay and bounty lands.
The resolutions and amendments were tn
70 passed over informally.
Il Mr.. Breese moved to take up the Oregt
,s Territorial bill--Iost.
10 On motion of Mr.. Anterior, the consider
is ton of the Indian appropriation bill was res
10 med, and Mr.. Sebastian offered an amendmer
ID 1t relates to proposed reduction in the bill
D. the number of Indian agents on the weSte
IN and southern frontiers, to which reduction
was opposed. After some debate, the amen
ment was adopted.
r Mr., Hunter addressed the Senate at leng
" in opposition 10 The amendment of Mr. Be
j. yesterday adopted, in relation to the Nor
al Carolina Cherokees, and the debate was co
g tnued by several other Senator's
J. The further consideration of the bill was
nally postponed until tomorrow, and on m
l. ton of Mr.. Benton, the Joint resolution rel
H. ting to the transportation and discharge of t
:" troops was again taken up, as Mr.. B. stat
~ that he had received information which re
=, :, dered it important that it should be acted up