The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-02-21

tween Collector Hatch and Captain
Brushwood, before the ordinance of Sc
cession.
About ninety speeches have been de-
livered in the House OH the crisis. Near
" two thirds Of them were Republican
There are snll on hand at least enough to
make an even hundred The grester
part were written out in advance Of de-
livery, and many OF them read TO empty
benches during the Formally olnight ses'
ions.
Those most hopeful of beneficial re-
suits from the Peace Conference, are be-
ginning to despair, and some Of the Com
missioOers have advised their distant
friends accordingly.
An effort is being made 10 avoid Con-
gressional action on all Peace proposl>
tions,
Passage efMs Force Bin by the House
What Secretary Floyd has done
Tile State of Muitqry Preparations
Tile Yeas and Nays on tie Force Bit
-Passage Of Sherman's Sn'qH Treas
my Note Bill Organization Of the
Territory of Colorado,
WAsn1NoroN, Feb. 18th.
Some very important measures passed
the House to-day by heavy majorities,
The FIRST was the so.caled Force Bill re-
ported by Stanton Of Ohio from the Com
mittee on Military Affairs, in response
to resolution of-the House, adopted
Dec. 3lst, 1860, in,the following words:
n '!sResoIved, That the Committee on
I Military Affairs be instructed to inquire
and report how, to whom, and what price
the public arms distributed since January
1860, have been disposed Of, and also
into the condition of the forts, arsenals,
dockyards. &C., of the coun:ry-whether
are supplied with adequate garrisons, and
|, whether any furtheregislation is required
to enable the President to afford adequate
protection 10 the public property"
t The committee submitted report and
a bill to revive acts of l775 and 1907,
providing for calling forth the militia ol
the United States to suppress insurrec.
ton and repel invasion, and 10 extend
= their provisions to all cases Of insured.
tion against the authority Of the United
States. The bill also enables the Presi'
dent in every case where it may be nec'
sssary, to call forth the military and TO
accept the services Of volunteers as cav
, airy, iniantry or artillery, to carry ou'
the purposes of the act. The reason as
| signed for passing new act was, thai
r although the committee deem the existing
: laws confer ample authority on the Pres
, ident, yet the late Attorney Genera
D Black had given an adverse opinion.
t Report states as The result Of their In
auiries they found that late Secretary
Y Floyd sold to various PERSONS end States
r between January 1860, and January 1861
thirty-one thousand six hundred ter
r flint lock muskets at Two dollars and fifty
. ; cents each, which wers claimed to be un
j. suitable for public service but abou
which the testimony Of officers Of the Wa
}. Department differs.
:, Floyd also sold November 2lst, 1860
IS 100 900 muskets at SO Is each to a Mr
Q. Belknap. Also. that during the sprini
r. of 1860, Floyd also transferred fror
Of Springfield Arsenal to AIsenals OF State
10 since seeded, 10000 stands Of arms
}, Also, that on the goth of October last, ID
ordered 40 Columbiads and 4 AZ pound
,r ers from Pittsburg Arsenal to the State
of Mississippi and Texas. without an
m report from the Engineers DepartmeT
r. or any officer thereof that forts in thos
n, States slood in need Of any additio ial al
i. mament whatever. This order was cour
of termarded before its execution, by Floyd
te successor.
of R.port states that there were remail
he ING in United States Arsenas and Arm'
of res on 2lst January last, grand total
to Sal ,565 percession muskets and rifle
as OF these, however, 1878 were deposiIe
in States Of South Carolina, Alabama an
or Louisiana, and have been taken posse
of sion of by those States, leaving the arm
cb actually in possession of the United STATE
IT. only 490, 1887.
he The Committee reports the followir
of forts taken possession of by States
which situated: Fort Moultre, South Ia
u olina Fort Morgan, Ala; Baton Roul
Die Barracks, louisiana Fort Jackson, ALI
70. Fort Phillip Ala; Fort Pike, Louisian
Oglethorpe Barracks, Ga; ChattanoOl
he Arsenal, Fla; Fort McRae, Fla; Fo
ed Barrances, Fla.
nd The Committee further reported Il
actual number'of seaboard foits OF Il
IN United States is 81, whose appropriN
MS garrison in war would require 26,49
of Their actual garrison is only 1884 m
in all Of whom are in forts at Governor
o a Island, New York; Fort McHenTy, Mar
land; Fort Monroe, Va, and San Fra
The cisco California Tho Committee co
cludo the regular military force OF t
nts United States totally inadequate to /
my protection of the forts, arseuals, and o.
OK, or property of the United States, in
er. present distur ed condition OF the cou
the uy.
The regular army numbers only Gig
Va teen thousand men when mustered to
Of maximum strength, and all this force
lgo required upon our extended frontier,
yn. protection against Indian depreciation
e!. Unless it is the intention Of Congress Il
Forts belonging to The United Sta
ate Government shall be exposed to captu
r a by any lawless bands disposed TO co
the nit spoliation upon them, the Preside
ed must be armed with additional force
ops their protection, and the Commits
ing therefore report the above BILL
CHI. After much 6libustering from
Southern side, the bill passed Ly "