Warren telegraph. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1857-1861, 1861-07-27


penses Of the government The bills relating to
indemniyipg the garrison of Fort Sumter for
lost private property; to forwarding soldiers
letters; 10 the payment of salary due the late
Senator Douglas, and the relief Of the Ohio
Volunteers, were also passed.
In the House the bill providing for the better
organization of the military establishment was
passed; ais, the Senate bill for temporary
increase of the navy. The bill for the relief Of
the relatives of persons lost in the sloop-ofwar
Levant was passed. Mr.. Crittcnden, of Ken.
lucky. asked leave to submit resolutions decar-
ing that the present civil war had been forced
on us by the disunionists of the Southern States
now in rebellion against the government of the
United States; that in this natural emergency,
Congress, banishing all feelings Of passion and
resentment will recollect only their duty to
their country; that the war is not wagcd for
conquest or subjugation, or for interfering with
the rights or established institutions of these
States, but to maintain and defend the suprcma-
cy of the constitution, with the rights and
equality under it unimpaired; that as soon as
these objects shall be accomplished the war
ought to cease
The Senate on Saturday passed the bill to
remit the fines of vessels which came from
seeded States before the blockade, with irregu-
lar clearances. The resolution approving the
acts Of the President was discussed by Mr.
Latham of Cal, who criticised some of those
acts, but dec Jared that California will stand by
the Union.
The House was not in session.
In the Senate on Monday, the bill increasing
the Naval Military force, was amended so as to
provide tor filling vacancies at the Naval Acade-
my, and so passed also bill. providing for the
construction of floating batteries and iron-clad
ships. The bill for the confscation of the
property of cbels was amended so as to include
slaves, and passed.
In the House, tie bill remitting the duties on
imported arms was passed. Resolutions were
passed, rendering the thanks of Congress to
the Massachusetts Sixth Regiment, for their
prompt reply to the call of the President, and
their bravery in fighting their way through
Baltimore. Resolutions expressing confidence
in the government to sustain ITSELF and hope
for the Union, were Offer ed. A resolution re-
questing the Secretary of War to state the facts
as to the employment of negroes and Indians in
the military service Of the "so-called Southern
Conf ederacy" was passed also bill authoriz-
ing the Secretary of the Treasury to refund to
Governors of States sums expended for the
equipment and transportation Of volunteers.
In the Senate on Tuesday, the bill appropr
ating $2,000,000 for organizing the loyal citizens
of rebel States, into regiments and providing
{them with arpss was passed. The bill refund
ing duties arms imported by SAatss also
passed A bill was reported to punish fraud in
making contracts with the government. After
an executive session the Senate adjourned.
In the House a committee of conference was
ordered on the di>agreeing amendment to the
bill to increase the military establishment A
bill dividing kentucky into two judicial districts,
and abolishng the present District Court, and
a'olishing the two District Courts of Missouri,
and creating one Court in their stead, was pass
ed by vote of seventy nine to fifty. The
Committee of Ways and Means reported bill
to provide additional revenues for defiaying the
expenses Of the government and maintaining the
public credit, by the assessment and collection
to be raised in the State of New York by this
measure i, SO, S,9o5,s7s.
In the Senate on Wednesday, resolution
was offered and agreed to, instructing the Ju-
dietary Committee to inquire into the cxpodien-
cy of requiring the oath of al egiance to be
administered to all naval and military officers
and government employees. The bill for the
better organization of the military establish
ment, came back from the House with an
amendment, in which the Senate refused to
concur. The bill providing for the payment of
the federal police in Baltimore was passed also
revenue service. Senator johnson, of Tennessee,
offered a resolution declaring the purpose of the
war to be the maintenance of the Union rather
iahan the su'jugation of the States, which was
laid over, and the Senate adjourned.
In the House, a bill authorizing the President
to appoint consuls to foreign ports, for the pur-
pose Of preventing piracy, was passed. The
Scnate's bill authorizing the President to accept
the services of 500, 900 volunteers for the sup
preston of the present rebellion was also passed.
The subject of appropriating 100000 to pay
the new police force in Baltimore came up,
when very spirited and interesting debate
cnsued, in which several members took part,
Mr. Burnett, of Kentucky, and Mr.. Richardson,
of Illinois, being the principal speakers. The
appropria ion was finally passed in the same
shape it passed the Senate. The House then