Litchfield enquirer., 1861-07-25
Congress.
JOHN PopE, Brigadier General.

reported by the Military Committee were consid- cred. Tine amendment relating to the filling of vacancies at the West Point Academy was final Y settled by striking out all relating to the sub- ject On further consideration it was agreed tbat the officers OR the retired list should receive the pay proper but no extra allowances. An other amendment was offered by Mr. Powell of Kentucky, to the effect that no part of the Army or Navy should be used to subjugatc or hold as provinces, any State lately one of the United States, or i'll any way to interfere with African Slavery Mr. Sherman replied that it was in no part the object to subjugate the States abolish Slavery. It was only to subjugate rebellious cit izcns. The Committee of Conference on the bill to authorize the employment of volunteers re ported, and the bill was passed. Mir. Sherman amendment was then agreed to, and the Military bill was passed. In the House, Mr. Washburr of Illinois, reported a bill, which was passed, te remit fines and penalties in certain cases incur red by reason of the closing of the Southerl ports. Mir. Pendleton of Ohio, brought in bil to provide for the paying of the Ohio volunteers at the time they arrived at the rendezvous, ant not from the time they were sworn in, which wa twelve days afterwards. An amendment wa: made to pay the militia of other States similarly situated. The bill passed. Mir. Coltax of Indi ana, proposed a bill, which was passed, that al letters addressed, prepaid, to the soldiers, shoul, whenever practicable, be sent to any other pon
 without charge. Mr. Hickman of Pennsylvania from the Committee of ofJuliciary, inquired wheth CT Mr. May ot Maryland, was or had been hold ing criminal intercourse with the rebels As the evidence tending to prove Mr. Nays guilt wa based upon newspaper articles only. the Commit tee recommended that no action be taken on the part of the House. Mir. May, by permission 0 the House, endeavored to make an explanation wherein he said that he had stood faithfully b1 the United States, and he meant to stand by 1t had been treated they had been arrested in the dead hour of night and imprisoned in fo:ts Ou this account, before he took his seat in the
 House. he had under consideration whether Inc should enter upon his duties representative
 He defended Marshal Kane, but did not justify his dispatch to Mr. Johnson. The bill for in crcasing Army to 24,000 men was then taken up
 on a motion from Mir. Blair, a substitute wa: adopted, converting these regiments into volun tcer forces.
 FRIDAy.-Congress caught the war fever Fri day, and short sessions were the orler of the day. In the Senate 8 resolution was adopted calling upon the President for information as to the nature of the "quasi arlnistice" referred to in the Message in relation to the operations of the Sabine at Fort Pickens. The House bill for the rellet O the soldiers and mlSlClaI3 or | OIL Sumter was passed The bill for the relief of the Ohio volunteers, paying them from the date of rendezvous and previous to their being mus tered into service, was also passed. The Legis- lative, Executive, Judicial and Civil Appropria- ton bills were passed. The special order, the resolution approving of the acts of the Presi- dent was taken up and debated by MT. Bayard, and after Executive session, the Senate adjourn ed. In the House, a resolution to adjourn on Monday was lost-42 to S8. Mir. Cnttenden made an intellectual effort to introduce resolu- tions declaring that the war shall cease as soon as the supremacy of the Constitution is maintained and defended, and right and equali- ty under it are unimpared. The joint resolu- ton for the relief of the widows and orphans of the men lost in the sloop-of-war Leront was pass ed. In Committee of the Whole, the House dis cussed the bill providing for the appointment oi an Assistant-Secretary of War, and more eli cient disposition of the war bureaus. After a brief debate, the bil passed Among other things the bill provides for special oath of ale glance to the General Government, to be taken by cadets. Tie House adjourned to Monday.
 The news of the depredations of the privateer Sunater has led to further apprehensons for the safety of the California treasure. The steamer Key Stone State has therefore been directed to
 leave this port to-day for the purpose of convoy ing home the Northern Lightand her Sl 10000 of specie. The Keystone State will then go Tn search of the Sumter.