Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-03-14

le The money that it would cost the Govern
1t ment TO provide for these INDECENT person.
is would maxi the treasury more indigent thar
- themselves even.
n The bill WAS then passed by yeas 26, nay.
Ia.
Nays. Messrs Browoing, Carlisle, Cow
an Davis, Henderson, Kennedy, McDouga
u Pcarce, Posy,.l, Rice, Salisbury, Thompson
: Wilson of Mo-, ard Wright-l4.
The senate went into executive session ana
then adjourned until monday.
House. Mr. Gu~ey introduced bill to
secure to pilots. eng neers, sailors and crews
upon the n, boats and war vessels their
bounty and pension.
The House then proceeded to the consd-
: Grafton of tn bill to authorize the Secretary
of the Treasury to purchase coin
Mr.. Pendle.on enquired of MIR. Stevens
whether, in his opinion. it was necessary to
authorize :hc sale Ct the $500 900, 600 bonds,
recently authorized, in order torcalize suffi-
cient coin for the payment of the interest
which would not be, by the 1st July, more
than forty millions on the fifty millions of
Indebtedness -.. seHL- .ss.t La
Mr. Steven did not think it necessary, but
it was found by the Secretary of the Treasu-
ry that these bonds clnnnt be sold except at
a great tcpreciation, which he did not chose
to make; herce he suggested the passage of
| the bill so that the specie section of the re-
Gently enacted U. S. note law may not be re-
pudiated.
Mr.. Stevens aided, in reply, that the new
five hundred million ,nds had not yet been
issued.
| Mr.. Pendlcton expressed himself satisfied
with the explanation, and would vote for it,
He, however, offered an amendment, which
was agreed TO, asscrtin, that the demands
shall be receivable for duties on imports, with
this exception.
The bill was then passed as originally in-
troduced
| Mr.. Hardin, rising to an cx lanation, said
he had noticed in e newspapers that the
chairman OF the Committee ON Territories
had reported bill provldiag FOR Territorial
Governments in the s ceded States, and for
their subsequent admission mo the Unior
This subject had been d'scu-sd in public
prints. lie Qiarding) was at a loss to ascertain
how this in formation Was obtained
| Mr.. Ashley; the chairman Of tn commit
tee, Informed bi4 colleague thereon that the
comulittce auth3riZ- d him TO report the bi i
and under distinctions re (Ashley) had
moved its printing AMI recommittment to the
committc
Mr.. Hardin said that thc Senate commit
tee on Territories had concurred in The pro-
visions Of ,hi, BILL
Mr. Ashley rcpcd that he was OF aware
that that comniitee, with The chairman of
whom he hid been in consultation, ad come
10 any conclusion on he su ject. If the
| newspapers hal made m'S-.tatement the
| chairman of neither of these committees was
responsible for it
Mr.. Harding said that only four out of the
nine members ofthe committee had agreed on
the bill, and yet it was sent out AS the report
OF the majority of the committee.
Mr.. Ashley further explained that he gave
printed op es to those VIII, asked for them
The bill to render val d. and to authorize
| the extension Of that patent granted to John
S. Wint, for an Improvement in the msnulac-
ture of lamp black, was sscd by vote of
73 against SO.
The House then went into Committee of
the Whole on the STATE of the Union.
The bill relating to the Fraoking Privilege
being no'ninail und r consideration, Mr..
Blair pro ,eede,i to sp ak Of the Military De-
par meat of the y est, under Gen John C.
| Fremont
M. B'air sail q very great pressure had
been brought to bear through the news papers
to fhrce Gen Fremont back into a command
| and force the administration az int is judg-
| ment expressed after i.lberat'cn 20 employ
him in some one of the military departments.
| lie (B,air) had seen stated in telegrams
that Gen. Frem mt had again and again de.
manded a trial. This is not true.
| Mr.. Riddle asked on what authority the
gent, man male the last statement
Mr.. B'air rcsuining, sail 10 demand fer Il
| trial had been made, unless IT has been done
within the ! st TWO or three days Gen. Ere
mont had cot made the demand al all for he
! lBiair) had taken pains to satisfy himself of
the fact by onqulr'ng at the office Of the Ad-
jutant General and at that Of the Judge Ad-
vocate Of the army. |! was most Xtraordi-
nary that An officer Of the army, charged with
crime of the mutiny and mi GO duct of war,
and depostd from Ills command IN conse-
quence of these charges, should not ask
trial. He ventured The assertion that if Gen.
Fremont will demand a t.iai thu Admlnistra-
ton will grant it. 1t haH also been said that
the committee on the conduct of the war had
demanded his (Fremont's} restoration. He
(Blair) under' ook 20 say that such was rot
the fact. 1t was simply public acti of
some OF tremont's pal tizans, and it wa also
said, Though the press, tt at Fremont was to
be restored 10 4 command. He (Blair) did
not know whether this was so or not, but in.
asmuch as ihc information came in some
what the shape OF other publications he be-
ievco it was Of the same character
Mr.. l{lsir said there were preliminary
symptoms which, foreshal ~ cd ndannounced
the siinu ianco sappearance OF the statement
made by Gen. F emont in his t!cfease before
the com. m.n'tree and the speech of his Aid de-
Camp, Shanks, in this House. The stltc-
ment of the speech il,auguratei new cam,
paign and new field, ana the battles to be
fought with weapons Far different than the
rude instruments Of war-with proc;a,na;ions,
which, up to this time, in Fre,nont's hands,
have had no ious effect. lie (R!at) com
mended Gen. Frenont's choice OF weapons
Certain it WAS that his proclaim itionS did not
help the en- my as much Is his exposed and
isolated posts at Lexington and elsewhere
His proclamation d not injire the Adminis
lration as much as single purchase of
worthless arms and the erection of useless
earthworks He (F3lair) did not believe that
Gen. Fremon' was authofiz' d to publish his
statement, which was extraordinary in its
charac er
i Nj Gooch, member of the Committee on
the Conduct of The War, said that Gen. Fre-
mont having presented largo number Of
documents, was requested by the committee
to prepare a concise statement as 70 the ad-
min stration Of affairs in his Department,
which he G rcmonD did at a subsequent
period Gen. Fremont again appeared before
the committee. and was questoneds When
he was about to leave the room he was re-
qrested not to give Information outside of
what he stated to the committee lle(Gooch)
understood Gen Frenont.to acquicsce in this
request, as he had in al! others m4de by the
committee He (Gooch) Snly wished to add
that the publication was made without the
, knoMledge and AGAINST tnc coasent Of the