, 1862-01-07

$j.S3 Oil
outside Of tic State. This does not include
citizens Of Ohio who hive entered military Or
gaaizations in other States, because Of the
want Of authority to receive them in the Ohio I
contingent, the number of which he estimated I
at 1000. The total amount expended for war i
purposes, to Jan: 1st, 1882, including unpaid
liabilities, is, = SIS, ISL; whele amount re-
funded BY the United States to the State Of !
Ohio, 81 ,070, GOO. The Governor thinks the |
ultimate effect Of tie war will t=e the extesni- |
nation Of slavery, but he deprccates immediate |
emancipation.
TEE PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-. /
WAsnHeroz. January s. 1861
SENATE.
Mr. NESMITH, of Oregon, presented the |
credentials Of Hon. Benjamin StsrsE-, who Was |
BY the death Of Senator Baker |
Mr. FESSENDEN, of Maine, moved that |
that thu administration Of the oaxh be sus-
pended for the present, and the credentials Of I
Mr; Stark, together with eertain papers which |
to the Judiciary Committee. The papers
were well attestcd by Enany Of the most re- !,
spectacle portions Of the inhabitants Of Port |
1and, Oregon. These papers state Mr. Stark is
sionist; that he defands lie course Of the
South, and had given uttcrance to a state
ment at war with the Government, such as ap-
proving the attack on Fort sunterS and deela5-
ing th0t in the case-Ex war he wtEAd sell his
property, go South and f1sht foathe rebels.
He {Fessenden) had examined the papers with
delibeEation, and therefore made the motion.
Mr.. BRIGHT, of Lad, said that there was
no precedent for such a notion He never
knew Of q case where Senator had been re-
fused the oath. He Thought that the Senator
take cogniznce Of tho matter properly. NeFcr
had baser falseaaoods been offered than those
in regard to himself, which had been sent to
the Senate here. He had in his pocket copy
of the New York Hcfold, where It WIS stated
that he, {BrishH was Brigadier Gcneralin the
AIr. FEssENDEN said it was true there was
not precedent, but the state Of the country
wis without precedent and We had now to
make precedcnts. These papers In reference
to MIR. Stark were well attestcd BY his neigh
bors and townsmen.
Mr.. BAYARD, Of Del, thought the case had
better go over until tomorrow, that Senators
might hare time to look into it.
Mr. TRUMBULL, Of IL, said the case vas
| not without precedent, and referred to the case
| credentials were rcfcEredi and also to the case
| Of Mr. Griswold Of Oitlo. where. the crcden-
| tihls were REFEREED
Mr. SUMNER, Of Mass, said the case was
unprecedented. The Senate is now examining
| the Joyalty Of certain members.
Mr.. BAYARD said that there were men in
| the Senate in 1879 who were opposed to the
| war with Great Britain, and to tho
action Of the Government
-Ar. BRIGHE sid that he suppo sed that he
| was referred to By the Senator from Massaclu-
setta {Sumner:) at any rate, he was in the cat
egory He (Bright) was glad the Senate was
| was examining, and so far as he was concern
ed, he was only sorry that they were so slow.
He WIS anxious for result.
Mr. LANE, Of Ind, thought that Sufficient
| +1,5 the avft fhnrenf Whap tho
other cases come up the Senate will be ready
to vote. There could be no difference fopin-
ion III regard to the present war by any patriot.
The credentials Of Mr. Stark, and the papers
kandeain by Nj, Fessenden, were then laid
Oh tie table for the present
from citizens Of Penn, that. John c. Ere.
mont be appointed Lieut. General Mr.. Will
son also presented 4 petition in reference to
Gen: McKinstry, representing that he was
/ confined in prison closely, in Tlolation Of the
rules Of var. !.
! HOTsE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Mr.. COEKLING, of New York, rising to .
question Of privilege, called attention to the
fact that Oh the second day Of the session .
| resolution was adopted with reference to tht
battle of Balls Bluff The resolution pro.
posed NO Investigation into any future trans
actions whatever.
It simply requested the Secretary of War tc
| inform the House whttheraDy steps have beer
| taken to ascertain who was responsible fol
the disaster. Tie resolution Was handed te
the Adjut:nt General, rho submitted it to ths
Commapdcrin- Chief
He fConkliDg> was unwilling to believe thai
the Com,nanderin-C Chief had received thu
resolution, because he could not impute tx
him The design to trif1c with the House ant
return IN eyaslyc answer. r. Il he did reat
it, he certalnlse*sESsanderstsM & ite pprpo15
He seemed TO have received the impression
that future inquiry was to be instituted, ant
that ofa very general character; and he &C
corllngly expressed an opinion to the Adju
tant GeDerl Which WAS reported to the Secre
tary Of War aud By the latter sent to the House
The answer to the resolution did not inform
! the House that steps had been taken to shos
who WIS to blame for the Balls Bluff disaster
The response WAS cyasiye Now this was
, disregard Of the privileges Of the House whic
ought to receive and which requires promp
. notice. Unless We consent to tramplinE uro
| our rights we should watch with a Jealous ey
the right Of wholesome inquiry. Tie inquiry r.
I lated TO q great national calamity, nu
to the most atrocious military murder eve
committed in our history, and the most h1
initiating triumph Of the rebellion, b1undc
,, so gross that every man can see it; and n
, , ! one has ever dared to deny or defend it.
Besides the defeat and the large loss Of arm
. | and munitions Of war, there was sacrifice {
$50 mcn. The resolution to whic, he {ConE
; ling} referred, was proposed ont Of respect t
: the memory Of those men, and in defcrenc
; to Ike public property, and sclfEespect to tt
.. | latiun,
!. Itwas to inquire whether the military At
thorislss llaye taken any steps whatever to .:
I eertain WHO is responsible for the slaughter
c tue sons Of New York, Massachusetts an
Pennsylvania.
Gen. stone, who WIS at the time in con
nand, is Il member Of the regular army. Co
I Baker was volunteer. hcrespectiyefriend
: Of these gentlemen have raised question {
tn .,F$ $t~~
r efficiency Of regulars and volunteers. q
=. (ConkllDg) had no federation for such a COZ
I y NECESSARY. The ns,n that
to be blamed should fal upon h
knees aud ask pardon. II Col. Baker WAS r,
}; Gen. Stone is responsible, 4 greater weight
: : guilt never rested upon any other man tha
r upon him.
! ! afr. CONKL1NG, in the course Of his =
d marks, said tl;c Government is spending IL
a million dollars day, with over GOO OO0 me
in the Gcid. Whenever we have made M az
vance we have been outnumbeFrd and ignt
+ s1'ibiously defeated; and yet the House an
!. the country ART denied the right Of KNOWN
0 Who gre responsible. II We cannot hnyc il
d let us hare secnrity for tue future. Let I
!, know who is responsible for the disgracefi
Il disaster at Balrs Bluff. He said after th
publication Of Adjutant General Thomas's +,
! nGft ftiat1St 10 Genefu Fremont certainly q
publication Of anything connected with th
!, army should be suppressed. Mr.. Conklin
was very pointed and severe in his comment
f He offered q preamble rcciting the resolution
4 heretofore adopted and the response, conclut
= ing with resolution that The answer t
It is neither responsive nor satisfactory to tt
House, and that the Secretary Of War l
directed to return further answer.
Mr. RICHARDSON, Of Ill, said be ras Of
l. posed to tie whole resolution. It was sui
d lcct with which they had nothing to do, m
= the sooner they stopped the proceedings tt
C better for the country.
e Mr. CRITTENDEN, Of KY, thought Il
:, House had no power under the Coastitutio
4 to inquire into matters purely military tt
- army is under the command Of the Preziden
= WHO is responsible for its operations. 7
it interfere with this, therefore, would be an a
II tempt to extend our civil Jurisdiction, Eve
= if NC had the right to make such hu inquir!
IL did not public policy forbid its Gould ":
= be successfully conducted On such prnc
!. | pie? Il faulta have been committed they a.
!, | to be examined into and punished by the mil
Il tary tribunals. Such an inquiry no
It would lead to future similar e.abarassmeut
It He believed that the whole country has cont
n dence in Gen. Mcclellan. Nc had bett.
- weaken our army than weaken confidence
the General in Chief. An army Of harcs Il
C BY lion is more to be dreaded than an arr