The national Republican., 1862-07-02
.xRTY-SEvENTR OONaREba
SECOND SESSION. ~

gWIRTY4 4EvENTR OONaREbs
"a SECOND SESSION. ~
- TuEspAY, July =, 1850. =,
~ roRsraN AvrArns. ~
Mr.. SUMNER, from The Committee on For
etgn Relations, 70 whom was referred ths bill
- ansnd atAs aet 70 oarfy Into -sflsot provi-
elons Of the treaties between ths Unitsd States,
China, japan, Slam, Pssls, end othss countries,
giving certain judicial powers 70 ministers and
oonsuls, and other fanctloaaelss of he Uaited
States, In thoss countries, and for other purpo.
ses,n reported II without amendment. L, -.ll
On hls molten, Il wss postponed 10 The lst
Monday 10 December nsxt. H III d ,,s,- :. r
snL nIloDCcan s.r :. 4.ls .
By NJ. HRNDERSON: A bill 70 allow -sad
pay TO The State Of Missouri tAs amount of mo-
ney expended By nd :S.sts IL The srnipg and
q innrreotioa against ne laws Of The United
This bill provides for coumiaslon asd 10.
port upon The claims to be paid 4 !. sEi X
!. Ia Va, ADMISSION or STATE. ,,i a.
On motion Of hr. WILEY, The bill for ths
admission of West virginia q . State, Was
taken up, The pending question being the
amendments Of NJ. Sumnsr, that aflsf july 4,
1858, within the Limits OF that State there shali
b. heithsr slavery nor involuatsry sarvitude
Otherwise than - punishmsnt for orims, where
Of The party be duly coaviotsd. ial. 1's| !,
NJ. SUhNER said the I'LL proposed that al
children born after 1868 should be fras, but
that the present generation Of slaves shoald
continhe 70 be slavss, thus sdmittinS another
slave State; and he could not coasont 10 the
adRtn63N0 NJ Qkako Utfk a nann ls,,tt ~>on-,
nizing slavery for Who'll, generation. He
quoted from The speeches Of Webster sgalnst
the admission Of slsvs 6tasss. a "a, Ia
The discussion was participated In BY Mesns.
HADE, FSsENDEN, CoLLANER WADE
Nj. FEssENDEN wished to examine the sub
ject farther, and moved is postponemsnt 70
take up the army appropriation bill. Carried.
ARMY APPROPRIATIONS, A D. -,,..r
Ar. FESSENDEN stated that the Committee
Oh Finance had stricken out about one.third
Of The appropriations, leaving the next session
Of Congress 10 make provision, for The period
Of the nscal year subsequent TO Jan. I, 1868
Hs would keep these large sums Of money 10
that he bad the slightest want Of confidence In
the Administration. He had UNLIMITED" CON
adence In no man living, and would conceive
such policy good one at all times and un-
der any Administration. d.,
Mr.. HALE moved an amandnent to the
clause limiting the number Of rank aud Ole to
750, 900 msn, TO provide thst the number of
major generals shall not exceed 40, and the
number Of brigsdlsr generals shall not exceed
The proviso Of Mr.. Hale was adopted, and
the limiting the number Of men was then re
jected. Sr,t5s ,,-.-. ~ 40. -.
Oa motion Of Nj. KING, an ausudmou.
was agreed 70, approprating two millions Of
dollars 70 provide for the comfort OF discharged
soldiers who may arrive ct the principal oitiss
home. ID, r.u NO.,
An amendment was adopted, appropriatIng
five millions Of dollars for collecting and dill.
Ing volunteers. n .......r - p.,4.g.
The amendment having been considered and
acted upop, tbs bill was passed. ..5tfgr ,,.t.a
-' g4 MICHIGAN LAND GRANT. s-..-,,..
Mr.. HARLAN called up the House resolu-
tion 10 certain grants Of lands for railroad pur.
poses 10 The State Of Michigan. Considered and
passed. n t4..'.> $751;. ...,
l-t l...,l. NAVAL AFFAIRS. .r
NJ. GRIMES called up the bill to establish
and equalizs the grade Of line offioss in the
United States navy.s,i' .i. .. ...
INPRIsoHxSHT or AN EDITOR.
Mr.. WILKINSON submitted Q resolution In.
quiring OF the President whether Charles U.
Fulton, an editor of the Baltimore American
Newspaper, has been arrested and confined Ia
prison, aud Il %, upon what charges and fol
what reason, and whether any chasges have
ben PsssssS h Weis Ssf. .Ss; prs:irsd si
and the evidence upon which they are based.
Mr.. KENNEDY suggested the addition of The
names Of Judges Bsrtol and Carmichael. ~,
ExECUTIvE SESSION. .t...r.,..
On motion Of Nj. KING, the Senate went
Into executive session, and subsequently, sd.
journed.n r. .--......' ri. = -, =
50 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.
Mr., WILSON submitted the report Of the
committee Of conference on the bill to prescribe
an oath OF ONCE and for other purposes
Adopted. q '''I - -
INDIAN APPROPRIATIONS. Us,
Mr.. ALDRICH presented the report Of the
committee Of conference on the bill making sp.
propriations for the current and oontingen,
expenses Of the Indian department, and for full.
hlling treaty supulations with various Indlsn
tribes, for the year ending Juno 80, 1868.
Adopted ~. =
|" THE TARIFF BILL. 'nar'
|, On motion Of Mr.. STEVENS, Of Pennsylva-
MIA, the House resolved itself into COMMITTEES
OF the whole on the state Of the Union, (Nr,
Dawes, Of Massachusetts,, in the chslr,) and re-
sumcd the consideration Of The bill incres,ing,
temporarily, the duties on imports, and for
other purposes, W
The following are the principal amendments
considered and adopted: .r!'i - ~ :.
On black pepper, eight cents per pound ;
ground, ten cents per pound; white pepper,
eight cents per pound; ground, ten cents per
pound. ,ii6 n
On castor seeds or beans fifty cents per
pound. -'.0T7' :
On cobalt ,s .,u,l and oxide Of cobalt twenty per
o. cork wood, manufactured; 'fve cents
per pound. Ut. w s.0C M ! NJ m
. On corks, twenty cents per pound. ,a...
On oil sugar above No. IL and not above No.
10, Dutch standard in color, three cents per
pound. 1lEsl, : :
% oil sugar above No. Is, not stove dried,
and not above No. 20, Dutch standard 10 oolsr,
four cents per pound.
.On pimento, eight cents per pound, ground,
ten cents per pound. 'aE y IS -
On ell products and goods imported from
beyond Cape Of Good Hope, ten per oentum
I'D valorem; oil importers at home or abroad 10
have their invoices authenticated 80
. That oil goods which now are or may be de,
mn nj In a