The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-12-06
CONGRESSIONAL pRocEEDuNGs.

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
/ WASHINGTON, Dec. 2-HoUsE.-A resol-
ution was adopted instructng military, in
creasing the pay of soldiers 10 fifteen dollars.
per month, and reducing the salaries Of off,
GERS not actively engaged
| On motion Of Mr.. SHEFFIELD it was re.
solved that the Committee of Ways and
Means be ins tructed to, consider and report
as to the propriety ofadmitting cottonbrought
from foreign, countries free Of duty, and re-
port by bill or otherwise.
On motion of Mr.. EDWARDS the Com
mittee on Public Expenditures was instruc-
ted to examine into the expenses of the Gen
eral Land Office, and report what reduction
may be made consistent With the public in.
terest.
Mr.. COX asked leave to inquire, into the,
expediency of reducing the tax on whisky
five cents per gallon, with the view of in
creasng the revenue slt Ah& $40
Mr.. L0vEJOY objected, saying tho rev.
enue was already under the present law.
Mr. ALDRICH introduced bill annAli-
j ing and abrogsting treaties between the U.
S. and certain bands of Sioux Indians, and
for the relief Of the sufferer BY the Indian.
outbreaks in Minnesota
\ AT halfpast IL o'clock adjourned
i SENArE.-Mr. McDOUGAL, of California
offered a resolution, calling on the Secretary
of the Treasury, to furnish the Senate .
statement Of the amount Of money paid for
prosecuting land titles, suits, de-, in this
State Of California, during the years, '57,
'5S, go and '61, stating the amount paid
for searches in Mexico. Ibid over.
Mr.. HOWELL offered joint resolution,
stating that,
Whereas, many citizens Of the United
States have been, and imprisoned
withoutsany charge whatever being prefer
red against them, therefore,
Resolved. That all such arrests are unau-
thorized by the Constitution and laws Of tho
United States, and are usurpation of the
power delegated by the people to the Presi-
dent, and thatlell such arrests are hereby
condemned and declared violations of the
United States, and it is hereby demanded
that all such arrests shall cease hereafter
and that all persons so arrested shall have
prompt and speedy trial, according to the
provisions of the Constitution, or be immsd-
lately released. Laid:over.
Mr.. DAVIS offered a joint resolution de-
claring that it is hereby recommended that
al the States choose delegates to meet in,
convention at Louisville, on the 1st Monday
of April next, to take into consideration tho
present condition Of the country, and tho
proper means to be pursued for restoring
the Union. And that the Legislatures Of
the different States take such action as they
may deem fit for this purpose, at the earl
lest date. Laid over. Adjourned. ~
Gen. Curtis Order on Contra.
h band Goods. .s
HBADQuARrsss, DEPARTMENT THE MISSOURI,
! sr. LoUIs, Mo-, Ger. II, 1868. :
General Orders No. 81
l. Whereas, The eighth Section Of "Reg-.
ulations Concerning Internal and Coastwise,
Intercourse, promulgated by the Secretary
of the Treasury on the 28th day Of August,
declares that No permit shall be granted
to shin intoxicating drinks. or other thing
prohibited by the military authorities, into
territory occupied by the military forces of
the United States, except upon the written
request of the Commandment Of the Depart.
ment in which such territory is embraced,
or Of some person duly authorized by him
to make such request :" and whereas. in adj
4 To inf lr;p tha ~ If
salt, quinine, morphine, chloroform, quick
silver, and munitions of war generally, are.
by military authority, prohibited unrestrict-.
ed transportation in the Department Of the
Missouri
Noo, Therefore, The following persons,
and such others as may from time, to time be
named and published from these Head Quar-
tiers, are designated 10 make such requests
for the transportation Of the articles speci-
fed, or either OF them, of the duly appoint
ed officers Of the Treasury Department, viz:
ST. Louis, Henry j.. Moore Hannibal, j.
T. K. Hayward; ST. Joseph, T. j. Crew. Jr;
Sedalia. James B. Roberts; Jefferson City,
i j. F. Baker; Rolla, Robert p. Faulkner;
Springfield, Charles Shepard Kansas City,
w. G. Chamberlain; Leavenworth Nelson,
McCracken Cape Girardeau, Commander
Of the Post; Pilot Knob, William Lindsey
I New Madrid, Commander Of the Post He
lena, Commander of the Post; Denver City,
Postmaster.
For each permit thus granted, these off,
GERS are authorized to charge twenty cents.
as a compensation for services, to be paid by
the person receiving the same but no per-
nit will be granted to disloyal persons TO
trade as consignor or consignee. And in no
case is it intended to allow persons or trade
to go beyond the lines Of our army.
i III. And, Whereas. The free access Of
soldiers to intox eating drinks is, from the
very nature Of the service. ruinous in it's
tendencies, and the high price Of such
drinks, in the vicinity of posts or encamp
ments, offer temptations to smuggling enter
prises, which too often succeed, and involve
the innocent with the guilty.: 1 ss4
j Therefore, In order to protect the army
from the demoralzing effects ofintoxication.
and unoffending parties from the DANCE. of
having their property coufiscated for the
unlawful acts of those who abuse the conf
dence reposed in them, or Of those who c1m-
NIT such acts at times and under eircum.
stances which render them almost impossi.
BILE of immediate detection. and for the pur-
pose of inficting punishment on the really
guilty, the following rules are established,
viz:
LIST. No wines, spirituous liquors, ales.