New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-28
XXXVilTm CONGRESS.
FIRST SESSION.
SENATE. .WlsnIyaroS, March q, IS


pe'ifions in favor OF emnncipatiDe The slaves.
Mr.. HALE (Rep., y. H. offered q resolution ask
ng The Secretary Of tbr Interior TO trapsmit % the
Senate all tie correspondence IN relation to the BARK
Augusta. Adopted.
MIR HALE also offered resolution that the Com
mitee on Naval Affairs he instructed to inquire
whether there was any laxiiy on the part OF the oii-
Gers OF the biOckading squadron on the coast, espe-
ciglly 81 Charleston, and whether there was any
Foundation in the statement OF the Bnusn t0nsui AZ
thai port that armed troop ships OF tie Confederate
States have been allowed TO 60 IN and Out 81 he pot
Of Charleston and no attempts been maze 10 stop
them. Adopted.
The Joint revolution giving pecunary aid TO the
STATES in case they should emancPate rheir slaves,
was taken ny. 9.
ro.ed 10 vote for the resolution. There was e-r0n,
objection To 70 il the Border States, and they
believed that this was IN attempt 10 abolish slavery
In Hose States, and then IN the otber Stales. Tie
Henderson, wac cure iherc was no such intention
On do. rart of the prCsldeut and he thought there
Wa no such 10 euton ihc part cf the members II
Ibis senate Although tho agitation o. Slavery was
ire cause a.. lie rebellion, yet there were Other inter
esfs IN ihe state o. Nissorrl. The people 10 that
State ~ s-eur were deeply interested in having
he 81 sss.ipni River KEEP. open. 10 lt' mouth. lie
UUeroerOnl had opposed AT agitation Of The slavery
gunsiion. lie had also opposed the bill for the
abolition Of slavery n the District of Columbia, not
because ~ considerable unconstitutional bg, because
/. Was Dot oxr,h-nf 20 bring 'he subject NJ for d.
oa..ion. Tic South bad been annually fryi.oncfby
soioc story Of Abolition monster. vet II Congress
should abolish he petty amount OF Slavery in the Die
ri,i of Columbia ne did $50, believe lis State would
sccede. Buf lee Henderson, hoped that ii Seralors
deferltir ed 10 GO this ilng they would he quick
or the great >.4te az Delaware, get .ng peep be-
hind he curtain and discovering tie awful plof 10
ems lcipre The lew slaves Ehe has-ircady nearly
free ulglt 60 South tor the COM. itutonal rights
where certainly her consi uiiorai rights viii be pre-
served iu fIl force The Senators irOil heutucLy are
getting excited, aIa tie S-nators 'ron Virginia and
d4rri.rd IRE getting suspicious Of SON" dreadful
Thing o. harTer. lie lieuteItonl had been opposed
trough he suppose harmleas, for the reason ihst
IL night have q 0ah eilel UPON n border states.
Ye. # the slatemea. is true that : very should be
o.. confessions n lie Government b, ..lende sOnj
was willing H. ng0t IN the ssi, with the North,
against any sUcb Governments. NOthng would tempt
h.n "a raise bic hand against tie Government.
AI IT, revolution 70 wanted was the
balloi-bOX. lie did not think that there
Wefe hry Thousand s'ives lei in Missouri,
"a Va ~ number % .hem had been taken South.
The people + iia. safe had lost property equal IN
value .D tie whole amour; Of her siayes. A. the
cog mcl .cinen. u tie Wal he regarded .he Pre-i-
dents Nc.rago nct - q tIrea', tui o. a prophecy,
which be- ioit would BE- flfllcd everywhere if tho
wa continued. Sc was lerlo-tiy willing ~ the
IfoYos'Ou should 80 20 be renrie OF bic STATE, sni
six days OF ,he WE expenses would have paid Tor all
the slaves ia M.seolH, h,.'acky, Mary land, Della
ware. and the District on Columbia. Ani the a.
eses of tie war Tor two wears will nay for all the
slaves 81 the county lie regarded this AZ change
from tire wraDgiIg OF former years, aud ne pIopo-
stion to leave the question the cool Judgment OF
those inifusied with the future prosperity OF the
nation.
Mr.. PEARCE Dem, Dell, from the COMMITTEES
on Finance reported bill to allow arms ordered by
t. ,.f <fal1f
come free Of duty.
On motion Of Mr. FESSENDEN Rep. Me-, tn.
Naval Appropriation bill was then taken mp.
After the adoption Of certain amendment from
the Committee on tiDance
ST.. HALE Rep, \. H., from the Naval Com
mittee, offered an amendment, making ~ appropria-
Ton o. 81 for the completion o. the Stoyens
battery. lie aid the late remarkable contest
secned 20 demonstrate tie fact that wooden slips
were ho more available for haIbor defense, and tie
Committee decided b. report t4is amendment FOR TIE
gction oi Tic Seua'e.
NJ. CHANDLER Rep, Mich wfs Of opinion
that million Of doiaIr expended 6uch vessels ~
the Monitor would DO OF more value but he did net
hnow much &bont such things. He understood that
81 The stevens battery the guns were unprotected.
Mr.. THOMSON dem, y. - stii thers vasa
plan adopted now 70 protect tue guns.
Sir. CLARK .aid that lie had examined into the
matter somewhat. This Stevens Battery was still
Oh experiment, oud To- this amount q money
E3@i they could build three Monitors, and Re
would rather have one OF them than The Stevens
Battery when II was finished.
5ir POMERO1 (Bep., Kansasl Thought that
vessel Of This kind which sunk in tie = .tor when
going into action, could be sunk bv a wooden
steauer, which could run her down.
MT SHERMAN Rep, Ohio thought that such
blow might 10 avoided, and that IL would lose AZ
effects If struck %, acute aloc. After considora-
tion he WAS inclined to vote ior too Amendment and
tag the experiment.
Mr GRIMES rep, Iowa thougM we could
make better use oi Ibe money .Lan to complete this
battery. Tie people SEEMED 10 be bndly frightened
and tho City Of Now-fOrk expected - See the Me-.
riinac SAILING Up Broadway. Tie Goy-rnmes o al
ready, OIL Oh t.c ep FOprGtiOu OF july hid ordered
thc Monitor, which Was built AID tie Mystic which
was 10 hsr. been completed Ia January, AID another
ncD-clad vessel, called the Ironodos, TO 10 built AZ
Philadelphia Since that out Of this wear Tho Gov
srnmen. lad ordered ~ steamers on %. pan Of the
Monitor. one reason why We ought not 10 make
the experiment was because we do no. know enough
about 10. Jne plan Of the Stevens Battery had been
cnpuged several times nnd ~ referred TO the report
OF The tommissiontrs against 10 quoting from the
reyort ~ considerable lengtu.
hr. FEsoihbtN p.ep., Me- said he wanted
the Senate 10 know liltlc nor" about tia battery,
~ bad been contracted for more than tgeIiy yeais
ago ~ $50 co., and n was 10 have been delivered
1T the end OF two years. At the end of the Two
years, Lot dollar had been expended upon IT, T.on
Mr. Stevens made another contract iof another two
years, bg which he WA 10 receive tht usual profits
on every man and every machine he Lad 40 wosk,
tud CongrCbs made anober appropriation Tor hin oi
900. At tie end OF The Two years the battery
was not done. The matter the laid over until
1898, when Div. Stevens got another extension
o. four years; and 30 II run OF, aud the
plan changed over and over ngain unl he
he'd expended over s00,oGJ; getting hi. piol,s all
DO while aud 10. per cent advance On all his raw
material. ICnSioss u nov called up0n 10 apprOpr-
se throe-quariels Of L million more aud COMPLETE an
experiment, a. evidence Oi ne great .snils which ~
slptog.d 10 exist IN all tie Stevens family. Tins
Al criment has been continually cisuging iortwenty
yeafs. ste,ens u man o. great wealth aud gfcGt