The national Republican., 1862-05-31
THIaTY.sEvENTR CeHGR BsS.
SECOND SESSION. ~
a IN SENATE.
FRIDAY, Nay 80, 1867.

III IN SENATE Ill
~ FRIpAY, Nay 80, 1857. "a
The VICE PREsIDENT laid bsfor, the Sen.
ate . report Of the Secretary Of the Interior,
In answer 10 Q resolution Of the Senate Of the
10Th Inst, for Information relative 70 persons
who have been arrested In the Southern Dis.
tsict ot New York, from Mo- ! 1882, 70 Nay !,
1859, charged with being In The slave
trade, With the names and Der OF vessels
arrested and bonded, cha,g !ith being on.
gsged In that trafac For. 10 persons are
named, none Of whom were Convicted, or their
bonds forfeited, which ranged from $3.50 10
acquitted, one or two eecapsd," )" but most cases
are marked, "bond not forfeited, complaint
dismissed" The number Of vessels is forty
six.
BY Mr.. WILSON, OF Mass: A petition Of
Maria Diggs, Of African descent, owned In the
District Of Columbia and hired out 10 Mary.
land, asking that she be declared free under
the act abolishipg slavery in the District Of
Also, from Ph.bs Griffin, Of Brooklyn. N.
Y, praying the discharge Of her son, WIN.
Grifu, from the psnltsntisry, and "thst he
may be restored 70 oil that he has lost or be-
come subjected TO BY reason Of the second
.ntence."
By NJ. CLARK: From James +. Simmons,
praying compensation for the illegal seizare Of
vessel and cargo by Commander Worden, Of
the Stars aud Stripes, aud the subsequent
wreck and loss Of the same on Long Island.
BY Mr. KENNEDY: From George L. Stock
EFT, praying compensation for negro slave
taken beyond the limits Of the State, about the
Sd Of April last, by the troops OF tho United
Statea
prpopru or cnuvrrrrua
Mr.. WILSON. Of Massachusetts,, from the
Committee on Military Afairs, reported back
without amendment the bill for the better Or
ganizaton Of the Adjutant Generals staff de
partment .
Mr. COwAN, frcm the Committee on the Ju.
dietary, reported the bill to prevent and pun.
sh fraud on the part Of officers intrusted with
making contracts, with the House amendments,
and recommended concurrence. Concurred.
Mr.. CHANDLER, from the Committee on
Commerce, reported with an amendment, the
bill to increase the comp" "nsation Of surveyors
Of customs at Troy and Albany.
RESOLUTION SUBMITTED
Mr.. WRIGHT submitted The following rcso
luton:
Resolued, That the Secretary Of the Navy be,
and 10 hereby, requested to communicate 10
the Senate why an order issued on the 7th Of
November last by Commodore Smith, for the
trial. testing. and e1perimenting Of improve
the construction Of vessels OF war, by which
timber is used endwise, and other imprevc
msnts. has not been tested BY inspection and
target shooting, as required by the order afore
said.
RESOLUTIONS AGREED TO.
On motion Of TEN EYCK-
Resolved, That the Committee on Public
Lands be instructed to inquire into the sxpe.
disncy Of donating portion OF the public lands
to the same States aud Territories, for the ben.
eft Of historical and antiquarian societies, and
to report by bill or otherwise.
ALSO, on motion Of Mr.. TEN EYCK-
Resotued, That the Secretary Of War be
directed to communicate to the Senate copy
Of the Oicixl report OF Brigadier General Josepk
Hooker. In command OF the Third Army Corps
Of the United States, relative to the recent
battle At Williamsburg, Virginia, on the 5th
day of May inst.
Ga motion OF Mr.. WILSON, Of Mass
Resolued, That the Secretary OF tho Interior
be requested to furnish the Senate with copy
Of the correspondence between him and the
War Department upon the subject Of imprison.
ing soldiers and volunteers in The penitentiary
In this District, including copy Of the opinions
on that subject Of the Attorney General, by the
Assistant Secretary OF the Interior.
BILL. INTRODUCED
By Mr.. FESSENDEN: A bill 10 amend an act
entitled " an sct In addition to the act entitled
an act for the punishment OF G. rtain crimes
against the United States" approved March =,
1904. Referred to the Committee on the Judi
ciary.
This bill provides that the destruction OF
any vessel belonging to citizen Of the United
States on the high seas, shall be punishable
with fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars,
or Imprisonment not exceeding ten years. with
provision that II any person destroy any vessel
with intent to prejudice the insurance policy,
he shall suffer similarly by fine or imprison.
ment]
The tax bill came up as the special order:
Mr.. SIMMONS moved 10 amend the section
relating to tobacco, by making the tax on the
Manufactured article rs instead of 20 cents per
pound, and after January l, 1868, IS cents per
pound.
Messrs. SIMMONS, FEssENDEN, and HAR.
RIS discussed the amendment proposed.
Mr.. MCDOUGALL obtained the floor, and
made an extended speech in opposition to the
plan Of taxation proposed by the committee,
which be regarded as cumbrous 10 Its macbin
cry and expensive iu Its collection arrange.
ments, as we'll a. unnecessarily heavy upon 10.
dustrial pursuits. He then advocated bis own
system, which Is essentially that Of the boards
Of trade Of Boston and New York, providing
for taxes on sales and the use Of stamps, with
heavy taxes on whisky, tobacco, and such USE
less or luxurious articles, which generally bear
large profits.
The vote was then taken on the amendment
Of Mr.. Simmons. Lost-yeas Is, nays 81 as
follows:
Yeas -hessrs. Anthony, Chandler. Dixon,
| Foot, Grimes, Harlan, Harris, Howard Howe,
Lane Of Kansas. McDougall, Simmons, Sumner.
Wilmot. Wilson of fMsssachusstts-l5.
Nays-Messrs. Browning, Clark, Cowan, Da-
Wis, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foster, Hale, King.
Lane Of Indiana, Latham, Merrill, Nesmith.
Powell, Salisbury, Sherman. Ten Eyok, Trum.
bull, Wade, Wiley, Wrigh,-2l.
Mr. TRUMBULL moved to adjourn. Lost
yeas s, nays 2S-Mesrs. BROWNING, HAIR
RIS, KING, SALISBURY, SUMMER, TRUM-
BULL, WADE and WILMOT voting yea.
Several nmerdmenis wpre submitted, dis.
cussed, and withdrawn, the principle involved
having in several cases beeu pas ed upon.
Mr.. FOOT moved to direct the Sergeant.at
Arms to request the attendance Of Senators.
On motion, adjourned.