Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-01-17

A communication was received from the
Secretary OF War in answer to the resolution
OF Mr.. Powell, directing an answer to the
resolution passed at the sssi SESSION in re-
Sara to senRaets, &e. The answer states
that the hFst resolution was received az the
Department just after the hattleoi July 2Ist
and that sines then he has not had sufficient
clerical force to properly answer the ,resolu-
| ton. The answer also stataE "a. myself hsvs
not made single contract for e1E purpose
whatever. The P,eals Of Bureaus beye
made qtt tAe eoatEsets," The subject was
| referred. =
Mr. King presented q petition that the
lands Of convicted traitors be awarded TO
soldiers, and also te establish fees and per
auiaites OF otlce. Referred.
Ar. Wilson introduced bill to amend GER
tain articles Of war.
Mr., Hale offered a res0lu ion that Ward
d. Lamon, U. S. Marshsl for the District OF
Columbia, By his resent order communicated
to Size Senate, excluding the members of the
Senate from the jail without a pass from
him, LamOm, has bssu guilty Of bresch Of
the privileges of the Senate andof contempt
OF the rightful authority of this body, and
that the Secretary OF the Senate be directed
to communicate copy Of this resolution to
the President.
On motion of Ar. Wilson, the bill in rela-
ton to the arrest of persons claimed as held
to service OF labor by officers in the military
or naval service Of the United States was
takenup. The bill proVidel that any officer
arresting any persons held tAssgvics or Ia
Dor shall be discharged from the service.
Mr. Co!lamer offered an amendment or as
a substitute, that no officer of the army OF
navy, militia or volunteer, shall assume TO
exercise any authority to arrest, detain, hold
or control any person held to service, and
that any officer so offending be dismissed
| from the service. Agreed to.
Mr.. Salisbury offered the following
amendment as a new section, "nor shall anY
soldier or officer, under like penalty, in any
way, entice, decoy, or retain, any such per
son from his or her master or owner.
Mr.. SaulsbpSy said that be thought thai
the officers or soldiers of the United States
ought to have nothing 10 do with the quss-
ton at all either way.
Mr.. Rice moved to add after the words
''master or owner" the words ''Who may be
loyal citizen Of the United States,"-
Agreed to.
Mr.. Wilson was opposed to the amend.
ment, ae vaa against any kind of justifca-
ton of slavery. What he wanted was to
prevent officers of the army from returning
slaves. Some officers have already disgrsced
the service in this way, and, God willing, be,
Wilson, il he had the power, meant to pre-.
vent their confirmation by the Senate.
| The contested seat OF Kansas was taken
up, the question being the motion of Mr..
Ozark to strike out the word 'Inot" in the
resolution of the Committee On Judiciary
that Mr.. Lane was not entitled to his seat.
Mr.. Lane said he had refused to accept the
office on the 221 of July. he referred to
the contest in Kansas with Mr.. Stanton for
the Senstorship, and said that four days after
he was elected the Governor whom be had
howu, and his contestant whom be
had beaten, declared the seat vacant.
Mr.. Bright thought the question barely a
legal one, the President having appointed
him to an Office not created. The Senator
from Kansas could not accept it, and there
fore did not vacate his seat in the Senate,
The discussion was continued BY hessFs.
Lane, Stanton, Clark and Foster.
A vote vas taken on Mr.. Clarks motion
to strike ont the word 'in0t"
Yeas-MessrB. Bright, Browning, Chsnd-
Ter, Clark, Collamer, OOwsp, DOoiittle, Fes-
sender, Hale, Harlan, Harris, Howe, King,
Lane of Indiana, Morrill,, POmeroy, Rice,
Sherman, Sumner, Trumbull, Wilkinson,
Wilmot, Wilson'S
Anthony, Bayard, Carlisle, Davis,
Dixon, Foote, Foster, johnson, Kennedy,
McDougall, Nesmith, Pearee, Powell, Sauls-
bury, Ten Eyck, Wade-l6.
Mr.. Dixon offered q resolution that thg
usual mileage be sllovsd the contesting
member. Laid over.
After Executive Session the Senate ad-
iourned.
HoUsE.
After debate Of several hours the Houss
adjourned with the understanding that the
question would be taken up tomorrow ct ]
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