The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-12-24
CONGREssiONAL.

: In taRoF -0l a general Tan kTuptcy ac,.E Eals
n g Mre Field presented petttiot asking 10
= a bounty ior sick ard wounded sDldiers.
Mr.. Fessenden. .siroms The committee on III
nance, reported back the bill concerning tn,
:, judgmentin the suits brought bt the United
! States. with the reeommendatiCh that the a
: meudmeDtoof the house be sdissgeed to. Th,
: recommendation oithe eUmmii tte was adop
! ted .ssi al gE4le Gdg ETgfagT. ifs siit o..
: | lie presented aletter from Mt. Pierce o
Maryland, asking TO be excused from flirthel
!, service on theicOminatee on Finance. lI
!, The Vice Prssiden appointed Mr. Rice o
M nneSOta, to fill the vacancy. ,Fzs-sa1 EIf ,
.. asBireWson from the committee on Militia
p ry Affairs, ported back the bill to abolish
!, the etade Of medical officers in the service
, j, the niied States, with the recommendation
that ,itsdo not pass. r Taaoafrs bHs ussa..
Mr.. Lane of Kansas introduced bill Il
provide for the extinction OF the Indian titles
in Kansas, and to provide for the removal q
the Indians. Referred. smts s5s9 al
: Mr. aCollalner offered Q resolution request.
ting the President, if not incohsistenG with
the public interests, to trnnsmit to the Sem
ate the report and accompanying documents
of Hon. Reveidy johnson as commissioner Of
he'United States during last sdmmer at New
, Oileans.ss 7 .s5ai 81 lsi3rs sr'd dr=lzs e,
Adopted. @s o a.fw agasl yaas15v,
Mr.. Collamer presented the credentials OF
I bon. Solomon Foote, re elected Senator from
4 Vermont. SOS sr si s18i efgarrs1 .'i,3 "a
| Mr.. Davis offere d resolution that after it
had bacome manifest that an tnsurrection a
galnSt the UnitedsStates was about to break
out in several Sta es,r ames buchanan then
President, hom sympathy with the conspira.
tors and their reasonable projects, failed to
take the necessary. and proper measures to
prevent it; therefore he should receive the
censure and condemnation o. the Senate and
American people. Laid over. gs.d gaG 4
! Mr.Field offered,a resolution instructinr
| the committee on Foreign re lations to inquire
whether some method cannot be devised to'
,nanifestsympathy OF Congress with the suf
ering Lancashire operatives. Ordered to be
printeds ,GaI1s9Hp aa 10 sac .alRufs ,Ea1a
M Wright offered resolution that the
committee on Jud iciarybe instructed to ia
quire ejnto,the exped;ency oil providing BY act
| of Congress that any loyal citizen of the Uni
| ted States who has sustained damage from
! The troops OF the States engaged in the rebel 3
| lion, maysset OFT such damages against any
claim or demand against him IN any action at
| law by any soch rebellous States or the a,
gent or trustee CT such States, or insany case
where snch clam or demand is for the use or
| benefit Of such State. Adopted .I - EJaH
The resolutioas relative to certain citizens
| of Delaware was taken up. Ifus
| Mr., Davis proceeded to speak at length in
favor of the resolution, arguing that the Pres j
ident had no authority under the Constitution
n NAL 10, l.. l. -
, no right 10 suspend law or define its exscu-
ton. lap a..i1 -- 4r- tzsr.i gtf .a yara "A
After some argument, Davis admitted the
President was 'excusable in arresting Cover a
| nor M orehead aefekentueky.syI it, was even
commendable = It would not have been in
| excusable to have arrested the leaders OF the
Hartford Conyention, or for Buchanan TO have
arrested Phillips, Cheever and those misera
BILE miscreants. He denied that slavery was
the cause Of the war. 1t was because New
England and other States had abolished sla
very and commenced crusade against the
States which held on to it. lie thought the
people would,arise and re Construct this u
nion, and leave Massachusetts out in the cold
and frozen regions. II the war had been car.
ried on according to the principles of the
Crittenden resolution, it would have been
finished long ago. b 3s.w se@7. ..T IS t-s,.-r
The Senate then went into executive ses>
sion, and att its conclusion adjourned. 1I
HoUsEs--Mr, Blake introduced bill to
establish a postal money system. Referred.
Mr.. Col,ax introduced bill 10 reduce du
ties on paper rom thirty five down to ten
per cent. Referred to committee on Ways
and M cans. qf45 hvr-r,l. ,s4Es gs--fts- (
Mr.. Noel introduced bill, which was re
fsrred, to procure The abolsbment ofslavery
in M ssouri. 1t provides compensation to
loyal owners.2 7t7 ---s74s hsg a. tsa
Mr.. Wilson introduced bill. which was
re erred to committee on Judiciary, prescri,
bing the time and place for holding the Cir /
cult Court in the DIstrictsof Iowa and Kan
Mr.. Bennett introduced q bill, which was
referred, rrovidiHg for the development Of |
mineral resources otathe United States from /
the public domain. .irat ts s.rq a;r5.5sg 2 |
Mr.. Washburn offered the following:
gliesolmd, That, in the judgment of the !
House, there should be no legislation chang
ing the existing laws providing Tor payment
oiinterest of public debt in coin. .HsI
Resolution passed by a yote of 81 against
"a" 't.8 5aP gtp5~ 7a' Va aey,GauggG II
Mr., Lowe offered the following resolution
which was adoptedi fE 7ia s5 hszas.p aas
q,Rcse2UeA That the committee on Ways |
aud Meaus bc instructed to ,nouire into the
expediencv Of reyising,4he tariff increasing
the Prime necessity so that The importation
Of foreign goods will not exceed the amount |
exported Of American growth and smanufac.
ulre Exclusive of specie. ~ ast, ssaa3T s..E
Mr. Fessenden offered the followine: .E
,Resolued,s That the proclamation of the
President of the date OF Sc OF, 22 1862 is
warranted by the CopstitutioC: that tbe pol
icy OF emancipation as indicated therein ia
well adapted to hasten the restoration ofI
peace.. is we'll chosen as war measure. and
Il an exercise OF DOW err with .proner re gard 10
the rights Of citizens and the perpei ,,itv Of a.