Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-01-24


exercise any anhorty toarress;idi tain hold a'ars
oe Or cpnroi r any Person oseryee andtha ahyoe.sa
servioe U apesa 1,ssa9S tSSnl b dismissed r0ns odt
MI Salisbury offered the o,fyswiing yam amend ds'J
ment t as sca wSeeton.nrNor shall any sol.i q
uet or oi1cer' under like pcnasty, in any waynidso
hs ~ ber ag'U' ~ 'e,an any sael person from
M, saissar safash$s bs stssssht sthite?hhs hat ''if
the officers or soldiers of the United States ...
onsht to have nothing to do with the question
at alI either Nayainsq oini b-~alg Esd noljio qzs
NM LIS LIZ Oh, ,moyaa tt9 adadeaGtcr theuwords lroE
a loyal citizen Of the United States sS'2r
Agreed TO-. .lauo1 sIam12d.A h1IW 1f'nUc "'hH'Ah
MIR. Wilscn des29sed ditie.amsnd,nent. i5Heqpe 81
was ESInst WEs SS9S kr4 it ation ofslavs.H bns
rys Whashc wanted Was to- prevent officers syi1 81
Of the 'srmys f7oth' 7faturfihg' slaves. Some -
oficefs have already eaisgrasca TIE service ia rs
4 TINS way, and God wliislhe0 Wilson pifahs sl1sm
had the power mea topreyent their comfir.
nation by the Senate s.sg,rr
Ihe contested seafpf Hassas was taken up. :,
out the wofa '5t in tie resolution Of Ft the
Committee ve The sJiidiciay that Mr. Lane, a.lsi
was not entitled te4his sesfs's o9> ohj q 1'7'7-
=! Mr: Lane s said be h4l refused to accept 1.-THE
Office on the22d Of July. lie referred to the ,l5
contest in Kansas With tr. Stanon for the .t,
Senatorshp, and sad7tEat four days after he, ,y.d
was elected thelGovernor,. whom he had over .,.g
thrown and his contestant whom he had I, ..r'
beaten, declsTed the seat Vacant. I? 50
Mr. Bright tlought the question barely a ,o;.o,
lesal one; that the President, haYi9gs sap-iy y
pointed him t6"en Office not created. tue ~ ~,
Senator from Kansas t6tld not accent, and 1;..s
therefore did not yaeate his seat in the SEM l.T
ate. 0e3a 81 Is 5tN ~ e'''5| 9-t 4''''" +''h '-
The discussion was continued by Mes srs. s' ,9' nd,
Lane, stanton, Clark and Foster. A vote
was taken on Mr.. aCiark's notion to Strike '' q
out the word mot" nj 7..o 'i29oTas i "a" anhI
Yeas-brlght, browning, Chandler, Clark, 90 ssd
Colalner, Cow3n, Dcolttle Fessenden Hale. .,-.f
Harlan iianis, Howe, King, Lane Of Ind,
Latham, Morrill,, Pomeroy, Rice, Sherman.
sumner, TrumbqLs Wilkinson, Wihisot, iNil-
son--24 -
Nays anthony. Bayard, Carlisle, na,v7is, s,,
Dixon Foote,, Foster, johnson, Kennedy, %"
Nc pougal, Ne aith, Pearee, Powelf Saulsl " y
bury, Ten Eyck, Wade-l6. 81. = g hns .fr9 Tongg
Mr.. Dixon ofered a resolution that the n 5
usual mileage be allowed the contesting mem :.
Der Laid over FoId odW fgofHH - "i4c2o @hf
Aftcr~executivs1a session the Senate id -sn'f'oa
ourned. - f...,...+ .., a. sey .,as ssi. 5r1.Ira,
lIoUsE Mr., Dunn, from Military Committee, O., ,e
reported b'll authorizing and directing the 5
Secretary OF War to furnish the prisoners of =.
the United States in the rcvoted States with i''''
clothing aud other neeessaries ofhfe and for s's
this purpose that he. employ such agents as 2go2
may be necessary. Passed. :..... Cd. .; , IN
Mr.. Wilson, from the Committee on the 80,
Judiciary, reported back with amendments :,
the bill amendatory of the act Of 1857 to en- :.
force the attendance Of witnesses. Passed -" 81
1t repeals that part which exempts witnesses - l'
who have testified before an Examining Com "
lnittee of either House. from beng used as 'l''
evidence in Court of Justice IS" 81 q.
After debate of several hours, the House
adjourned, with the understanding that the
question would be taken up tomorrow at l 80
O'clock LIB er. :. t'ir 4 .'fsi 81 .....-! "
e.. ..' WASHINGTON, Jan. IL y ..,
SENATE Mr. Chandler presented the ere -.
dentials of Hon. Jacob NJ. Howard, Senator 81.
elect from Michigan, in place of Nlr. Bingham, o..
deceased. Mr.. Howard appeared and took
the oath. iss .-.a .'i. i.-.---- % q '-'
Several petitions in favor of the elnancipa.
ton Of slaves were presented '' -
Mr. Trumbull presented petition from Mr..
q. L.. Sandford, who represents himself as a $50
contractor with Aiessys.9C Cummings & Tucker ssr
lie ssys that he received information from s-a,
the War Department that they Cummings & o..
Tucker) were a,ithoriZed to. act, but is now "
surprised to learn that Mr.. Cameron saws that " -
the Heads of Bureaus made all the contracts. q IS
Ar Sandfori asks the passage of a law to ..s -
egalze the contracts made, SO as to prevent a
loss to honest Contractors. Referred
Mr.. Collamer, fronltlle Committee on Post sf' j
Offices, reported back the House bill inrea. yr
ton to the letters of sailors and marines The gt
bill extends the privilege of sensng letters ,,
not prepaid to sailors and marines; The bill z D
was passed IL t'-&Si''-ta VIZ - q - go
MI. Fessondsn, from the Committee on OF 'q
Finance, reported, back the House Joint reso- -
luton declaratory Of the purpose OF Congress y ~
to impose tax. The bill was passed-yeas, ~
I39; nays lAMr Powell. "a ''@ -4''''
Mr. Dixon, from the Committee on Contin- y y
gent Expenses, reported back the resolution - A1o
to pay Mr. Stanton the usual compensation qn,cs
and mileage. t.-
Mr.. Fessendell moved to amend the sszi rszqia orr
ton 50 as to make it exclusive of mileage Ja -a'
| This was agreed to and the resolution lLsL
passed.
| HousH.-On motion of Mr.. Fenton, over 81
100 bills from the'U. s.. Court Of Cl5 inns, were
referred to the Committee on Claims 20 .f'9'14'
| The House resuA,ed the consideration ofi:7ag
the Pennsylvania contested election case A al,
vote was first taken on the substitute report
ed from the minority Of the Committee on LS 1F
Elections that John NJ, Butler is not and W. - 4
E Lehman is entitled to seat as Represent 80 rg
i atiye from the 1st Congressional District of -
Pennsylvania, which was adopted by a vote, >. -
of Is against 3d. sa,. = c3dg -Sldf2ai HfF se3
l. The House then concurred in the sSenates, - e.
amendments to the Bill to promote the efli- d,a,
ciency of the Dead Letter Office. 8
Mr Delono made "a report from the Com.
/ mittee on the District of Columbia on reso- f'
luton referred to them, relative to Marshal st.
Lannon's Jail regulations. The committee say re 81
lit was strictly in Marshal Lannon's official dis
Icretion to make rules to remedy the existing '-'
\ abuses The committee asked to- be dis Ti b
charged from the further consderai ion of the f'
subject. The further consideration of the : ~.
report was postponed. 'N0 -" =
. + Mr.. Stevens, from the Committee on WAYS ''.
and Means, reported bill for the support of a72c
the West Point Military Academy. o He took ii,
this occasion to explain his reasons why the
J, appropriation bills were not reported. He
stated that the Committee are gat erlng facts ''
and work for hours after attending sto busi- 7ao
ness in this hall. He desired to say that the .-.s
criticisms and libels of the press would not .,,
make them move one minute fas er than a -
due regard to the public interest would per- ''i
nit . g. - 81 a51shl7 L11glbefIni 5nfG53hsAl 2f
The FiRE AT McGREGoR, iowa The con IL -
aasration heretofore reported by Telegraph, 's''
as gather from the Times, Of that city, FL,
destroyed eight business" houses. one hotel, 20
one wagon black smith and gun shop, and 1f' !.
ivcrysstable all Of which were in ashes With 20 '
in three hours after The fire was first 0digcov-