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CONGRESSIONAL.
CoNGREss--sEoo SESSION
WASHINGTON July IL

WASHINGTON, July IL
SENATE.-Mr. Foster, from the Confer
ence Committee Cd the general pension bill,
made report, which was agreed 10.
Mr.. Fessenden, from the Conference Com
mittee on the Tariff bill, made a report,
which was agreed to.
Mr.. Wright, from the Finance Commit
fee on the bill organizing the judicial dis
tricts, made report, which was laid over.
CLARK, from the Conference Committee
Oh the confiscation bill, made report.
Mr.. McDougal moved TO lay the bill on
the table and print it. Rejected; yeas 13,
nays 81.
The report was then agteed to, as fol-
lows:
Yeas-Anthony, Chandler, Clark, Doc
little, Fessenden, Foote, Foster, Grimes,
Hale, Harlan, Harris, Howard, King, Lane
of Kansas Lane of Indiana, Morrill,, Pome-
roy, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trum-
bull, Wade, Wilmot, Wilson OF Massachu-
setts, Wright-27.
Fays-Bayard, Brow ming, Carlisle, Cow
an, Davis Henderson, Kennedy, McDougal,
Powell, Salisbury, Stark, Wilson of Mis-
souri, and Wiley-13.
Not voting ollamer and Rice.
Absent Dickson, Howe, Latham, Mes
bith, Pierce and Thompson.
Mr.. Wright called up the report of the
Committee of Conference on the bill, chang
ing certain judicial districts.
Mr.. Howard opposed the report at
length.
Adjourned.
HoUsE.-Concurred in the report of the
committee of conference on the Naval APP
preparation bill. 1t passed, giving to mas
tiers and other officers Of gunboats, the ben
eft of the pension bill passed during the
present session.
Mr. Ely made report from the commit
tee on conference on the Coniscaiion bill.
They recommended that the House re.
cede from the disagreement, and agree to-
the Senate with certain notifications, sc as
to provide as follows:
EVERY person who shall commit the
crime of treason against the United States,
shall be adjuged guilty thereof, shall suffer
death, and all his slaves, if he has any,
shall be declared and made free, and all his
estate, real add personal including slaves,
shall be levied upon, any sale or convey
ance to the contrary Notwithstanding. If
any person shall hereaf er incite, set on foot
or engage in any rebellion or instruction
against the authorities thereof and shall
give aid or comfort to any such existing
rebellion, and shall be convicted thereof
such persons shall be punished by the for
fixture of all personal property, and if be
has no personal property, he shall be i'm
prsoned ten years. and fined not so exceed
$40. 900, and his slaves, if he has any, shall
be liberated, at the discretion of the court,
and all such property excluding slaves,
shall be forfeited to the United States"
Every person guilty of the offences de-
scrb=d in this act shall be forever incapable
and disqualified to hold any office of trust
under the United States.
To insure the speedy termination of the
present rebellion, the President is author
lied to cause and secure the seizure of all
property, real and personal, of all such per-
sons, and apply and use the proceeds of the
same for the support of the United States.
Five classes are effected by this bill:
Those who shall hereafter hold the Offices
of President, Vice President, members of
Congress md Foreign Ministers, under the
So called Confederate States.
The President is authorized to cause a
proclamation to be issued, that if after sixty
days any person in rebellion shall not re.
turn TO their allegiance, that their property
shall be forfeited etc.
All slaves of persons engaged in the re
bellion, or vine shall, in any way, give aid
or comfort thereto, escaping to and seeking
refuge within the lines of our army, and all
slaves desc rted by their master and coming
under control of the Government of the
United States and all found at places &C.
cuped by rebel forces and afterwards by
the United States troops, shall be held to be
captives, and be forever free.
No slave escaping from one slave State TO
another shall be delivered up, unless for
crime or some offence against the laws of
the United States, until the claimant shall
make oath to his loyalty.
No person engaged in the naval or mill
tary service shall decide on the validity of
the claim and surrender the slaves, on pain
of being dismissed from the service
The President is authorized to employ as
many persons of African descent for the
suppression of the rebellion, and use them
in such manner as to him may seem best,
and may make provisions for colonizing
the blacks beyond the limits of the United
States.
The President is authorized to extend to
persons in rebellion pardon and amnesty,
on such conditions as he may deem expedi-
ent for the public welfare.
The title of the bill is amended so as to
read "for the suppression of insurrection,
and the punishment and seizure of the
property of all the rebels, and for other
purposes"
Mr. Allen moved to lay the report on the
table. Lost, by 40 to u.
The report of the Conference Committee
on tue con6scation bill was then concurred
in; ayes 80, noes AZ.
Mr.. Stephens made report from the
Conference Committee on the tariff bill.
The House tabled the bill providing for the
transfer of The District Penitentisry build
ings to the War Department: TO be used for
arsenal purposes, and authorizing contracts |
to be made with States for the custody of
prisoners until the expiration of their term |
of sentences. r.sg
Adjourned.