The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-01-17
w ashington, Jan. 10.

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Adjourned.
Washington, Jan. IT,
HOUSE. MIR. Diven, from the Military
Committee, reported bill authorizing
aad directing the Secretary OF War to
furnish the prisoners OF the United States
in the revoked States with clothing and
other necessaries of life, and for this pur.
pose that he employ such agents as NAV
be necessary. Passed.
| Mr. Wilson, from Committee on the
Judiciary, reported back with amend.
ments the bill amendatory of the Act of
1857, to enforce the attendance of wit
ncsses. Passed.
1t repeats that part which exempts wit.
nesses who have testified before an Exam.
lining Committee Of either House from be
ing used as evidence in Court OF JUS
tice.
After debate Of several hours the
House adjourned, with the understanding
that the question would be taken up to-
morrow at one o'clock.
SENATE.--On motion of Mr.. Wilson,
the bill in relation to the arrest of persons
claimed az held to service or labor BY
officers in the military or naval service Of
the United States was taken up. The bill
provides that any officer arresting any per-
sons held to service or to labor shall be
discharged from the service.
Mr.. Collamer offered an amendment or
as "a substitute that no officer of the army
or navy, militia or volunteer, shall assume
to exercise any authority to arrest, detain,
hold or control any person held to ser
vice, and that any officer so offending be
dismissed from the service. Agreed to.
MIR. 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
person FROM his or her master or owner.
Mr.. Salisbury said that he thought that
the officers or soldiers Of the United States
ought to have nothing to do With the
question at all either way.
Mr.. Rice moved to add after the words
master or owner" the words "who may be
q loyal citizen of the United States
agreed to.
Mr.. Wilson opposed the amendment
II was against any justification of slayery
What he wanted was to prevent officers OF
the army from returning slaves. sems
officers lad already disgraced the service
in this way, and a5od willing he Wilson J
if he had the power, meant to prevent
their confirmation by the Senate.
The contested seat of Kansas was taken
up, the question being on the motion of
Mr.. Clark to strike out the word mot
in the resolution of the Committee on the
Judiciary, that @Mr Lane was not entitled
to his seat. Mr. Lane said he had de-
signed to accept the Office on the ed Of
July. He referred to the contest IN Kan
sas with Mr. Stanton for the Senatorship,
and said that 4 days after he was elected
the Governor whom he had overthrown and
his contestant whom he had beaten de-
clared the seat vacant.
Mr.. Bright thought the question purely
a legal one, that the President having ap-
pointed him to an Office not created, the
Senator from Kansas could not accept it,
and therefore did not yacate his seat in
the Senate.
Thediscussion was continued by Messrs.
Lane, Stanton, Clark and Foster. A vote
was taken on Mr.. Clarke motion to strike
out the word mot" yeas, Bright, Brown
ing, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Cowan,
Doolittle, Fessenden, Hale, Harlan, Har-
ris, Howe. King, Lane, of Ind, latham.
Morrill,, Pomeroy, Rice, Sherman, Sum-
ner, Trumbull, Wilkinson, Wilmot and
Wilson-2t; nays, Anthony, Bayard,
Carlisle, Davis, Dixon, Footc, Foster,
johnson, Kennedy, McDougal, Nesmith.
Pearce Powell, salisbury, Ten-Eyck and
Wade