The national Republican., 1862-01-15
Mr. LArHAM res.rded the iaIl a. diserac,

NJ. LATHAM regarded the jail a. disgrace
20 the Q)strict
Mr.. HOWE trusted that the people would be
taxed 70 their hearts content In good time.
He deprecated the agitation Of the slsvsry
question, and remarked that Il had uniformly
been commenced by members from the slave
States.'
Hr. WILSON again alluded 70 the words and
tne manner Of Mr.. Carlile. o. this time and in
his speeoh before the holidays
| Nj. CARLILE agreed with Mr.. Howe In dep
resating The agitation Of slavery, BY men Of
the slave States o. wen a. BY those Of the free
States. He hoped no bad feeling would be
/ engendered. In the days Of the Revolution,
wsshiugton he'd been sent BY Virginia to assist
In fighting the battles OF the North, and Little
Rhody had sent Greene to aid in fighting the
battles Of the South. Let us initiate, 10 our
The bill was further discussed by Messrs.
COLLAM1R, PEARCE, and HALE.
| Ar. CLARK offered certain amendments,
which we're adopted, and the bill was passed,
BY the following vote, viz:
| YEAs-AnthOny, Browning, Chandlar, Clark,
ColIamer. Cowan, Davis, Dixon, Doolittle, Fes.
ssnden. Foot, Foster, Grimes, Harlan, Harris,
Latham. McDougail, Morrill,, Nssmitb. Poms.
| roy, Rice. Sherman, Sumner, Ten Eyok, Trum.
bull, wade and Wilson-3l.
NAYs-CsrliIe. Kennedy, Powell and sauls.
bury.
THE PERrHsHIRE.
| Mr.. Sumner called up the act for the relief
OF the owners Of The British ship Perthshirs |;
which was read third time and passed, with
out discussion.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The SPEAKER laid before the House .
message from the President Of the United
States, transmitting trsnslstion Of the corre-
spuDdcDce from the Austrian Minister, 10 rela.
} ton TO the Trent affair. Referred 10 Commit
lee on Foreign Affairs.
Also, q commune alton from the Secretaries
Of the Interior aud Treasury, tr anmltting the
financial statements Of the respective Depart
ments. Laid on the table and ordered to be
printed.
Mr.. COLFAX said this was the day a.
. signed for the previous question on the passage
Of the fiauking bill, but he would withdraw IL
in order to allow brief debate ON Il.
Mr.. PORTER, Of Indiana, advocated the bill
' on the ground that II was q great abuse.
Mr.. TROWBRlDGE. Of Michigan, thought II
we could not cut of all The unDeces. ary ex
prnditures Of the Government, we certainly
ought TO cut of "a much as possible.
Mr.. WICKLlFFE, Of Kentucky, offered an
l. amendment TO recommit the bill to the Com
u mittce on the Pest Office and Post Roads, will
instructions to modify the bill 70 that the frank
v ing privilege Al all be exercised only during
the session Of Congress, and to continue fol
twenty days after the adjournment.
lie was satisfied that the committee could
u not get this bill passed by both Houses of Con
y gress. He said when II was bis duty to inquire
H. into this abuse, he found that members, when
= leaving this city, during the recess, would
u leave Us many franked envelopes at their dif
o ierent boarding houses as would be necessary
c for tha whole correspondence 10 the city o
: Washington.
P Mr.. HUTCHINS, of Ohio, was In favor Of tbt
}. unconditional abolition of the franking priv
= = lcge
Is Mr.. BLAKE, of Ohio, believed that tht
franking privilege should be sbollshed becaus,
Of the abuses that are carried on under thii
Q privilege He was 10 favor Of this bill becsus,
+ It cuts of all those abuses that are attending
the franking privilege.
:. to make himself magnanimous ct tho sacri6c'
OF other people.
Mr.. COLFAX called the previous question
on the passage of the bill.
i, Mr.. Wicklife's amendment was rejected
d yeas 50, maya 81.
Tn. yeas and nays were ordered on Mr.
Duells amendment to strike out oil after th,
first section Of tho bill--yeas lO8, nays Al.
Mr.. DUELL then offered substitute, which
. was rejected.
Mr.. &AsHBURNE, of Illinois, moved to la,
. the bill on the table
Mr.. r. l., CONKLING. of New York, called
. for the yeas and nays, which were ordered, re
. sulling- yeas 43, nays lO3.
The bill was then put on Its passage, upor
= :, whi the yeas and nays were ordered, result
u ing as follows:
YEAS-Messrs. Aldrich, Alley, AucOna, Ar.
y mold. Ashley, Babbit, Bailey of Massachusetts,
Bingham, Blair Of Pennsylvania, Blake, Brown
It Of Rhode Island, Brown Of Virginia, BunintOn
Burnham, Calvert, Campbell, Chamberlain
/. Clark, Cobb. Colfax, +. A. Conkling, r l.. Conk
: Dsisno' Dasli. Dunn, Edser,on, Eiwsrds, Eiio,
English, Fessenden. Frank, Goodwin, Grider
o . Gurley, HaiRht, Hanchstt. Harrison, Holman
;. Hooper, Horton, HutGhins, Julian, Kellogg 0
D. mis-, MoKoan, Mcknight, Mcpherson, MarstOn
Mitchell, Morrill, of Maine, Morrill, of Vermont
n Noble, Noel, Norton. Nugent, Odell, Olin, Pat
ca ton, Perry, Phelps Of California, Pike, Pome
- roy, Porter, Rice Of Massachusetts,, Rice o
" Maine, Riddle, Sargent, Sedgwick, shanks
She field, Sloan, Steele Of New York, Steele o
Is New Jersey, Thomas Of MASSACHUSETTS,, Thoma
Maryland Tr'%Ss %s rvIoxSrdgs, SIpto%n' ya
NJ lace, Walton of Maine, Walton of Vermont
~ = Ward, Wheeler, White Of Indiana, Wickllfe
- Wilson, Window, Wood, Woodruff, and Wor
| Cester-l07.
as EAYs-Messrs. Allen. Biddle, Blair Of Mi,
n. souri,, Blair Of Virginia, Clemens OF Tennessee
cs Cox, Ghrisneld, Diven, Dunlap, Fisher, Fouke
n. Granger. hale, Harding, johnson, Kelley, Ke
" logg Of Illinois, Knapp. Law, Iazear, Logar
~ LOvejoy, MullOny, Maynard, Menziss, More
Or head, Morris. Pendleton, Richardson, Rollins {
IL New Hampshire, Rollins Of Missouri, Sherman
be Shiel, Stevens, Vallandigham. vandever, Vol
10 hoes, Wadsworth, Washburne, White, an
40 Wright-42.
es On motion, the House went into C0mmitte
Ut OF the Whole on the Stale of the Union, an
I'd took up the bill making appropriation 10 carr
into effect the joint resolution approved Jul
10 ~, 1861, for the exhibition Il the industry {
X all nnii0ns at Lnndnn In The wear lRs2