, 1862-12-23
TUESDAY. DECEMBER<223 1862.
necessary for securing tle rights Of the several
Statea and sections within the Union under thr

necessary Tor secL ring tle rights Of the several
Nj. PENDLETON Of Ohio, offered rcsolu. :
ton that the protest and renonstfauce- Of
Herewith, against the unconstitutionality OF
andinjusticr of the hill recently passed in
Identifying the President and otlacrs for sus+
pending the writ Of habes1s corpus be entered
VI Mr tne sTEVENs iHE13E of Pa. moved to lay tae
resolution on the table. CarIied-75 against
Il Mr: ASHLEY Of Ohio, introduced q bin
proposing a temporary Government for
Idahoe, and to enable tie Territories Of Nac.
yada, Utah, aud Colorado to form State
INTO the Union. Referred to the Committee
On motion Of Mr. cox, Of Ohio. it was re:
solved thas thu President be requested, If not
incompatible with the public service, to COM
or other information in his possession &c:
laiing to the alleged interference by our Min:
lister to Mexico in faror Of the French in t]l4
present war between The Mexican Republic
and the Emperor OF the French, by signing .
protest against the expulsion from Mexico Of
French subjects. !:
Mr.. WALTON offered the following rcso:
tion, which was adopted >
Resozred. That tho Committee Of Ways and
Means be instructed to Inquire into the expedi:
erey orauthorizlng the Secretary Of the Treasury
at bis discretion to issue bonds to the amount Of
SIGH UGiN. Of such denominations Gs ehall b.
best adaptcd to the purpose Of circulation and
brazing interest Ut tie rate Of six PCT cent anaE
ally payable in three or five years. at tile pleasure
OF The Government; and receivable Tor Ill dues to
| tie Government except customs
| n1notion Of Mr: SHELLABARGEk OF Q. :;
| the Committee Of Ways and Means was III!
| Etructed to inquire into the expedlency Of
| amending The tax law SO that newspapers cir
] e1i1ating not exceeding $500 copies lnay not
Mr. BiNGHAM of Ohio, introduced y BID
| the St4tes and Territories of the United
| States.
|! Stl. MAY Of Maryland, offered resolution
| requesting the President to communicate to
!! the House Il copy Of the order Of the Seere-
tary Of State, dated about the 28th Of No
yelnbcr l,st,:l1lti which he caused to be read to
| the State prisoners at Fort Warren, forbid
ding tllclli to employ counsel, Oh the ground
that such Il course would be deemed by ts1e
| goEern1nrnt and the State Department as 4
| reason for lsro1onglng their Imprisonment. ,
Mr.. MAY said III wanted to know whether
such prisoners we're guilty Of 4 crime for
rliugills to the privilege Of the Constitution.
Tie SPEAKER informed him that the de-
bate was not in order. ::
On motion Of Mr. STEVENS, Of Pennsyt
yania, the resolution w:as Tailed BY d vots q
is against 48.
On motion Of Mr.. TRAIN Of Alassachl
sctts, q resolution was adopted providing fol
q select committee to inquire whether III
officer or in cmp1oye Of the government /:
interested, directly Or indirectly, in any bank
ing house or monied Institution having con
tracts with the government, or dealing il
stocks or other property. ::
Mr.. MALLORY'S S resolution that all I'D
| journncnt lake place from Tuesday to til;
first Monday in January, passcd By i vote o
10 against A..
Mi. BINGHAM, Of Ohio, moved That th'
Committee On Judiciary Dc discharged iron
the further consideration Of the bill dcclara
tory Of the emancipation Of slayes in rebe
States and Territories. The question VA
taken, and resulted in u vote Of tj2 against j!!
a two-thirds vote being required.
Mr. BINGHAA1'S motion was disagreed to
.'Mr. WHITE Of Ind, from the select com
mittee on Border State emancipation aske
leave to report a bill appropriating twcnt
millions Of dollars to aid the State of Nilsson,
| in emallcipating her slases, and that it be IT
committed to the committee. Agreed t
! IT against 50.
The House considered the bill to supply til
deficiencies for the year ending viii, Jun
! next. The bill passed.
The House then adjourned.