Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-07-17
CONVERSATIONAL.
XXXvIIth c0NaREss-sssend ssssisa.

sEsATx.-After our report closed Yesterday -
The amendment OF Mr., CLARK to the resolution
explanatory Of the conas.st,or bill cGnfning the
forfeiture Of real estate TO the lifetime Of the
traitor, wai adopted-yeas 25, nays Is.
Mr.. Clark also offered an amendment enabling
the President TO re,tore the property CT innocent
PARTIES should it be taken under the operation Of
the bill; adopted, and the resolution was passed.
mr. Grimes, from the COMMITTEES % Confer,
ence, submitted q report on the bill relating tS
the confinement Of soldiers In the penitentiarv;
adopted.
The bill relating to the discharge Of State pris-
opers was taken up. -..
The third section relating to the suspension of
habses eorT1S wss amended so as 70 give the
President power to suspend the writ only during
The amendment Of Mr.. Wilson, TO stiite OFT
the two ntst sections was rejected-yeas Is, nays
10.
Mr. Browning offered an aamsndment providing
for the prisoners taking an oath OF allegiance
adopted.
MIR. Chandler then addressed the Senate upon
the military operations based upon eydenoe he
fore the war committee. He read orders to Gen
Patterson, and correspondence between him and
Gen. Scott and said that It was rendered certain
that Johnson had not more than twenty, instead
OF forty thousand He assigned fve reasons for
the defeat at Bull Run, viz 81 The delay from
Friday to Sunday, in cOnseq uence Of non-trrival
OF provision trains. 2. The delay on Sunday
morning, In consequence Of Keves' brissd5 rot
getting in position. 3. The arrival Of johnson &
reiTforcements. 4. The assignment Of GrifIn's
battery one thousand yards too far In advance,
and installing rebel regiment for support
g. The failure to bring up the reserve at the crit
ical moment.
The Senate took a recess at Eve until seven
O'Clock, and, on Resembling,
Mr.. Chandler, in concluding his speech, con-
tinued the history OF war operations from the bat:
lie Of Bull Run to the present time. He stated
that Mcclellan had $50 600 men in his command
on the 10 b Of March. He moved to Fortress Mon.
roe with 15S ,0a0 men. General Wadsworth, by
his sworn statement, had 19 022 men for the i'm.
mediate defense OF Washington, with not one
ment Of Gen. Shields from CO. operation with Gen
Banks In the Valley to aid Mcclellan. occasioned
the retreat Of Banks before Jackson lie said thai
Ave men had been lost by the spade for every one
killed by the bullet since the embarkaton Of thai
army. In the history Of operations before Rich.
mond, he said that 10 COO men had been lost In
digging entrencbments, drinking rotten water
and eating bad food.
HousE--After our report closed
Mr.. Kellogg, OF Ill asked leave to offer the fol
lowing:
To the end that the Cons. .Itution and law. shsI
be acknowledged and enforced in the United
states and the Territories thereof, and provide
that the causeless and unnatural rebellion bt
speedily put down, therefore,
Be It rsSoIusd by the Senate and House of Rep
rsSsntatiuss, That the President be, and he i.
hereby, empowered to call into the army, bv vol
untary enlistments or other means as he may di
rect, for one year, unless sooner discharged one
million men, In addition to the present number
said increase Of army shall be organized
equipped. paid, etc, ss Is now provided by law
Mr.. Lovejoy suggested that the men be mus
tered in without gard to cclof.
The House refused to suspend the rules FOR 1T
reception
The bill for the admission Of WeIt Virgini,
Into the Union, was postponed TO the Deoembe
/ session.
The Senate bill authorizing the President Il
enter into contracts with any foreign government
Tor the reception and colonization OF Tecsp.uret
Africans In the West Indies, was passed.
MI. stevens called up the bill amending Il,
ect Of l795, calling forth the militia to suppress
rebellion or Invasion; passed.
The oenate resolution explanatory Of the con
nscation bill, was taken up and psssed-yeas So
nays 81.