Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-01-16
THE MILITARY COMMITTEE ON
THE SLAVERY QUESTION.

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Times SAYS: 81
The Military Committee OF the House,
to whom were referred all the petitions
and resolutions in relation TO the emanci-
patton Of the slaves of rebels, this morn
ing induced their chairman, Mr. Blair, of
Missouri, to report bill. The Commit
tee is composed of Blair; Buffinton, of
Massachusetts Olin, of New York
Wright, Of Pennsylvani; Richardson, of
Illinois Mckee; Dunn, of Indiana
VIM. Allen, OF Ohio; Marston of New
Hampshire, and jackson. The two latter
have not attended the meetings of the
committee. 1t is understood that the
committee agree as to the principles of
this bill, but not fully on details. The
leading features of the bill are these:
First-The apportionment of the Ma
tional tax among the rebel States
| Second-The charge of each rebel
States portion pro rata on the lots and
lands of citizens of said States, according
to the valuation thereof under the last GEN.
suS
| Third-The Proclamation of the Pres
ident on the 22d of February next, to all
citizens of the rebel States, to pay the
taxes charged Oh their lands
Fourth-The lands of all who fail to
pay, after six days, shall be liable to be
seized, and the title thereof vest in the
! United States
Fifth-The President TO appoint three
commissioners tor each rebel State, to
| take charge of lands whose title is thus
vested in Government, and lease or sell
the same as the President may direct;
but persons claiming to be loyal, who shall,
in two years, furnish proof of loyalty,
shall receive each from Government title
to their lands.
SiXth-These commissioners to receive
salary Of $4,000 each, and to have two
clerks each. at salary of $1,000. They
shall enter upon duty whenever any coun-
ty or district of the rebel States is reduc-
ed to Federal authority by the command
iHg General.
Seventh-Personal property of citi-
: zens in rebel States to be taken after June
next, in default of their payment of the
5 National Income tax Loyal owners to
have time for reclamation.
= Eighth-The proceeds of leases or
sales of rebel property TO be paid into the
National Treasury.
Ninth-The slaves of rebel masters
J taken by our army, or brought into our
d lines, or coming in voluntarily, shall be
It protected, and the rights of rebel mas
It tiers divested by summary examination
of Commissioners, and certificates Of
freedom issued.
Tenth These emancipated persons
shall be hired to employers leasing Gov.
ernment lands, or employed by Govern
meat in public works, or indentured to ag
riculturists or mechanics for term of five
years of all over twenty-one, and until
d twenty-five years of age of all under
v. twenty-one, reserving reasonable wage;
% for their service, which wages shall 60 tt
Government, to be held in trust for salt
. persons, and to be used in deporting then
'0 to new homes--the employers to feed
clothe and lodge them properly.
Z, Eleventh-If any State shall emanci
pate its slaves, they shall be taken charg
D. of by the United States and treated in tn
same manner as slaves taken from rebels
o. Any free negroes wishing to emigrat
shall be deported by Government an
d, provided for as slaves emancipated unde
this bill
n, Twelfth-The proceeds of the sales G
the lands and other property of rebel:
I'd and the wages of apprenticed and hires
persons, shall create National fund, on
y, third to pay the cost of providing new
homes tor emancipated persons and trans
y, porting them thereto; one third to pa,
the Federal tax imposed on the rebe
I'd States, and one-third to pay loyal owner
of emancipated slaves, and the losses o
n loyal persons by reason of the rebellion.
Thirteenth-The President shall ac
n, quire in Mexico, South America, Centra
America, or islands in the Gulf of Mexic
I'd lands, Or the right Of settlement on lands
towhich emancipated slaves shall be trans
I'd ported,single persons receiving forty acre
of land, and married persons eighty acres
I'd The bill contains twenty-three sections
but the foregoing is the substance of thu
ID whole. 1t is well ascertained that thu
President will approve no measure o
ID emancipation not embracing colonization.
Fires are continually occurring il
ID Charleston, and the papers of that cit,
declare the existence Of a conspiracy fo
its destruction by incendiarism.