The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-19

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An occasional glancs at tins proessdiaSs OF
the eskss Congress shows tAAt The negro
q aaes.lon maintains ~ asaAl Droniaence.
We copy the ysollowias from late Northern
rapsr: .f t-.,.se5
: :. 3sfnJ WAsnBcfoS. April nM
Messrs. Howard. ln1ioh y Ohandlsr. (1ieA.S
irumhnll, TN } Sherm an, (OAioJ and Har.
i Ian. Ga. J p.essnted 'gsstasns II favor Of
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ii.nmsn:of ~ q OF Netional Arnory asA 0eDet In
Mr: Trumeull introduced bsn for ne more
conveuient enforcement Of the laws Of the u.
States, for iss security, BY keeping the peace
The bill In relation to nxins the sslsriss Of
District Attorneys was taken ND
After q discussion the bill was passsd-yeas
-, nays 10.
On motion OF Mr. Wiison (Masa the senate
wen. into Executive session.
After an Executive session, the Senate I'D.
j1urned.
HOUSE OF REP EPREsENTATIvES.
The House proceeded to the consideration
Of the Senate bill 70 ipcreass the emeisney ef
debate Involved tho question OF oflnc0rpUrattne
slrgeons from the voiurteer service With the
regular staff, Thus giving large field for 80.
/, siion. ibis was agree to.
The bill as nmeDdei, on the recommenda.
tion OF the Military COMMITTEES, was tnsn
rasssd.
During the debate on the medical bifi, Nr.
Dunn {Md said he hoped the bill would b
promptly passed. There comes up I'd N 4
cry Of distress from our camps aud hospitals
from cur wounded and sick, who are cru.
ELY sutf sring from the want OF proper msdt.
cal and hospital Provisions. lie would vote
for any bill calculated - give relisf 70 our
soldiers, who 50 nobly endured and suffered
for their country. Our Medical Department
biei. to attend properly 70 its vastly Increased
du.ies.
Albert q. Higgins was brought before the
bar Of the House - answer for contempt In
failing to appear before toe Select Com mtttes
on Government Contracts.
The Speaker asked him what answer SAad
to make.
In reply, written statement was r.xd. 70
the effect that he Id not heard VI .he com.
mittee being IN he ION AZ the time Of the no.
tice; anc further. that hs derived an Impres-
sion from the officer serving II, that the next
dty would do If he could not 60 that day.
WheE he went tha next day he found the
committee broken up.
Mr.. DAwss (Mess. offered a resolution that,
whereas, Albert q Higgins had siaoe appear.
e.. before the committee and answered all the
questions Put to. him, he be disch arged ON
the pa yment of tbs fees charg cable on tho
warrant.
After a conversation, the resolution was
am mended by striking out the requirement to
pay the fees. and aiOpted, there being moth.
ing TO show that higgins aotad in contempt.
RIr. Stevens pal from the Commi.tss OF
Ways aud Means, reported bill making
further appropriations for certain civil ex-
penses OF the Government.
The House c0ncuIred in nearly Sal the Sc.
nate amendments to the Post. Once ApPrO-
priatiOn bill.
During the ex plana tions, Mr.. Colfax Uud.)
said the amount for special agents was Me-
cessary, rs those OH GERS open post Offices and
transact other mail business, a. our armies
advance.
On motion OF Dtr. Roscoe Ucukling, the
House proceeded to the consideration OF bu.
siness on the Speakers table. ~
THE KEaso QUESTION.
The first was the joint res0lution thst Con.
gress ought to Cooperate with and afford aid
to any State adopting the Policy OF gradual
emancipation.
words "United States for "Congress," was
then agreed 70 by the House. The propagation,
therefore, requires only the Presidents ap-
proval TO become a law
The House coucursed In the Senate amend.
ments to the House bill authorizing the 81.
iseiishmsltof branch post 0nioss in the ai.
dollars for the abolition OF slavery la the
District OF Colum aia, and hundred thou.
sand for coioni2ing them, was taken up and
read for the fl irst time.
Tne question occurring on its second read.
ing, Mr. valiandigham, of Ohio, objected.
|. In case Of objection being made TO the go.
Ond reading Of bill, the rule requires the
question to be put. " Shall the bill be reject.
ed 2'
The question was accordingly put and de-
cidsd In the negative -yses as, nays sI.
YEAS. Messrs. Allen, Biddle Blair (va.).
Brown iva }, calvert, Corning, Cox, Cravens,
Orittenden. Delarlasae, Danlnp, Enslish.
Order Hal, Harding Ksrrigan, Knapp, Law
i.iz,ar, Leary. Mallory. May. Aen zies. Noble.
Noeil, Norton, ,Nngen. Pendiston Perry. Price.
Steele IN. Y J, Thomas (Md.), Vallandigham.
voorhees,. Wadsworth, Wade, Webster, White
(Dho), Wickiffe. WoodruR, and Wright.
Icy, Habhit', Bake. BAXTER, Bsaman, BIns.
ham. Blair (ao.) Hair tPa.), Blaze, bpwAs
(R. I J, Burlington, Gam mpbsil, Cham bsflain, ,
Ciarx. .olfax. Frederick A. ,;OnklinE. Ros.
Divsn, uueil, punn, Adeerton. Edwards.
Eliot. Fenton, Fes1eHden, Fisher, EraUcho s,
Frank. Gooeh, Goodwin, Graz ger. 0uIlsy.
Haish', Hall. Hancne,,, harrison, Hooper.
GMoh. y Killipger. Lansing, Lehman, Loomis.
Lovejoy, Mcknight, McPherson. Mitchell,
Morenead, Morr.li. the. } MorrililVt , NIXON.
Pas Pemsioy % Porter Sa Potter nfRs slRss s s,s:
| (se.., Riddle koaiins tN: HI Sergeant.
sheffield, Shsi:abarger. Sherman, Sloan.
Spauiding, Stevens, Strattop. Thomas
EaiKsnSurs, verre ,, wa1isc.. Wslsoa Vt )
l Wheeler, white lind, } Wilson, md W indom.
MT. hoecoe Conkine. Of N. r., moved 70
reconsider the vote. and 10 lay that motion on
| the table; which was agreed to.
'Ihe hill WAS then fead aecOnd Tina And
| on motion Of Mr. Roscoe Conkliug, refer red
| TO the COMMITTEES Of the Whole on ths stats
| or the Union, the rules requiring all bills
making appropriations to b thus referred
The House then wens into Committee Of .hs
Whole on the state o! the Union ON tbs PACT.
fc Railroad bill
Mr. Phelps, (Cal } advocate 1t, r.sa rdics
this mears Of coeuecting tbs Atlantic viii
the Pacific as not only imr rortant 10 militia
ry, but also lii an agricultural and CONNER.
c!al point OF view
MIR Kellar, (Pa.,) argued that the time Il
peculiarly fitting for the commencement Of
this work. aud our domestic exiSsncies de-
mand It's early completion. Until We shall
| assume IT'S just aud commanding position
/ among ne natl ans OF the world. Ee eoastA
| tIed the sublec. in ali its various aspects
The COMMITTEES hen rose. and the HOUSE ID.
journed.
| TIE LArE 0ss A. d 0LappsS We TAXI
I ktOiu Ia 0eA S0HSA Cof6S&t0H Inc IoII0Ws
l ing sketch Of this gallant ciRcer, who fell .,
Shiloh:
He was horn in air6sld, 5. U. October n,
1910. In 1889 he removed TO Columbia. anS
entered into the bus aoss Of cOttCn mer.
chant. Heserved In The f1ortdA cam paiga IL
| the Hich' Rihe compaay. Tx his SssuSl
/ ha resumed his former kuSineAs, aud was d
/ is4l appointed BY President ~ lor Postn astsl
OF Uclnmbia, which e0ice he held durtns
/ that adm ieistrAtion. lS45 he volunssrtd d fOi
the Mextcan war In TIE Palmetto regimen
lag Colonel. aud J. r.. Dicnnsen LisuIDuaa,
Colonel He fought CALAMITY. - his Wholl
regimt at did, ~ Uc~trerAss Uhsrsbase0
Ohapultefse, and the gakes o. MEXICO, ~
I uUuu the fall Of (,0l AutiAr And LlouennanI