Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-30
CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, June q

ASHiNGT0N, June 2c.
SENATE-The President pro TEN. laid be-
fore the Senate a communication from the War
Department transmitting official reports of the
battle of Pittsburg Landing, 100 in number.
Referred to the Military Committee.
Mr.. King presented a petition numerously
signed by volunteers honorably discharged, ask
ing that the provisions i'm regard to bounty, &c,
be extended to them.
Mr.. Wade presented a petition from citizens #
Ohio, asking for a more vigorous prosecution of
the war.
Mr.. Hale, from the Naval Committee, re-
ported back the House bill for the relief of the
Panama Railroad Company. The bill provides
for the payment of S7.475 for transportation, and
was passed.
On motion of Mr.. Harlan the bill to provide a
land office for Nevada was taken up and finally
passed.
On motion of Mr.. Wade the bill to establish
certain national arsenals was taken up. The
bill provides for arsenals at Columbus, Ohio, In
dianap6lis and Rock Island.
Mr.. Browning movedt TO strike out Rock Island
and insert Quincy.
Mr.. Davis moved to insert Keokuk.
After some discussion the morning hour ex-
pired and the confiscatiOn bill was taken up.
Mr.. Wilkinson proceeded to speak at some
length in favor of the speedy coniscation of the
property of the rebels He argued that confsca-
ton was clearly among the war powers, and that
conhscatiOn was specially Necessary under the
circumstances of this war. He also protested
against the obnoxious doctrine that would give
deSpotic power to the President. He thought
there was too much lenity towards the property
of rebels.
Mr.. Cowan said he was as much in favor of
Furnishing rebels as any one. He would only be
lenient to the Union men of the South.
Mr.. Wilson referred TO the declaration of the
Union men of the South, that unless something
was done, there would be no hope for them.
Mr.. COwan said he would put Gewn the rebel
lion with the whole force of the Government,
and hang the guilty leaders as high rs Hannah:
but il is not the way tU suppress the rebellion to
pass measures obnoxious to all loyal men from
the border States. Hardly a day passes but mel-
sures are introduced by a certain school which
are calculated TO make enemies instead of
friends.
MIR. Sumner offered an amendment to Sen ate
bill that no evidence shall be excluded on ac-
count of color. Kejected-yeas IA nays 25.
Mr.. Sumner read letters from Union men in
Tennessee in favor OF coniscation and enamel
patton with colonization.
Mr.. Powell said such was not the opinion OF
one man in 5000 ofthe people of the slave States.
The question was then taken on Mr.. Clark's
motion to substitute the bill of the Senate COM
mittee for the House bill, which was agreed to-
feas-AnthOny, Browning, Clark, Collamer,
Cowan. Davis, Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden,
FOote. Foster, Harlan, Harris, Henderson, Howe,
Nesmith, Reed, Simmons, Starke, TenEyck,
Wiley. 81.
Nays-Chandler, Grimes. Hale, Howard, King,
Lane Of Indiana. Lane of Kansas, Morrill,, Pom
eroy, Sherman, Sumner, Trumbull, Wade Will
kinson, Wilmot, Wilson, of Missouri, Wright
IL.
Absent-Bayard, Garlic, johnson. Kennedy
McDougalI, Powell. Pierce, Salisbury, Tbomp-
son, Wilson of Massachusetts,.
Various amendments and substitutes were Of
ferred and rejected, when the amendment substi
tuting the Senate bill was concurred in by yeas
10, nays, IL and the coniscation bill then pass
ed. Yeas 2S-nays -.