The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-14
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BY THE E. W. LINE.
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CONGRESSIONAL.
XXXYIIth Gongress---Second Session.
WASHINGTON, February IS.


Committee of the Whole with amend
ments.
+ The House rejected Calverts PROPOSE
tion to dismiss the 76 midshipmen,
alleged to have been appointed by the
Secretary of the Navy contrary to law.
The House, by vote of St to %, con-
Cured in the amendment, that hereaf-
ter, while the rebellion lasted, that there
shall be one to eleven additional mid
shipman for each Congressional District
in the loyol States, to be recommended
by the members and delegates Of the
House as heretofore, and such addition
al midshipmen from the next class shall
be appointed on the recommendation of
members and delegates of the present
Congress.
/ The House by vote of II against "A,
agreed to the amendment striking out
an appropriation Of 1868, 800 for the New
York Navy Yard, and inserting $1,2l3,-
600 fora floating, sectional dry dock of
sufficient size and capacity for raising
any of the vessels now built. The bill
passed.
On motion of Colfax the Second Aud
itor was directed to inform the House if
some plan cannot be devised by which
! the 500 bounty can be paid promptly to
families of deceased soldiers, leaving the
arrears Of pay alone to be settled by the
pay rolls
The House then took up private bills.
Bingham from the Judiciary Commit
tee reported bill amendatory of the
several confscation acts which was
passed.
/ 1t provides that in all cases now or
hereafter pending as to the ships vessels
ar other property seized, and condemn
ed, the court rendering judgment shall
first provide for payment from the pro-
ceeds of the sales, bona tide claims filed
by any citizen of the U. S. or subject of
foreign power, and properly established
provided no such claim shall be allowed
if the claimant shall have participated
in disioyal practices in connection with
the property.
Wright introduced bill to provide a
comfortable home for poor, disabled, dis
charged soldiers Referred to Military
Committee.
The House went into Committee of
the Whole on private bills, and adjourned.
Tie Senate committee on Military
Affairs reported back the bill to raise
additional soldiers for the service, with
the recommendation that it do not pass
because the authority intended to be
granted is sufficiently granted in the act
approved July, 1862 This is the bill in
trOduced by Sumner.
Wilson, from the same committee, re-
ported back the bill to withhold the pay
of officers absent from duty.
The resolution was called up to revive
the act to secure to men actually en-
ployed in the Department of the West
and Missouri, their pay, bounty and pen
siona. Passed
Clark called up the Joint Resolution
authorizing the Secretary of the Treas
ury to pay Perry Brochus his salary as
Judge OF the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States for the Territory of New
Mexico. Passed.
Sumner called up the bill to prevent
correspondence with the rebels Passed
Fessenden called up the bill to pro-
vide ways and means to support the gov
: eminent. An amendment was adopted,
q making the interest on notes authorized
o by the bill and certificates of indebted
Q ness hereafter issued payable in lawful
o money instead of coin. Also an amend
% ment reducing the notes to be issued to
. Sl50,000,000 instead of $1,000, 000,0 600,
y including the amount issueeby the reso-
r luton of January II, 1863.
/; The section allowing coupons on
- bonds and notes to be received for Gus
toms thirty days before due and after
due was stricken out.
Clark moved to amend the proposed
tax of = per cent on the circulation o.
the banks, so as to make it | per cent
}, for two years and 2 per cent after that
Harris said he could vote for no suct
amendment as he deemed it a declara-
ton of war against the banks 1t was &
notice to them that they must wind NJ
their affairs in two years. The banks
have nobly supported the Government
. and he would not vote to destroy them.
Clarke said he offered the amendment
to relieve, not to destroy them. If the
scheme passed yesterday was to go into
effect, that circulation must take the
place of bank circulation. He was ready
to sacrifice anything to save the Govern
= ment
Fessenden said the Senator from New
:. York was willing yesterday to vote for
= the bank bill, but now he was not will
ling that the bill should go into opera
< ton.
C Yesterday was to introduce new circu
Z lation to take the place of bank circula
ton, but if the banks were to still go OIL
= issuing all the notes they please, it woulC
render the new plan a nullity. This ta2
# was designed as pressure on the bank
I'll to induce them to come under the new
g arrangement and help make a uniform
Is, currency all over the country.
III Harris commended that he had support
Ist ed the new banking bill as voluntar
system which the banks would receive
I'd and not as measure to eXterminate an
make war on the State banks.
m Chandler said the question was, whetl
er we should support the government {
me protect the State banks at all hazard
"0 What would the banks be worth if tn
nd government went down? They woul
on be worth nothing
This onestion was of far greater in