Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-02-24
TELEGRAPHIC.
KEPORTED FOR THE STATESMAN.
Last Nights Dispatches.
THIRTY-sEvENTM CONGRESS-.
Third Session.
WAsHINoroN. Feb. %,

WARRINGTON, Feb. 90.
sENATE.-Mr. Wiley presented resolution
from the Constitutional Convention of West
Virginia, accepting the Constitution as amend
ed by Congress; also resolution asking for an
appropriation for emancipating slaves In West
Virginia.
Mr.. Collamer called up the resolution rela-
tive to the payment of foreign postage in coin,
and offered substitute authorizing the Post
master General to take measures to provide for
the payment In coin Of the balances against
the United States.
Mr.. McDougal called up the bill to amend
the Pacific Railroad act. After discussion, the
bill was postponed.
Mr.. Wilson Of Massachusetts introduced a
bill to prevent the circulation In the United
States of the bonds and notes of the Confeder.
ate States. Referred to the committee on FL
nance.
Mr.. Latham introduced bill TO establish a
branch mint In Nevada. Referred to the COM
mittee on Finance.
Mr.. Lane Of Kansas introduced bill grant.
ing lands to Kansas to indemnify her citizens
for their losses. ......
The bill for the discharge of State prisoners
was taken up. -a.
Mr.. Richardson spoke, referring to Wilson's
remark that the whole Democratic party were
dialoyal.
| Mr.. Wilson stated that he never said the
mass of the party was dlsloyal.
Mr.. Richardson said II was since the inaupu-
ration Of confscaton and emancipation that we
had no success. Let these be recalled, and the
country could yet be saved. He thought the
President had no power to suspend the writ of
habeas corpus. Ho was also opposed to the
conscription and the present bill.
| Mr.. Wilson said no man could be found op-
posing the war who was not Democrat, and
such journals as the Cincinnati Enquirer, Chi
cago Times and New York World and Express,
were quoted and spplauded by traitors in arms.
He had nothing to say against the action of
those Democrat, who were fighting for thoir
country or working for its welfare 10 any way.
Mr.. Richardson said the Senator had referred
to q newspaper in his State. The editor OF
that paper was brother to man In the Mon
itor when she saved the country last year. Az
as from any office in the country. He would
not indorse oil the opinions Of that paper, but
the Senator was greatly mistaken If he sup
posed there was In the head Of that paper any
thought of disloyalty. He defed the Senator
to fnd anything disloyal in any article of that
paper, and II there was any treason in that
paper or in the others referred to, the courts
were open and there was place to try them.
Mr.. Chandler said that one of the proprie-
tors Of that paper was known to be reb el
sympathizer, and believed to be disloyal.
Mr.. Collamer, from the committee of Con
ference on tho legislative appropriation bill
made report. The mileage clause is stricken
out Of the bill, leaving the mileage as hereto
fore. The report was agreed to and the bill
passed.
!, HoUsE.-The Speaker laid before the Hous,
the resolutions of the Legislature of KanssI
approving the policy of the Administration fol
suppressing the rebellion.
The House passed Senate bill providing fol-
the holding Of q circuit court of one district b,
the Judge of another, in cases Of necessity, snt
comforting on the U. S. district courts cogni
zance of cases of admiralty as to the lakes th,
same as is now possessed by them as to th,
high seas.
Mr.. Flanders, the member from the first Con
gressional district Of Louisiana, appeared anS
was quslifed.
Mr.. Dawes, from the committee on Elections
made an unfavorable report on the credentials
of c. L. Grafton as a member from the eight
district of Virginia.
Mr.. Dawes called up the adverse report II
the case of Jennings Piggott, claiming q sea
from the I'd District OF North Carolina. II se
forth, that Piggott was not, in any Just sense
the choice Of the loyal voters, not half of whom
had an opportunity to vote. Besides he wal
not rssident of North Carolina, although
native thereof He had lived in Washington
: With his wife and family, and had here vote,
for municipal officers.
Mr.. Piggott maintained that he was th
choice of the legal voters.
Messrs. Maynard and Clements advocated
: Piggott's claims.
l The report OF the committee against Pggot
was adopted.
Several important amendments to the Nsva
Appropriation bill were not concurred in, AM
the bill will be returned TO that body.
The House resumed consideration of Senat
bill enrolling and calling out the militia forces
and for other purposes.
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