New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-12-19


roAsnt 10 enroll any person who reaches The 40 a.
and TO discharge any who reaches the ags Of -
tween II, time Of enrolment and that Of the drsA
| WAYS AND MRANS.
The Committee on Ways and Means bad A
long session to-day which was chiefly devoted 10 u.
consideration of the Nwy Appropriation Bill which
will be- reported to the House on Monday. The esa
mates Of the Department may be slightly reduced but
the disposition If the Committee to give the Govern
ment every dollar II needs for the successful prosecu
| ton Of the rae coVmttee hss also had under
consideration and xiIi. without doubt. report flvws
bly, upon the Missouri Eome-Guad ELL appropii4tax
goo 900 FOR the paymentH soldiers Who fought orAer
Coaniry under ron and Fremont.
THE CONSULAR AND DIPLOMATIC BILL.
The Consular and Diplomatic Bill! reportso
from the Committee Of wsys and Means appropriate
in the aggregate o., C00 396 500
BUREAU oY EMAscrPATIOs.
The bill introduced by Representative Eliot
Of Mass and referred TO the Select Committee Of wh
he il chairman. creates q Bureau Of Emancipation =
the War Department with Commissioner on salary
Of 5000 at the head
To this Bureau ell questions touching freedmen "
be referred and all Of proceedings TO be made
by military and civil officers charged with the execution
Of laws OF orders relating to freedmen. The Comns
,oner is also charged with ts execution Of laws pro
ydng for colonization the delivery Of bonds tor
pen,ation for freedmen and the establishment Of resu
lalions fvr their treatment and disposition.
TO .hs Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. Friday. Dec. -. 1853
PAY AND BOUNTY.
In the amendments to the Pay and Bounty
bill reported by Senator Wilson today from the Con-
mttee on Military Affairs. bountes are confne1 10 those
enlisng prior TO January s. 1884 and alter that date
no bounty TO substitutes and 20 enlisted drafted
men, excepting the bounty Of 500 Allowed gl be
paid.
THE EMBODIMENT ACT.
The same Senator reported back the bill
aInendatory Of the Enrolment Act adding clsass
aboshing the $500 communication feature Of tee preses
law II includes the enrolEaent Of any person aris
ing 1t the age Of years and any who has not tsa
IN the service years and honorab!y discharged"
1t exempt, person who may attain his 18th brthdy
between the enrolment and the draft but slopshes ths
exemption Of feons and exemPts more whose rcstivss
are who'll, dependent on their labor for support aals
actually supported by their labor
Senator DisoI. amendment eEem2!s all persons
recognized olergymen b.. the ccce,iaoIicN authority
Of their denominations.
Mr HfNDMcks amendment proposes tTo casses II
enrolled persons a, In IL. Ming law tho second clas
not beog liable to b. called till the frs, Is exhsaed
There /, project 10 construct military wagon roaA
through the Cascade Mountains and down the VII
liamcto Valley. II is designed to locate Ito commence
ment ., Eugene City. TO run BY WY of lie middle foft
Of the Willamette River. and through The most hasils
pass II the Cascade Mountains near Diamond pessu
the southern OF eastern boundary of the state.
To aid in is construction. Mr. N-smith OF ofesoo
introduced iaio the Senate today. BIZ pro'idns'x
giving three sections of public lands for each mslsa
the road He also introduced another bill with sin
iiar pro, zion IN I'D u the mii.sr, wagon osd ffOo
ihe Dare. ~ the Columbia River to point GA snake
River uear the mouth 81 the DwYhes.
Death or Commodore Van Braet.
Bos1os. Friday. Dec. Is. t50A
Commodore Van BrInt Of the United Nsts
N,,y died tod y 4; Dcdhsm. Mass.
D~rth al tho Rev. james May. ID -.
PHILADELPHIA FRIDAY. Dcc. -. ies1
Tn. Rev. james May, ID. d.. Professor OF tho
Div unity School th., city died this morning. s.ter
short ii'ncss