The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-01-17

Axxvn CorGREss-sD SESSION.

| AXXvH CONGRESS-3D SESSION. y
| WASHINGTON, Jan. l2.-HousE Mr.. WHITE
of Indians referred TO the resolution infsructini
the Committee on Military Affairs to inquire in
to the expediency ofproviding for the payment
| of company and regimental officers from the date
of their commissions-agreedt to. e 1sfa.s z
| Mr.. COLFAX offered resolution that the
Committeon ways and means be discharged from
further consideration of the House bill reducing
duty on imported paper from 80 to 10 per
cent, and the same be considered now. Laid
on the table. Is e13se~ Egb
On motion of Mr. DUNN, the Secretary Of
the Treasury was requested to inform the, House
Of the amount expended sipce the rebellion in
the employment and Subsistence of elaves in
the disloyal States, and to what extent the ex-
penses have been :epaid by services.
On motion of Mr.. KELLOGG the Committee
ofWays and Means we're instructed to inquire into
the expediency ofremmitting the duty on import
ed rags of which paper is made. Egzo 1,g
On motion of Mr.. ARNOLD it was resolved
that the President be requested to communicate
full statistics Of the trade and commerce Of the
Great Lakes, western rivers and the st. Law
renee. Lz. 1l'sr
Mr.. NOEL offered resolution that the Conn
mittee on Naval Affairs inquire into the cape
diency of establishing Navy Yard at some
point betwern the mouth OF -- and north Of
st. Louis. Agreed to. 1 E.a3 ~ -
Mr.. ALDRICH offered the following: c;as9
Resolved, That the Committe on Military AZ
fairs be instructed to inquire into the expedien-
cy of giving bounty land Of 100 acres to
each soldier in any old regiment, that said land
be located on any confiscated rebel plantation,
as soon ss the rebellion is crushed. Passed
66 sgsinst So. - ahl e9st b iaaz1
On motion of MI. WALLACE, the Committee
on the judiciary was instructed to inquire what
legislation if any is necessary to settle the dis
puted question of rights to Puget Sound Agri-
cultural Col gaa sgl A Gssii
Mr. DAWES offered resolution requiring
the President, if not incompatible with public
| interests to communicate to the House, what
authority or Instructions has been gwen to Gen.
Dix, in Va, and Gen. Butler in La and Gov.
| Stanley in N. c., or any of them concerning
election OF Representatives to the House in
their states respectively.
ROSCOE CONKLING suggested that the in
| quiry include. Gov. Phelps of Ark, and Gov.
johnson of Tenn.
Mr.. DAWES had no orher objection than that
no election cases for the two latter had come
before the Committee. The resolution Was
adopted. - il .5 sl1s, Z. ~
On motion of Mr.. T. A. CONKL1N, it Was re.
solved as the sense of this House that creditors
of the Government are as meritOrious as the
soldiers of the Union, and that no more money
should be paid to any civil officers of the govern
mens until every arrearage due to any regiment
in the service has been fully paid. sT
Mr.. STEVENS introduced bill setting forth
that as the terms of the enlistment of soldiers
will soon expire, and as it is expedient to have
soldiers whose constitutions peculiarly fit then
for Southern campaigns, therefore, sgau
Be it enacted, That the President is author
lied and required to raise, equip and organize
i $50, 900 persons of color OF African deceit t
serve five years as artillery, infantry and caval-
i ry, to receive IS per month, the non-commis-
stoned officers 80 and rations, one half to b
set aside for the use of their families, and il
case OF no families, the money to be retained
for them until the expiration of their term o
/ service; the commissioned officers to have tn,
same pay as that in the regular army; the com
pany officers may be either white or black, ant
recruiting stations may be established eithe
North or South.
Mr.. COX of Ohio, moved to lay the bill o.
the table. Negatived-years So, nays S3.
On motion of Mr.. STEVENS, the furthe
consideration was postponed until Wednesda
week. ~
Mr.. MAY, of Maryland, offered the following
preamble and resolution:
,, Whereas, Maryland has been declared 10y
al State, and whereas slaves escaping therefor
into the District Of Columbia, after being r.
, manded to Jail to await reclamation by thei
owners, have been taken from the custody of th
Marshal by the military authorities, in destrut
ton of their rights of property and in violatio
of the solemn guaranteed rights of the peopl
/. OF Maryland, therefore
y Resolved, That the Committe on the Judicial
! be instructed to ascertain the facts and the la
. concerning the same, and report the result
their investigation at an early day, ard sue
legislation as will put an end to these unlawf
. land unconstitutional proceedings.
. Resolved, That copy Of this preamble ar
= resolution be transmitted to the President in o
y der that he may see that the Constitution ar
der his personal observation and authority.
Mr.. FESSENDEN moved to lay it on the ts
= BILE, which was carried.
: Mr.. THOMAS, of Maryland, the select Con
mittee on Emancipation, was instructed to er
u quire into the expediency of an appropriate
TO aid Maryland in q systematic emarcipatit
- and colonization Of persons of color now in th
State.
: On motion of Mr.. BROWN, of Virginia, Il
same Co,nmit,ee was similarly instructed
'e reference To the bill to aid the State OF We
tern Virginia in the emancipation of her slsvs
- The House then went into the Committee
the Whole, on the bill to prvde ways snd mes
u tor the support of the Government.
Mr.. STEVENS offered lis substitute for /
,e bin of the COMMITTEES on ways aud Means,
g heretofore published. =aa t< 1gtEs az
MIR. SPAUnDING SAID in the course of
'e speech the government 4.ow required $40
000, 900. before the bill could be passed into
'e law, aud the notes which it authorized could
en- craved, S50,0o00C0 additional will oe requ
ed7 within the next 20 days. The whole amou
of gold and silver in all the banks Of the 10,
: states, did not, on the first Of January, exec
- Ss7, ,0OO, 900. Even if the Secretary of I
u ut Treasury could produce every dollar Of this,
NJ NJ would not be enough to pay 30 cents on the
- lar of the liabilities Of the government; it v
4 therefore perfectly plain that even this col
to paratively small sum of 10000 cant be p.
in coin. It was no fault of either the Secreta
" or Congress, the coin cant be obtained, it '
simply an impossibility. There was plan
r. meet it according to the old maxim, eff we ca
1 not do as we would, We must do as we could.
Ids The Secretary has paid out $3.50. 900, 600 le
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