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THIRTY-sEvENTm CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.
SENATE


A joint resolution was offered tbanz;ng
Com. Ringgold. A resolution was adopted in7
structing the secretary of the navy to report
whether any officer of the government has
liberated prisoners captured by any naval Of
hcer, or restored any captured property on
payment OF any money or any other consider
alton.
bill was introduced supplementary to the
act for relief for damages sustained from In
dians. 1t extends relief to citizens of Iowa
and Decotah as well as Minnesota; passed.
bill was introduced to armed loyal citi-
zens and troops in any disloyal state. The
bill to enable the people of Colorado to form
state government was debated and post
poned.
The bill to enroll and call out the national
forces was taken up, and Mr.. Bayard opposed
it. long debate took place on the bill,
which was participated in by Messrs. Turpie,
Wilson, Powell, Sherman, Sumner, Howard,
Hicks, Salisbury, and others
The house amendments to the bill to enroll
and call out the militia, were finally concurred
in and the bill passed.
Mr. SHERMAN from the committee of con-
ference on the ways and means bill, made a
report on the amendment concerning the tax
on banks, which was concurred in. The re-
port provides for tax of one per cent on all
circulation below the scale proposed by the
house, and two per cent on all above and one
fourth of one per cent on deposits.
MIR. SUMNER, from the committee on foreign
relations, to whom was referred certain cor
respondence concerning foreign mediation,
reported, with the unanimous approval of the
committee, resolutions concerning foreign
mediation or intervention during the present
rebellion.
Mr.. CoLLAMER made report from the con-
ference committee on the bill to reorganze the
post office department; agreed to.
Mr.. GRIMES introduced bill furtherto reg
ulate the proceedings in prize cases, and to
amend the acts of congress in relation thereto.
Mr. WILSON. from the military committee,
reported back the bill for a reorganization of
the engineer corps. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. DAWES reported against the claim of
Mr.. o. Hawkins to a seat from Tennessee.
The conference committee reported that
they had agreed to the appointment of thirty
major generals and seventy-five brigadiers.
Also modifying the house proviso so that Off
GERS shall be selected for bravery in the field
The report was adopted.
The report from the committee of the whole
on the bill amending the internal tax bill was
taken up. Mr.. MORRILL, offered substitute
for the amendments reported yesterday, being
the same with comparatively unimportant ex-
ceptons.
A motion to alter tax on ready-made cloth
ing to per cent was lost. A motion to strike
out the tax on sales on silver and gold coin
was lost and the section declaring void all
contracts, loans or sales of gold and silver coin
not made in accordance with this act was re-
tanned. An amendment that the pay of as
SCISSORS shall not exceed $500 was adopted.
and the bill passed.
The conference committee on the naval ap-
preparation bill made a report which was
adopted. 1t appropriates 100000 for float
ing dry dock at New York. The clause rela-
tive to the appointment of midshipmen was
The conference committee on the post office
bill made report which was adopted. The
provisions establishing free carrying system
and making new uniform newspaper rate of
postage were agreed to by both houses.
EVENING SESSION.
The house reassembled at seven p. NJ, and
went into committee of the whole on miscel-
laneous appropriation bills. Speeches were
made by Messrs. RIDDLE, BINGHAM, VALLAN-
DIGHAM, VAN WICK, ALLEN, GREGORY, TER
RY, BLAKE, and others. A personal colloquy
took place between Mr.. Vallandigham and
Mr.. Blake, which was very bitter.
Without coming to any vote on the Mis-
souri, appropriation bill, the house at 1890