Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1863-02-27
CONGREsS


ing upon the President to furnish that body
with a copy of the letter addressed by Gene
raj Scott to the Secretary Of War, and dated
October 4, 1861. Mr.. Trum5ull introduced a
substitute for the bill for the discharge of State
prisoners. The substitute gives the President
when Congress is not in session, the power to
suspend the writ Of haJeas corpus, and pro-
vides that the Secretaries of State and War
shall furnish to the Judges of the District and
Circuit Courts of the United States, list of
all prisoners of State, and if no indictment
shall be found against the latter they shall be
discharged. A long and spirited discussion
ensued, but no action was taken. The naval
appropriation bill was taken up and debated
The bill was finally passed.
In the House of Representatives, the consi-
deration of the bill indemnifyiug the Presi-
! dent for the suspension Of the writ of habeas
corpus, was resumed, In the midst of Mr..
Wieklilies speech on the bill, Mr. May asked
| permission TO make personal explanation, in
answer to the misrepresentation of his col
league, Mr.. Leary, and the floor was prompt
| ly yielded by Mr.. Wickline for that purpose;
| but objection was made, and the Speaker de-
cided that Mr. May could only be heard by
unanimous consent, which was refused. At
the close Of the debate, the Amendment made
in the Senate was disagreed to by a vote of
50 yeas to ll8 nays.
| FRIDAY, Feb. 20.-In the Senate Of the Unit
ed States, a Committee of Conference was APP
| pointed on the indemnity bill. The territorial
Committee reported the bill to enable Nevada,
Nebraska and Colorado, to form State Govern
ments respectively, and asked to be discharged
from further consideration of the resolution
! inquirng into the expediency Of admitting
New Mexico as State. The post route bill
was taken up and passed. The bill to organ
ize temporary Government for Nevada was
taken up, and, after some debate was passed.
In the House of Representatives, the consi-
Iteration of the bill to provide a national cur
rency was resumed, and after being discussed
for some time, the bill was passed by vote of
rs yeas to 81 nays.
SATURDAY, Feb. 2l.--In the Senate reso-
luton was introduced, but lies over under the
rule, calling for the appointment Of COM
mittee to investigate the facts in reference TO
the arrest, imprisonment and release of D. A.
Mahoney and D. Steward of Iowa, and also
of John \. Mallory and Andrew J. Duff, of
Illinois. Notice was given by Mr.. Powell that
he should, at an early day, offer a resolution,
calling for a committee to investigate the con-
Duct of General Gilbert IN dis, etsng a Con-
yention few days since at Frankfort, Ken
lucky, which had met for the purpose of no
minating a candidate for Governor. The bill
to grant lands to the State Of Kansas for the
construction OF railroads and teegraphs, was
taken up and passed. The bill for the dis
charge Of State prisoners came up as the spe-
cial order of the day and spirited discus
sion ensued, which was continued until the
Senate went into Executive session.
In the House of Representatives no business
of any special Importance was transacted.
MONDAY, Feb. 23.-In the Senate a resolu-
ton of the Constitutional Convention of West
Virginia was presented, accepting The Consti-
tuition OF the new State as amended by Con-
gress. Accompanying the above resolution
was another asking an appropriation TO com
| ponsate for slaves emancipated in West Virgil
MIA according 20 the terms Of the amended in
| strument. A bill was introduced to prevent
| the circulation in the United States Of the
! bonds and not Of the so-calcd Confederate
/ States The consideration Of the bill for the
discharge Of State prisoners was resumed, and
was continued till the hour arrived for taking
recess.
In the House Of Representatives, resolutions
were adopted declaring that c. L. Grafton
and Jennings Piggott were not entitled to eeats
as Representatives from the eighth district Of
| Virginia and the second district Of North Ca
rolina, respectively. The bill for a general en-
rollmeut Of the militia Of the State was then
taken up and debated.
| TUESDAY, Feb. 24.--In the Senate of the
United States, on Monday the discussion Of
the bill for the discharge Of State prisoners
and authorizing the President to suspend the
writ Of haJeas corpus was resumed and the
bill was finally passed bya vote Of "a yeas to
10 nays.
In the House Of Representatives, the bill to
organize the national forces and for other pur-
poses was promptly taken up--the demand for
the previous question having been made the
night before. An intention to flibuster was
at once manifested Various resolutions were
offered, but were voted down, Finally, in de-
ference to the opposition, the demand for the
previous question was temporarily Withdrawn
for the purpose Of admitting further debate
On the bill A discussion at once cnsued on
the merits and dement's Of the bill, which
was continued till late in the afternoon, when
the House took recess.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25.--Ia .hc Senate Of the
United States no business Of Importance was
transacted
In the House Of Representatives the consi-
deration Of the bill to enroll and call out the
militia was resumed it was debated, amend
cd in several particulars, and passed, by vote
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