The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-03-03
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
BY THE E. W. LINE.
Exclusively for the Journal.
CONGRESSIONAL.
IxXTIIth COngress-..Second Session.
WASHINGTON. Marc

mentary to the act regulating the judicial
system of the United States.
These amendments gave the District
courts admiralty jurisdiction over the
lakes and adjacent waters.
granting lands to Wisconsin for military
road purposes.
The House concurred in the Senate
amendment to the bill granting permits
sion to the independent Telegraph Com
pany the line extending from Port
land to Washington, to extend their lines
through the District of Columbia The
amendment grants similar privileges to
any other corporation or company
The House passed the Senate bill au-
thorizing the Paymaster General to take
immediate measures for the payment of
the sick and wounded in the GONZALES
cent camps and hospitals within sixty
DAYS
The Senate bill to organize signal
corps after amendment, passed.
Porter, from the committee on Confer
ence, made a report on the disagreeing
vote on the bill amendatory of the act
establishing the court of claims, which
was adopted.
The bill as now amended and passed,
provides for two additional Judges, and
retains the present jurisdiction of tn.
court
House passed the Senate bill disap-
proving certain acts of the Nevada Ter
ritorial Legislature, touching the rights
of foreign mining companies, operating
within the Territory.
The House took up the Senate bill Or
ganizing the courts in the District of Co
lumbia, also authorizing the appoint
ment of new Judges. After some fill
clustering The bill was postponed until 8
o'clock Tomorrow.
SENATE.-Chandler presented resolu
tons from the Legislature of Michigan,
approving the Presidents Proclana-
ton, &c.
Chandler called up the bill for the pro-
lection of abandoned property, and for
the prevention of frauds in insurrection-
airy districts, the pending question being
on the motion to strike out the section
prohibiting the purchase of cotton. rice.
sugar, and tobocco. Motion lost-l4 to
81.
Clark offered an amendment provid-
ing that any officer or private coming
into possession of any such abandoned
property shall turn the same over to an
agent of the Government, and failing to
do so, they shall be tried by court-mar-
tial. Adopted.
Davis offered an amendment that any
officer plundering or secreting property,
or bartering or selling cotton, rice, or
tobacco, or in any way aiding any one
else in doing this, shall be dismissed
from the service, and forever incapable
of holding any Office or place in the SER
vice
Powell moved to insert the word
taking" after the word plundering,"
and the word money after the word
property"
He had evidence that officers in the
West had taken larga sums of money
from persons they had arrested before
they would release them Agreed to.
Powell said this amendment was made
simply to make charge against certain
officers
He was unwilling to make it without
any evidence.
Davis said a ship-load of -four was
stopped at Balize by the brother of GER
tain officer, and the captain was made to
sell his flour at $40 per barrel, and then
this brother sold it at $50.
Wilson said he was astonished that the
Senator from Kentucky persisted in max
ing idle charges against General Butler
He read from letter from General But
Ter, thanking him (Wilson) for defending
him from imputations made against him
in the Senate. Among others, that he
had taken the plate and furniture of one
Brothers for his own use Brothers es-
capped from New Orleans without the
oath of allegiance on a pass procured by
protested Union man who turned out
to be scoundrel
Brothers was one of the Provost Mar
shalls who destroyed such an immense
amount of property on the arrival of the
Union forces
Butler had taken possession of Broth
ers plate and furniture and turned them
over to Gen. Banks Quartermaster.
he was especially thankful fer the
OACl Vi d NOliAlIlllSc vi investigation.
He was ready at all times to account
for his conduct, though he should not
answer newspaper ISLANDERS.
If Mr.. Davis was an honest and lust
man he could at any time be satisfied by
the letter
Wilson said he believed that all the
other charges against Butler woul turn
out as groundless as this one
After further discussion, the amend
ment was rejected Yeas l3, nays 81.
Doolittle renewed the meandment to
strike out the section authorizing the
Treasury agent to purchase property in
these insurrectiOnary districts He did
not wish the Government TO become
a great factor in articles of property and
he did not wish, especially to furnish
means to the rebels to buy munitions of
war to carry on the fight.