Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-02-14
rH1RTY-sEvENTm CONGRESS-.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.
SENATE.

AsuiNGroN' feD' To-
oEN lE.
MI iLsoN' To Il Iile ullitary conllhittee'
reported BACK Dill 10 rlise addluonal solulers
with recommendation thdt II 40 not pass;
because the authority intended to be granted
Is sufficiently granted IN an act OF July I'Ih
last Inns Is Mr. summers OH.
Dill was also reported BACK from az the s"une
committee 10 wlthhoia the pay ol o,hcele az
sent from duty. Dill was reporteu " 9"V'iy
the claims OF damage done by Union tIooPS II,
western virginia. Dill 10 pay oouii'es "'tu
money to men already employed III the "es''
passed ~. !,
The bill to prevent correspondence WIN V"e
rebels was passed A Dill was lhtI 70 S:'i
recognizing the engineer corps anu INC olli
regulating the appointment VI n'iuSnlP'neH
with an amendment ratllyllS '"e appointments
made by the president ana secretary OF the
navy, was taken up ana MI NHEkMAN OPP
posed the Amendment Inc morning hour
expired, and the Dlll 10 pro'lue ways ana
means TO support ue government WIS taAeH
up.
An amendment was adopted ihSklhg VIle III
terest on noteS authorized oy tne Diu ana GER
uncates Oh lhuepteuuess HeredlteI lssueu, pay
able in lawful money instead OF IN com; also
an amendment reducing the amount OF notes
N"SNN
instead OF three hundred millions, including
the amount issued by resolution OF January
18th. The section allowing coupons on bonds
and notes to be received Tor customs thirtY
days before due, and after due, was stricken
out.
Mr.. CLARK moved to amend the proposed
tax OF two per cent on the circulation OF banks
so as to make 1t one per cent for two years
and two per cent after that time. Debate en-
sued.
After debate, Mr. CLARKs amendment was
adopted, 70 against 10.
Mr.. LANE OF Kansas SAID he wished to state
from hrst to last That MT. stanton had adVO-
Gated the reinforcement OF the forts IN Charles
ton harbor and maintaining the authority OF
the government everywhere within the United
States, and that any other statement was I'M
true.
Mr.. RICHARDSON said he did not desire sem
atOrs to make points for him which he did not
make, and all this talk about untruth was for
eign to the discussion he had made, and he de-
sired to say to the senator from Kansas, now
here in his place, that while he permitted no
man to make statements in reference to him
that he had said anything untrue, he had made
no statements in reference to reintorcements
of troops at Charleston. If the senator
sought to make foreign issue with him he
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foreign issue.
Mr.. LANE SAID that the senator from Maine
had SAID that there was no evidence that Mr..
Stanton had advocated such reiniorcements.
Mr. RIcE--I said that if Mr. Stanton had
taken that course no one knew it at the time.
| reiterate that il he had taken that course he
would have appeared much better before the
American people, If he had followed the foot
steps Of Lewis Cass and left that cabinet.
Mr.. FEssENDEN objected to this discussion
as out of order.
Mr.. LANE want to say to the senator
from Maine that when any senator makes Il
wrong statement, injurious to any member of
the cabinet, l will denounce it even if it be
the senator from Illinois.
The Chair called to order.
Mr. RICHARDSON, in his seat-'I want to say
to the senator from Kansas, or any other man,
that | am responsible for everything l say
here"
Several amendments were rejected and the
bill was reported to the senate The vote
was again taken on the amendment, by tax
ing the bank circulation one per cent for two
years and two per cent thereafter, instead Of
the sliding scale proposed by the house,
which was adopted by the following vote -
YEAs-Clark, Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden,
Hicks, Howard Howe, King, Lane of Indi-
ana, Lane Oh hdilSdS, NIOrIlIl, NGSIlllHs IOlu-
eroy, Rice Richardson, Sherman, Sumner,
Wade Wilkinson and Wilson of Massachu-
setts-2O.
NAYs-Messrs. Anthony, Arnold Car
Isle, Collamer, Cowan, Davis, Foote, Foster,
Grimes, Harlan, Harris, Henderson, Powell,
Salisbury, Ten Eyck, Wall-16
The bill was then passed by vote of 80
yeas against nays, viz Messrs. Carlisle,
Powell, Richardson, Wall.
Mr.. RICHARDSON made personal explana-
ton, and withdrew anything he might have
said offensive to the senator from Kansas.
Mr.. LANE of Kansas made personal ex.
PLANTATION, and said that what he said about
any statements being untrue did not apply to
the senator from Illinois, At 7.45 P NJ the
senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
The naval appropriation bill as reported
from the committee of the whole was taken