Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-01-10
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

Mr. HUTCHINs' res 1lution, laid over yesterday that
the thanks Of the House hereby rendered to Maj Gen
Of the Department of the Gulf called up and the yeas
and nays taken on its passage: Yeas SO, nays %.
So the resolution adopted.
Mr.. WICKLIFFE moved the following:
That whereas the Secretary of the Treasury ba taken into
his the contrabands Hilton Head and had assumed
take possession eff the and the slaves thereon and
OF such other as could seduced the
OF the Govenm mt in those portions Of South Carolina and
expense had cultivate by slaves and had
appointed agents. sntendens and managers anc esab
hed schools and educated the Are therein and where
the whole matter has been anerredt TO tbs Department Of
the Secretary of War
Resoved That the Secretary of the Treasury and the Sc
creary Of War be Instructed TO make foil reports OF their
and dongs with regard to the number of slaves
employed by hep the number of agents and managers and
al other pop er IN ormaion on this subject
Mr.. STEVENS moved to lay on the table. Adopted
ayes 81, noes so.
Mr.. YEAMAN moved that a special committee Of FIVE
be appointed with directions to report bill providing for
the appointment Of commissioners whose power and duty
shall b. 10 attend in the districts of country passed
by the armies Of the United States during the exisenc Of
the present rebellion and hear and take proof Of losses
sustained by citizens and caused by the presence
duct of the said armies and also proof Of the loyalty
disoyay Of persons presenting such claims and to disn
guish the kind Of property taken for what TAKEN and the
vue Of that necessarily consumed and Of that wantJy
destroyed 10 taking into the estimate consequen
tal damages bot only the actual Value and make and re
turn reports with the evidence and their opinion upon
each claim to the Court of Claims at Washington and
by said Court of Claims Referred to the Committee OF
Claims.
On motion of Mr.. STEVENS, the House went into
Committee Of the Whole on the state of the Union, Mr..
HOLMAN in the char.)
CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL.
The bill making appropriations for the executive legis-
lave and Judicial departments OF the Government was
| taken up
Mr. DUNE AP defended Kentucky against the sweeping
charge Of disloyay frequently directed against her, He
confessed however, with shame that while many OF her
people loyal there many in against the
Government end many more silent sympathlzerr while
others engaged in propagating feelings OF hostility
against the Government There were that State 90 900
loyal men subject TO military duty. They had forty
three regiments actually ia the field and every battle for
the mant nance Of the Constitution these bad faith
fully discharged their dy and their high trust to the
Try At the present time threef ourhs Of the ctr. Of
that State subject 10 military duty in the field He
made no invldous distinction but he challenged the gen.
teman (Mr STEvENs to state whether any State of the
gnon has brought into the fed so many to the ser
vice Of the country when taken in connection with the
military strength OF that Stnte Never let it be said
that Kentucky oil embraced in that charge Of dsloyay
90 often made against her the other side OF the House
When he entered this Hall be had taken oath supper.
the Constitution and N h, conscience he was determined
to be true the Constitution and TO the Government And
he further declared and for all that he for the
government fret, last and forever He took stand
on behalf of the reb lion. and be sympath zed not for
sipele moment wi that interest which would plunge the
G untry into ruin or overthrow the Government which
wa. his in the present and bis future hope He
could not say, like the gentleman from Pennsylvania, (r
sTEvENs hen the question for the adm sson Of
Vrgnis as State before the House tbst there wss
no constitutional bs.is upon which be (Mr. could cast
his vote In favor of that That OF alb
soute necessity and Of policy and therefore he voted for
it. By this theory recss atty and policy comes TO control
the Constitution and those who are to support n
He had never like that gentleman said that he (Mr
was aga INST the reesabshment Of the Constitution If sla-
yery was to be retained He did not wtnt to be classified
among the sympstbizers wi the rebellion He from
section OF the country MOUNTAINOUS aud sparsely settled
hut the people there a loyal and in hs district two
thirds OF the able bodied men in the field, and
were willing to 90. The peupe Of Kentucky had asked
Tor the enrolment Of for the protection Of her border
and NJ the present time they pleading for this priv
ege Ia the other branch Congress In protecting Ken
ncky thus ey also protecting Pennsylvania and other
Free Stats Kenucky was in part peoplcd from every
State 10 the South The children OF the South lay within
Der borders and those they loved were still resident there
Tie hoped the directed against Kentucky
would and that shs would receive her proper
need Of the confidence aud esteem If the whole country
Mr.. STEVENS referred TO the report that meet Of the
ablebodled men OF Kentucky were IN the rebel army.
| Mr.. WADsWORIH said that report was untruc.