New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-07
CcNGHEss-Third ".,s.icu.
SENATE .wAsuIscToS. Tan 6 1864

Mr.. TEN EYCk KEEP, Nd, resented petition
In favor Of q Uniform baDkrup; mw
FRAUDULENT co STRAcTs.
Mr.. WILSON +Rep., Me .s.i. from the Committee
on Military Affairs, reP Jrted back the bill to sus-
uend temporarily the act TO prevent and punish
fraud on the part % officers ntrusted with making
contracts for the government, and moved that the
bill be put upon passage. ~ -
Mr. POWE' l. Dem, XVI hoped the bill would I
not pass. lere was some very curious history
about the bill. 1t was passed at the Extra Ses-
sion, an' then suspended because some OF the be ads
OF the bureaus were opposed 10 II. lie moved TO
refer il to the Judiciary Committee.
g. far TRUMBCLL REP, ILL., said there he'd been
great complaints cf frauds and this bill wss parsed
But on representation of heads OF departments 1t was
suspended. ECongress could not pass biz 10 punish
fraud without its being constantly suspended In this
wav be thought 1t better De rerealed 81 once.
Nr. GRIMES (Rep., Isws) cOntepded that :he
bill was, IN ctect, TO establish Bureiu OF Returns
and 10 provide punishment for false returns.
He did nct shsnk the t corld be carried into effect
i'll tine OF var.
Mr.. HALE REP, N H. suggested the: the
operation ct the bill be suspended until the Sd of
March, thcs giving time TO amend it and make it
practical.
Mr.. SALISBURY (Dem., Del.) moved 20 post
p0ue the bill iudeiinj tely
Mr. FkSSENDEN fRep., Me.) hoped not, and
argued That from the immense number of contracts
~ WOUe be almost unDossble 30 carry out the bill
except at vast expense There was already good
law making COZ ltracters liable to military laws, by
"H-NN oAty CO.. iN DE punlsDcd
Alter furth ar discussion, the subject was post
poned.
Mr.. NESN TrH Dem. Oregon) offered resolu
ton. direc.lo the Secretary OF War tC furnish the
SENATE with scOpy Of the report OF Capt. Crawford,
who comm Eded the regiment sent TO Oregon
Adopted.
PAY, n.mr OF THE ARMY AND NAVY.
Mr. WI SON Rep. Mass from the COMMITTEE
or MIGtar ybtfairs, reported back the House joint
resolution for the payment Of the soldiers OF the
Army d the seamen and marines OF the Navy,
with an amendment authorizing the Secretary OF the
Treasury 70 Issue s50.OOOOOO OF Demand Treasury
NOtes, addition TO the amount authorized by the
act OF uiy, 1862.
Mr. j fISSENDEN (Rep., Me- moved that the
resolu' ION be referred to the Committee on Finance
Mr.. WILSON rep, Mass said he had no objec
ton ,auch reference, but thought it was high tune
that gr.solders should be paid. Many of them
had Een waiting for months, and some nad gone
home into the poor house, and their families were
paup ss because they had not been pald US promptly
as Il ey.should have been.
VI any men lave deserted from solicude for their
fam hos. He thought that the Government onght
TO ic-nished with the means 10 pay these nen
i:.EOWARD rep, Mich said nothing had
lie mere disparaging than the failure TO pay the
tuatesrs their money when due and he hoped
IL b. 5lirma would soon be done away with
&he Dill was referred TO the Committee on FL
incs.
Mr. HARLAN Rep, Iowa. presented the petition
&C tho Rev. Geo. b. Cheever, and Others a Com
,nittes Vi ministers and members Of certain churches
of NeH-YOrk and Brooklyn, deprecating indeclsion
and .alSiDg for more vigorous policy in the sup
tpresaon Of the Rebellion and the emancipation Of
theslsye
DISCHARGE OF STATE PRISONERS.
Or motion Of Mr.. WRIGHT (Un., Ind, the bill
concerning the discharge of State prisoners was
taken up, and he proceeded to address the Senate az
iangth. lie said he should not vote for the amend.
men: of the Senator from Kentucky Mr.. DAVIS TO
strike out the section authorizing the Presden, 10
suspend the writ OF habeas corpus 1t was at times
neeossary TO make arrests, and he was not willing
to give the Republicans the credit OF this bold, but
necessary measure. 1t was d principle OF the old
and true Democracy. jackson and Jefferson boh
asserted the truth of this principle. lie quoted
from letters Of Jefferson, slso from speeches OF
Douglas in support Of this assertion. He was sorry
10 rec men discuss these questions in such way Is
TO embarrass the Government, Notwithstanding their
own boasted loyalty. Inc Senator from Kentucky
(Hr Powell and others loudly declared that they
were loyal 10 the Constitution. IL was only q few
months ago that few Democrats issued q call Tor
party organization, and from this had arisen many
OF the troubles which now perpleX the country. In
times like these every good and true should ask
how he could best his country and not stop 10
inn aire what some AbolitiOnis has done. The Sen
ator from Kentucky lMr. Poweln bad reioiced over
the result Of the recent elections But those elections
had been brought about by means moi calculated 10
produce much. 1t was by Encouraging enlistments,
especaliv OF those who could stay at home and vote
by making charges against the Government, by OPP
posing the confscatOn acts, by opposing taxation
for the expenses of the war, by impresslDQ the
Northwest with the great importance Of the Valley
of the Mississippi; and all these men Wanted long
and loud their Loyalty TO the Government. BIT
none OF them like the Senator from Kentucky Mr.
Powell, said he Was opposed 10 coercion. lie
argued in favor OF an iron will and nerve, and
determined policy the part Of the Executive TO
crueh out the Rebellion by every possible meaus;
aud he would take the property of the Rebels every
where. He wanted TO the Mississippi River
opeped by the brave Western boys, and the supplies
of Pabsdom cut of. lie wanted To Gee a hundred
Thousand shareholders running one way, and a mill
ion CT niggers the other. Applause in the gal
leries1 He wanted TO strike at the heart
OF the disease, and then we should see daylight.
There was nothing to despond about. lie thanked
God we had an army, navy, and country; and
he thanked God for another thing-thst we had Il
General in the field who not fishing for the
Presidency who with his STAFF, was TO be found in
the thicest of the fight, and bis name Rosecrans
Npplause in the illeries. lie would never weld
10 any foreign Intervention. Americans must settle
their own difficulties; and il was only IN the event
Of guerilla warfare that he feared foreign intei
yentioD. lie would labor signally for the good OF
the country, ard for no party.
Tho bill was then postponed until tomorrow.
COMFORT or SICK AND WOJ NDED.
Nj. WILSON Rep, Mass introduced bin 10
provide for tie greater comfort Of sick and wounded
soldiers in the hospitals, and TO promote the eti-
cheney OF the Medical Department.
The bill provides that the ratlons OF the soldiers
IN hospitals be committed al the rate OF 80 cents per
day, which shall be reckoned BY the CommiSsary De-
partment credit TO the hospitals 10 be expended
in the game way the hospital fund is under the
present regulations.
Mr.. RICE (Dem MIMI offered resolution that
the Military COMMITTEE be " instructed to inquire
into the expectancy of reimbursing the State of
me suns advanced bV such State for