Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-18
WASHINGTON, Feb. Is.


various citizens for emancipation act.
A Bill was introduced and referred to
the Military Committee, providing for
rank and pay of Chaplains in the army
TO be the same as Major of infantry,
and defining his duties.
The bill granting a pension to JOHN
l.. Burns for patriotic services at Gettys-
burg, was passed.
The Bill for the enrolment of the Ma
tional forces with House amendment
was taken up and the Senate refused to
recede from its provisions by decided
vote, and the bill goes back to the
House. ...--
The Deficiency was then called up but
no important amendments were offered,
Mr.. Hendricks offered an amendment
increasing the salary of the Assistant
Secretary of the Interior to four thou
sand dollars.
Mr.. Hale offered an amendment that
of the present fiscal year, salaries of all
Assistant Secretaries be three thousand
dollars per year. Adopted, .....-
Mr.. Hendricks amendment was amend
ed by Mr.. Hale and then adopted.
Several subsequent amendments were
adopted, including first and second As
sistant Post Master General among the
Assistant Secretaries, and increasing
the salary of all to thirty-tiye hundred
dollars
The bill as amended was then agreed
to- Adjourned
HOUSE.
Mr.. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, IRON
the Committee on Ways and Means, re
ported a bill authorizing the appoint
ment of an Assistant Register of the
Treasury.
Also, bill extending the time for the
withdrawal of goods from the pubic
stores and warehouses. ...
Mr.. Stevens also reported a bill from
the Select Committee on the Pacific
Railroad, granting public lands to the
Peoples Pacific Railroad and Telegraph
Company, by the Northern route.
Mr.. Wallace, delegate from Idaho
Territory, introduced a bill to establish
a branch mint in that Territory.
All the above bills were appropriately
referred
Many resolutions of inquiry were
adopted among them one requesting
the Judiciary Committee to examine and
report as to the expediency OF estab-
fishing new depot to be called the De-
pot of Revenue.
Mr. Arnold, of Illinois, offered reso-
luton declaring that the Constitution
shall be so amended as to abolish and
prohibit slavery wherever it exists,
Mr.. Holman, of Indiana, moved to
Law the resolution on the table.
The motion was disagreed to by yeas
5S, nays 49,
Mr. Arnold's resolution was adopted,
yeas 49, nays So
The House then took up the Senate's
amendment to the internal revenue bill.
Mr.. Stevens moved concurrence in the
Senates amendments, which he said was
a better revenue measure than the bill
as it passed the House.
Mr.. Fernando Wood replied, main
tanning the justice of the taxing of spir-
its now on hand.
A debate ensued, involving the merits
of the Senate's amendments.
The debate on the whisky tax lasted
until the adjournment.
No vote was taken on the Senate'S
amendments.
Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Feb. l6.
SENATE.
Bills granting lands to the State o.
| Oregon to aid in the construction o.
Military Roads were passed.
! On motion of Mr.. harris the bill re
| pealing the statues of limitation in Ger
tain cases was called up and passed.
The bill as amended provides tina
during the existence of the rebellion tn
time during which person shall be be
yond the reach of legal process shall
| not be deemed or taken as any part o
time limited by law for the commence
4 ment of an action.
On motion of Mr. Lane, of Kansal
the Senate proceeded to the considers
ton of the. bill setting apart certai
lands in Texas for the use of persons c
African descent.
Mr.. Lane proceeded to address til
Senate at length on his bill. After r,
! lerring to the course of the Governmer
relative to slavery at considerab
length, he said the policy of the Admir-
istration relative to emancipation an
arming of negroes had been accepted b
all the .loyal Den of the country, br
steps remained to be taken by an ament
ment of the Constitution, abolishin
slavery altogether. The black ma
freed, the question then comes, wins
shall be done with himl Mr.. Lane a
gued that as the social and polite;
! inequality of the negro with the white
-, ,dered it impossible for him to deve
ON !, s capacity in our midst, we shoul
oiva ~ en- country of their own, wit
SS;ahts ON ~inging from actual dominion
and eyerc;. e for a time territorial go'
eminent eve, them. Heargued that h
hin nrovided ,',r these things, and es
planned it's prov, 'sions, saying that /
felt confident it vol ~ o Sanatnr '''o .
rious attention of even. .hn H.,
The regular order was 'n Mn 'S Has ~
the question being on H. o 's;,,.;i,
amendment, giving all solt. 'ei' 'i'i''''
| pay, &c. -
Mr.. Wilson proposed an amen "i ;e,,.
giving all soldiers the same pay; rat, oi,'
clothing, emoluments and bounty fro :
the LIST of March, 1864.
Mr.. Davis proposed an amendment to
dishand and disarm all colored troops