The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-03-10

sr7n nProceedings Of Congress
WASHINGTON, March, 8. HOUSE The
House by majority. recommitted to the
Committee on, the Judicirry the bill declar-
ing the jurisdiction Of the Courts of Gains,
growing out of the military and naval oper-.
ations during the present rebellion, > also
providing for the settlement OF, claims, for
qnartermaster and commissary supplies by,
the proper bureaus, and making a .proposi-
tom for B ards of Commissioners to ascer-i
tain other claims with a view, to their, settle
ment. sq ,........,... .,rt A., 5o.
Another bill reported from ths Commit
tee on Judiciary was taken up, providing
for the settlement Of the elaim' Of quarter
master and commissary supplies on the prer
sentation Of satisfactory proof This, after
debate, was also recommended. a resolu-l
ton was introduced providing fo-. 10000
additional copies Of Grants mlitary report,
which was referred to the Committee on
Printing. f.. ~ a
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Ambrose Clarke, from the Committee Oh
Printing, reported in favor of printing Co.,
600 copies Of the Agricultural report for
1862. - - - 4, .4t y
Debate ensned. during which GrinneIl
spoke about the propriety of disseminating
the report at public expense, and leaving
the gentleman the circulation Of the docu-
ments 9f military caqdidatss, At their pri-
vate account. 81
Mallory asked what The gentleman meant
by military candidates. - r Il,
Grinnell--T mean military candidates. for
the Presidency, -. =
= Mallory ry-DodsF tie gentleman mean mean Gem
Grant ? 20 'oA 90 '''',.''' ''.' .
Grinnsn Grant IS candidate for putting
down the rebellion. Your candidate has
been dead some months. .''' 'T ,,,'..''.,''
Mallory Who is that ? S' - ="
q Grinnell--I mean Gen. Mcclellan. : IS
aMallory-rhat is your mistake, Nc CIellan
is live man. - s'''e''
| Mr.. Straus, of Pennsy lyan,a, agreed with
Mr.. Steele of New York that Of all the print.
ed documents none were more valuable than
the Agricultural Report. II was poor eco.
nomy TO begin with printing .the. trial tip
Of steamboats,. It would cost three times
as much as the number Of copies proposed
Why not economic in the expenditure o
the, millions on millions 50 heavily appro
priated. =; .-. =, ,,....r
The resolution for printing s0,0 900 copies
the Agricultural Report was ordered to be
fprinted. ' ,.'4.'.'' ...'' .-,', -.
Fenton' replied, to the forme,r, remarks 0
Wood and Brooks, saying the Secretary Q
the, Treasury, amid the greatest difficulty
had managed our financial affairs with un,
Frivalled ability and success. /: r,,,;,.,., .
Bile. Not agreed 'to95I Ssss, -. 80
Morrill,, from the. Commttee on Confer
ence on the whiskey bill, reported they we wer,
unable to agree. 'n
Morrill, moved the House reccde from from it
agreement to the Senate's amendment.
Kesson and Spaulding, the, other tw,
members Of the Confer ence Committee, az
gued in favor Of ipsistiag on the. House dis
agreement. "" '..''''', '7.''.''s .
The House refused to lrecede from its dis
agrsement--61 yeas, II nays.
The House finally voted to adhere to it,
disagreenents to the Senate's amendments
to the whiskey bin and then adjourned.
| 80 -, :. SENATE, -, -, ., =. =.
Davis introduced an amendment to tAe
joint resolution to amend the Constitution,
which provides that no person whose mo-
ther or grandmother is negro shall be en-.
titled to, the benefit Of citizenship, and also
that the, States of Maine and Massachusetts
shall constitute one State, 10 be called East
New England, and Vermont, New Hamp.
shire, Rhode Island and Connecticut donsti.
tute another, to be called West New Eng.
land. Ordered printed. 4-v,ysg f;,,,,,,o,f,
1 Wilson introduced thu House joint resolu.
ton for the continuance of the payment Of
bounties to April lst. as reported from the
Military Committee with letter from, the
Secretary Of War recommending that it be
immediately passed. !as s,a!srag7 asa1 bar
The resolution was passed without amend
ment. ,s.;..-t ill.,. .,,.,-, ala -.,
The bill to prevent military and naval
officers from interfering in elections was