Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-06
Congressional.
WASHINGTON. MAY &.

| OENATE.- Bishop Clarke, CT Rhode Is
land, made the opening prayer.
Mr.. Collaner reported from the commit
tee on Postofiices and Post Roads tht
House bill to establish an ocean steamship
service between Brazil and the United
States with amendments. Mr.. Wilkinson
desired further to amend the bill, and moi
having his amendment prepared, asked thai
the subject be laid over. Agreed to.
Mr.. Wade, from the committee Oh Terri
tories, reported the bill to amend the ena-
| bling act for the people of Nevada. The
bill changes the time for an election in Ne
yada to the second Tuesday in September.
| The bill was passed.
Mr. Howe addressed the Senate at some
length In support of the bill to pay Wis
consin five per cent. of the grant of lands
made to her in 1888.
UOUsE.-The House went into committee
of the Whole on the special order, viz The
bill to reimburse Pennsylvania for the eX-
penses incurred in calling out troops to re-
pei invasion.
section, appropriating $l5000,000 to defray
the expenses of calling out volunteers, mi
litia and minute men in Pennsylvania, Ma
ryland and other loyal States to repel rebel
raids.
Mr.. Garfield said this subject was before
the committee on Military Affairs. who
had requested the War Department to give
them all the facts. The committee were
daily expecting a full report OH the various
classes of claims.
1t was necessary to have all the facts be-
fore the House could take intelligent action.
He hoped, therefore, that the amendment of
his colleague would not prevail.
Mr.. Smith, OF Kentucky, asked why the
money should not be appropriated now.--
There was not in the War Department, or
elsewhere in Washington, any evidence of
the number of days for which the various
classes of men had been called out. These
facts were to be determined as the cases
arise.
Mr. Garfield replied that the Secretary of
War saye there is large mass of papers
from all these States which he is now col
lecting, embracing all parties. 1t is the in
tention of the Military committee to intro
duce bill providing for commission to
sit during the recess, to whom the papers,
will be referred, and report made
at the next session of Congress. Then
Congress will know the sums due and ap-
propriatc the money accordingly.
Mr.. Odcll, in response to Mr.. Smith. said
commission was appointed as to the claims
of Missouri, and when the report was made
and the claims were properly audited, Con-
gress made an appropriation to cover the
amounts. The committee on Military Affairs
proposed to pursue similar course toward
other States.
Mr.. King, of Mo-, made few remarks to
show that the gentleman was mistaken.
Mr.. Odell referred to facts to show that
SS00000, as the result of commission, will
be paid to the Missouri home guard.
Mr.. Blair. of Mo-, said flat the home
guard of Missouri are now being paid. He
saw no difference between Pennsylvania
and the position Missouri occupied before
this body last December. The claims of
Pennsylvania militia were as just as those
of the Missouri home guard.
Mr.. Garfield said that farms had been de-
stroyed, &C., but the House had confined
itself to paying only for quartermaster and
commssary stores directly, and to cases
where claims have been audited and AUDI
Gated like those of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Smith, of Kentucky, advocated the
pending amendment. Nincty-nine out of
one hundred who were called out in his
State were taken from the plow and anvil,
the shop and machine works. Why should
these be delayed in their payment?
Mr.. Hall, of Missouri, explained the rea-
son why a commission was appointed con-
cernng the home guard of that State
They had been mustered into the service
neither of Missouri nor the United States,
but went into service in defiance of law,
under pressing emergency. In the case
now before them there was no occasion for
a commission, for the militia of Pennsylva-
mia regularly entered the service, and that
State had produced the proper vouchers.
Mr. Randall advocated the bill and paid
a high compliment to the galantry of the
militia of Pennsylvania. He said he had
good authority for saying that the recent
order of Gen. Meade about the insubordina-
tion of troops in no manner related to the
Pennsylvania reserves. Two or three days
ago the only difference which existed be-
tween the Government and the reserves as
to the date of their muster, was satisfactory
ally settled in the manner indicated by Gen.
Meade to the War Department.