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CONGRESSION
xxxvIIIrH cON9REss.-FIRsT SESSION.
WEDNESDAY, February

WEDNESDAY, February g.
SENATE-The Vice President laid before
tary OF War in reply to resolution of the
Senate Of January %, 1864, concerning comics
OF military orders issued in Kentucky, Mary
iand, Tennessee and Missouri in connection
with elections. Ordered to be printed.
Mr. PomerOy presented a petition from mill
tary storekeepers, asking Congress to pass a
law defining their rank. Referred to the Mill
tary Committee. FF -.iH Trs
MI Brown of Mo-, presented a petition from
3O0 citizens Of Harrison county, in that State
setting forth the grievances under which they
LABOR In connection with the military admins
tIation in that department Mr.. B. said Harrison
county was among the most loyal in the State
and condemned the treatment its citizens had
met with from the military conmandant. He
wished the memorial to be referred to the
Committee on the Conduct OF the War to inyes.
tigate these matters He had no doubt, however,
that the recent change in the command Of the
department will result in remedying the evils
complained of. 41'-- o. = 49,
Mr.. Wilkinson, OF Mimi, also hoped that the
Committee on the Conduct OF the War would
investigate this matter The management there.
as lie learned from many letters received, would
nave the tendency to demoralize the troops,
among whom were Minnesota regiments, and
prevent the return of order in Missouri The
memorial was referred as desired.
Mr.. Sumner presented a petition of citizens
OF Boston, principally Germans, protesting
against the Presidents reconstruction plan,
and asking Congress to pass laws TO render
the rebels politically harmless. Referred.
Mr. Grimes. from the Committee on the Dis
trict OF Columbia, reported back the bill
amending the charter OF GEORGETOWN, with a
substitute therefore. ..-- 1f
Mr. Hale called up the report of the Judiciary
lance of a fee and acting as counsel in the case
of Hunt, released from the Old Capitol.
The request OF the committee to be discharged
frsm the further consideration of the subject
was concnrreo in. -
Mr. Fessenden called up the bill to increase
the internal revenue, reported with amend
ments by the Finance Committee
MIR. +. explained the considerations which
had influenced the committee in modifying the
bill as passed by the House, especially as
regards the whisky tax. They did not think it
article or one class more than smother As to
Spectators, who had been Spoken OF in this
connection, they were class of merchants,
and these speculatiOns were mercantile enter.
prises generally, and thus capital was actively
employed in a way TO afford revenue, and this
was revenue measure.
The first amendment OF the committee fixing
the tax on spirits distilled after the passage
adopted.
ON motion of Mr. Hendricks, the bill was
then postponed until Tomorrow, as he desired
to look into IL. f.EA asks. .n-.-
HOUSK.-Mr. Pendleton asked leave to intro
duce bill providing that the Secretaries Of the
Executive Departments be allowed to occupy
uves. #1ss. sFars g yE9 Z.la -
MIR. Holman objected. So saw
The House resumed the consideration of the
Joint resolution arnendatory of the confseation
Mr.. Wadsworth, OF KY, replied to the speech
Of MIR. Stevens, heretofore delivered, and de-
MED that this Is public war as contradistin-
guished from civil war He contended that
the laws Of war do not authorize the conquest
Of individual property or land. They forbid it.
The House went into Committee Of the whole
chair-and resumed the consideration of the
amendatory enrolment bill.