Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-06-29
WAsHrNcToN. June %.

cerning communication with the insurrec-
ti0nary States was amended and passed.
1t allows Intercourse as far as necessary to
supply the wants of loyal inhabitants in
our lines, and enables them to sell the pro-
ducts of their own labor and of the freed
men, and imposes fine and imprisonment
on officers or others who violate the law or
appropriate public or private property. or
make false returns. The pending motion
to reconsider the bill to prevent military
interference in elections was rcjected-23t to
10.
The Senate passed the House bill for the
relief of officers of the fourth and fifth In
dian regiments, who were commissioned by
the War Department but not mustered into
service.
The President pro tenn. appointed Messrs.
Fessenden, Morgan and POmeroy to act
with Messrs. Morrill,, Fenton and Cox on
the part of the House, as the committee of
Conference on the disagreeing amendments
to the tariff bill.
The Senate took up the bill amendatory
of the laws concerning commercial inter-
course between the loyal and insurrection-
ary States, &c.
Mr.. Morrill, offered an amendment, pro-
vidlng that any officer of the United States,
civil, military or naval, or any sutler, ma
rine or other person who shall violate any
provision of this act, or who shall transport
or sell or otherwise dispose of therein any
goods whatsoever, except in pursuance of
the license and authority of the President,
and under the rules and regulations of the
Secretary of the Treasury, shall be liable to
not exceeding $4,000, and to punishment in
the Penitentiary not exceeding three years.
Mr.. DOolittle offered an amendment, which
was agreed to, making the penalties in the
bill apply to officers who wilfully embezzle
and misappropriate private or public prop
erty, or make false returns.
Mr.. Morrill, offered an amendment allow
ing trade as far as is necessary for supply
ing the necessities of loyal persons residing
in insurrectionary States within our lines
and to enable them to market in the loyal
States, the products of their own labor and
Of the labor of freedmen and others en-
ployed and paid by them.
After further amendments, the bill was
passed-yeas 27, nays l3.
The pending motion to reconsider the
vote by which the bill to prevent military
interference with elections was passed, was
taken up and rejected-yeas 10, nays %.
Mr.. Riddle called up the resolution to al
low Senators and Representatives to visit
the military forts, prisons, and hospitals in
their respective States. A vote being ia
ken the resolution was not adopted-yeas
II, nays "a.
The bill to establisha a Bureau of Freed
mems Affairs came up as unfinished bnsi-
ness.
The pending amendment to repeal Joint
resolution explanatory of the contlscation
act was adOpted-yeas %, nays 10.
Mr.. Doolittle offered the following
amendment as new section:
That all assistant commissioners, local
superintendent and clerks as well as SUI
pervising special agents appointed within
the States within which insurrection exists,
and the authority of the civil tribunals is
overthrown, shall be so far deemed to be in
the military service of the United States as
to be liable to trial by court-martial or mil
itary commission, to be ordered by the
commanding General of the military de-
partment within which they act as such
assistant commissioners, local superintend-
ents, clerks or supervising special agents;
and for all offenses amounting to felony,
for any act of embeZZlement or wilful mis-
appropriation of public or private property,
for any wilful act of oppression of any
freedman or any of the loyal inhabitants,
for any act of taking or receiving directly
or indirectly any money or thing of value
for any act done or omitted by them in an
official capacity, or for being in any manner
interested in any purchase of cotton, tobac-
co, sugar or any other article produced upon
any lands leased or worked under the pro-
visions of this act, or in carrying on any
business, or in being in any manner
directly or indirectly interested in any bu-
siness under the superintendency of officers
appointed under this act or for any other
violation of their official duties, upon con-
viction thereof shall be subjected to punish
ment by fine not to exceed $4,000 or i'm
prisonment at hard labor for period not
exceeding five years, or by both such fine
and imprisonment. The amendment was
adopted after brief discussion.
HoUsE.-Mr. Hooper called up the Sem
ate's amendments to the House loan bill, to
except the $75000,00 of bonds recently ad-
Vertised from the operations of the act.
Mr.. Brooks asked whether that amend
ment comes from the $90O,0000OO loan or
from the $400,000000 in this bill.
Mr.. Hooper explained that the $400,000,-
600 is additional to the $75,000,000, $40, ,000,-
600 of which have already been taken.
Mr.. Holman offered an amendment to the
Senate's amendment providing that nothing
in this act shall impair the right of any
State to tax the bonds, notes or other per-
sonal property is taxed.
The House rejected Holman's amendment
IL to H-and then agreed to the Senate's
amendment.
Mr.. Todd, Delegate from Dacotah obtain
ed permission to make personal eXplana-
ton in reply to printed speech of VIM
Jayne, whose seat Todd successfully con-
tested. Mr.. Todd reiterated that Mr.. Jayne
was connected with frauds, and produced
evidence to refute the charge that he (Todd)
resigned as military officer for fear he
would be dismissed for cowardice.
The House, by yeas SO, nays II, then re-
considered the vote by which they last night
rejected Mr.. Smithers' substitute for the bill
to regulate and provide for the enrolling
and calling out of the National forces.
MIR. Smithers demanded the previous
question, under the operation Of which his
substitute was adopted-yeas 81, nays 75.
1t authorizes the President at his discretion
at any time to call for any number of vol
unteers for one, two or three years, or in
case of draft any substitute shall be cred
tied to any township or election district
toward filling the quota, In which he may
have volunteered or been drafted; every
volunteer or substitute who may be ac-
cepted for one year, shall be paid a bounty
of 5000; for two years $500, and for three
years $500, to be paid at stated intervals.
Mr.. Ashley, in response to question
asked by Mr.. Holman, said he did not in
tend to press his motion to reconsider the
vote by which the joint resolution to amend
the Constitution so as to abolish slavery was
heretofore rejected, but that he should press
it to vote early in the next session.
The House passed the bill facilitating
admiralty cases in New York