Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-14
CONGREGATIONAL.
wAsrlno4On, June 10.
SENATE, Sad.

relating 10 the granting of certain priVi-
legss to the city of Desmoines, Iowa, which
was passed. ~. -
Mr.. Lane (Kausas) called up his resolu-
ton in reference 70 the recognition of the
free State of Arkansas, and moved to re-
fer 1t, together with the credentials of the
Senators from there, Messrs. Fishback and
Baxter, to the Judiciary Committee.
Mr.. Sumner addressed the Senate ct
length 10 opposition to the admission of
Arkansas at present into the Union. 1ya
The esolution of Mr, Lane and the Gre
dentialB of Messrs. FishbRck aud Baxter
were, after debate which consumed nearly
the entire session, referred to the Judiciary
COMMITTEE. - 400 sIf|I b1-:
TIE Senate, on motion Of Mr.. Trumbull,
receded from its amendment 70 the consul
lar and diplomatic appropriation bill.
The bill authorship the Secretary of the
Treasury to erect the Marine Hospital at
Chfcago,was called up BY Mr.. TrumbuIl and
passed. ~
= At 8 O'Clock the Senate adjourned. %
HOUSE.
Mr.. Dawes, from the Committee on Elec-
tions, to whom was referred the message Of
the President In relation 70 military ap-
pointments, made o. report thereon, cOnclu.
ding with the following resolutions: ''. -
Resolved, That Robert G. schenck, hav-
ing resigned his commission as Major Gen.
eral of Volunteers, on the 2lst of Noyem.
Der, 1868, to take effect on the ffth day of
December, was not by reason of having
held such Office, disqualified from occupy.
ing a seat in the 18Th Congress as repre-
sentative from Ohio, TIE session having
commenced on the 7th of December, but
that F. P. Blair, by continuing to hold of
nee as Major General of Volunteers, and
dischargiug the duties thereof from No
vember 80, 1852, till January, 1864, thus
disqualityiug himself from holding seat
in the 3sth Congress, which met Decem.
Der 7th, 1868. ''a
The report for the present was laid on
the table and ordered to be printed.
On motion of Mr.. Schenck, committee
of conference was asked of the Senate on
the disagreeing amendments to the bill to
Increase the pay Of soldiers.
Mr.. Stevens made report from the com.
mittee of conference in the disarreeinR
amendments 70 the military appropriation
bill, they were principally in regard to ma
king the pay of the negro soldiers the same
as that Of the white soldiers, from January
| 1st last to include the back pay of the
two Massachusetts negro regiments and
those frst raised in South Carolina
and Louisiana. The report of the con.
ference committee concludes as follows:
All persons of color. who were free on the
18th of April 1861, aud who have been
enlisted and mustered into the military
service of the United States, shall from
the time of their enlistment be entitled to
receive the pay, bounty aud clothing al
lowed to such persons by law existing at
the time of their enlistment, and the At
torney General is authorized to determine
any question of law arising under this
provision, and If the Attorney General
shall decide that any such enlisted persons
are entitled to receive any pay, bounty or
| clothing 10 addition to what they have al
ready received, the Secretary of War shall
make all necessary regulations to enable
the pay departments to make payment in
accordance with such determination.
The report was concurred in-yeas 20,
nays So.
The Senate has already adopted it. st.'
Mr.. Sohenck introduced bill repeslinp
the three hundred dollar clause in The en-.
rollment act and providing that hereafter
no payment of money shall be accepted
or received from any enrolled or drafted
man, to be relived Of liability to perform
military duty. ealaslaih et' n s4s1- -
NE. Sehenck moved the previous ques-i
tioa on the passage Of the bill. ~.
The previous question was not Beconded
and debate arising the bill went over.
Mr.. Garfield introduced a Joint resolu-
ton, declaring as follows: That no State
declared to be in rebellion by the President
is entitled to appoint electors of President
and Vice President and no electoral vote
from any such State shall be received or
counted, until the both Houses of Congress
by concurrent action, shall have re cogniE.
ed state government ID such state. la ..
In nE H. pT-S-
the resolution was laid on the table,
On motion of Mr.. Beamau, Of Michigan,
resolution was adopted iustructine the
committee on the Conduct of the. War to
enquire whether there is any good aud
substantial reason for the exclusion of
members of Congress from the hospitals
when they desire to look after the condi.
ton of the wounded from their respective
States, and in case such visits can be
made without detriment to the sick and
wounded, the committee recommend that
some regulation be made by which mem
bers can visit the hospitals at reasonable
hours without let or hindrance.
The House then took up the resolution
OF Mr.. LaZier of Pa, offered on Monday of
last week, proposing a suspension of hos.
tilitiss, and requiring the President to
adopt measures for assembling conven
ton of delegates from all the States, to
adjust the difficulties between the North
and South, on the basis of the Constitu.
tuition. 49, = -
The House refused to suspend the rules
for the introduction of the resolution.
The House then proceeded to the con
sideration of the House bill, to repeal the
fugitive slave law. sl-ty'ks Ne 20
Mr.. King, of Missouri, agreed that the
constitutional clauses in relation to slavery
were the result otcompromise as a condi-
ion to the formation of the Uutou, aud
that the repeal now proposed could not
be effected without a disregard to impera.
tive obligations. a1r .S>.ss ~.
q A lengthy debate eusued, when the
question being taken, the bill passed, 80
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