, 1864-02-11
FROM WASHINGTON,

AAe amendment TO TIC Constitution pr
posed BY the joint resolution reported as
substitute from the Judiciary Committee,
as follows:
ARTICLE IS, Sec. l-Ncithcr slavery NJ
involuntary ecryitude, except as punishmen
for crime, whereof the party shall lave bee
duly convicted, shall exist within the Unite
States, or any place subject to their iuri
diction.
SEC. 2. Congress shall have power to er
force this article By appropriate legislation.
The bill Introduced by Sepator Clark, afte
rccitlng the terms Of the Proclamation {
Freedom, and f.cts that doubts had arisen q
to its validity, effect, and extent, cnacts thu
1t be and hereby is confirmed and declare
freedom to I'll persons embraced within It
provisions. 80.
The Senate Committee On Public Building
reported bill to-day putting the work o
the Capitol extension dome and Pateut Oft1c
Under the supervision Of the Committee o.
Public Buildings instead of the Secretary O
the Interior. he is to report annually to til
President.
Senator Browns proposed amendment t.
the pending hill to promote enlistments i
sweeping in its provisions. 1t confirms tn
Ircsident's proclamation of freedom, pro
Aloats slavery from and after It's passag
throughout the United States, requires til,
enrolment and draft Of all persons of Africa,
descent, and entities them to sue and be sued
and give evidence In all courts US other cfii
/ zcns.
4 strong remonstrance was received I, on
high western otHcials against the promotion
OF Colonel Fuller, commanding the brigade
Of Ohio regiments in Dodge's division. Ont
Of the charges against him is that he attempt
ed to have his re-enlfsted command credited
On the quota Of Tennessee instead Of Ohio.
O1lcial information has reached here that O
number Of Western regiments at first dispos,
I'd to re-cnlist, peremptorily refused to do SC
upon the official announcement that re-cnl1st-
ments were to be credited on quotas Of States.
The veterans want the DRIFT enforced, and will
not be used to relieve those staying at home
from the draft. This Is Supposed to. be
grounds for Colonel Fullcr's alleged action,
The Judiciary Committee bill, forbidd1ng,
under penalty Of fine and Imprisonment,
members Of Congress, heads Of Departments,
or other officers Of the government, from re-
ce1Eing compensation for service in proceed
ings In which the United States is q party,
before any department, bureau, courtmartial,
naval or military commission, passed the
Senate to-day, as reported from the Judiciary
Committee.
Reyerdy johnson, Cowan and Hale spoke,
and,a with all copperheads present, voted
against 1t. Only third Of the members
present could be mustered In the negative on
my question on which the yeas and nays
were taken. Fcescnden and Foster more than
answered Ill the arguments, relevant and IT,
relevant.
There was further discussion In the Senate
to-day on the proposition to amend the joint
resolution putting colored soldiers on the
came footing with the white soldiers, as re-
CARDS pny, clothing, &C., 50 as to couane its
operation to the future, instead Of placing
them on m equality from the date Of enlist
men.
Senators Foster, Ten Eyck, Sumner and VIII
son urged that the act should be retrospective.
Fes6enden and Lane opposed IT, taking the
broad ground thatnegro troops are not worth
so much as white ones In the course of the
debate evidence was adduced going to show
TINT some negro regiments were enlisted un-
der the representations that they would
be treated In all respects like white, and they
have proved % efficient. On this latter
point Mr. Wilson read letters from General
Terry, commanding colored troops at Beau
fort, s. G., in which he says their services
are not surpassed by those OF any men In the
service; and from Colonel Of long expert
ence in Buffers Department, who says that
the colored regiment under his command
marched forty-three miles without strag-
gler. Adding, the men in this class are the
best marchcrs in the army.
The Senate went into executive session,
pending two proyisos offered by Doolittlc-
one giving full pay for past services only in
cases where the Secretary Of War is satisfied
the men were mustered into service, by an-
thority Of the Department, on promise to
give 1t; the other requiring The reservation
Of portion Of the pay Of those mustered into
service from i1surrectionary districts, for feed
Ing and clothing fugitive women and children
Of African descent
Tie House took up the Internal Revenue
bill, and referred the Senate amendment to |
the Committee Of Ways and Means.
The following are the dismissals this week: |
Capt. VIM. ". Eaton, I'd Iowa cavalry, for neg
Capt. Michael Ryan, doth Mo. State Militia, for
ihea q Horses, and ~ poeEstins ' tie p1oeeeds ef
Assistant Surgeon corzydon Morrow, for de-
first Lieut.. 3. Dedenbseher, Quar.ermastcr ID |
Iowa cavalry, for grosa neglect Of duty in not pro-
Second Lieut.. Daniel Ha1l, I'd Iowa cavalry. for
drunkenness and general inehieiepcy.
Lieut.: Col. James N. Stevens 65th Ohio, for
espf. Fetef Casey, soth Illinois, for absence
GsPf ": i; Hays, 11th Illinois cavalry is 1e-
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10-Another list Of
military nominations, about three hundred
In number, were transmitted to the Senate
10 day By the President.
The House Committee on Military Affairs
.aye prepared bill setting out with the de-
.la1ution that 1t appears that many General
,f1leers are and hare been either entirely uu-
Employed or not on duty corresponding with
heir rank, thus holding commissions and
q the Way of the promotion Of active, Off.
.crs, md provides that all 31aJor-Generals
md Brigadfer-Generals who on the
5th of MaTch next shall not be in
he performance Of service and for three
months continuously next prior to that date
nd all pay shall cease and the vacancies be
HE'D b5 appointment or promotion, but this
s not to affect officers absent from wounds,
II in consequence Of being prisoners Of waF
ANY Major General or Brigadier General mp
,ointed under act Of 1861, SO dropped from
hc rolls, shall not be discharged but remit
ed to his former position as lne or staff OIL
er Of the regular army.
NEW York, Feb. 10.-The special to the
:tes.iug Rst says the Military Committee of
he House this morning agreed to reso-
ution that all Generals who, on the 18th
ny Of March next, shall not hare been in
cttye service for the previous three months,
hall be dismissed.
The senate Judiciary Committee agrees to,
n amendment to the Constitution forever |
rohibiting slavery in the United States.
The Secretary Of the Interior and the Com.
lissfoner Of Indian Affairs will appear be- !
IRE the Ways and Means Committed to-mor-
ow to give their views upon the question Of
1c rropriety Of abrogating the treaties with
;6loyal tribes Of Indiana. :
The whisky bill still lies On the Speakers
lble.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-The New Tork TIM, {
'ashipgton disratch reports that. the argu- !
cnts Of the whisky merchants are producing
] effect, and It would now seem that the Sen.
q enmendment Of the whisky tsx may be adop-
d By the House.
G n. Butler has eommenced the, establish !