Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-02-19
Yyyvlil C0seRess...Is1 SESSION.


HOUSE.
Mr. Washbum of ILL.,, from the Commit
tee Oh Commerce, reported the Senate bill
establishing the principal port Of Entry fol
the district of Chaplain at Plattsburg, New
York. Passed,
The House then proceeded to the con
sideration of the Senate Enrolment bill al
amended by the Committee of the Who'll,
on the state Of the Union.
Mr.. Cox Of Ohio suggested that the bill
be laid over until Monday, in order to give
further time for its examination, The
amendments being in such q confused
state.
Mr. Schenck of Ohio replied that til,
public cxgences were 50 pressing that we
could not give an hour. He then moved
the previous question, and explained the
amendment and substitute, concluding by
an appeal to the friends of the country to
pass the bill, that the army might be re-
cruited and the Government sustained.
Mr.. Harding of KY, desired to address
the House.
Mr.. Garfield of Ohio proposed that the
gentleman, Mr.. Harding, should, by gen,
eral consent, be allowed IN hour for tina,
purpose.
Mr.. Schenck objected to this proposition
Opposition to further proceedings on
the bill was manifested, when Mr.. Rogers
of n. J. moved to reconsider the vote by
which. in the caller stage of the proceed
inCs, the House had agreed to adjourn to
Monday. This motion was laid on the
table by vote of 100 to 40.
,,T hot
House adjourn. No quorum voting on
this motion the que stion was taken by
yeas and nays and determined in the
negative by II against 80. 1t was now
half past four o'clock.
Mr.. Clay of Ky, asked leave Of absence
until Monday, but afterwards withdrew
his request.
Mr.. Wadsworth of Ky, moved that the
bill and its amendments be laid on the
table.
The motion was decided in the negative;
yeas AZ nays 81. The House then pro-
cceded to act on the amendments to the
Senate bill.
The House voted on the following
amendments. All able bodied male per-
sons of African descent, between the ages
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resident in the United States shall be en-
rolled according TO the provisions of the act
to which this is a supplement and form
part Of the National forces and when a
Slave of loyal citizen shall be drafted and
mustered into the service of the United
States, his master shall have a certificate
thereof, and the bounty of 500 now pay
able by law shall be paid to the person to
whom such drafted person owes service or
labor at the time of his muster into the
service of the United States. On freeing
the person the Secretary of War shall APP
point Commissioner in each the slave
States represented in Congress, Charged
to award just compensation not exceeding
$500 to each loyal person to whom the
colored volunteer may owe service, aud
who NAV volunteer in the service of the
United States, payable ont Of commutat-
ION money on the master freeing the
slave. The amendment was agreed yea,
81 nays ~.
The House having thus agreed to the
{ o nmittce's amendments to the bill, Mr..
Schenck submitted substitute. which was
agreed to, and the original bill as thus
amended, passed by yeas %, nays7 20.
The bill rs passed, provides the quota OF
each OF city, town, township. precinct OF
election district, or n county where the
same is divided into wards, towns, town
ships, precincts and election districts, shall
be nearly as possible in proportion to the
number of men resident therein subject to
draft, taking into account. as far as practi-
cable. the number which has been prcvi-
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taining and filling said quota. there shall
be taken into account the number of men
who have heretofore entered the Naval ser
vice of the United States. whose names
are borne on the enrolment lists. as al
ready returned to the Office OF the Provost
Marshal Of the United States. ANY per-
son enrolled under the provisions of the
enrolment act or who may hereafter be en-
rolled, may furnish at any time previous to
the draft an accepted substitute who is not
liable to draft nor at the time in the Mill
tary or Naval service of the United States.
and such person SO furnishing substitute.
shall be exempt from daft during the time
for which said substitute shall be exempt
from draft not. however, exceeding the
time for which substitute shall have been
or non-eommissioned officer being actually
in the Military service of the L. S. shall
be procured or accepted as substitute
The boards of enrolment are to enroll all
persons liable TO draft under the provisions
of this act and of the enrolment act,w hose
names may have been omitted by the prop
er enrolling officer. All persons who shall
arrive al the age Of 20 before the draft, all
aliens who shall declare their intention to
become citizens, all persons discharged
from the military or naval service of the
L. :. who have not been in such service !.
wears during the present war. and all per
sons who have been exempted under the
provisions Of the I'd section of the act of
which this act is supplement-, but who
are not exempted by the provisions OF thi.
lease and discharge from the draft all per-
sous who, between the time of the enroll
mcnt and the draft shall have arrived at
the age OF i5 wears. and shall strike out
the names of such persons from their en-.
rolhnents. Any person drafted into the
service Of the L. 5. may before
the time fixed for his appearance for duty
at the draft rendezvous. furnish any ac-
substitute. subject TO such rules
and regulations as may be presented BY
IN, SECRETARY Of War. II such substitute
!. ne. liable - draft the person furnishing
him shall be exsa.n, M, daft during the
time for which such suos,i.. ute Is not liable
to draft. not exceeding the term Tor whlI.He
he was drafted. If such substitute is la
BILE TO draft, the name Of the person fur
nishlng him shall be liable to draft as fll-
ing future quotas, and if any drafted per-