The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-02-13
CONVERSATIONAL.
coNaREss--rsrs. Session
Washington, Feb. l2.
HOUSE.

The House was engaged in the consid-
GRAFTON of private bills.
The House proceeded to the considers.
ton of the Senate enrolment bill. as
amended by the Committee of the Whole
On the State of the Union.
Mr.. Hood, of Ohio, suggested that the
bill lie over until Monday in order to
give further time for its examination, the
amendments being in such . confused
state
Mr.. Schenck, Of Ohio, replied that the
public exigencies were so pressing he
could not give an hour. He then moved
the previous question and explained the
amendments and substitute, concluding
by an appeal TO the friends of the coun-
try to pass the bill that the army might
be recruited and the government sustain
ed.
Mr.. Harding, of Kentucky. desired to
address the House.
Mr.. Garfield, of Ohio, proposed that
the gentleman Harding) should By gen.
eral consent be allowed half an hour for
that purpose.
Mr.. Schenck objected to this PROPOSE
ton.
Opposition to further proceedings on
the bill was manifested, when Mr.. Rogers
of New Jersey, moved to reconsider the
vote by which in the earlier stage of the
proceedings the House had agreed to ad-
journ till Monday.
This motion was laid on the table BY
vote of 100 against 46.
The House then proceeded to vote on
the amendments to the Senate bill.
The House voted on the following
House amendment:
All able-bodied male persons Of African
descent, between the ages Of 80 and As.
whether citizens or not, resident in the
United States, shall be enrolled according
to tire provisions of the act to which this
is supplementary, and form part of the
national forces, and when slave of 4 loyal
citizen shall be drafted and mustered into
the service Of the United States. his mas.
ter shall have certificate thereof. The
bounty Of 500 DOW payable By Law for
each drafted man shall be paid to the
person to whom such drafted man 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 appoint commissioners from
each slave State represented in Congress,
charged to award q just compensation.
not exceeding $500, to each loyal person
TO whom the colored volunteer may owe
service, who may volunteer into the ser.
vice Of the United States. payable out of
the communication money. upon tue master
freeing the slave. q
The amendment was agreed to--yeas
"a, nays67.
The House having thus agreed to the
committees amendments to the bill. Mr..
Schenck submitted a substitute which w.s
agreed to. and the original bill as thus
amended. was passed-yeas %, NAYS so.
The bill as passed, provides that the
quota OF each ward Of city, township.
precinct, or district or county, where the
same is divided into wards, towns, town
ships, precincts, or election districts.
snail be as nearly as possible in proportion
20 the number Of men resident therein
subject % draft, taking into account as
iar - practicable the number which has
Deen previously furnished therefrom and
10 ascertaining and filing said ouota rher.
shall De taken into account the nprho- of
men who have heretofore sntered thu |
naval service Of the United States. And
whose names are found upon the enroll
mont lists - already returned 10 The
office OF the Provost Marshal General Of
the United States. Any person enrolled