, 1864-06-28

| AeMo'la46 VI citlzeue 81 tlo United States
praying tor change Of the preamble Of th
Constitution OF the United States. Th,c
was referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Lii. ANTHONY, of RI, reported In fayo
Of permitting 5000 e1tra copies Of the re
port Of the Committee to inquire into Tia
condihon M1 81 asH9 fhs safIS% AfFIs1n freedmen:
ssd be once read book written IT neR%a5s 5v Rnn1T
Dale Owen, the author Of this document
Everybody who had bought the book hsf
been cheated ont Of the purchase mnnev
Such conglomer2tlon Of intdelity and non
l. sense Was never before published. Tha man
who would write such book as that was
being printed BY the Senate. "
mr.. WADE, OF Ohio, said he had read the
entire document The evils and deforn1lty
Ct slavery Wsre never before so Yividly, SET
forth IS they are In that document He
hau aa.n no donot OF tts entlro truth. II be
would vote against the resolution.
The motion to print 5000 extra COPIES of
the document was then agreed to-2 against
Mr.. WILSON, Of Mass from the Commit
tee on Military Affairs, reported adversely
lowing Senators and Representatives Of Con-
gress to visit forts, military prisons and
hos itals In th cir respective States
Nj. HALE, Of MINI. from the CommIttea
on Naval Affairs reported back the Senate
bill tor the establishment OF q navy yard and
depos at Cairo, with the RECOMMENDATION
Inst lne Senate 90 '.notuagrse to tho House
substitute therefor, namely: To appoint a
commission to examine and report upon a
proper site.
Alter brief debate, during which Nj.
Grimes spoke In tavo. of agreeing to the
House substitute aud Ar- Trunbu1l against
1t, the substitute WIS agreed to, yeas g,
Dnys9.
loan bill nom the. .H0use, and it was eousid-
cred and pat sed, with: an ameodment which
excerpts the So, ,c00, 600 In bonds, now adyer-
ttsed. from the provision, under which all
bonds, Treasury notes and other obligations
OF the United States are to Be free Of taxn-
tion BY OF under State or municipal authori-
~, and with another: amendment which
makes the engraved slynatrxe Of the Regis
Ter On al coupons st1oueously designated as
Treasurer Of the United States of tna sans
force and validity as If his official deslgna-
nation had been correctly stated
Mr. HOWARD; OF. Mlch., from the com.
mastec On the subject, Re- ported back the
Pacific Railroad bill from tha Houso, with II
substitute, being, the s~ne bill which had
hitherto pn6sed tneSenate.:
MI: TkUABULL, from; the Com nittee On
tho Judiciary, submitted = report upon the
credentials OF ~. Ii. Fiaaback ard +, Bag
ter. claiming seats from -arkansas-. TIE com
mittee recommend the adoption OF the Eol-
loving resolution
Eetoited. TbntWm. FisEbaek and Elisha Baxter
sn,f1lsd e sests rs ssnstoEs from Askaasas
to aid In DEMONSTRATION Of railroad aud
telegraph 1ine,fEom Lake Suoel!or to Puget
Sound. By the northern route.
On Mr. H0WARD'5 motion, the Pacific
Faiiroad bill vas taken up. Mr.. Howard ex-
planned tha2the Comiuitsee, ia reporting the
Senate bill as Q substitute for the House bin,
proposed che or tWo-modidcatipns, one fx
Ing the eleition OF directors On October lst
next, the other making the Interest on the
Company's bonds Guaranteed By the Unised
gold, all Of which Was agreed te, and the
substitute was adopted aud the bill passed.
Mr.. HARRIS, Of N. r, called NJ the hill
to amt nd the act for, the COLLECTION Of direct
tax in insurrectionary DISTRICTS which was
to provide bail In certain csses Of military
arrent4
The amendment Of the.coa.mittee psrmit-
ting the taking OF ball. to officers of the Uni
ted States C01Ets WaaagrEed to.
Nj. POWELL, of ky:, offered an amend
N ant, as new sactfon,. TINT any officer In
tha Executive, military, OF naval service VI
the United States, whosaall arrest persQus !
not engaged in the naval or military ssrYice,
asin rebellion against the United States,
shall deliver them TO. the proper military au-.
thor1ty, an penalty Of t1ue Of from $500 to-
SIC. eco, and imprisonment from three
months to five years.
In denouncing the Administration for a.
rests, and referred tspecia11s to the casa Of
Biz. Val]and;gham He expressed regret
that that individual did not have physical
power. to CIT down to theground those who
attempted to arrest him ii his owa house
bis CASTLE He regarded the preservation Of
more vital and importaat than the subjuga.
ton Of the rebellion and the preservation of
Mr. SHERMAN, Ct Ohio, sa,a every man
Ind right to fair trial. Vallandighau,
when In the House Of Representatives u his
own State, and elsewhere, waa allowed most
full and free e1Faseesfon Of opposition to the
but whea he went to q sec-
tlon Of bis own State, whe-e open insubordi-
Haslon existed, and aided the public enemy
by acts calculated to fan abr nameaot fnsu1-
rEcaon, he was Justly arrested 4 riot
sprung up In the County Of Holmes and the
rioters were arrested and imprisoned. and
under Indictment on. charges Of treason.
ty, and In the presence Of q large councourse
of excited persons, some Of them insurgents
IndE1Hed in language esideutl-
intended to excite them to the Commission
Of further cxime, sub}ectiug him properly
to arrest By military law foS openly aidins
and abcttIDg the rebellion. he hid power
to appeal either to Chief Justice fancy, OF
the Supreme Court, to Judge Swayne, Of Co.
lumbus, or to Judge Levitt, at Cincinnati.
BE chose the hitter, a Democratic Judge for
30 years, appointed BY Jackson, who af.
fpnkd the decision OF the military
court that bis waa military ofIense, pun
isbable by military lAw+
The decision was approved by tho Att,r-
neq Genctnl aud BIZ the Preai5Ant WIN de-,