The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1864-02-17

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-e~ WAsaIYGrox. FebE1g. III
SENArE.LOn motion OF MrALane, OF In
diaua.l the Committee on the Judiciary was :
Instructed TO inquire into ths expediency OF
amending the present law regulating the Su
preme Court, 80 as to ccnfne It's decisions 10
matters oi law alone.
The Senate then took up the House def
cheney Bill as reported by the Senate Finance
Committee.
The Comm ssiCnefs amendments were
mostly agreed to. They strike out all the
House provisions for an increase Of the cleri
cal force in the Departments, and authorize
the appointment 10 the various Bureaus Tor
a time not exceeding one year after the close
OF the rebellion, OF about one thousand clerks
and provide for salaries by appropriation,
and also provide for appointment Of de-
males. b. iggrf ...rr.r &c. --.t Gs.lTi
Certain amendments from the Naval Com |
mittee were concurred in.
An amendment appropriating eighty thou'
sand dollars for deficiencies in the Quarters
mast. RS, Ordnan 9 and Commisssry's De |
partments, was adopted. .-....- ID. % |
Various amendments were offered. when
the Senate adjourned ill to morrow.
House The House is engaged in Che con
sidera ion ui psiivate bills. W 40
The tiouss proceeded to consider the ac-
tio of the Senate Enrolment Bill, as amen
ied by the Committee ofthe ~Whole on the
State OF the Union. i'ia 49,
Nj. Cox, Or Ohio, suggcstedth that the bill
lie over until Monday, in order 10 give fur
ther time for its ex,minatieni the amend
rnents being in such confused state.
Mr.. Sckenck, Of Ohio, replied that the
public exigencies wo,e SO pressing That he
could not give an hour. lie then moved tho
previous question, explained the amendments
and substitute, concluding by an appeal to
the friends OF the country to pass the bllf
! that the army might be recruited and the
Government sustained.
Mr.. Harding, Of Kentucky, desired to ad
dress the House. ...:... ae..r. .8. 4
Mr.. Garfield OF Ohio, proposed that the
gentleman Mr.. Hardngl should, by general
Iconsent, be allowed halfan hour fortha, pur-
pose. ur N.1.DE ~ i.aHl ..-a
+, MIR. Schenck objected to this proposition.
Opposition to lur,her proceedings on the
bill was manifested, when Mr.. Rogers, OF
New Gersy, moved to reconsider the vote by
which, in the cartier stage Of the proceed
ings, the House had agreed to adjourn till
Monday. es s,... r.f-rt ..r .Y-
This moiou was laid on tho table, by
vote OF roo against 40.
The llouss then proceeded to vote on The
amendments TO the Senate bill. .t'a
/ The House then voted on the following
n House amendments: All able bodied male
persons OF African descent, b,:e the ages
Of twenty and forty five, whether ciJizens Or
} not: residents in the Unied States, shall be
enrolled according to the provisions OF the
, act to- which this is supplementary, and form
part OF the national forces, aud when slave
Of a loyal citizen shall be drafted and mus
I tered into the service Of the United States
: his master shalt have a certificate thereof -
. The bounty OF 500, now payable by lew
, for each drafted man, shall be paid to the
person to whom such drafted person owes
service or lab0Y at the time of his muster
into the service Of the United Ssates. On
f freeing the person the Secretary OF War shall
9 appoint commissioner from each of the
, slave States represented in Congress, charged
> to award a Just compe hSallon, rot exceeding
three bundled dollars, to each loyal person
} to whom tho coloel volunteer may owe
service, who may volunteer into the service
OF the United States, payable out coEirnu-
tat iCn money upon the master freeing the
slave. The amendment was agreed to - yeas
"a, nays 81. The House having thus agreed
e 10 the commissioners anendments to the
bill, MIR. Schenck submitted, a subs ituts
0 which was agreed to; and the original bill,
as thus amended, was thus passed yeas, SO
7 nays 60
The bill, as passed provi des that the quo
, Ia Of each ward ola city, township, precinct
h,
: same is vided into wards, tow 5 town
ships. precincts or election districts, shall be
as nearly as possible in proportion to the
number OF mea resden therein subject to
y the DRAFT; taking into account as far as prac'
ticable the number which has been previous
ly furnished therelrom; and in ascertainirg
d aud in filing said quota, there shall bs ta'
d ken into account tha number Of men whc
!, have here;OEe entered the naval service o
e the United S at0s, and whose pames are
borne upon the enrolment lists as already
T.. returned to the office OF the Provost Marshal
General Of he United States Any person
enrolled under the provisions Of the Enroll
ment Act, who may be hereafter enrolled
may furnish at any time previous to tht
of draft on acceptable substitute, who is not
10 liable to dra t, nor at the timo in the mill
tary or naval service, and such person Sc
1t furnishing substitute shall be exempt iron
n draft during the time for which such subSL
i tute shall be exempt from draft, not, how
e. ever, exceeding the time for which such sub
SO stitute shall have been accepted but no prl
N vate soldier, musician nor non. commissioner
0, officer being actually in the military service
II OF the Unlea States shall be procured o.
accepted as a substitute. ....,ua a"
1t The Boards OF Enrolment are to enrol
y all persons liable to draft, under the proyi
OF sions of this act and of the Enrichment Act
eff whose names snail have been committed b,
i. the proper Enrolling cifcet; all persons whit
shall arrive at he age Of twenty years be
J. fore the draft; all aliens who shall declare
their intention to become citizens, all person
j discharged rom the military or naval ser
be vice OF the United States who have not becl
in such service two years during the presen
ID war, ard all persons who nave been exempt
e. ed under the provisions Of the second sec
re tion OF the act TO which this act is supple
u. ment, but who are not exempted by the pro
visions OF this act, and ihe Board Of Enroll
ID ment shall release and discharge from th
IN draft all persons who, between the time c
in the enrolment and the Draft, shall havo ar
rived pt the age of orty FIVE years, and shal
as strike the names Of such persons from th
bo enrolment. Any person drafted into th
he military servi'e OF the United States may
before the time fixed Tor his appearance 70
Of duty at the draft rendezvous, furnish an &C
a. cepiable substitute, subject to such rules ant
g regulations as may be prescribed by th
al Secretary Of War. fsuch substitute is NO
on liable to draft, the person furnishing hir
shall be exempt from draft during the tim
cd for which such substitute is not liable t