, 1864-12-15
CHICAGO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER Is, 1854.

| think gentlemen are perhaps mistaken In rcgaE
| to the extent to which taxation ean be carried
| and that We nre perhaps nearer to tho point 4
which 1t can proIrcrly be boTnc than many person
MI BROWN continued bis remarks, advocating
reduction Of expenditures in the conduct Of tht
Mr. DOOl1TTLE--I agree with tho Senator
from Missouri entirely IN what he eays about tn.
Necessity Of reducing expenses In every possible
Tay will 60 viii hin u any eI9st tG rsaact
department Of the Government TO exercise The
etffctest economy. At the same time. our neccs
fay expenses arc 20 Fret and LII mnst be 50 erect
TINT will certainly bring US revenue: do not c1
pect, Of course, that these resolutions shall &C
ioEth ns expressing the views q M the Senate upo1
the points have presented. Still, the points are
OF sufficient Interest and Importance TO he well
considered By that Committee. =.
The resolution WAS then referred without 0btec'
ton.
III, CHANDLER moved that the resolutions
offered by him to-day be printed. which 1Tss car
III: BROWN offered tie following; which waz
Rs"Irtd, That the Committee on Military Atfatre
snd tho Militia be instructed to inquire into the
ss est sst e e hs
Lnited S1atee arsenal from the city Of St. Louis,
I'D to provide g. r the sale Of tho land on which
IL. III Doo1ITTIE moved that ill bills, petitions
I'D memorials which wee pending At ths cloSe q
sf Tss sa1ed
a joint resolution from the House was an
nounccd, giving notice to Great Britain OF tho ter.
1o1natioa oG ths reciprocity treaty:
MI. SUMMER, OF MISE; thoneht 1t ought to 70
to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and It vas
The Senate went into executive session, and
coon after adjourned.
WAsHNGroK, "Wednesday, Dec. II, 1861.
sfr. WILSON. of Iowa frtm tbe conm,ttcc al
Judiciarv. reported bilt umenJatory to the nc, u
Of July lith, iSGa, to define Tic pay and emoiu.
nents ol Officers q Tie army, etc, 80 ns to read
shat baTe enf;s,ca fe H., vninnfae5 nv 1ernias
army navS oT marine coTns anJ 1,ecn honoSah1v
discharged. nsy yeeo@e ) citizen wit6eat ~ ~
nroye more linn one yearis rns,dsnce. The Iii
ras ,,sassd ''o'' oAe 'eAi A"' o1'i
Ths biii for shin canal around the Falls of Nj.
Iaie MichIesa. were | fuIher postponed nnti the ~
"a ~ Ianrsrr, Po7"P'"e" unA1 1ae
~ ~ y, n,ation ofWr nrnnEs otNa,v yo,,- ~
ina,,tre ~" tha S1ma,iiencx u nf rorSd;1a s h1
t-S"r r. ntfe-ts 3ar ~, .,yo+oc+ ~ ~ " @ ~
nassn en5 Pro~tnciai front;ars fro nmrder ~
II " ~ nhj o. f [eoet ~
NitsT ,irs noeted o. fS III lne enn m on
Maina ne1as III I'll 9 psnan 'aat "a +a ai
itary service oi tho be Eniisd States, VIC on the the
3om aas OF 1eeo, snal not Dc IN re PEI
tnoI- -aere rt;." 80 o5cu s,a oHi n- i ~ ~
, i, e. ~ ~ s'1,, 11 oae VIZ suail FL
~. aase nHen sucn uat{ OF service ioF
three mon1ns eonuneous, ne.t nxiot TO tIat date,
tEaa ~ InGn be dropped iE9m tae rolls q TUG army
auti gu inc Pay and emo1anents Gr allowances oi
such general officer 50 dropped shall cease from
'ltd ~ new hnt md
Ie anclnaed in tue foregoing provisions
Whoee absence from duty snail have been
~ ~ , Moan9g teesteo RI aseases &c cen egn
tary ser' ,cc Or by MS being prisoner OF war In
the hands o1 enemy, or under parole; and any
Major Genenl Of volunteers who may have been
apFolnteq from lne fcsl!ef army, under the an-
the employment OF volunteers to aid In cEdoEclng
the laws and protecting public property, and the
acts amendstory thereto, who shalI be dropped
from the rolls shall not thereby be discharged
from the eeEricc Ut the United States, hut shall be
remtttcd to his position and duty as m officer oi
the regular army.
7d' Thereafter conin1ere1y until the termina>
ton Of the existing war OF f1e rebellion, on the
LIST day Of eac1 Month after the 18th day Of Feb
rrsry 1sfS, tie provision! of The. forssoins sec
Ger III the military eerEice o. the United States,
TEo shall not on such last day OF any month have
been engaged II the pe;1osmsncc or duty or scr
vice corresponding TO Ills proper rank, for three
Mr. cox. Of Ohio, Inquired Or bis colleague
what Lad become OF stmlar bill introduced here
ut the last EeE+ion-
BIZ. SCHENCK replied, that having passed tie
Houee it hangs In tie Sccate.,
LII. COX enw no necessity for the pasadge OF
such law. as the President now has the power to
drop officers for incompetency Or inei1clency. Hc
asked why the Senate had not acted On the old
biIl: c,,,,<c1 . ,, . ar,
his colleague the reason for the SEnAte8 uUT1QC-