Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1864-04-12
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WASHINGTON, April IL.
SEnArs.--Aftse persosal controversy
between NJ. Grimes end Ne. Hale, NJ.
Wade fro0 committee on the Conduct o.
the War reported che ssidenoe In regard %
The esee0t rlorida eampaisn ~ esdsssd -
b printed.
NJ. Wilson reported from military CONS
mittee b bill suthosising the formation Of
bastaliou Of Engineefh
The Senate then proceeded 70 che con.
alteration Of the House bill, making sppro.
pristions for naval service y reported With
the 6enate's amendment.
M. Wsds, from the Committee On tho
Conduct Of the War, made report With
the evidences In csse In relation g the late
military expedition into Florida, which
vss ordessd 70 be printed. Hs sgRaittsd
= resolution slso Tor p9inti6g 200 extra
copies, which goes % the COMMITTEE %
Printing. ...
M. Wilson, from the Military Commit.
tee, reported, without amendment, the bill
to organize 1 regiment Of veteran volun~
teer engineers.
o. motion Of M. Lane, Of Ksnsss, the
Committee on Military Afsirs was instruct
ed TO inquire into the expediency Of abol
ishing the present systsw a 1adisn trsdsrs,
which Vas referred.
Mr.. Grimes rose to personal explana-
ton and read from the report OF the Naval
Committee, Of which Nj. Hale 10 chairman,
an extract, condemning the manner 10
which the RESOLUTION CONCERNING the trans.
fer Of seamen from the army TO the navy
had been introduced without the cogni.
xauce OF the Committee. The report says
vhen the Committee firpt cast their eye
UPON the resolution introduced By Mr..
Grimes to repeal the legisIatioa authors.
ing the transfer, they saw that = repealed
two things instead Of the one that Was nee.
easary, Mr.. Grimes charged that the Com.
mittee never ssw tho report and that It
was done By Mr.. Hale, and-that II asserts
what 10 not true 10 saying that he (0rimes)
desired at once to pass the repeal. He
knew that the gentleman from New Hamp
shire considered himself the Naval Commit
tee BY the manner in which the business Of
she Committee had been conducted for the
past three years and - showing the spirit
Of the gentleman. He maintained that
at the beginning Of the session he (Mr.
H.lel had offered the gentleman from
New York, Mr.. Harris, che Craftsmanship
Of that Committee, but like tho instance
wherein satan had offered the Saviour Of
man great rewards not in his power to be.
stow il he would fell down and worship
him. both the tempter and the tempta-
ton we're spurned. The gentleman was
the most unrclenting, determined and per
sisteut enemy Of the Secretary Of the
Navy and the Navy Department that there
! is in the country, though IN the position
where he ought to defend it. Mr.. Grimee
also noticed On adverse report made BY Mr..
Hale purporting TO como FROM the Naval
Committee, though none but the chairman
bad any thing to do With it.
uousr.-On motion Of Mr.. Holman the
Journal was corrected SO as to make il
accord with the fact that Mr.. Harris, Of
Nd. on Saturday used the word "eubju
CATION instead Of ''subjection" With the
remark, for which he was severely cen.
cured.
The Speaker laid before the House Gen.
Grants report Of the battle Of Chsttanoo.
70, and the reports Of the Corps Com
manders, which we're ordered to be printed
by unanimous consent.
1t was resolved that when the House
shall adjourn on Tuesday it be to Thurs.
day. in order to enable the members to at
tend the funeral OF Jno. q. Rlves, late an
officer Of the House.
On motion Of Mr.. Fsrnsworth the Clerk
Of the House was directed to send to the
President . copy Of the resolutions here.
tofore passed requesting the President to
give certain information As to the confer.
ring of brevet rank on officers Of the vol.
unteer corps, and lat bis attention be re-
spectfully called to tho fact that no an.
swer has yet been given thereto.
Mr.. Brown, Of Wis.,, introduced joint
resolution authorizing tho President to sp-
point commission Of three competent ofii.
GERS Of the Engineer Corps, whose duty it
shall be to examine the different harbors 10
the Northwestern lakes, with the view Of
selecting an appropriate site for naval
depot, and that each commissioner report At
the earliest time. Referred to the Com
mittee on Naval Affairs.
MIR. Craven, Of Ind, offered the follow
ing resolutions, and moved the previous
question upon them.
The motion for the previous question was
decided in the negative BY AZ against ~.
Debate arising, the resolutions went
over.
The resolutions are % follows:
Resolved, Tust in the present condition
Of the country, when the passions OF the
people are in6Amed, aud their prtju1ices