The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-11-12

soo Of the heads or che several executive departments
and other officers and clerks OF the government ths
used have been decided not 10 include the Comms
sRof Taxes, and the heads q the ether bureaus OF
end Aasury department. IL 10 not supposed 70 have
been useutoa OF congress deny these ocsrs the
res extended TO Others and suggest the early
OF an act 10 bring them within the meaning and entls
them % the benefits Of the act OF ist June.
The laird section OF the act 10 organize forces 10 serve
inso me ssss.rv q ss Treasury ius bonds for the
pay a. the bounty provided BY the act ous omits
TO hx time Tor payment OF the bonds ana respectfully
recommend that the be amended in that particular
AiEsciEs
have the hIoor to report that the agency OF inc
Treasury In the trans Mssippi Department. mas oeen or
Ganized and put In OPERATION and alter protraced de-
lay ocoasoaed by the difficulty OF communication. The
retarded receipts thererom of state
ments exhiolag the result OF the funding and Of iis
other operations Supplies Of tho Issue Of Treasury
bonds and certificates Of Indebtedness. have
been sens to that department there every ground
TO believe that order and efficiency viii take place.
and The acul.,es aad ADVERTISEMENTS hitherto sxps
the reports tho Ches q the Produce Loan Bureau
snd Of the Treasury Note Bureau VIII DO Submitted to
Congress In separate communication.
G. A. TRENHOLM, Secretary Of Treasury.
The Rebel Congress.
SECOND CoNGR Bes-sECoND SESSION.
TuKaDAY, Nov. g. 1854.
Tho Senate called order q twelve n, BY Mr..
M GRAHAM introducsd tho following bill. which wss
read the rst and second times and referred TO The Com
bin declaring per bonds certificates there
for Ss 1sse n OF all 1e quo ana
ss ss t.s.s:S
due: falling for the 1854
he House met q noon~tns Speaker in the chair
Tn motion Of Mr.. ORR, the Senate adjourned.
HDUm REPRESENTATIVES
The SrsAKn presented communication from Governor
m Of q
convention Governors lately held Is Augusta.
Mr. PERKINS sad tns resolutions Of the Governors were
the country moved that they be entered At large
on the Journal and DO printed. Agreed to
By Mr.. HASLY. Of AKA resolution directing inquiry
and report by the Committee On Military Affairs. whs
raj months in arrears Of pay; and 20, why Agreed TO-
BY MT. BELL, Of GA resolution directing inquiry BY
senoe OF so many officers and from the army; wne
Their due TO defective legislation or failure to enforce
~ Mr. Mmns~A Joint resolution for raising and orsa
nzing Polish Legion. Referred to Committee on Mill
Also bin authorizing the consolidation Of companies,
battalons and regiments. Referred as above
Also, resolution directing the Committee on the Judi
cary to inquire into the expedency Of recurring citizens
liable to military duty, absent from the country not
public business, to return and assist IN the public Defence
pain of coscdtion of their property, d,ayanhiee,
af er the ,por, Other adequats penalty Agreed to.
By Mr. FoorE-A resolution declaring that all further
attempts secure recognition abroad should be dessted
FROM ana our diplomatic agents foreign countries
once withdrawn Referred to Committee on Foreign Az
fairs.
Mr. Foote also presented a resolution embracing .
OF propositions responsive to that portion OF the
Presidents message which treats of the employment Of
slaves In the military service The ostons assert that
general leuy OF the SLAVES for Sold IS an,ciss; that
their withdrawal from labor would he nexpedent so long
otherwise obtain as large an army we can
that If the alternative be presented OF Sttg ZION
or their employment In The ranks tie later should prefer
now applied, their ownership by the government
with prospective emancipation by the consent of the
states as reward OF faithful service would be czpe
dent that the numbers employed should be increased
to forty thousand The whOe concluded ioh RESOLUTION
snt and sanction oSths States 10 any attempt at c,frring
emancipation by the Confederate aathoritiss.
Mr. Fooe spoke at much length IN suport OF ais reso
lut,ons In the practical policy recommended in the
message he concurred and had used the LANGUAGE OF
that document in framing his propositions. But his
important omission Of the President. He regretted d
language UBIQUITOUS that used by the presdsnt had
found its sudy INTO deliberate document. The construc
ton which might aud must, without explanation, DO
placed upon it, would be exceedingly detrimental, and
would imply the abandonment Of our cause forever
Mr. Foote denied that the Confederate authority had
any power whatsoever to interfere with tho relation Of
slavery without the antecedeut authority OF the
states The message did not expressly acknowledge the
necessity Of this Indeed. from Its language the oppo-
site might and DO implied. Hence the neccs
sity ar explanation He proceeded
ton he maintained had been sanctioned by Daniel Web
ster, took cccasirn to compliment Even Seward,
iawess and unpr,ncpIcd he was had never gone 50
far the language of the may be construed to
co. for ne had proposed change constitution
expressly TO exclude Congress from interfering with
slavery the Confederate authority could emsncipate
forty thousand contemplated by the message, could
EN- ancipate all. Lincolo cIsimed no more.
Mr.. Foote referred to his own political aptecedents.
Though he had made efforts 70 save the Union In the days
OF compromise, which caused him To be In
quarters though he had been slow and reluctant in
advising his State TO secede none were more jealous than
he maintain the Confederate State
devoted to that than his tTennesse EEL
In response some inquiries Mr. Foote said he was In
favor OF convention OF the Confederate States not TO
supsrsede, but aid, the Confederate authority In
adj usting the terms Of peace. II Mcclellan were
elected would be q triumph Of the States
rights men, and . double convention would
than be probable We had he said friends at the
North than had IN either England France. Those
desired the ruin OF both North and South He
pllin0, the recognition Of independence, "a
into alliance, offensive and defensive ,oifh the
Northern States, JOINTLY to enforce the Monroe
Americd, and to form liberal commercial tredsg With
this alliance Brituh authority toouii b. ac,p out Of
Canada, aud French dominion ~ Merico utd be
tsUned. Sir hundred thousand uould do,
dHd thus r1sit Just retribu.ion the cold boode
ond,chie concerned ,cho attempting to surround
the republics and l,Sit their groirth.
When Mr.. Foote concluded his resolution was, hil
own motion, postponed I'LL Thursday.