, 1864-02-15
BISHOP AMES REGULATING
THE SECESSION CHURCH.
ES OF MISSOURI.
.Sherman's Mississippi Expedition
Three Battles up the Ia
zoo--Our Forces Vic
torious and Marcll-
ing On.
CONGRESSIONAL n1ATTIiIkS-TNE
DEBATE ON TkIE EQUALIXA-
TfON OF PAY OF WHITE
AND HLACK TROOPS.
FROM WASHINGTON.

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WAsn1aaroN. Feb. IL, 1851.
ROOM FOE THIS GOLD.
4 message from the Chamber Of Commerce
Of Milwaukee was presented to tie Senate to-
day. It states TINT 81, ,0oo, GOO in gold was
waiting transportation in Idaho, and prays
the construction Of wagon road through
Southern Minnesota and Dakotah-
1MroITAsT ORDER.
The following circular has issued from the
Provost Marshal Generals Office:
Provost Mar.hals arc hereby forbidden to grant
fu1loushs to recruits enlisted by them. unless BY
special authority IL each sase ot tne Asns Ass1s ~;
yision.
~ MILITARY EQUALIZATION.
In The course Of the debate to-day on the
joint resolution putting colored and white
soldiers on footing Of cquality, Senator
Grimes stated TINT ut least 10000 persons Of
African descent were in military service, and
that thirty regiments ofthis class are formed
or in process Of formation in Tennessee
alone. The joint resolution was amended,
on motion Of hlr. Wilson, so as to apply to
all enlisted from and after the 1st Of Janua.
r. last
MIR. Doolittle's amendment, reserring out
Of the pay Of those enlisted In insutrectionary
districts four dollars per month
towards the support Of rcfngee
freed women, children and inyalids, was op+
posed by Mcss1s. Conncss, Grimes, Pomeroy,
Wilson, TenEyck, Lane Of Kansas and Sum-
ner, and supported By Sherman and Doo-
little.
Messrs. Grimes and Conness inveighed
agninst the Injustice and irreEularity. Mr..
Wilson pressed tho opinion that women
and children refugees Of African descent had
not Us whole cost the Government cent
on tic Atlantic coast. We owe them thous-
ands Of dollars, while VIC were paying tens
Of thousands to the families Of rebels who do
nothing, while black women and children
pay for all they get with work.
Nr, TcnEyck asked What was to be done
with tic fund from reserved pay, and who
were to be agents for its expenditure and dis
tribution.
Mr. Conncss asked whether singh men who
enlisted were thus to be ta1ed, and urged
that the blacks lad as slaves supported not
only themselves, but: whites also.
Mr, Lane said our determinations Induced
the rebel Government to discriminate between
white and black.
In his several replies, Mr.. Doolittlc clnimed
that unless his amendment was adopted, the
| white would be treated better than the black
| soldier, since the former alone was legally
bound to support his wife end children; tia,
the fund was to reimburse tue Treasury ao'
expenditures in this direction; that the Com
missary Department is giving out thousand.
Of 1ations to these people; and that thosi
who undertook to oppose his amendment
would some time regret it.
Tic amendment was defeated BY decisive
minority, only three or four on the Repub1f'
can side Of tile chamber voting for 1t.
The amendment proposed by Mr.. Howard,
giving recruiting officers Of colorcd regi'
lnents tue same premium as those Of other
troops, was rejected.
The amendment Of Mr.. Sumner, providing
TINT in all cases where it shall appear to the
satisfaction Of the Secretary Of War that col.
ored troops were enlisted under the act ol
1eG1, they ehall receive the same pay u
whites, was rejected By five majerity. Sew
eral who voted in the negative were in favo,
Of the proposition, but were unwilling te
cucumber the resolution.
Mr. Cowan moved the following substi
tute: That from and after the passage o,
this Joint. Resolution, al soldiers Of thu
United Suites, Of the same grade and In ths
same arm OF the service, shall receive til,
same pay, rations, clothing and provisions
lie urged that no distinction Of color ant
condition among citizens should be recog
nizcd in our laws, as there is none in til
Constitution.
WASHINGTON, Feb 13.-General Hatch ha
| bccn relieved from the command of the Cav
alrF Department at St. Louis, and ordered Il
report 10 Gen. Gilmore
i Convention to amend the State Constitu
ton Of Vi1ginia, meets at Alexandria to-day
Little will he done before the middle Of mex
week.
NEW YonK, Feb 13.-The R,st's Washing
ton special says there are over ,o0o, 900 /
the Treasury, and it Is rumored. :. that n ~
Chase will Gre long sell part OF 1t for note
to upplv to the expenses OF the var.
Tie Washington R:puNican, Of yesterda,
;s,nuthorizcd to state that the reports tha
communication between Knoxville and Cnlr
tcrlaud Gap is cut off and nearly all Eas
Tennessee in possession Of the rebels arc III