Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-19
The VERY LATEST
II ELE CIR APH.
CONGRESSIONAL.
ILIFIIIth Csngress--.First Session.
WASHINGTON. February 1S

= provision for the $500 Communication, wa
agreed to, with proviso that it shall ex
empt for a no longer period than on,
r year, and that such person shall be again
liable to draft. The bill also free.
, colored people who may be drafted. L
provides that such troops must not BE-
assigned as State troops, but shall be
mustered into the service as Q. 8. color
ed volunteers
The District Of Columbia business will
occupy the rest of the day
A petition from the citizens of New
York, praying tr ihe equalization Of the
soldiers pay, without regard to color,
was laid on the table
a bill was introduced to encourage
emigration, is ordered to be printed.
Conness introduced the following joint
resolution:
Be it resolved, viz: That the Provost
Marshal General, be and he is hereby
directed to enlist such persons as may
desire TO enter the naval service Of the
United States under such direction as
may be given by the Secretary Of War
and the Secretary of the Navy, which
enlistments shall be credited to the ap-
Propriate District, provided, neverthe-
less, that inasmuch as a person enlist
| ing in the naval service receivs prize
rnoT~J. Persons so enlisting shalt not
be entitled to receive any bounty upon
their enlistment
ID That the President of the United
States .irsy, whenever in his Judgment
the public service requires it, authorize
and direct the transfer of persons who
have been engaged il the service and
are now enlisted in old regiments for
land service, to the naval service, upon
terms and according to rules and r5gu.
lations as he may prescribe Provided,
that the number transferred from any
company or regiment shall not be so great
as to reduce such company or regiment
below the. minimum of strength required
by the regulations of the service. And
provided, further, that such sum as may
have been paid to the persons so trans
fsrred as being for enlistment to the mill
tary service shall be transferred from
the recruiting fund of the naval service
to the credit of the proper appropriation
for the land service
On motion of Grimes, the following
amendment was added: Be it further
resolved that there shall be- paid
to each enlisted able or ordinary seamen,
heretofore enlisted into the naval service
an advance Of three months pay as a
bounty to be refunded to the Treasury,
for any prize money to which such en-
listed seamen may be entitled
The joint resolution as amended was
adopted.
CONFESS explained that the joint reso-
luton gives discretionary power to the
President to transfer seamen enlisted in
the navy and to make up crews for ships
of war to be sent to the Pacific cost for
its protection. But by reason of the
great bounties paid to soldiers the Navy
Department could not get sailors, and
this provision was to meet this difficulty
and to enable the Government to send
such fleet to the Pacific as will give it
ample protection against attacks
The Senate went into executive session
and shortly afterward adjourned
HoUsE.-A bill passed providing for
the Governments obtaining from owners
in Rock Island, Illinois, place to erect
an arsenal
The House proceeded to the consider
alton of the resolution to sell the surplus
gold in the treasury.
Mr. Hooper stated that the amount of
gold on hand Saturday last was nearly
Sl9, 100000 The estimates show
that there will be on hand on
the lst Of July near S37,000,000 Ths
amount required as interest on public
! 1 L l. u
ing an excess of $l2, 100000, which may
be ssld
Pendleton as member OF tie Com
nittee on Ways and Means differed in
opinion with tbs Committee. The
amount to be realized would be
small and ssford but little relief The
Secretary Of tho Treasury now has power
to bay gold, and e. Pendleton would not
trqst any officer with the power to sell
gold, thus giving him the opportunity to
raise or depress the market at his own
particular pleasure.
Malroy, of Kentucky, announced the
fact that the Secretary has asked for this
power. FaT C1 s-rrrr--
Pendleton said in the course OF four
month"; we will have to pay an interest
Brooks said that by the public record
gold is solemnly pledged TO pay the in
terest on the public debt. 1t cannot be
diverted without violation Of faith. If
remedy is sought for relieving the
treasury of its surplus gold, let the July
| interest on The public deDt be anticipated
The President has the sword and through
the Secretary of the Treasury the purse,
| and he stands the impassioned choossr.
The impersonation of despotism, if be
! chooses to exercise the power. At the
conclusion of his remarks Brooks earn
estly appealed to the gentleman to stand
by the specis basis. 's
Garfield advocated the resolution, say
ing that according to his estimate there
will be in the Treasury July 1st next,
$5O,OO0,0 900 in gold over and above what
is required to pay the interest on the
public debt
s Boutwell,, of Massachusetts, suggested
and supported an amendment he desired
to offer, authorizing the Secretary of the
: Treasury to anticipate the payment in
gold of the interest on the public debt
at the rate of six per cent \
Fernando Wood said the resolution
was only for temporary purpose, and
/ he was opposed to it for the reason that
\ gold was required by the banks for sus-
tanning the government. He argued
that no nation could live by borrowing
and where the expenditures exceed the
d income the result would be bankruptcy
r 1 ruin and reputation.
. Kasson explained that the resolution
only proposed to apportion the surplus
! of gold beyond the wants of the govern
ment, and did not extend beyond thu
sums required by law to preserve tn,
public faith, while it was true the resolu
= ton gave discretion to the Secretary t.
sell the gold, it was absolutely necessar,
: it should be SO. No one could say tina
the Secretary of the Treasury had no
i. observed all his obligations.
a. Dumon opposed the resolution be
re, cause he believed it.involved violatio