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WAsulEeroS Jan. /

Mr.. Fessenden reported back from the
Finance Committee the House bill ex-
tending bounties TO veterans and other
volunteers.
Mr.. Lane, of Kansas, reported from
the Military Committee the House bill
for the payment of officers and men ae-
tually employed in the department. of
Missouri
Mr.. Wilson introduced bill authoriz.
ing the appointment Of q second assistant
Secretary of War.
The joint resolution continuing the
bOunties heretofore paid was passed
without amendment.
Mr.. Sumner modified his amendment
to the enrolment bill, providing that the
Secretary of War shall apply the money
received for substitutes and otherwise to
the single object of procuring substi-
tutes.
Mr.. Sherman opposed the amendment
as an extra income tax; also, as cslcu-
lated to raiBe the price of substitutes,
and as operating unequally.
A message was received from tbs Pre-
sident in answer to the inquiry relative
to the alleged exceptional treatment of
Kansas prisoners by the rebels, trans
hitting letters from the Secretary to the
| Commander-inCh Chief of the army and
the COmmissary General of Prisoners.
Gen. Halleck says: 81 have no infOr-
nation that the volunteers from Kansss,
taken prisoners of war, have been trea-
ted by the enemy any different than vol
unteers from any other State" BE also
states that the General in command of
the department. of which Kansas forms
a part knows OF no distinction between
Kansas and other prisoners.
The COmmissary-General of Prisoners
says: "There is nothing On the records
of this Office TO show the manner in which
the wounded and dead soldiers have
been tre1ted on the bsttls field by the
rebels, nor ia there anything to show that
Kansas volunteers have been put TO death
on being taken prisoners Only So en-
listed men of Kansas regiments can be
found on the record as having been de-
livered on parole by the enemy"
MIR. FesseDden reported back from the
Committee on Finance, without amend
ment the House bill continuing bounties
to volunteers to March l, 1864. In con-
nectiOn with the subject be represented
letter from the Secretary of the Treas
ury, stating his inability to meet the
heavy draft required by the bill in such
5 short space of time, and recommending
increased taxation. Mr.. Fessenden SAID
as the Committee of Ways and Means in
the House would consider favOrably the
recommendation of the Secretary, he
hoped the Senate would concur with the
House in extending the time to March l.
The bill was then passed.
The enrolment bill,Was then consid
cred and various amendments discussed.
Mr.. DOolitlle said every citizen owed
to his Government, for his protection,
not on his property, but, more than that,
his personal services. The revenue bills
provided for taxation, but the bill before
the Senate called for the services of the
citizens of the United States. It was 8
call upon the men of the country to rally
round the flag. Every able bodied man
is bound to render that service. He
thought ths proposition of NJ. Sumner a
lust one. We shall never be compelled
to resort TO another draft when we have
filed up the old regiments; as this will
be the death-blOw to the rebellion. At
the same time; the President should have
power and ability to call out, from time
to time, 10000 900 men liable to duty.
The moral effect would go far toward
crushing the rebellion.
At the instance of Mr.. Wilson; Mr..
Sumner modified his amendment, redu-
cling the per centsge on income.
The amendment of Mr.. Sumner was
rejected by a vote Of % to 10.
Mr.. Grimes said he would like TO know
! the number of cOlOred soldiers ealisted,
and whether any provision had been
made to enlist cOlorsd men in the border
States. 1t was not in his power to an
sWer the question definitely. He under-
stood we had 100000 colOred soldiers in
the service, and were increasing the num-
Der daily. We are doing well in East
ern Virginia aud Maryland; Gen. Butler
has re-enlisted 800. We ara doing well
in Missouri, East Tennessee, and other
parts of the country. He did not think
the Government had pressed this matter
of raising colored troops as vigorously as
il should have done. As our armies adj
vance, we should swell them by the ad
ditiOn of colOred troops. The people ev-
erywhere are q unit in supporting the
policy of employing colored soldiers to
fight our battles.
MIR. Wilson moved at o'clock to go
into executive session, sB there was no
prospect Of vote on the bill. The mo-
tion was adopted.
After the executive session the Senate
adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Stevens, from the Committee on
Ways and Means, reported bill to in
crease the revenue, and for other pur-
poses, which was made the special order
for Thursday next.
Mr.. ThomSs of Maryland, from the
Judiciary Committee, reported = bill |
supplemental to the law relating to the
War Department, and authorizing the
settlement of certain claims against the |
United States.
The House went into Committee of !
the Whole on the State Of the Union, and !
proceeded to the consideration of the |
bill to reimburse the State of Pennsylya-
mis- for calling out the militia for repell-
ing invasion and appIopriating 100000 |
for that purpose.
Fernando Wood moved an amendment |
so as to reimburse New York, which |
should be placed on an equal footing |
with Pennsy lVania or any other State.
Mr.. Rogers wanted to include New |
Jersey.
The House adjourned at o'clock.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-At an adjourn
ed meeting of the opposition members of |
Congress, the following resolution was
passed
RESOLVED, That we are for the FestOra-
ton of al the States to the Union, the
patriotism and true craftsmanship de-
mand that such policy should be pur-
sued towards the people Of the States in
which the insurrectioa exists, as shall 1
be best calculated to bring this expen-
sive and exhsusting war IN which we /
are now engaged to a close, and restore
said States 10 the Union under the con-
stilution, with al the constitutional /
rights of The people unimpairad.
The question of the place for holding
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