Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-01-16

cerniDg the time. When the President calls
for 800, 900 men, and mans name Is put
into the wheel, he is not liable to draft
under that quota. Should he again be drawn
his principal becomes liable. He thought
the repeal of the $500 clause would be inju-
dicious. He thought that Mr.. Summers bill
was surcharged with titles. He thought
that men could be obtained under the olG
draft without difficulty, if it were conducted
fairly.
After short executive session, the Senate
adjourned until Monday.
WAsnINGToN, Jan. If, 1864.
SKNATE.-Mr. Dixon, of Connecticut, pre-
sented memorial from the Friends of New
York, praying for exemption from the draft.
Referred.
Mr.. Doolittle, of Wisconsin, presented
three memorials of citizens of Wisconsin,
praying Congress to abolish slavery in the
Territories. Referred.
Mr. Pomeroy, of Kansas, presented petit
tions from ten hundred women and two
hundred men of Kansas, praying for the
adjustment of slavery throughout the Uni-
ted States. Referred.
Mr.. Lane, of Kansas, introduced bill to
set apart portion of the State of Texas for
the use of persons of African descent
Mr.. Wilkinson, of Minnesota, offered
resolution that the Secretary of War be
requested to furnish all the information in
his possession, touching the arrest and
incarceration of certain soldiers of fhe 9th
Minnesota regiment by the military authori-
! ties of Missouri at Jefferson City.
| Dir. Wilkinson said that negro had come
! into the camp, and told the soldiers that
| his former master, rebel had gone into the
! f,ft tl,nf 'p, ,fpIp tn
| also said that, by the permission of the
commander of the post, General Brown, his
wife and children were in prison for the
! purpose of being taken South for sale.
| These soldiers of the 9th Minnesota having
recently been sent down there, considered
| this an outrage, and about forty of them
started out for their rescue. Reaching the
depot they found train of cars there, with
the passengers all on board they took the
women and children out of the hands of the
traders, and delivered them over to their
| husbands. Thcre.upon forty of the soldiers
were arrested, thrown into prison, and re-
main there now as he learned.
Mr.. Lane, of Kansas, remarked that scores
of soldiers had been confined in dungeons
in Missouri for hurrahing for Jim Lane
| Some of these were afterwards released, and
the colonel, by whose orders they were i'm
prisoned, was himself made to hurrah for
Jim Lane"
The subject introduced by the Senator
from Minnesota, is now undergoing an in
vestigation by the Legislature of Missouri.
The officers appointed by Governor Gam
bic are the offenders. The soldiers OF Mis-
souri, are unconditional Union men. The
officers under the Gamble regime are sym
pathizers with treason.
Mr.. Broomall of Pennsylvania, offered the
following.
Whereas, The burdens of the Government
should be made to fall as nearly equal as
possible on all parts of the country.
lad Whereas, The southern portion have
contributed bu; little in men and money
towards the support of the Government;
And rhereas, For every black man enlisted
III the South some man from the overburdep
ed North will be exempted from the draft /;
And rhereas, The only way TO effect thi:
is to get the black man;
1t is therefore duly declared to be the
sense of this House. that the Government
should use strenuous efforts to procure those
claimed.as slaves in the rebel territory by
giving them full pay and bounties, as tc
other soldiers and guarantee them freedom
at once on enlistment.
Mr.. Cox, of Ohio, sud he would move tc
Law the resolution on the table unless tho
gentleman would allow him to amend by
conscripting all the blacks in the land.
The House refused to lay the bill on tho
table-yeas 81, nays 73.