The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-05-05
Thirty.Eigth Congress.

Grimes presented the memorial Of A. Eaw.
son Penield, Clerk in the Treasury Depart.
ment, PRAYING fr the construction Of Res.
ervoirs for supplying the Upper Mississippi
with medium stage Of water fos naviga
ton Throughput the year.
Mr.. Summer introduced motion, favor
ing the project Of a canal fr,n the head of
Lake Superior to tn, Rsi river Of the
North via Sanlv Like, distance of 40
miles, thence via Grow Wingy river and At
tartal Lake to Breckenridge Lake, distance
Of d miles. thus opening navigation bv
Red river anil the Saskatchewan for 1000
m lea to tho b.s oftae Rcky Mountains,
and, furnishing an outlet to the Hudson
Bay regions. This would be SO miles less
than the Fox and Wisconsin river canal
route, and 80 miles shorter than the uline
OILS ana Mississippi canal. ..ue
Mr.. Bansey introduced bill for the ben
eft and better maintenance Of Indians, by
which the Presi ienti is authorized to locate
them upnn new reservations, Congress re-
tanning the power t, vacate snch reserva-
tons when the President can locate them
again and sell their lands. f4- a1z d..
Mr.. Doolii tie. presented A memorial from
citizens of Ohip,. asking for an increase OF
10 per cent. on foreign wool. Referred to
Committee on finance, III s.
Mr.. an,ntrndrcei resolution Dof'ths
Iowa Legislature. as'sing for increasea;mail
facilities in that State. Referred. 81
Mr.. H,nderso n Offered joint resolutioe
providing for the printing ofthe report Of
the commission If which Mai Gen. Mellow.
ell was President to examine into cotton
specu'ations and frauds on the part Of off
GERS in the West as.asd t'
WAsHrvroN, April 3o-SEvArr TA"
u,, LIN tt...s.,t Uuer or settlers on Land
UIasms in California. was On motion Of Mr..
Harding taken up and passed.
The Bill granting Lanfs for Railroad
purposes in Minnesota, as amended by the
House was passed. ''.'" s'.''.'' "A'-'
The Senate then resumed the National
Bank Bill. ~" a1 7-'3oIq j9H Ole : 0HH .
7 The amendment ofthe Finance Commit.
tee taxing Banks, was adopted. ''' 400
The Currency Bill was rep,rtef to thu
Senate, and its further consideration was
deferred until Monday. Senate then I'd
journed. a@aGns ,naHa lTt9stl h.E -.saiaEG 2
HOUSE. Garffeks If Ohio, introduced
the resolution to which Mr. Arcora Of Pa
objected yesterday. in which he (Garffe'f)
quoted in the preamble remark heretofore
made by BAR Of Mo. tn the effect that
Secretary Chase is making use of income
from asandnned plantasions.. 70 carry on,
the programme Of the P,nnrov circular. &c.
The resolution is fora Committee Of inou;-
~ into the charges male against the Treas
nry Department. The resolution was
adopted. The Speaker anno,n.el the fol.
lowing as the Committee viii
son, Brooks, Davis. St,art, Fpnton, Daw
son, jerks and Steele of New jersey.
Mr.. Stevens Of Pa, rep rted from the
Committee of Wavs and Means some amend
ments to the army appropriations 'a
All free persons ofcnlor who have been
or may be mustered INTO the military ser.
vice shall from the date Of their enlist ment
receive the same uniform, clothing, arms,
equipments, camp eqnipage, rations. meGii.
cal and hospital attendance. pay enli~,ments
and bounty ast.others Of the regnla or vol
untsar forces Of the like arm Of the service:
and all eplistn,ents in the regular army
may be for the term Of three years.
The even'ng session Of the House was de.
voted to speech making. Adjourned
WASHINGTON. May P HousE-The
House took Up and referred to the Commit
lee on Military Affairs the resolution Of Mr..
Blair, of No.. calling on the Secretary Of
he Treasury. to state the amount of debt
ncurre,l by the severed States t, aid in sup.
pressing the rebellion and dsclai,niny as
he judjment Of tie Home that all debts
contracted sho1ld be assumed
Ind liquidated by the general govesnment
The House then took mp the res ,llt'on.
# Mr. Harding. offered last Dsc, uSer. de-
laring that the Union is not dissolved, and
whenever the rebellion in any of the Sc
'eded States shall he put down or subiu sd,
ither by force or voluntary Submission 20
he authority of the constitution and laws
i, such State. shall be restored to all it's
igtfs and privileges under the constitution
# the United States. including the right to
egnlate orde. AMI control its wn domestic
free from all executive control.
Mr.. Harding, of XIV, said the question
urnei on the fact whether the Union was
lissolv d or not, and that whenever re
oellious State is subdued or, volnn arily re-
urns to its allegiance it is a State in the
Union with all the rights belonging to it
under the constitution,
NJ. Harding said who ever voted against
The resolution threw himself into the posi-
hon Of saying that the Union is dis solved
None but a revolutionist, disunionis would
oppose It.
Mr. UPsnn Of Michigan moved to lay the
on the table
The motion Of Mr.. Upson was agreed to.
yeas 81. nays So.
Mr.. Frank N. Y. presented the reso.
Iutons of the Legislature of New York at.
firming and declaring that the prcclama