M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-01-14
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE, JauuslY s.

resolution Of tamnks to General Hook
er aud his officers aud men.
Mr.. Spragne reported resolutions
OF rhanks to General Burnside, his
officers and men.
Mr.. Nesnith 'htroiaccd resou-
tion4 Of lhaaks To GeneraI Thomas
aud his otfic1rs aud men.
Nj. Wilson, Of Massachusetts, in.
roduccd q resolution, providing fort
tho expulsion Of Senator Davis, Of
Kentucky. owing to Tho seutimeutS
Iut torth in a rcso utiOa by the lalssr,
hich in the opinion Of Mr. Wilson.
incites the people t. reasonable in
surrcetion and rsh lion. Stripped o!
its yerbiage, Mr. Wilson said this
was the pnrl tof The resolution,
dr.. Davis explained 10 the Senate
that the !auguage quoted ia Mr VII
sou'5 resolution was a garbel version
OF his own resolution what he (D4'
vlp) proposed, waa, that the p!op!e
shuEld rise at i!It, polls, and take the
power pf This Government into their
own hands. liz Davis repeated that
| the terms Of Mr. Wilson's resolution
wero against tho terms Of his own,
and. were lalse in fact. Thu subject
WIS ther pissed over, aui tho S9unte
resumed Ine consideration Of the bill
| IN nmenJn.enI Of tbs EnrolIMent
Act.
IoUse. --FernanlJ Wopd offered
the following
Whereas, Accusations Fcrionsly al
fec,ing tho Official integrity % Major
General B@jsm,u f, Butler in the
discharge nt his duties Th,Ia III com
maud Of New Orleans, haYe been
publicly nsio; un whereas, other
lmllis,ry Ulcers nre charged With de-,
linquenny, oppressive contact and
connIvIng &. fagla, and whereas, i;
Is stated there have been c.lgsiJns IN
military supplies n ths military ami
naval department.; and wherena, re-
cent disclosures show that 10 the Cas-.
tom house Of New York and otherr
branches oil the Treasury DEPARTMENT
the Revenue Law has been defraud-
cd aud reasonable Aid giyen to disu-
ionists; aud whereas, it 10 apparen
that general decentralization and inca
pacity peryade the executive branci
Of the Government to au extent which
calls Tor the nterposition anl preven
ta;ivs legislation uf Congress, ihsrC
fore,
| Resolved, That a committee Of nint
members be appoin;ei to inyestigat,
aud ascertain tho foundations fOr thea
accusations, with poWS to send f.
persons md papers, to take tGsiino
ny under oath, 10 make rsc)nmenda
lion Of necessary reiorIus, and to re-
p)tt at any tiius.
Mr.. Stevens, OF Pennsylvania, NOV
cd to lay tha proposition on the table
| Tho nation was sgreed to~-yoas Ii
NAYS 50
| MIR. Cr00mall otfJre@ .ho follow
ing:
Whereas, The burdens Of the Go,
ernment should be made to fall nearl
as equal as possible on oil parts OF Il
= country; and whereas, tho Scuther
portion has contributed but lit
mcaps aud money towards the SUP
pert Of the Governments, aud where
ls, for every black man eulisted
the Sonth, man from tho overbul
: lenod North should 10 exempted frol
: the draft. and whereas. the only WI
TO effect tins is to get tie black mat
it ia therefore duly declared to be Il
: sense OF tina tlouso, that the Cover
ment should use strenuous efforts
prevent those being used as slaves
D d rebel territories, by offering them fl
u pay ard bnuntlcs, as the white sol
iers, and grant them freedom at on
on enlistment.
Mr.. Coxs said be would move
: lay tho resolution Oh tho tabl
unless the gentleman would allO
him to amend it by conscripting 1
y the blacks in tn the land. The Hon
d refused TO lay the proposition on {
table, by yeas 81; nays 73.
u On motion OF Mr.--the Ccmmi
3, tse on Military Affairs were instru,
~ ed to enquire into .he expediehcy
'e providing for the payment to tho s
% 0iers OF the money Withheld for
II loss of clothing, &c, thrown away
NJ the exiyencies Q! tho service by |
] command OF their officers,
SESArE.-Nr. Dooi,tle present
OF three memorials from citizens Of W
consin, praying Congress to aboIi
y slavery in the TcrritOrics. Refelrj
le MIR. Pomeroy presented petite
IN from two hundred women aud t
hundred men OF Kansas, PRAYING
d the abolishment Of slavery throughl
es the United States. Referred.
a ONO LEGIsLAFURE.