Daily national Republican., 1864-02-23

10 four hundred, Of requiring the age Of pd-
mission TO 6e not less than IL years; Of raising
the standard ofquaIi1cations, and Of changing
the mode OF appolntnent SO as 10 secure an
eraminalion for tadmissfon based lipon The
eompare..Fe rneriis Of the several cdndidhtes.
NJ wl'on selled up the joint rssolutlon
States Amy. bThe pending question was on
Mr.. Wllson's amendment TO the substitute sub
mitted by Mr.. Cowan, Mr.. W. proposing to
establish the equality as 10 colored and white
soldiers of thn different atmA of the service
from and after tho, Jet Of March, next.
MI IVDspnmodi "a l6sapend so as TO
give colored men such bounty as the President
shall order In tha dif1erent etatea and parta of
States, not, exceeding one hundred dollars. He
dtnlained thst this VPsbecausS df the fact that
when VIC went down Into the Southern States
and gathered up the colored men II would not
be necessary to give the bounty 10 Them. II
was not deemed proper 10 go to this expense
Of bounty where II was not necessary, espe-
cially as the Government had 10 support many
colored people In that connection. ~
Aner some debate tho amendment was re-
ected. fr1gHt
Mr.. Davis then offered his amendment as a
substitute, for disarmlng all the negro troops,
and permitting the President to retain such as
may be necessary for teamsters and laborers,
with compensation 10 the owners Of slaves.
Mr.. Clark addressed the Senate In opposition
TO both this and Mr.. Cowan's substitute.
Mr.! Davis made some response. -
Ills amendment was then reJcctcd-yeas &,
nays 90. % ~
Mr.. Collamcr moved an amendment 10 the
original joint resolution giving tho Same
bounty TO all men enlisted under the 300, 900
call Of the President of 1868, without regard to
color-not to apply to persons exempted by the
President In insurrectionary distflcts. ..''
Without further action the bill was post
ponsd. - - gal
On motion of Mr.. Sumner, the Senate went
into executive session. ETa.fsa
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. u. :
The HoukA rosnmed the consideration OF the
bill TO establish bureau for freedmen's affairs.
Mr.. Kelley, ofrPennsylvanla, earnestly ad-
vocated the passage Of the bill as due to meet
the wants Of the many freedmen who have
been emancipated by the war. Had the wise
counsels Of our fathers been followed, slavery
would long since have been abolished every
where. 81 - - fHs a. f.ll I.'
A message was received from the Senate in.
forming the House that the Senate had concur
red In the report OF the Committee Of Confer.
ence on the whiskey bill.
Mr.. Stevens explained tho report. r.
Mr.. Washburne, Of Illinois, who had dissent
ed to the report, gave his reasons therefor.
He would not willingly surrender his conyic-
tlon that spirits on hand ought to be taxed.
He wanted the report he committed to another
committee, to so modify the bill as to bring a
proper amount OF money into the Treasury. r
Mr.. Fernando Wood was in favor OF taxing
liquors on hand, in accordance with his orlgi.
nal amendment, but he had to yield to the ma
Jority Of the Commits having no discretion,
as II was decided the clause taxing whlskey on
hand was Lot'a question in conference.-the
tive Houses having stricken II out. lisa.