The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-01-25
THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION.


WASHINGTON, Jan. "a, 1855.
THE DUTY ON PAPER.
Mr. CowAS, rep) of Pa presented the memorial of the
Board of Trade Of Philadelphia demonstrating against
the repeal of the duty on unsiZed paper
THE POST OFFICE APPROPRIATION BILL.
Mr.. SHERMAN, (rep.) OF Ohio, from the Finance Com
mttce reported back the bill to appropriate money for
the Post Office Department, without amendment
TIE PRISONERS OF srRAIGHrs COMMAND.
Mr.. WILSON, (rep) Of Mass, from the Military Com
mte reported back the petition Of citizens asking
action be taken to the release Of the prisoners Of
Staighs command captured in Georgia. and asked that
the committee be discharged from the further consdea
ton Of the subject
MAIL STEAMERS BrrwEES THE UNITED STATES CHINA.
M, MT MsDcuaAM lopp) q Cal. offered bill to reesa
and China which referred to the Committee on the
Post Once and Post Roads.
LECTURE SENATE CHAMBER
The resolution granting the Of the Senate chamber
to Bishop Simpson for the delivery Of lecture, on
Wednesday, passed.
CHECKS THE REGISTRY or THE TREASURY
Mr. WILSON offered resolution nstructing the Com
mittee on Finance to examine the system Of checks in
il any legislation is needed for tho safety Of the public
funds in that Office; also II any losses the United
States have occurred there and If TO what cause they
are attributable.
The resolution was adopted
ACTING ASSISTANT rRRAsURERs.
On motion Of Mr.. SHERMAN the House bill to provide
for acting assistant reasurers repositories OF the
United States in certain ceses taken up and passed
absence Of any assistant treasurer Of the United States
he may with the approval Of the Secretary Of the rea
sury, appoint his Chief Clerk to act In his place.
REnBURsISG MISSOURI FOR WAR ExPExsEs
Mr. HENDERSON, (rep) Of Mo. called up the bill TO re-
In calling out cquppng and feeding the militia Of that
State.
Mr. WILSON hoped that the bill would not be considered
Immediately. II was very Important and ought to be
examined before being passed
Mr. Bnows, (rep.l Of Mo, did not wish to press the
subject and in order to give Senators opportunity to
examine 1t, he moved that ii be made the special order
for Tuesday next
The motion adopted.
COMPENSATION FOR CoIoRrD VOLUNTEERS
Mr. powEIr opp of KY, offered resolution calling
upon the Secretary Of War to inform the Senate why
had not appointed commissioner to compensate loyal
owners of coored volunteers required by the APP
proved on the oath of February, 1854
Mr. WILSON was opposed to the passage Of q resolution
like this which the Secretary of War Every
body in the Office Of the Secretary of War worked
bard and pressed to the extreme limits OF his capacity
Tor labor He was sorry to see disposition to
the Secretary.
the TREATMENT or PRISONERS or WAR
Mr. POWELL, at the request OF Mr. Wade withdrew his
resolution to allow Mr. Wade to call up the special order
which was the resolution in relation to retaliation upon
the rebels for the cruel Northern prisoners
Mr. SUMNER, (rep) OF Mass offered the following as a
substitute for the resolution before the Senate
simplest cases only when n the first
ss Be g Eject e
civilized society that IN the absence Of these essential
than vengeance which forbidden alike nations and
Resolved treatment Of our officers and soldiers in
rebel y cruel and beyond all
against nature ITSELF that guilt % Che
crime Of s :. example from
Resolved That attempted imitation o. rebel barbarsm
Of IL with prevailing sentiments
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utterly useless for could not AFFECT the cruel authors
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country the reprooaton Of and that being thus i'm
pi.ss hs ss rs
Of roasting and eating prisoners il always rejected by civil
Received That The United states aed with grief
,ss Victim.
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with Ssbsr.m renoanos ali Venssanos and every evil
and as
God who with every prisoner and enables heroic
MI SUMNER spoke advocacy the above resolutions
quoting from General Washington, Chancellor Kent,
human retaliation, which he said never reached the
MT WADE, Jrep) Of Ohio, hoped the amendment Of Mr.
Sumner would not be adopted Instead Of making the
rebels change their treatment towards for the
better would have the contrary effect Retaliation had
been practsed by all civilized nations In all
wars. It's object was not vndictive or revcngefui.
II was q necessity Of war sometimes, and the
remedy that would suggest ITSELF even TO child. II
prisoners in the hands OF another The Senator from
Massachusetts, had said that the proposition 10 retaae
would not have the desired effect If this true,
there would be proprety In passing the resolution
But there TO believe that IL would not
have the desired effect War was nothing but
This war; part nothing but resistance 10
Southern aggressions and only retaliation Civilized
nations had always found remedy In such measures
this Is war Our commanders had often roaliaed for
guerilla ourages They had shot hung two guerilas
In for the murder Of OF our and tho
result had been 10 put almost end TO guerilla outrages
He knew that II called for by the people from every
part OF the country as measure Of redress for the
wrons inflicted upon brave soldiers. Was II any
harder for rebel officer soldier TO suffer these things
Than for Of brave men TO be torturedf Must
these southern criminals he we'll treated while poor
soldiers were suffering cruel death at the hands Of the
rebel authoritiesY
Mt CowAS, trep) Of Pa, believed retaliation jus
AZ times, but no did not approve Of tho proposition
in kind upon the rebels He did not think u
sne 20 sarve rebels because rebels starved He
u n.s INK American soldiers and officers could be in
aucea 20 s.arve even rebels, parousriy when those
rebels were not the who had been guilty Of inhu-