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CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, Jan. l6, 1864.
SENATE.

SENATE
Mr. Lane, OF Indiana, presented the pe-
tltlon of citizens of Fort Wayne, asking
that the rebel prisoners now in Northern
prisons be placed under the care and con-
troll OF discharged Union prisoners, and be
furnished with the same rations and clo-
South.
Mr.. Lane addressed the Senate on the
subject of the above memorial, ADVOCATING
action IN accordance with its suggestions.
Mr.. Wade interrupted Mr.. Lane to offer
Joint resolution that all prisoners, both
officers and privstes of the so-called Con-
lederacy, who are now or shall be heresf
Ter IN the control and keeping OF the Fed
eral government shall receive the same
rstions and the same amount of clothing,
ana be subject to the same treatment in
every respect, as federal prisoners, officers
and soldiers, who are now or have been in
me keeping and power of the so.called
Coutederacy, and that this treatment shall
be changed for better or worse whenever
the President of the United States shall
nave reliable informRtion that the treatment
OF our soldiers in Southern prisons is
changed for better or worse, and that any
officer in charge of rebel prisoners who
shall fail to carry out this policy shall be
dismissed the service.
MIR. Lane said this resolution did not 90
lar enough. 1t did not provide that rebels
should be kept under the care of released
prisoners OF the federal army. This was a
very important part of the matter, 1t had
been said that retaliation would make the
war more bloody. He did not care. He
hoped 1t would make every southern river
run with the blood oftraitors. There were
$4,000 union prisoners in the south and
double that number of rebel prisoner in the
north. We owed it to the brave men who
had gone forth to fight the enemy,
Mr. Lane sald he was sorry to see people
sending provisions to rebels in Savannah,
while our soldiers were starving in south.
ern prisons. He had heard that a dis
tinguished rebel was recently arrested
while coming north, and that the President
had threatened to retaliate if hair of his
head was hurt. If retaliation was iustif-
able in the case of rebel, how much mora
so was it in the case of our brave soldiers.
1t might be right enough to retaliate for
Mr. Foote, but he would not hurt dog in
retaliation for anything done to such a
man,
On motion of Mr.. Howard the matter
was referred to the Military Committee.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Grinnell introduced bill, which
was referred to the Committee of Ways
and Means, proposing to increase the duty
on spirits distilled after the first of JULY
next.
Mr.. Cox offered resolution declaring
that it is the manifest duty of the Presf.
dent on the basis of the present rightfuLy
constituted government, either to send or
receive commissioners with view to ma
tional preservation and tranquility, or by
some other rational means to secure ces.
sation of hostilities and the union of these
States.
Mr.. lWashburne, of Illinois, moved to lay
the resolution on the table, which was
agreed to by s4to50.
The House conCurred in the Senates
amendment to the joint resolution requir-
ing the President to give notice for the
termination of the reciprocity treaty.
The House then proceeded to the con.
stderation of the Senste's amendment to
the deficiency appropriation bill.