, 1865-01-31

Hnd IS years. not to exceed Unity EhonsanQ ~ tat
sand in states Wet he Mississippi river, Is tht
clothing and rations allowed to slares hired ron
| death IN the manner, OF from the causes above
stafed. their value shall be paid as In the case
elaScs hired from their owners. That In such i'm
a1e1, With se @ I'D 1ae aees ane esitee2 apd 3 @
i've years, shall be taken from any one owner,
eald slaves arc employed by said owner OF hi!
letEec IN agriculture or in mechanical pureuits.
The hill provides that in the event OF the loss
hny slaves while still employed, by the act OF she
enemy, OF BY escsre to the enemy, or ~ wounds
asas pttsa Il r. sPe isyq4sd q
faId slaves, hy reason of gnd eeryice, then the
owners thereof respectively. shsll be entitled to
hs ssss Of T Va aneh e. la
Nj. Miller, Of South cnrolina, from the Commit.
second ssenon q tie bi1i he words mot to ex:
seed thirty thousand In the States east OF TIT
Iii. Smith -bf North Carolina opposed the mo-
ton to k+r1ke ont II such u change were made
there Top!d be no 1lrnitAhon to the number OF
negroee 80 employ ed, and the whole slave PoRula-
tlon would be In the hands Of the military author
Nr. Garland Of Arkansas favored the motion to
etr,ke OFT. lie thought II much better to give The
the pnh1ie service may require than to prescribe
Ibe question being considered, the motion to
Etrtkc oct was carried-aTes 46, noes =.
Mr. Fotte1, Of Ala, moved to ftrise put 45 and
tnsett a. 10 that the slavcs so impressed, snal be
from those between the ages Of 10 q and -. The
Mr. Turner, Of n. g: Ho looked on the bill a.
project to arm the eEages. The President bad
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drill as well as cook, or perform any other duty.
H. would be willing to surrender the slases f,r
making soidiers Of slave was tia; they would moi
cnemy's best allies In accomplishing oar over.
Nj. Turner said the country had been too long
and too often teluded and deceived by Ptesldcn-
tial p]arsr projects. and prophecies. Not one Of
hts hna been no; one Of hs
ITcsiecit proposed new and daneerou- schemes
With unahatcd confidence In hi: OWL Judgment
%hs1 Tin and he 81;
deceived IN bis Judgment be hsd
Doubt Of Its accuracy now when 1s EceU he wa'
IN his Judgment than The corporal, and it's true he
be had learned eon'c natstIust Of his Judgment.
He must not lack for unlimited support either
from Congress or the country, when he proposes
the wild, mnd scheme Of arming slaves. The
country WIS beginning to learn that al! the aboli
tionists were noi in the North, and our: own
created susplcion IS to his soundneas.
AF. Turner aaf.i 1t Was time Congress shou1d
express their opinion on c-hltav the slaves, and
stanp upon 1t the tndcllible stigma Of public abb
s1r. Miles, Of 8. C., moved az an amendment to
insert in the second section cfter the compensation
clause '.:e words, mot to exceed elsa month";
Ar. Mead, Of Va. offered tho following as IN
amendment to the Sd section:
"Provided iurther that such improvement shall
he msdc under the rules and regulations Of tho
Stntc where Impressed, and ii thc.c shall be no
such rules thel, under rules and Eegulations to hs
Ss Z Geaeh. @ q e. said ID ts.f it woaa a9aa bs
far better II the Government would lesre the exc
eutfon Of some Of its laws to the people at home.
II he sna aSa s
Va: fl Of them At home in htx nttie town they
cllowed off the walk By them.
Lit. Leach sold he fearca TINT II this bill passed,
the negroes raised untsc1 II wonlG he employed as
nessnre IL xile3ed he aay IS wsieS Il sash sash
policy WIS adopted. would sound the dcath-sznell
Of uur country. 1t Wonld make San Domtngopf
Of all doubt, he would offer The following amend
mcnt:
Provided thst ssid s1azcs shall not be armed or
Military Committee, sh'd he had given his earnest
consideration 10 the sclject OF arming and EN-
pIo!1rl tic negroes US soldiers. lie ssid that such
a measure was ffausht with 8 disaster OF which
the eountry had no conception. Il wouli be a
fatal st' to tie Institution Of el.vesy. aud would
overthrow the whole eoci1l fIbrfc Of our country.
ME. Nilcs proceeded II ARGUE uy.inst the policy
Of employing. ncsr,cs Us soldiers showing TINT
lie negrnc was not ct for Et;fditr, that be cou1d
not be expected TO fght on our eide when ths
Yankees offer him far greater inducements :han
Nj; lynn suggested If 1t won1d 4aot he better to
consider shs subject IN secret fcssion: -.
the further consideration or this subject lie in
secret F''Feion Thc ayes and nnys wcrc ordered on
this subject and resulted as follows: Ayes-Nessss
biadisy, lrett. esrsen, rc crotnsa. Galiyel, % Co.
Eow, De:arnette, Dickinson, Duprez, Ewing, Fos-
ter, Elliott Gray, Harty, Hartige, PAtcher, KEN
Kesae sezson Rea ss9ts snesd FPi
n2,dwtn; 1;! Bslson; Belfs Bfncs, Bruce
Fu9e, Gather, Garland, Gholson, G1lmer, Goodc.
! Herbert @ Holden: lampldn, Leach, Leach, Lester,
aa9 g1R; Rnsss 1aShe Miles, 9ontas9s Norton Ram
s1nnn; ~ a Mickham. WitherspaWn, sir. Speaker, IS.
orer 9er .er, fsqSed to make the subject the
Mr. Z. Il. Brse aee11OS moved the uonsc IN tnto ss
&c. SESSION apnn the matter, for reasons whlehhc
would gisc "atn Lie House went into secret scs-
Mt. Wickhau, Of yirginla, asked to know If II
Wou1d be competent ii Mr. Bruce's amendment
were edoPnd, P - move hsreaiter tie House re-
chair said 1t would, Ehcrcupon the House went
INTO eec,et session, and having spent some time
therein resolved INTO open Session.
Nj. J. 4: Leach s9bmitted the following amend.
neut, TO add the following pEoriso to the end Of
the third section:
Al Pro1Ided further, That in no event shall any
portion Of said elaves OF free negroes 50 impressed
hare arms put into their hands, or BE- mustered
into the Confederate States service, OF be used At
eny time a. soldie1s In eald army"
Mr. Shelton, Of Ala, moved to Lay the amend
Mr. j. A. Leach demanded the yeas and nays On
the motion, which we're ordered ae follows: yeas
20: nnye .. So the motion WIS hid On the table.
The House then adjourned.
In this days proeeedtngs q The House, AE:
ln approval Of the bill for the appointment Of mid
Rhipmen, vetoed By the Executive. Itshould have
been tl.at he spoke IN approval Of the objects OF
the bill but opposed i IN its existing form on the
MACON, Ga, jan. 2a-Gov. Brown has convened
The LEGISLATURE to assemble here on the 18th Of
to complete the legislation lett 1ndone
% the approach q the enemy to Mtl!edgevi!Ls:
ardson md Browne, journalists, who escaped from
On thc Conduct Of the War this morning, tcsttfy-
men me- by cold and hunger, willis they might easily
eupply them With ample food aud fnel. On No
ycmbeE 18th many oi the prisoners we're without
1ood R for 4s hours. They mention deliberate cases
rom ths 18th OF October to the 1sth of December.
the deaths we're 20 per cent of tie whole. When
ths5 len At tie latter date. they Were dying at The
rae !e Of 1s per cent per month
st..eenen Of the smithsonian building viii not in.
tnta thc regular ncttvo operations Of tho lnsd
!. 1ne coEunsretar's Washington dispatch says:
"6oveEnmcnt has received fnform1ffnn Of the
Enno+ee ~ IA ~ French government for eo|onfEing
tsssne etsactataHr esas. g Mstch the movements.
Gen. Grants request" ~1@