, 1865-03-08
CLOSE OF THE SESSION OF
CONEk
.MAsHIsoToS; March L

| speaking, ana lnuGateo Gnat air. CoWaN. aB q
member Of The COMMITTEES on Finance, charged
with the management Of this bill, was endanger-
hr. CLARK warned the Senate that length.ned
discussion would soon prove fatal to tho Sui, and
begged that the question might be taken On its
passage. It Wss now nearly three o'clock, aud
the It'll vas TO DC engroesed. and much business
won come to vote al once.
The c,yil Appropriation bill was then informal
| INSPECTION FEES.
The House hill for regulating fees for inspecting
| vessels On the Lnkes was passed.
INTERCOURSE BETWEEN LOYAL AND BsuRIEo-
| 71oSART STATES.
| -. TIC ssnate then took mp a bin 10 repeal the
till IAN net in addition to the several acts con
cernlng commercial intercourse between loya1
| and snsu1fechonary States."Ec.
Section g. That 1t shall be lawful for the secre.
| in13 O. me Treasury. with the approval Of ths
t. e purchase fDr tie
as e tbetsn shs BE- des
lgnated ny him At s'ich prices as shall be asreed
On with the seller not exceeding the market vatuc
a se ss Is. OF nor Il
the city, OF New York at the last quotation
Enown i7., to the eecnt purchasing: provided
any PRODUCES 70 purchsscd, @ shai be paid, o. Or
agreed to bepaid out Of any other fund than thst
arising rom property held as captured, OF aoan-
coned. OF purchased and sold nudez the provis.
ions Of this act All pruperty so purchased shall
be forwarded, for sale at such place Or places as
Ehal be designated By the Secretary Of the Trcss-
nfTs AND the money arising thetElfom, after the
paymcrtpf the purchase money, and the other e1-
pcnees connected herewith shall be paid Into the
Treasury Of the United States md TIE accounts q
19 and credited by the proper accounting officers
ol the Treasury.
CAPTURED COTTON.
Mr.WILsoN offered m amendment requiring
the delivery Of ali captured cotton to the agents
Of the Treasury, vouchers to be given to the own
CTS, payable at the close of the war. This was
adopted. -l-.
PURCHASING COTTON.
Liz. SUMNER offered an amendment to provide
that no agent Of the Trcasnry Department should
purrhase cotton, except within thc lines al tbe
aruy This vns lost-i5 arafust 90
PASSING CONFEDERATE SECURITIES,
Mr. WILSON offered an amendment puutshtns
not exceeding ten ye-rs, Inc passing Of any Con-
'e'eF''' 000q po1s o. ssp adopted
~. p.x,c 1-,,ss-Ittss -. .sse.a.,.
,vno fSe pre,5ent ~ iSsna n1nci.mS,9n, aan.
ang SnfGatie,ea t. nace 9e.WeSn INC SoFsa ana
serbn. % ,,9i Mn,en ~ ea ,Sasso9 IVES n9' soop'eo'
cIos1Na PRdcEED1Ncs OF THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Saturday, March 4
1.-THE following is the continuation Of the Hoase
proceed iIgs from where our report broke otr:l
Ml11Ann 1,A1H4 MEAiRs. ,..--
I'M roiea " t,a ~ nj, rasinG ~ my
| subjects, was adopted hy vote or II to n.
Much miscellaneous business WIS transacted.
LII M" .; Gto: "A f. m Anost every member
entna st1n..na M ~. ~ " 9 oo aa ~ @ s.e MeIe
several measures. ne The galleries were nearly de
serted Inc ladies' admisted to the doos had re-
| TIE nEnE1 DErC.
Inc nonsc concnr1ed in the Ssnata's joint re-
uize the rrbei debt IN any conditinna Nee'H
The Upnsc then by vote OF 8s nrainat Fl nnv
concar1ed in TIC senate an sndmeht 70 ths Join, @
centun All caioTem the dutT nm nTintIng n,per per
nsed for books md uewsoaners excfnsIye1T 9.fe
Tonsc then br vote Of {; asainst e reiased TO to
lsE the rCsoint,ou on the f.hIr s.,d as1-ed t.n
| mlttcc Of Conference Of the Senate.
nI1sn1s cEx-r., H.-Tro
NJ; TnAxER made report from t4 Confer.
fnce Eo4m!Hee On INC army APPROPRIATION BILL.
~ ~ ~ tug H. oat tne proSe9 insert
~ being patd t6 fhe f1ilnoss tcntroI Rsfirn1d
Company, The difference seemed to ri.e on "a a
tna1 e qassn9n ny e. ssttsd BY ne su
hat Company il, by the land % rrant law Of jS is5a
S,sfes. '~1'1 o~A f'oPeA' ~ 'ns on11ea
MI. HERMAN did mt think n fnrt.cr eort,r.
enee would adjust the difficulty between the two
Houses: -
MIR. MORRILL, said It was low five o'clock in
the morning: Iie thought he contest hid copt1u-
use would be made Of The rad. No man would
sufh sG11ast 1Esnt his
msIe1h aiiye. 49, ~ st''''' "'''~''
that the amendment Of 1ir. Thayer would BE- Re.
ctised in q spirit Of compromise. De vas - SET
priecd that his friend from Vermont should mike
such arguments In favor Of the company. That
company had made twenty-five per cent more by
me war than II t1c Wat nad NOT gone Oh The
nm5Iion n55IIH ~ and sY of aa1s e 'ns s@eat oi
~ w WnnmRpTnnE HI a7ro..a II. nh..
pn,endmcnt ond n rrniy IN H. IT. "a i
i lad 9ot been for foreign ca0itsl, tie Western
tsined 1hnt IN eoritv tSe comn,nT shruid 'iM. H.
paid. ~
wnahIes sSan,g nas saf2seo n, anas ~;
aie he assertion, M should sast.in 81 80 s"e esp i.
a. r. ~ eM11nR1,1 rooraa .h,+ .ha r,o,z. .a..a.
from fts smeH rocnt rnncerninv tba 9iino,s Gans
raj na11oa sGs ~ hu 1at< m
4ss sS3t9 sgS1 &c ;o non.., Nm,
,emnTed sn ;he M g nat,lS wo oos's "aa mus
IL sTRVFHs " " area u ~ hslfn.st eve that tbs
5isaereei 1a and H. Hnnsa fnot W :hs ssns;s
XII Ecmorfnr tha dson,1de,tfo ~ co1nT in rsr.
wing tic mills. - ~~'' ~ ~S'1
H. fhe .nGe III wnSa 1 was aasagfeed TO- against 65
~ ''1 "4' '"su Mnu paca
ML1IAHT tT1Es.
Mr.. 81 kE.NCK; OF Ohio, from the Committee on
Military Affairs, to whom was referred the letter
a areaolation that, IN tic iudsment 81 he Ronss
the order of Nal Gen, Aucur. issucd on 12th of
January, 1861, directing tl,sf no coiored msn be-
allowed to leave Wellington. going North, With
dcrminson, IL law Of I tSe unItsa si,tss ss
declared free alike ali citizen. and rcs,dens or ihc
District Of Columbia, md the President be- re-
fed tn f3fFArf hiatt