The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-04-21

be paid out of any money in the treas
ury not otherwise appropriated.
Mr. johnson, offered an amendmen
appropriating $50 900 to be distributed
among the officers and crews of the YES
sells named. The amendment wa:
agreed to, and the resolution wa
passed
The bill in relation To the habea
corpus was taken up. The pendlnl
| question was an amendment OF Mr. Ed
wards, to except from indemnihcatior
unlawful acts committed by army OH
GERS in States where the habeas corpus
was not suspended The amendment
vas lost by yeas 10, nays %.
WASHINGTON, April 20.
HOUSE The first business to-day, be
ing Friday, was the call of committee:
for reports of a private nature.
Mr. Ward, from the committee or
Claims, reported bill giving to lsh-
mael Davis, of Baltimore, Md, an anu
ity of two thousand four hundred and
| twenty-one dollars and fifty cents, as a
| recognition of his heroism in defending
the national flag from Gilmore's rebel
raiders, on the 18th of July, 1864, and
for his loss of property on that occasion.
According to the report which was read,
Mr.. Davis is a patriarchial patriot, sew
enty-four years of age, and when two of
Gilmore's raiders attempted to haul
down the national flag over his dwell
ing, he shot one of them dead and put
the other to fight The consequences
was, his property was destroyed by a
large party of rebels.
Mp Ward made an appeal to the
House in support of the bill.
Mr. Upson wanted to know on what
principle of law the bill could be sus
tanned
Mr.. Ward replied-OE, it is in the
great principle that we sustain every
man who sustains the flag in that way;
Several members here. exclaimed
Good You are right"
Mr.. Delano, Chairman OF the Commit
tee, explained the question. He SAID
the rule in the Committee was to reject
all claims for damages, the result OF the
ravages of the war Ishmael Davis was
\ loser to the amount of seven or eight
thousand dollars, but the Committee
felt it could do nothing to compensate
him for that loss. Still the circum-
stances were so peculiar, the act so noble
that the Committee agreed to submit
to the House the question OF giving 10
the old man for the few remaining years
of his life, in the last of which he eXhiD,
tied this high degree of gallantry ana
patriotism, allpension. iffour hum
dred dollars year was too much the
House might reduce it.
Mr.. Washburne, of IllinoiS-We un-
derstood from the reading of the report
that the bill was put upon the ground
of loss Of property.
Mr.. Delano said he knew that the
ouestion had not been understood, ana
therefore he made the explanation.
The question was then taken on the
massage of the bill, and resulted as tol
lows Yeas l6, nays l3. So the bill was
passed.
Mr.. Delano, from the committee on
Claims reported joint resolution au'
thorizing the remission to John Weils
& Co., of Baltimore, of so much OF the
penalty incurred by them by reason OF
their failure to comply with their con
E<tract of the 4th of October, 1868, for re
pairing the steamer City OF Albany, as
may be covered by the actual loss OF
the government by reason OF delay IN
completing the repair OF such steamer,
The Joint resolution was read twice and
passed.
Mr.. Delauo reported back the Senate
bill authorizing the Secretary OF the
Treasury to issue to Geo. Oswald, OF
Providence, Rhode Island, one thons
and dollars IN 80 bonds in lien OF two
such bonds, numbered l01, l52 and lO4
l53. partially destroyed by fire, the
charred remains of which are III the
Treasury. The bill was considered and
passed.
Mr.. Washburne, Of Illinois, offered
resolution which was adopted, directing
the Secretary of War to communicate 10
the House the report OF the Board OF En-
gineers and Naval Officers, of which
Commander Latimer was President ans
Majors Chase, Barrow and Beauregard
we're members, for 1851 and 1852, and
the report of Major iBeauregard in lsoE
and 1853, in relation to the deepening
of the south west passage by contract
The House then, on motion of Mr.
| Stevens, went into Committee OF the
Whole, with Mr.. Smith In the chair, to
consider the bill reported yesterday ap
propriating Sll5,000 for deficiencies IN
bubble printing, s450,000 for paper, and
s9OO, ,OO0 for binding The Committee
then rose and reported the bill to the
House, which passed it.
The House proceeded to the consider
alton of the bill to reorganize and estab
iish the army of the United States, thu
pending question being on Mr. Ihayer
amendment to the tenth section, relating
to the Adiutant Generals Department,
Another amendment was offered by
Mr. Schenck, striking out the words
latter the first appointment made under
the promises of this section was agreed
| to.
Mr. Stevens regarded the question a,
s;mnlified to this Whether man should
he called John Jack or simply Jack
whether an officer should be called AS
sistant Adiutant General or simply Ad
iutant German Barons could snow
titles but he did not see why the titi
Adiutant was not as good as that OF As
sistant Adjutant General.
The debate was closed by the prey
ous question, and the House was brougn
to vote on Mr. Eldridges substitute
Tor the 18th section The vote was ia