The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-06-29
BY YESTERDAYS MAIL.
Congressional.

SENATE, juno 25.-Mr. Poland called up the bill
pendlng ior some time to allow claims OF loyal
persons in the late Confederate States tor s500
and less, for stores furnished to the army, to be
settled by the Quartermaster's Department, with
out being taken to the Court OF Claims.
The pending question was upon tho amend
ment Of MIR. Hendricks, to provide for PAYMENT Of
stores taken by others than officers having written
authority to take them.
MIR. Hendricks, after discussion! withdrew bis
amendment, remarking that he would offer some
thing OF Like purport at the next session of Con
Mr.. Sprague moved to amend tho bill 80 as to
make the Secretary Of War and not the Quarter
master or Commissary- General the accounting
ofhcer in the claims referred to.
Mr.. Howard said the bill was very sweenno
ana would involve great outlay. He asked il the
Committee on the Judiciary had inquired how
much 1 money MOI would be taken out Of the Treasury
:. MIR: Poland said the Committee had not made
that inquiry No matter what the amount was,
oe,v tIe yer ought to pay it. 1t
MI Howard hoped the bill would not pass. The
seizure Of property in the South was one Of the
PEELED rebel communities, aa well as rebels % to
pocket their losses. 1t was vain to expect that
the loyal people Of the United States would bear
any part OF such losses.
. Mr.. Trumbull said he would oppose, as stropp-
ly as Mr.. Howard, the payment Of rebels, but he
% would not oppose the payment Of loyal men, and
only such % were proposed to be paid By this bill.
body in the rebel States, loyA or disloyal. Mr.
Trumbull thought the loyal men in the South
Ei1ght iogga 70 De pald even more promptly than the
Mr.. Howard said that by solemn acts Of CON
gress the eleven States Of the South had been de-
was no case in history in which a successful in.
vading party had paid for stores taken from an
enemy. "''
Mr.. Trumbull said he had never heard before of
statute Of the United States declaring the neo
pie of the South to be public enemies BE had
yoteo !or q bill declaring certain States to
pc IN lnsurrecton, but not declaring the inhabi-
tsnts Of these States, one and all, to be public
enemies.
MIR. Wilson said that under the pending bill
every man In the South would prove his loyalty,
and the effect would be to take great many mil
lion dollars out OF the treasury.
Pending the discussion on the above the morn
ing hour expired.
AN INQUIRY INTO THE PROCEEDINGS OF COURT MAR
TIAL.
Mr. d ale offered q resolution in reference to the
case OF Dorrence Atwater, late a private in the
United States army and prisoner of war at An
dersonvlile, where he was detailed to keep the
death record, and secured the only complete list
OF the dead, and who subsequently sold q COPY of
the same to the War Department for $500 and
clerkship, and who was afterwards tried by q court
martial, sentenced and imprisoned On Lbs. Charge
own 81 d property. -''''''''' 81 i'S
The resolution instructs the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs to inquire into the testimony findings
and sentence OF suoh court martial, and find out
whether injustice has been done to Atwater
which ought to be redressed, and whether certain
OmCeTS VI tuo bTuly nave uOC De6n guilty OF
preston, cruelty, injustice or other conduct unbe-
hays power q to @ ssnd p sor persons and papers -
ly on some army officials for their conduct in the
matter. the resolution adopted.
THE AMERICAN PRISONERS IN IRELAND.
HOUSE, June 25.-The Speaker presented a meg
sage from the President in answer to the House
resolution calling for information in relation to
the arrest and imprisonment in Ireland Of Ameri-
can citizens, with q report from the Secretary Of
the State on the subject.
The following is summary of the message from
the President:
He has the honor to subjoin list of the names
Of all aged citizens OF the United States who, ac-
have been arrested since the recent suspension Of
the Habeds Corpus Act in that country. Pursuant
to the instructions of the Department, the United
States Minister ut London, and Consuls of the
United States in ireland, have made such rep
resentation to the British authorities in regard
to the cases Of persons, that they have been re-
grounds supposed to be sufficient by the judicial
authorities It is believed, however, that in
quence OF the aforesaid representations, even the
have been set at liberty before the present time.
The following are the names Of those held in ar
rest in Doqblin: Maurice Mcarath, Lieut.. Col j.
W. Byron, late Major Eighth New York Volunteers;
George Arohdeacon, Michael o. Blerle late Captain
sxty-ninth New York Volunteers; Timothy D.
McEmff, John FOurr1ng, Burke klrnan Mcdonald,
James Bible, late Captain U. 8. A.; John H. Glea-
son, Joseph Gleason, Bernard McDermott, Mi
ohael o. 'Brien, Michael Duffy, Daniel J. Napkins,
James Smyth, Of Ohio; John A. Comerford, OF
Massachusetts; Frank Leslie, VIM. Malkera, native
Of Pennsylvania; Edward Morley, native of Penn
sylvania; Cornelius Healy, Thos. Hynes. Held in
arrest at Belfast Capt. O'Byrne, Johny Dunn.
Held at Cork: John McOimperty,Ina Of Ohio;
James Daniels. Held at Tipperary: Thomas E.
Blackwell.
Mr.. BANKs stated that the report showed that
the American citizens arrested In Ireland under
tho suspension Of the haoeas corpus had been
liberated. Mr.. ELDRIDaE said he understood that
to be the case as to some, but not to all Of the
prisoners.
Mr. sEwARD's letter was read, showing that such
representations had been made to the British
Government, that all such prisoners had been re.
leased except two, who were held for trial on
grounds supposed to be sufficient by the judicial
authorities, and that oven as those two, one oi
whom was Col. BURKE, it was believed they were
ct liberty by this time. The message and accom-.
panying documents were referr. to the Com.
mittee on Foreign Affairs.
Foreign.
Most Of the foreign news has been anticipated
by telegraph but we select the following interest
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