, 1866-04-25

call Of committees for reports during ii: rnotang
hour, The Joint resolution reported % April l91h
from the Commls,ev on Road. and canals. to con-
came up tor dAcussion. summary Of the bill /
was published in 'te proceedings Of the 18th. Mt. !
liulbura.. o! New: Yo,k, addressed The House in
iii M1. u DAWES, Is; Of Massachusetts, 1ntcrruptins,
sta,t that be vas dc irous Of voting for the bill.
and OF having the work cons ttucted - NATIONAL
BY The New York Legislature 10 corporation for |
this purpose, there was clause rcsery1ug to ths
hsS Ss@ ro ssa N ass 4;
colleague. Mr Van DoEn, intended an amendment |
WHICH would give the control Of the work c1ciu-
ss ss Fsqeaa, hal 1T wa, whn
H. XXS HOLM. u S Of New rosk, stated thu. ,,.ez
ne1.s be had concluded to present an amendment |
n ne ns1rc ot sub: utnte for the bill. The snb
stitnte Ghers1 fto4 tho h IL .hs, that provided
lie w s. q - nav,o
State. He wss arthora..t py tie gentleman from |
Whsh aa saa oee fs fnesnte sa n
serted the enhstl'nle agreed UPON:
Mr. HUMPHREY, Q! New fork, denounced the
measure ax scheme concoclcd by n,n ,yh0 wers
eEdeayorlrg 10 produce corporate rCHs, accom-
panied by donation Of tlx millions from the Fed.
oSe1 .
yet why had II no. oecn referred 10 the Commflne
OF Military At'h17 Or 10 the con1DitieeIn Com
Nrnug about the matter.
Tho House then proceeded to the consideration |
of the hsli 70 re-orau1ee and cstanlsh 1he ary Of
lion rnade yeeiesday h III. Nlhiaci to postnoue
Sit: NIBLACK said he VA satisfied that ihc no.
stnte Of The House in reference 10 the bull. BE-
*!tes II would be ulose respectful to the Military
.hs See enpd 2 y III he!s s S sna s
motion to po pone. The qoe-tton recnrrtd on the
amendments to The n1uez 18th fcctioa, which rcsu-
late> the Snbs1etetct Department.
aeeilnn, in reference to the Provost Ma.
Mr. coSKilSG moved to strife on, The section.
EEorta. he said. had been made to throw the re-
sponslhIt5 Of continuing this unpopular otaco on
The Lieutenant General; but 10 show how falls. thai
scrator Nctmith, ID which be- say: Il am op-
potcd to multiplying hnrcaus. and think there is 10
necessity for Provost Marshal General. In fact,
isa.e as mspy bureaus as we~no@ have. In my
opinion. the country would be jn.t as well
I'D 1s9 n9s be Ea Y he
n,erged ,n'o one" There was one important thing
country to know what has BECOME Of the SsC0.-
uu,tCd Nhlch. under ths act Of March 18th. 1861,
constituents and Of people Of the western Dlgi-
nDdef winch theS nae eu1eEed beyond his capacity
10 express. lhry had sent 10 rule over them, BY
,be Provost Marshal General, nembcf ii
he Veteran Reze:vs Corps; q man who
lie service d ihe conn,ry; i crooy and eonIsnt m
Of General FE, and who went on uuti, thc bust
| ness u sccsnitiDg in the Western Division became
had been put upon the people, and exaggerated
tlc:rains and orders fent to the board otSuper-
y!tor:. and IN his own district, under one call.
$i33.01 s1s etoEcn from an outraged and growing
| community, and tndtsldnals lmmeaaurubly the su-
rertors Of General Fly had protested against It.
Never had mcn had the Insolenco 81 oficc that was
lllustrated By that man whom ths section ha4 pro-
posed to make fos life atBdga1ler General. Mr. Conk-
ecEte the AsEstant Provost Marshal, Major Had
down TO the time WHEN bis ssa;enee was published,
| Of official atroc1y- Every offence, from hfchwny
robh n rp md down, hsd been charged and proved
SEX, COO. under the prosecution, be had purchased
Tue other day IN establishment phi1a1e,pha, foT
which he had paid @71.000 dowa; and that mans
WIS no. nesIaF one 5sEs
mln,.ua,ion, Than the Provost MnEshal's uureau,
would turn out that otthc sI, seven, Or eight thous
and men !or whom iargo boun*les had been paid.
1wS hsa t6s Ss 10 snr 5 r
report, including letter trom the Leutentaut Gen
| Ef8I, WHICH, ldH IuGGCtu lHG kOHt1IQfE 10 report
tnie section: Tnle letter, which Mr. Ba,ne sent 10
The desk 10 1,e read, ts dat~ Dcecmber 14lh, 1865
and |. addressed 10 the secretary Of War: 1tsa'et.
ehod eircrai,,nr ,sss W. not ] snescn 10 m Ill I,d the
lcEnas Army % the force required. and 10 Keep u
full; thai the duty Mas an important one, and de:
msnded the exclusive attention uf the officers Of
tho War Department; and tue officer best fttcd
for the pe:iuon, f:om hts eIpeEtene, dnrnE TIE
q be pu n hs hana
Nf. BOUTWELL, 1ntitDnicd that the Adiutant
Genesa!'s Department had enlisted from October
81. hLAiSE saa,e 70 II ihc dsience Of Gcn.c:7
! and end Mr.. Conk!lng had issues with Gen. Fry.
which bad betn aajaaicated by the seclecar. of
~hefher be cine out second best. As an ea1e.ea.
:; I'D s;s.:se. i ss $!'iss% ~ j
thmisb, and Hhd WIS ready to meet all bis accus-
s,t, James .. FL 1ss not eeeond to any Officer in
4 long coIloqay en.ued. in which Mr. CONF
LING sty!ed NJ. batn's etatcmtuss as El*eaopds,
zEa wss esfled TO order, but allowed 10 c1pfsin.
1he deha1e Wa quite pe1.onal and acrimonious
MI. STEVENS moyed to a.nena by Inserting IN
stead Of the section the folio sinc aec'Ior'
Balesa sbs 10 'ea. eontn ts
uel only so long a. In the judgment Of the secre.
.ar. 9f War may be nessEsa!, TO eloas up tho b1a,
III. CONK1lNG accepted the amendment.
MIR. sCnESCK declared his impression that the
tcnse Of the uonEc against the section, and his
intention wat Eot to Struggle to keep 1t there He
explained ho* the committee had been led TO re-
ths section By he op'4nteen OF Gen. Grant IN
The seth sfc.Ion wa1 s.rnck ont. The a1st, *,
and I'D SECTIONS were cou'1dcred without action,
| when the House took recess
Iii. WOODBRIDGE submitted tome statistics
10 aietroyc that West Point had been nursery for
treason These statistics .h0w when The war broke
army Of whom l9l wese len dead upon the battle.
field, and nearly eco were wounded. or llese
turular army} SO were graduates Of West Point.
South. 1s6 out Of 60 rrsigned md Joined
ns &c Conf lSsn ,s1 ,,tF a IT,:
Sou'hesu graduates. He did not bel,cEo that any
department Of the Government presented 80 large i
0.s sns sh sss sdRa S to g
a nom lie souib. no, Being s4sduates. ther. wets
sssase G?pf s9G de- L
l'olnt, and the education which it afforded had
in tEgR ieSGF i!q'alty; S;.c,,eo ,nv ,unr,,on
acnIu.t West Point, although he did not dean 4
a matter for lloasun: that la1ces number OF lia
graduates had not deserted their flag and thus be.
| s61ne the roubiy peIjnred Wretcnes which Robert
lee and such - he had become Ha surgested,
besses that many of those Eho bad remained loyal
e. e ,oie ns q nn sss
and there were p7aec. enoueh ior than in the Ea;
The different staff depart mcn's. without ther beng
put int pacea which did not require their peculiar
Mr. IoRRiLL asked the UNANIMOUS consent 10
introduce hill tor the transportation Of live anil
mails from Canada. The Canadians wefc shearinl
, lhcis shcep otes tho border, thus preventing ths
III. JENcKEs objected.
. 1hc bill extending ,be TING tor completing ser
M,tsl.sipp1, expiring in 1884, for eight years, wa
recommitted md ordered printed.