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XLIst ooHGREss---seoond Session.

- SENATE.
WASHINGTON, April 5.-The House Joint res
olutioa directing an inquiry into the circum-
stances attending the loss Of the Oneida, was
passed; Mr.. Stewart remarkinz that he re.
garded the conduct Of Capt Eyre as an in
stance Of shocking inhumanity, and believed it
10 be the duty of the Navy Department to in
stitute thorough examination as an act of
Justice to those lost, and to enable the world to
know the facts, that the retribution of man
kind might be visited upon the guilty.
A Dill requiring supervisors of the internal
revenue to be appointed by the President and
confirmed by the Senate was reported upon
adversely.
Mr.. Cameron offered resolution directing
the Military Committee to suggest some appro.
pirate testimonial in honor of the volunteers Of
PENNSYLVANIA, who on the 18th of April, 1861,
and the Massachusetts, volunteers, who on the
18TH OF April, 1861 marched through the city
Ut Baltimore to defend the capital of their
country; they being the first troops who re-
sponded to the first war proclamation of the
President of the United States.
The resolution provoked considerable discus
son, IN which Messrs: Thurman, Salisbury,
Fenton and Conkling joined, each Senator de-
tending the record Of his own State and the
promptness with which it forwarded troops to
the defence of the capital The whole subject
was f0ally referred to the Military Committee.
The Georgia bill was then taken up and Mr..
Sumner addressed the Senate in q lengthy ar.
Rument against Mr.. Bingham's amend ment, as
an engine Of rebel power supported by techni-
calisies, and upon the power of Congress to en-
Ter State and establish Republican form of
government.
Mr.. Carpenter followed Mr.. Sumner in an
argument against the constitutional power of
Congress 10 impose restrictions ON any State;
after which the Senate spent an hour in exec
utive session and adjourned.
HOUSE.
The bill continuing the Freedmen's Bureau
and dividing its property and functions be-
tween the War and Educational Departments
was passed; lei to 81.
The Committee on Revision of the Laws re-
ported complete revision of the statutes re-
lating TO patents and copyrights, which was
referred 10 the Committee on Patents.
The House went into committee of the whole
on the tariff bill, and Mr.. Allison's amend ment
reducing the duty on clarified sugar from to
IL cents per pound, was agreed to; 81 to 65.
The duty on refined sugar was fixed at cents
per pound; provision being added requiring
custom house inspectors to take samples Of
each sample and preserve them IN glass bottles
for future identification and reference. The
clauses on molasses spices, &c, were agreed to
without amendment. The duty on wines in
casks is fixed at 80 cents per gallon; on bran
dies and distilled spirits at So per gallon: and
pending discussion on the amendmen to in
crease the duty on cordials, &c, from 81 to
81 20 per gallon, the committee rose.
Mr.. Butler of Massachusetts, asked leave To
introduce joint resolution to annex the Re.
pubic OF Dominica, but Mr.. Wood OF New
York objected, and the House adjourned.