Show DOINGS OF CONGRESS on the first da of the present session of congress there was but little business done xo el either ther house excepting c going through with uia vie usual receiving and reading the presidents messa message e richard S fields of new jersey benjamin F harding of oregon simuel G ardo load lold d of rhode bland island newly appointed senators appeared were sworn in and took their seau beaw and the following new members took their stati beats in the house Hous eGeo geo IL yeamans Ye amano Jn tacky tucky yi thos A D I 1 fessenden of maine blaim amasa walker oe of massachusetts in the honse house the naval committee were on moon motion ot of mr conkling c instructed to ascertain the best mede mode ot of placing vessels of war on lake ontario and of 0 establishing water communication from other waters to the lakes mr offered a resolution un which was adopted instructing I 1 1 oa tha the judiciary to inquire and report liy what authority of the on or the laws it any the tife poe postmaster general decide ii what newspapers may and what may not pot be trans krans itta thron through h the ahe united 8 ates ales mails mr mrcos cox of ohio coffier i ed k a resolution condemning 1 arbitrary arrest sand band and decI declaring arIh g tw that at they shall cea seand that all T er B on 8 so ti ar eted etea ehan dhan bave baxt a plo pio ampt and public trial ite according cording to the provisions of I 1 afi tine tire constitution 0 9 lion llon and the laws othe united states ich was wab sTabled wa fabled by a v vote 0 te of if 80 to 40 46 mr rich ach ardson of illinois also offered a resolution requesting the president to inform the house how ma many lly fly citizens of illinois were C confined in united states forts J the tha hares against them and d by whose ori ord order arthey they were arrested which was t table a bleab dby y a vote of 74 to ap in tle the ae senate nate on dec 2 aj mr ir 6 crimes offered a resolution which was adopted calling on the secretary of the navy for copies of th the 0 majority and minority reports of the board of ot officers appointed in accordance with ith the act authorizing the secretary of the navy to accept the title to leacue league island mr powell ci offered Tereda a reo resolution ution declaring 0 all arista m made mado ada without a ay y char charge charet ea being heing preferred as hab haa been the basei casei case cave to be a violation to lation of 0 the cons it ution and that all persons persona thus arrested lr sted shall have a prompt and impartial trial and mr davis offered a reao resolution lution declaring thit it ia is recommended that all the spates sates choose delegate delegates to meet in convention at louisville on the first monday of april next to take into consideration the present condition of the country and the proper means to be pursued for restoring the union and that the legislatures of the different states take such action as they may deem fit for this thia purpose at the tha earliest possible dates botti botu of which were laid I 1 in the house on the ad a lill was introduced by mr nir hooper from the committee of ways waya and means which was passed providing that all judgments recovered by the united states in suits now pen pending diny alny or which may hereafter be brought for the he collection or re advery very of duties on imports ira iia ports or money due the united states from collectors or other officers shall b ba a paid in gold and silver coin of the united states mr air aldrich introduce introduced aa a bill annulling and abrogating 11 all te aties between the united states and certain bands of sioux indians and for the relief of the sufferers by the in indian dhan than outbreaks in Alinne minnesota sota aota I 1 mr air holman introduced a resolution which was adopted instructing ahe the committee in military affairs to inquire ani report on the propriety of in creasi g the pay of soldiers Eol diers to 15 per month and making such reduction in the salaries of officers of the army not actively engaged as may not impair the of the public service mr air richardson chardson Ki offered a resolution which wag wa laid over requiring the pay of each wate nate and noncommissioned commissioned non officer to be paid in gold and saver in the senate on dec ad on motion of mr lane the committee on patents were instructed to inquire into the expediency of abolish abol hh ing the department of agriculture in the house on on the ad mr calvert offered a resolution which was adopted calling en cn the commissioner of patents to inform the house what amount of the agricultural fund had been expended since the first of january last to the time when the accounts and books were yere transferred to the commissioner of agriculture specifying the items and whether any contracts are unsatisfied if BO so what is the amount due and for what aa aiso also that the commissioner of agriculture inform the i house what amount of the I 1 agricultural agriculture al fund had been expended tind u erbis direction diric tion specifying the amounts on 1 ie 41 4 h in the senate mr air clark dark ot of a joint resolution approving the policy of 0 the president of or setting slaves alave i free in the insurrectionary districts which was ordered pr anted mr arh nale nalo hale alo ale introduced a bill repeating repe aing alu act to establish and equalize the grades of line officers in the navy which was referred mr air sherman offered a resolution requesting the president derIt delit ii if compatible with public interest te lesto to communicate to the S senate enate all correspondence telegrams and reports c ngern ling ing the military operations of the army of the Io potomac tomac ac and delatin relating 0 to the sur surrender fender of harpers ferry and the testimony taken before the investigating committee ulon upon such surrender in the hoose kin lin oa the tho mr wickliffe Wicklif Te offered a resolution instructing the tie committee on judiciary judi cary to enquire and report p under what khat law has bee been i appointed a military governor for the district of columbia what power he ps s e 1 ss i es a u ba mider under whit wo at law its s derived what la is his sal bal salary aryland and under what appropriation fioril i chatis the entire annual expense of said governors including sums bums paid for guard hoette ho lote itte houam whether said eahl oscer officer has interfered witha r odi adi obstructed it tb adm adail into av judice juaice justice oc brivil ivil or judicial tribunals and d re report p 0 rt the facts of 8 such buch ch obit obstruction ruction mr biddle offered an amendment amond meritt which was accepted aiso also inquiring under what authority arity the Mili military tiry Gover governor extended his power to pennsylvania penn Renn sylvania or any other state the resolution was then tabled by a vote of BI 81 to 46 40 i mr hutchins Hutc bins bina offered kofl ered a resolution io lution instruct vrn ehg 1 the fhe military tary committee to 0 o inq ing inquire fuire faire and report as to the propriety of dispensing with the west point military academy and instead thereof aiding a inthe in the endowment of tary sc schools hords in th the e several beveral states which was rejected by a vote of 49 to 78 mr stevens submitted a resolution winch which his bis motion was postponed declaring the union must be and rem nem remain ain one and indivisible forever and denouncing 0 as guilty of high V cria crint e any executive oi or legislative department who shall propose or advise the acceptance of peace on any other basis than the integrity and entire unity of the united states as they existed at the abe time the rebellion commenced jh in the senate on the oth ift mr wilkinson a resolution requesting the prea pres dent it if compatible ith ath with the pubic c interests to fur the senate with all the information in ilis ilia possession touching the lata indan barbarities bari ties in the state of minnesota also the evidence upon which some of the pir cipal actors and heal head men were tried and condemned to death he said there seemed to be a deal of sympathy in the east for these ar indiana dlana diana and be he wanted the facts to go before the senate and the people ao that thy th y could understand the matter fully ile he said the j eople leople of minnesota had always been a law abiding nger ngen 0 gerpe jerpe pe and be he wanted them to continue so but if these indian wretches are not hung bung according t to law they will I 1 be kil kii killerby killed leaby I 1 by ohp citizens without law I 1 it the Gowin I 1 ment will not protect the people of minnesota they must protect the themselves elves the resol resolution dion ulon wag wae adopted I 1 mr lvir powell called up his resolution respecting arbitrary arrests which was adopted m mith with ith an amendment in the house on the bab mr enton fenton offered the following which was agreed to i whereas tele reas the number of sick and wounded soldiers 8 have increased to an alarming extent sixty thousand of whom are unfit for active service and many more would much sooner receive their health at home therefore considering the slow methods of furroughs furloughs and discharge R selred that the committee oa on military Alili tarY affairs inquire whether some method cannot ie adopted by the secretary of war and sur geon general by which furloughs furroughs furlou lis bis and discharges charges can be more speedily effected A mr mornin offered a resolution which wab wag adopted by a vote of to 1 W J alien allen declaring that at no time since the existence of the rebellion arve the forces and material in the hands ha I 1 rids of the executive of the government been so to and abundant for the speedy termination of the war var than at the present moment and ancl that thai it ia is the duty of all loyal american Amei amel ican citizens regardless of minor differences of opinion and especially is it the daty of every officer and soldier and of those in every branch of the government including the legislative cordially to strike tha ae as hasains at once who have conspired to destroy our ex existence prosperity and freedo freedom mp of wh which chwe chwa we are justly proud at home add and abroad and hicel which we stand pledged to perpetuate arver mi cox offered arg ari a resolution solution which was tabled bled bied by ty a vote of 85 to 31 declaring that the word ora ansas assas assassins sinsel use used d 1 in the resolution pass e el 1 l tats day offered by the te member from vermont is intended by this house to include all men from the north or south her in or out of congress don con 11 ress who have been instrumental in producing the present civil war and who have been guilty of flagrant breaches of the constitution and who are mit in favor ef c the as i ia is and the union as it was mr vail vall offers a serie series of resola resau eions betting setting forth the restoration of oi the union ss it was and declaring that hoever whoever ff I 1 shall affirm that it ia is competent for congress or any other authority to establish a I 1 dictatorship la in the united ted states thereby superseding pers eding or suspending ousie the constitutional authorities of and shall proceed to make hilf move m ent toward the declaring of bi a 4 dictatorship shall be guilty vill V ot 0 a high hiah against the and aga ae the and ani alic i liberty 1 fe ji the reso reto resolution luton on wab waa laid ap upon the ta table tabie e by the usual voge rote both bath houses a journea adjourned jour ned till monday DIon day das in the senate on monday alunday the esth several petitions v v ax A presented fo for the con coa congress ress of a general bankrupt law A bill for that purpose was made the sp special oyier oyler 1 er of the day of the oi OA motion of mr wilson the thi viii virt affairs cereo were ins instruct truce I 1 inquire into th the expediency of providing by law for more effectually sup pre the rebellion and securing tr tranquility ann aff qualify in Aldry maryland larid mr air davis davia offered a anoint resu reso 1 lution pr proposing certain amendments to tty the thi constitution to fo alter the mode of electing tw th Pres president dent and vice president which were ordered to be printed mr wilson offered aa a rd solution resolution which w adopted instructing the secretary of war to report to he senare th a num number ber of ilia liaa major or generals a generals and brigadier generals mene rals rais now it ii the service of the unite Valte 11 state and where and how they are empl empi employed oyed in the tha house on an the jtb the bill dying the president and others for suspending the privilege of the writ ot of habeas colpi cor pi a and for all acts done in pursuance thereof Vas passed by abote a vote of 90 to 34 4 0 oa on motion of mr mcknight the committe 4 of ways and means was instruct instructed eJ el to inquire into the expediency of modifying the tax law so as to d with vath the tax 1 lavy aar on adverl alver r l mr air morris offered resolutions which were adopted amid laughter instructing the committee on ways and means to inquire inqui ie into the expediency of amen ing ding the tax la lam law w so as to require every member tf congress offering a resolution to affix a ten cent stam stamp ITA most alost of the day was spent in commit committee fee ot oft the whole on the state of the union 1 in the senate on the ath the n 1 respecting arbitrary acresti was wag taken up and debated at great len ien no definis def inte ints action was I 1 taken e mr hale introduced a bill to abolish thip thep the grade of medical officers in the bervice service of odthe tile tiie united states which was referred Z si the house on thedah th the eDth jtb had the bill forish folvi foni fori lh adms admission sion ston cf western Vir virginia pinia arder advis e J ment but was dispo disposed of the bill autha author R grisim rising assessors and collectors and their asas as si stants under the tax law to oaths was taken up and passed ft in the senate c en n the loth wilson reported a bill to establish an arsenal and ordnance oranan e depot on the tide waters of new york bari bor mr bir rice offered a joint resolution 4 which was referred forfeiting r the lands and annuities of certain bands of sioux Indi indians ansil and providing for their removal far away awan from white settlements A bill for the relief of the owners of the french ship juies jales et marie was taken epand up and passed tj la in the house on the loth mr Hol hoi holman mancS manus indiana offered a resolution which w was a adopted that the secretary of war be dir diorec c fe ted to inform the house ho how manyo many o officers ers of ott oft the army are now absent from their respective commands the senate bill forthe for the admission 04 of western virginia into the union passed b by 5 a ote of 93 03 against 55 56 jr f in the senate sanate on the lith mr brownn Brown browing ng introduced a bill to amend the act establishing the territorial government of utah andio and toil toll 0 facilitate the administration on of justice int in the e territory which was referred to the judilla committee and mr lut Lit latham ham bam from froin th the e C coul cong 0 cittee oa 03 post offices and post roads reporter rep III a bill to authorize the survey of 0 a route for fora telegraphic communication between san fran fra cisco and the amoon amoor river in asia in the house on the 11 lith mr offered a resolution which was adopted cal cai calls ing on the secretary of war to state wh wha number of soldiers regulars and volunteers volunteered hae have been placed on the army roll what r regi eg H mants merits have not been paid up to the latof decem december ber bar 1802 1862 what whal regi regiment ments menta re rema mainu inui paid and how box long iong they have been nv wit aitho hotti pay whether the money appropriated b byj congress for their |