| Show on it again important bills introduced by stevens and lane i jan in the senate yesterday mcdougal introduced trod a resolution declaring tile the z occupation of mexico by the tha french an ail act unfriendly to this government and demanding mand in the withdrawal of the french army b by the of march on pain of a declaration of war Refe referred ried to committee on foreign affairs where it will probably rest forever as the chairman is very hostile to 0 anything of the kind hind the total number of colored troops now in service of the IT S is sixty sity thousand with quite as many no negroes groes not armed in service of the quartermaster commissary and engineer departments total number of negroes of all ages and conditions which the rebels have so far lost by the war var is estimated to bo be at least half a million thirteen sales of confiscated property yesterday amounted to fifty thousand live hundred dollars I 1 A bill introduced by representative stevens yesterday tile the consideration thereof is postponed until february next provides that within all the territory of the confederate states which has been or may maybe be conquered by the federal arms all laws and parts of laws permitting slavery are arc abolished that slavery shall never again bo be established within said territory and said territory shall not bo be the union as a state or be represented in ill co Congi n g C ta exec except pt by ie delegates I 1 e ga tes until tile the people tile terl Teni i toly tory forming such state shall by organized law ol 01 var prohibit slaver slavery therein the ein tein the bill of senator lane of kansas to sot set apart a portion of tile tho state of texas for tile use so of poisons of african descent assigns them to tile legion between the colorado and rio chando in ill which they ale aio allowed tho the privileged privilege s of homesteads A law off icel in charge 0 of emigration hereafter to be appointed by the president is chadwe chaigen d with the execution of the act and the apt ropi iati oils io made for colonization purposes are to be placed in ill the hands of the pa si dent to cairy the provisions into effect |
