Posted on 02/19/2024 6:58:57 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
WASHINGTON, Thursday, Feb. 18.
Senator SUMNER'S completed report on the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law and the legalization of the Emancipation Proclamation was read in committee to-day and accepted, with hardly a word of dissent from either Senators BUCKALEW or CARLYLE. It will be presented to the Senate on Monday.
THE AMNESTY PROCLAMATION IN LEE'S ARMY.
Several hundred copies of the President's Amnesty Proclamation have been sent into LEE's army within a week past. The effect is already perceptible in the increased numbers of deserters. The proclamation hereafter will be systematically shoved through the rebel lines.
THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE ON MR. LINCOLN.
The Lower House of the California Legislature has adopted the Senate's resolution in favor of Mr. LINCOLN's renomination.
MILITARY NOMINATIONS.
In the list of nominations of Dec. 31, sent into the Senate, are the names of five Lieutenants for Brigadier-Generals -- all regulars.
PETROLEUM TAX -- ANOTHER PRESSURE.
The Ways and Means Committee will not decide the petroleum question before the latter part of next week. An immense pressure, succeeding the recent whisky hydraulic pressure, is being brought to bear on the committee to effect the remission of the tax on the crude article.
DISPATCHES TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
WASHINGTON, Thursday, Feb. 18.
THE ENROLLMENT BILL -- REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.
The Committee of Conference on the Enrollment Bill made a report, to-day, agreeing upon the main features of the Senate bill, with amendments and the substitution of a few sections of the House bill. The commutation at $300 is retained, and a compromise is made in limiting the exemption thereby to one year. The exemption of high officials in the Senate bill is stricken out, leaving as the only classes exempt, the mentally and physically unfit and soldiers in the field or honorably discharged.
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From Washington: Report of Committee of Conference on the Enrollment Bill – 2
Proceedings of Congress – 2-3
The War in the Southwest: Conflicting Reports about Johnston’s Army – 3
From Johnson’s Island: The Rebel Prisoners – 3-4
Editorial: Untimely Scruples – 4
Editorial: Rebel Conscription and its Effects – 4-5
Volunteering Under False Pretenses – 5
Houses and Rents – 5
5 Lieutenants being promoted to General Officer? Talk about fast burners!!!
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