WASHINGTON, May 9.
SENATE. – Mr. Bayard presented a petition for equal
privileges to all the press of the country.
Mr. Browning presented a petition for a ship canal from Lake
Michigan to the Mississippi.
Mr. Chandler, from the committee on commerce, reported the
House bill relative to the better protection of revenue. The bill authorizes the President to refuse
the clearances to any vessel where he has reason to believe the cargo intended
to reach the rebels. It also authorizes
the secretary of the Treasury to prohibit the importation or transportation on
railroads of certain goods which might in any way reach or fall into the hands
to the rebels.
Mr. Wade presented two petitions for confiscation.
– Published in The
Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Saturday Morning, May 10, 1862,
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