Tuesday, May 20, 1862
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS
THIRTY-SEVENTH
CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
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Senate
Washington, May 19, 1862
THE CAPTORS OF THE REBEL
STEAMER PLANTER
Mr.
GRIMES introduced a bill for the relief of ROBERT SMALL and others (colored),
who recently delivered the rebel steamer Planter to Commodore Du Pont’s
squadron.
The bill provides that the steamship Planter with all the cargo, appurtenances,
$c. be appraised by a competent board of officers, and that one-half the value
thereof shall go to Robert Small and his associates, who ran the Planter out of
Charleston harbor, with the provision that the Secretary of the Navy may invest
the same in United States stocks, the interest to be paid to Small and his
associates or heirs.
The
bill was taken up and passed.