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WASHINGTO + IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS, Passage of the Alabama Reconst. “1e- tion Bill in the House. The Rejected Constitution De- elared Provisional. j Whe Deadlock on the Whiskey Tax in the Manufacturers’ Bill. PRESS SUES General Haneoek Assigned to the Command of the Military Division of the Atlantic, The Impeachment Managers and the Pre- sident’s Counsel Rea@y for the Trial, WASHINGTON, March 28, 1868. General Hancock Assigned to the Command ef the New Department—The Radicals Ex- cited. The President last night directed General Grant to igsue an order relieving Major General W. G, Han- cock from the command of the Fifth Miltary District and assigning him to the cammand of the Military Division of the Atlantic, with headquarters at Wash- ington. The order was sent over to the War De- partment this morning by Generai Grant, though whether for the purpose of having it printed and regularly published by the Acting Adjutant General is not definitely known. The order was taken to Mr. Stanton, however, when it reached the Department and was soon followed by Grant, who remained for a Jong time in consultation with the Secretary. 4 The action of the President in this matter has called in question his right to establish the district. Senator Edmunds introduced a resolution to-day calling for inforMation on this subject. The reso- lution requires the President to inform the Senate if anew military department had been created since August, 1867, and ifso, the name thereof. The object of this resolution is to get the matter of the new de- partment before Congress. It is the opinion of a large number of members in both houses that the President had no authority to create a new military department, that duty belonging to Congress. The Impeachment Managers and Mr. Jehn- son’s Counsel Ready for Trial. ‘The Board of Managers to conduct the impeach- ment on the part of the House have all their arrange- ments completed for the trial, which begins on Mon- day. It is not expected that thcre will be any further delay, as it is understood the President’s counsel do not propose to ask for more time. Should the trial proceed on Monday General Butler will, as soon as the court is in session, proceed to open the case in behalf of the Managers. He has been engaged for over a week in the preparation of his speech, and for the last few days he has not been in his seat in the House. His speech will oecupy about five honrs in delivery. It is ex- pected, however, that he will get through with it on Monday. The counsel for the President are also ready for the trial. They are quite confident of being able to make a strong case for their client. The Alabama Election—Report of General Meade. ‘The Secretary of War sent to the House to-day, in compliance with a resolution of that body, the official report of Major General Meade to General Grant, dated Atlanta, March 23, giving the following analy- sis of the returns of the vote in Alabama at the elec- tion submitting tothe registered voters the consti- tution framed by the Convention of that State:— ‘Total vote cast for the constitution, 70,812; against, 1,005; total at the election, 71,817. Of that vote there weré colored, 62,194; white, 6,702; not separated, 2,921. Of the colored vote, for the constitution, 62,089; against, 105; white, 5,802 for, 900 against. A com- parison of the vote cast in October last for the Con- vention with the present election shows the white vote for the Convention 18,553; white vote for consti- tation, 5,802; loss on constitution, 12,751; colored vote for the Convention, 71,930; for the constitution, 62,089; Joss on constitution, 9,641. otal loss of vore ‘on the constitution from the vote for the Convention, 22,392, By a careful examination of the official returns at General Meade’s headquarters the registration lists show prior to the recent revision in the number of registered voters in the State, 166,685, the last revision adds 3,946; total registration, 170,631. In comparing the vote cast at the election with the registered vote, General Meade says he has deemed it no more than Just to deduct the registered vote in such counties as have been rejected in the election. It will be seen that in two counties (Dale and Henry) no flection was held, that in Lowndes the ballot boxes ‘were stolen, and in Sumter‘only a partial election was held, and the vote rejected by the registrars on the ground of iliegality, The registered vote of all four of these counties should be deducted from the registration, and the partial vote in Sumter thrown out. Adopting this basis, the totai registration, as above, is 170,631 ; less the registration of four coun- ties, 13,686, Registration in counties where votes were cast, 156,945; one-half the amount required for ratification was , 13,473. Now the total vote at the election was 71,817. Deducting the vote in Sumter rejected, 1,458, the actual vote cast in the eleection was 70,359, and the constitution fails of ratification by 8,114; that is to say, the whole vote cast in these counties where the election was held falls short of one-half of the registered voters in these counties by 8,114, and the constitution there- fore under the law requiring one-half the registered voters to cast their votes is not ratified, General Meade says in conclusion:— The constitution failing of ratification the measures to be adopted become questions of importance. I have deemed it my duty to turn over to the Presi- dent of the Convention the returns of the election for members of Congress and State and county omcers, but I have not authorized the issue of certificates of election until the questions connected with the constitution are definitely set- ted. I have received and transmit herewith a letter from several members of the republican or- 5 ganization in Alabama urging a recommendation on my part of immediate admission of the State by Con- gress, maintaining that the recent election, when property, explained, will show a majority of the regis- red votes as being in favor of the measure, I regret extremely that it is not in my power to coincide with ‘these era and cannot concur with them in their views. Acknowledging the importance of the State being at the earliest moment restored to her fa. relations in the Union, I cannot but jook on the result of the recent election as an expression of opinion that the registered voters do not desire to be restored under the constt- be Sharam nivinn wilsboaten head of Ld are act of Congress giving ratification to a majority o' the votes i would refer seeing the Convention reassembled for a revision of the constitution, and the revised constitution submitted to the ed under the new law. Lam of the opinion that a re- vised constitujion, more liberal in its terms and confined to the requirements of the re- construction in Alabama—as I have reason to expect it will in Georgia and Florida—meet with wal of the majority of the registered voters, and I beg leave to call your at- tention to the difficulty of carrying on a government in a State where so small & proportion of those Pe J to take part in the government are in vor of the organic law, and to insure a larger pro- portion of what must be the res class a more accepiable constitution should be presented to them for adoption. Squabble Between Florida Radicals’ ‘The Committee on Reconstruction had before them two sets of delegates from Florida, each presenting 4 constitution for that State. Oue of the delegations is composed in part of Wisconsin men, and the other of Massachusetts men, who have settled in Florida. ‘The former have an advantage, as they exhibit a con- tution sanctioned by General Meade and signed y forty-five delegates, The latter object to this con- stitution on the ground that those delegates signed it because otherwise they could not receive their pay. Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, promised Mr. Brooks that he would offer a resolution in the House calling Bpon General Meade to report gil the facts in tie NEW Y case, in order to relieve the committee from their embarrassments. ‘The Utah Contested Election Case. The Committee on Elections has placed the Utah contested election case in the hands of Mr. Chanler, one of its members, to prepare a report in view of all the facts, The friends of Mr. Hooper say that, although the allegafion was made before the com- mittee, no proof was produced to show that he has taken an oath ag a member of the Order of Melchise- dec, in hostility to the government of the United Weekly Treasury Report. ‘The fractional currency received from the Printing Bureau for the week ending to-day amounted to $413,500, The amount shipped during the same period was:— Assistant Treasurer at New York.. Assistant Treasurer at New Orleans. United States Depository at Baltimore. National banks and others. ... Total... United States notes forwarded amounted to:— Assistant Treasurer at New York. - $2,000,000 Assistant Treasurer at New Orleans + 60,000 National banks and others ........ + 92,174 Total shipment of notes..............++++$2,142,174 The Treasurer of the United States holds in trust as security for national banking associations the fol- lowing amounts:— For circulation... $341,643,400 And for deposits of pul 88,177,950 The national bank notes issued the week amounted to... 170,760 Total amount issued todate... 307,020,091 From. this deduct the follow! Mutilated notes returned... 6,783,755 Notes of insolvent banks burned by the United States Treasurer. . 389,860 Leaving in actual circulation at this date.. 299,846,476 Fractional currency redeemed and de- stroyed during the week....... eee 400,010 Aid Asked for the North Pacific Railroad. A delegation consisting of W. B. Ogden, of Chi- cago; Judge Rice, of Maine; the Governor of Minnesota, and one or two gentlemen from the British provinces were before the House Com- mittee on the Paciflc railroad to-day and made an argument of two hours’ duration in favor of the construction of the North Pacific Railroad. They also pomted out to the committee the necessity for the three projected routes—the Northern, Middle and Southern—and gave detailed descriptions of the country through which it is proposed to run them. The argument closed with an appeal for aid from the government, so that the roads might be constructed without delay. ‘The Postal Convention With Hong Kong Of- ficially Procinimed. An official proclamation is made of the postal con- vention between the United States and the colonial government of Hong Kong. The mails are to be car- ried by the direct line of American packets plying between San Francisco and Hong Kong, via Yokoha- ma, Japan. . Measure to Reduce the Marine Corps. The House Committee on Naval Affairs have in- structed their chairman to report a bill providing for the reduction of the Marine corps and also of the force in the Engineer’s department of the Navy. The Marine corps will be reduced one half its present force. The bill also makes provisions for greater efficiency in this branch of the national ser- vice. Naval Bulletin. The Navy Department has information of the arrival at Kingston, Jamaica, of the United States steamer De Soto, Commodore Boggs commanding, after a rough passage of six days from Hampton Roads. THE FORTIETH CONGRESS. Second Session. SENATE. ‘WASHINGTON, March 28, 1868. ¢ "THE ALLEGIANCE OF NATURALIZED CITIZENS. The Cwarr laid before the Senate a resolution of the Legislature of Ohio asking Congress to declare that naturalized citizens owe no allegiance to foreign Powers, which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. MILWAUKEE HARBOR. Mr. Hows, (rep.) of Wis., presented a memorial from the Chamber of Commerce of Milwaukee, Wis., praying that the money expended.on the harbor be refunded, which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. THE PROCEEDS OF CAPTURED AND ABANDONED PROP- ERTY. Mr. EDMUNDS, Hs of Vt., from the committee of conference on a bill to cover into the Treasury the proceeds of captured and abandoned property, pre- sented their report, which was agreed to, DISTRICT BILLS. Mr. PATTERSON, (rep.) of N. H., from the Commit- tee on the District of Columbia, reported favorably a bill to incorporate the Evening Star newspaper. Also a biil to incorporate the National Life Insurance Company. RESOLUTIONS OF INQUIRY. Mr. EDMUNDS offered the following resolution, which was adopted :— Resolved, That the President of the {United States be ro- quested to communicate to the Senate whether he has estab- Nshed or ordered the establishment of any new military de- partment since the Ist day of August, 1867, and if so what de- partment or departments, and under what statute and other authority ? Mr. Davts, (dem.) of Ky., offered a resolution in- quiring of the Secretary of the Treasury what amount eof United States bonds is outstanding of each class, with the rate of interest, and what each class was worth in gold at the time they were issued. Mr. SHERMAN, (rep.) of Ohio, suggested that it would be impossib® to give that information at a moment's notice, and the resolution was laid over. THE BILL TO EXEMPT CERTAIN MANUFACTURES FROM INTERNAL TAX, On motion of Mr. SHERMAN the Senate took up the report of the committee of conference on the bill to relieve certain manufactures from internal tax, Mr. Sherman expiained the amendment. Mr. NYE, free.) of Heavens, again 0) “i the amendment for punishing whiskey frauds. He ob- jected to the price being taken as prima facie evi- dence of guilt on the part of all distillers, the inno- cent and the guilty alike. A foreigner smuggling Whiskey and selling tt less than the tax could thus suspend all the distillers in the district after ten days. Distilling was a business as goon leather making. The bill now proceeded upop the hypothesis that all distillers were rascals, whereas the onus of proof should be thrown on the accuser until the guilt were shown. He denied the right of Congress to stop a legitimate business without eyi- dence, It would not withstand the scrutiny of the Judiciary for one moment. Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, (rep.) of N. J., said the effect of the bill would be to close up every distillery ih the country, and asked if such was the intention of the committee, Mr. SHERMAN said the intention of the committee was to enable the Internal Revenue Commissioner to close up every distillery in the cities. Mr. Nye said the effect would be to deprive the government of any revenue whatever from whiskey, and Tg to fill the penitentiaries with revenue officials, The remedy lay in another direction. He understood that a law was in preparation to cover the whole subject, and he submitted that it would be better to leave the matter until then, instead of establishing a system of spies upon a legitimate busi- ness. The bill was oppressive and unjust. Mr. MORRILL, (rep.) of Vt., said not one-eighth of the whiskey paid duty, while accomplices revetved more than the government. It was not altogether uncalled for to supy that all distillers ‘were in _— in the The bill, however, was too stringent. He peapeee so amendment leaving it to the discretion of the Internal Revenue Commis- —— close up distilleries, instead of mandatory upon him, ir, SHERMAN said it was useless to attempt an- other committee of conference, The bill been fully considered. ir. MORTON, fren) of Ind., objected to the punish- ment provided lor these frauds, as there were exist- ing laws on the subject. The trouble was they were not enforced. He had inquired at the Internal Revenue Department on ie 6th of January, and found that there had not been over dozen Foe punished for these crimes up to that time. They might multiply nalties, but until it was made @ rsonal di r to commit such frauds they could not collect’ the tax. The cases usually result in ee ge 4 and the payment of fines less in amount than the tax, Such men cared nothing about the name of fraud. ‘The evil would never be corrected until fifty or one hundred of them been sent to the penitentiary, instead of being allowed to settle the matter by compromise with the district attorney. They should deprive the Internal Revenue Commissioner, the Secretary of the Treasut ind, above all, the district attorney, of thé power ompromise, The district attorneys were tempted by the law giving them only $50 for every conviction, but allowing them two per cent if they obtained a confession of judg- ment for $20,000 or $30,000, This evil com- plained, of would be increased by the proposition of the committee, He imputed no corruption to the Secretary of the Treasury or the Internal Revenue Commissioner; but they had not proper opportuni- ties away from the scene of action to make investi- gations. If the power of compromise were taken away, however, and @ few of those committing frands sent to the penitentiary, a different state of things would soon be manifest. He read a joint resointion read by him in January last, removing this power cf compromise and making tt compulsory that criminal proceedings be carried forward, Mr, FESSENDEN, (rep.) of Me., coincided in the opinion of the Senator in regard to compromise, In addition to that, the Commissioner _ of Juterna) Revenue bad pot te Licany at his command to make the investigations provided for in the bil, He had no svarene with those engaged in the business, He thohght it evident that it could net be carried on honestly with the present price of whiskey, Keduction of taxation might mitigate the frauds somewhat. He, too, believed the present provision for additional penalties would be .d impracticable. He called the attention of the chairman of the commitice to the fourth seetion, and asked whether It did F »t cover all manufactures, imposing five per cent on all the wholesale manu- factures above $5,000. Mr. SHERMAN said it did. Mr. HOWARD, of Mich, asked whether (re, lumber and flour were included ? Mr. SHERMAN replied in the affirmative. He said it includes ull manufactures but butter and cheese, ‘There was no reason why all should not pay the tax, when the production exceeded $5,000 in value. Mr. JOHNSON, (dem.) of Md., opposed the amend- ment at some length, professing himself in favor of the measure by Mr. Morton, but asserting that a reduction even to one dollar would result in the cessation of frauds and the collection of a large amount, of revenue, ve oe tT. WILLIAMS, (1 Oregon, said the proposi- tion of Mr. ‘Morton was inconsistent. Starting out as it did by taking the und that there were already penalties provided that were not carried out, and hh proposing another, what proof was there that if the district attorneys made dishonest com- promises with fraud they would not connive at the escape of the same men from criminal prosecu- tion. A great outery had been raised about whiskey frauds by the very men who now, when a measure was proposed looking to their pre- vention, professed great sympathy for the poor dis- tiller. He held that the true course to stop these frauds was a proceeding in rem, not a prosecution of individuals, He argued that the present provision ‘Was justifiable and would be effective. My, Nye said the large distilleries in cities manu- factured for a foreign market, making a superior and high pace article, upon which they could afford to X. pay the “Mr, SHERMAN asserted that the distilleries of Ken- tucky and Ohio made most of the whiskey exported— about two million gallons. Mr. Nyk repeated that there were large distilleries in New York that manufactured solely for exporta- tion. Were they to be closed up because others com- mitted frauds, and their stock left on their hands in order to allow the government to dispose of the whiskey on hand from seizure? Mr. HENDRICKS, (dem.) of Ind., condémned the tax-as unreasonable and as being the sole cause of the frauds. A proper tax could be collected, and a tax of fifty cents would produce more revenue than one of two dollars. They should not start out with the idea that whiskey was an outlaw to be hunted down. In Indiana the legitimate production of whiskey had been almost ied and this measure would effectually ie an end to it. The true way was to impose such a tax as the manufacturers would feel was just and felt in honor bound to pay. Mr. MORRILL, (rep.) of Me., said if it was to be put upon moral grounds he maintained that the govern- ment should not receive a dollar from such asource— @ poisonous article and a fruitful source of crime. As, however, this was a matter that might be left to the States, he was in favor of taxing it as @ luxury to the highest possible point Mr. SHERMAN said the sayy, question now was whether the bill was in such form as would be ap- proved by the people. It could not be further amended without another committee of conference. He expressed some surprise that the Senator from Vermont and others were now opposed to the section taxing wholesale manufactures. Mr. MORRILL said he had not been aware that Tumber, breadstuffs, &c., were Included. Mr. SHERMAN called attention to the fact that it would not impose a tax of more than two cents on a barrel of flour; merely placing a tax of one-fifth of one per cent on amounts over five thousand dollars, It was not a tax on breadstuffs, but on the wholesale products, and utterly too insignificant as areason for the delay of the bill. He regretted that the provision in Oe ag to the whiskey fraud had been included, for which, however, neither the House nor Senate was pg Peep ete It was inserted at the urgent request of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, who had told them that he could not collect any revenue from whiskey without it. It would not affect the country disastricts, because there the dis- tilleries could be controlled; but it would eins the immense frauds committed in the cities. He sawfnothing alai in the bill that woula work any injury in a couple of months, when this whole in- ternal revenue matter would form the subject of further legislation. It was necessary to place this power somewhere. He did not wish to enter into a general discussion of the various points raised, though he could show that the proposal of tne Sen- ator from Indiana (Mr. Morton) was unjust and would be nugatory. He appealed for a vote to-night or otherwise they could not tell when the bill woul be acted upon. Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN was in favor of the H Saonny tion to close up the distilleries. If innocent ft would not injure them, as the effect would be to raise the price of the whiskey in store. He denied that it would have the effect of an ex post facto law in stop- ping the manufacture by persons engaged in viola- ing the law. ir. Davis argued that the committee of confer- ence had no right to take cognizance of the whiskey Leen Such a provision defeated the right of a istinct vote and freedom of debate on every ques- uon. He advocated at some length the taxation of the capacity of distilleries as the only practicable mode of collecting the revenue. Mr. Hows declared himself in favor of collecting two dollars tax, but thought this bill would be inoper- ative to do it, on which point he spoke at some length. At half-past four o’clock Mr. CONKLING, (rep.) of N. Y., called attention to the little time that remained for the action of another committee of conferen: bomen y A being set _o for other business, and urged the friends of the report to allow a vote to be had, either on agreeing to the report, or on a motion to non-concur, Mr. Howakp then moved to disagree, and ask another committee of conference, Mr. EpMunps said he would vote to send the mat- ter to another committee of conference, in order to provide meaus for the collection of tax as effective as icon Ir, CAMERON, (rep.) of Pa., believed the tax could be collected, and would vote for this and every mea- sure tapding to enforce it, Mr, TrumBust, (rep.) of Ill, did not believe a tax of $2 was to he collected by inflicting extraordinary nalties. Crime could not be prevented by the ex- remity of the penalty. Mr. Howard’s motigh was agréed to by the follow- ing yote:— YEAS—Mesers. Buckalew, Chandler, Cole, Conkling, Davis, aricks, Howard,’ Howe, Dixon, Edmyinds, Fessenden, Hi } y Morrill of Vt., Nye, Patterson of N. H.y Patterson of Tenn., Ramsey, Tipton, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Willey and Wilson—23. Nay6—Messrs. Cameron, Cattell. ee Wei Hender- son, Morgan, Pomeroy, Sherman, Sumner and Wade—9. + Mr. Ross, who would have voted “No,” was paired with Mr. Morton. Mr. Thayer, who would have voted “No,” was also paired, The CHAIRMAN appointed as the new committce of conference Messrs. Sherman, Howard and Mortou. POLITICAL DISABILITIES OF A TENNESSEEAN, Mr. TRUMBULL called up the bill to relieve the po- litical disabilities of Mr. Roderick R. Butler, of Ten- nessee. Mr. BUCKALEW, (dem,) of Pa. took the floor in op- position, but yielded at five o’clock to a motion to adjourn, and the Senate adjourned to meet on Mon- day at eleven o'clock. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON, March 28, 1968. DES MOINES RAPIDS CANAL SWAMP LANDS. Mr. WILSON, (rep.) of Iowa, presented the joint resolutions of the lowa Legislature in reference to the Des Moines Rapids Canal swamp land sele tions, NAVAL MATTERS. Mr. VAN Hors, (rep.) of Mo., introduced two bills amendatory of present naval regulations. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, Mr. PIKE, (rep.) of Me., Introduced a bill to equalize le of the staff corps inthé havy. Referred to ‘ommittee on Naval Affairs. RIGHTS OF CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES. Mr. Jupp, (rep.) of Ilt., introduced a joint resolu- tion in reference to the rights of United States citi- zens. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, THE RESTORATION OF ALABAMA. ‘The Frouse then proceeded to the consideration of the bill to admit the State of Alabama to representa- tion in Congress. Mr. ASHLEY, (rep.) of Ohio, offered a substitute, Mr. KERR, (dem.) of Ind., addressed the House in Mp to the bill. He declared that if the State of Alabama were admitted into the Union under the law and with the shackles which the last section im. osed upon her; she never could stand up in the Rimit of republics and say that she was th ual of her sister States. She would come in with id of use and inferiority upon her, made per- petual by the vote of Congress. And yet they were told that this was to be a government republican in form. It was a government which the Lew hy Ala- bama despised, which they loathed, wi they rejected in every way left to them be A! des- potism in which to express their feelings, When Alabama was first admitted she had inscribed on her coat of arms the motto, “Younger, but equal.” In that motto was expressed the law of this coun- try—a law most bye eg Ma vege most vital to the essential principles of equ: of State governments.. But were told he _recon- struction measures of were for the better government of the rebel States. If the matter were not such @ solemn one that might be received as a caricature, as a bitter and cruel “tor on the conduct of in ry if it were ie duty of Con to make a constitution for Alabama, it should make a decent constitution, one which would be in fact and truth a republican government, But O @ had no such right, and if it should make force upon Alabama the most popular in- strument it would still not be a constitution republi- can in spirit and in intent. As to the constitution now sought to be imposed upon Alabama if it were republican then Haynau himself was the very im. a ion of @ lover of liberty. Mr. Kerr proceeded criticise in detail the various provisions of the pro- posed constitution, Mr. PALNE, (rep.) of Wis., next spoke in advocacy of the bill, replying to some of the objections made by Mr. Kerr, particularly as to charges of gerry- the votes of three new counties, which Mr. showed had been reannexed to the counties from which they had pre- peen detached, He expressed his belief that not over five thousand white men in Alabama, were excluded from registration by the reconstruction acts, while it Was possible that one thousand Was th m of those who were in fact Bo ex. cluded. ‘The white men gf Alabama, who were ad- mitted to be rebels durin the war, Were permitted to vote and (o exercise fuil political powers om con ORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET. dition that they would declare, under oath, that they would not hereafter attempt to deprive the loyal black men of the South of their political powers, and that Was spoken of as an atrocious hardship, He looked upon it in no such light, He thought it a favor to. those e rebels that they were allowed to partake of political power at all. lt would have been right and just if it had been deemed expedient to withhold absolutely from them ail political power, and he could see no justice or propriety in any man charging Congress with in- Just ice because it said to those rebels that they should not exercise political power unless they swore not to strip it from those men who were loyal during the war and to whom Congress was in honor bound to extend and gitg that right, To the objection that most of the Representatives elected in Alabama were not natives of that State, he remimded the House that more than half of the Representatives of Indiana, were natives of other states; that of the sixteen IIli- nois apr orentasives only four were born in that State; that the gentleman who made the objection (Mr. Beck) was not a native ofthe State of Kentucky, which he so ably represented, nor of the American continent at all, and that his other colleague on the committee (Mr. Brooks) was not a native of the State which he so ably represented. He declared that he was satisfied that the constitution of Ala- bama met the approval of the majority of the quali- fied electors of that State; and if he had not been so satisfied he would not vote for the bill, Mr. FARNSWorTH, (rep.) of Ill, at half-past two moved that the House take a recess from half past four to seven o'clock, the vote on the bill to be taken at half-past seven, (Expressions of disapproval on both sides of the House.) The SPEAKER intimated that this was the last day for legislative action for some time. Mr. BANKS, (rep.) of Mass., suggested that the vote be taken now, The pection @ Mr. Farnsworth was rejected by a ine majority, ir. ELDRIDGE, (dem,) of Wis., then proceeded to address the House in opposition to the bill. He re- ferred to the various movements of Congress against the executive and judicial departinents of the gov- ernment, and saw in all these movements mrenaces against the peace and security of the country. There had even ®@ proposition, he said, which had robably emanated froin the usurping Secretary of ‘ar, to disband the Capitol police and to supplant that force with a military force, and if that proposi- tion had not been notl and defeated Congress would have been legislating under the gleam of the sword, and the Supreme Court would have been in- terpreting the laws at the point of the bayonet. He lared that Alabama was epee of the Union, ,Unless the history of the last five years were a lie; unless the war for the suppression of the rebellion was @ monstrous crime; unless every man who fought in the war on either side was a conscious traitor. The bill, he said,.could be justified by no man not filled with infernal hatred of our govern- ment and oats its overthrow. It must, it could, only end in blood. No man in his senses could expect: hing else. The white race had never in the history of the world been subject to the black race. The madness or folly of Cengress could never compel the white race to submit to its African domination or government. He was glad that the Reconstruction Committe and the gentle- man from Pennsylvania (Mr. Stevens) had had the hardihood to proclaim their revolutionary pur- pose, to buil up a malgiity nation on the ruins of the old Union. He wished the peo- ple of the States which denied universal ne- gro su! to take heed and understand that no State shall ever, according to the report of the Reconstruction Committee, be admitted until the right of universal esis shall have been made pecnasiens and impossible of violation. He read ex- Tracts of speeches made by Mr. Colfax and by Mr. Bingham in the House of Representatives against en- forcing the Lecompton constitution on the people of Kansas, and applied the sentiments to the case of Alabama. He asked what had caused this most re- markable change in the views and opinions of those ntlemen? Was it the emi rom the States of the South, despotism, into the State of Kansas? The course of Con, in this measure would not restore a g government and prosperity to Alabama. No man was more anxious than himself to see the State of Alabama and the other States of the South represented in Congress, but he could not be a party to this bastard constitution—this negro government. He could not be a party to such an outrage, not only on Alabama, but on all the States of the Union. With his views he could not impose this constitution on the people of Alabama if it had been formed by the angels of heaven instead of by Hg, ied The acts of to-day would affect this repub- Ne for centuries, for good or for ill, The idea of the white vente of Alabama submitting to a constitution thus forced upon them was ut- terly absurd and preposterous, He had not 80 mean an opinion of them as to suppose they would submit, They might submit so long ae they were in the presence of and were overawed by astanding army, and no longer. The time would certainly come when the pride of race and blood would not brook the domf{nation of inferior men; when the white pes of that State, conscious of the great wrong inflicted on them, and conscious of their God-given strength and their right to be free, would rise and drive into the sea the African rule placed over them by Congress. In conclusion, he read some more extracts from a speech of Mr. Bingham on the Kansas question, only substituting the name of Ala- bama for that of. and showed how accurately oe ayiet te it question. it WILLIAMS, rep.) of Pu., stated that he should vote against the bill, and as he would be found at variapve with many of his own political friends he desired co give the reasons which had brought him to that conclusion. He did not believe it either essential or wise to compel the people of Alabama to enjoy the privileges of the Union and to share in its govern- ment against their will. If there were any consider- able number of white men in the South who had any sense of contrition for what they-had done beyond that feeling of remorse which swayed the heart of Satan and his peers, only because their enterprise had fatled, he had not seen the evidence of it. He did not believe in forcing those incorrigible delin- quents into an association of power with a people whom they hated and a government which they had striven to overthrow. . BINGHAM, (rep.) of Ohlo, addressed the House in advocacy of the biil, putting it on the statesman- like axiom that “if you cannot get all you wish you should get ail you can.” He thought, however, that suilicient restrictions had already been imposed on the people of Alabama, and, therefore, he was op- osed to the third section, It was authorized neither the laws nor the constitution. It was the right of the people to alter or amend their constitution, subject only to the constitu- tion of the United ee and they could not be deprived of that right. The American system would be a total failure if the people could not be trusted with that right, There was no colora- ble excuse for attempting to engraft such a provi- sion on the statute book, 1 cannot, he said, shat my eyes to the great fact that this government was built by white men upon ideas, ff not instincts, that were peculiar to the race, that the predominating element is still the same, and that there is no reason to expect that in the long future it will ever put on any other complexion. In saying this I would not be understood to disparage the political rights of any race that fate or fortune has cast upon our shore: whether it be the docile African or the other ani more turbulant one that comes by ship loads, with its Old World ideas @nd its antt-repub- lican instincts, in Church and _ State, to fill the ranks and feed the wasting reservoir of the so-called American democracy, We have them both to deal with, as we have had the Spaniard and the Frenchman, and have now the Mexican and the In- dian, and, under the new purchase of the President and the Senate, if ratified here—which God forbid !|— the Esquimaux, or mongrels of the Polar sea, and must do the best we can to incorporate and assimi- late, if we can, these heterogeneous elements by educating them into a love of order and a just appre- ciation of the rights of man. But nobody, | suppose, would think of constructing @ durable re- publican State from on of these materials without a judicious termixture, a little leaven or flavoring, at least, of that high instinct which puts the man above the brute and has in the pro of ages evolved stability and juris- prudence from the asserters of individual man ood, and, a# a consequence, a just respect for te rights and liberties of ail, The “ye as all know, has just taken of the chains that have shackled his limba and bound down his higher faculties for more than two hundred — ‘That he will be able to main- tain himself for any considerable time, even by su- perior num! without a considerable amount of support from loyalists with white skins, in the resence of the stronger and more sublimated if not if her ethic element, I do not believe. When you bring these two races—nay, any two races, in juxta- position ‘on terms of equality and fivairy the weaker ‘will be sure to go to the wall, just as among the white races the Ceit has always succumbed in the presence of the stronger Teuton, as well on the continent of Europe as elsewhere. With the white element dl- vided, as in the State of Tenn I should have felt no dificulty on this score; but where it {s all black on one side and white on the other I see no safety. As it is, | look for no great popularity in this measure, ‘Without inquiring whether an antecedent ratification is such a one as the constitution juires in case the amendment in question is not ali ly & partof that instrument, asl think it is, it is only n to say that the resolution is an idle one. Is there: way of enforcing it? If there be, what is it? Is this default tate to be expelled, or is its law to be nullified by legislation here? Where will the gentleman find the rer to do either? Does it rest on the contract of the constitution or on the for- mer? How is that? To confer on Congress a ju- risdiction which the constitution does not give, or to take away from States a power that is expressly re- served to the States respectively and to the people? I have no faith insuch stipulations; they confess a condition of things which is not yet ripe for uncondi- tional restoration. I do not choose to anticipate by taking such @ risk; I fame to wait until ail is at least apparently safe. There will be danger enough even then, it is no easy task to con- struct a friendly republican State with hog. We elements so formidable to be dealt win, He is but an apprentice in political science qwpo thinks it can be done either in a hurry or vinous the co-operationof a clear majority of the, pre. No good thing, no machine, certainly of % Gonstruc- tion so deltente or complex as the orm snization of a State, was ever perfected in a hurr,” we can afford to wait, I warn gentlemen, ‘,e"cannot aiford to commit an error, It Was (atte inconsistent with what Congress had already one touching the mat ter of reconstruction, ‘snd he hoped that it was in- consistent with all Laat Congress would hereafter do on that subject. hie also opposed the section offered by Mr. Stevens, imposing condition son the admission of Alsbama into the Union, and appealed to ‘the jouse to reject it The construction of it he declared to be to confer suffrage on wome y and children. The substitute olfered by his colle. ygue (Mr, S iz) he character- ized as a total departure from the legislation of Con- gress on the subject. He could not sanction that - pars of it particularly which enabled the Legislature ropose amendments to the constitution and sub- mit them to the people. There was nothing like it in the past history of the country. Mr. DAWES, (rep.) of M: reminded him that in reference to the adinission of Nebraska Congress had added an amendment to the constitution and re- quired the Legislature to accede to it, Mr. BINGHAM Saw no parallel in the case, Mr. Dawes asked him to say where the difference ir. BINGHAM supposed he had said enough to show the ditference, Mr. Dawes—Does the gentleman decline to be interrupted? Mr, BINGHAM—I decline to be repeating myself for the accommodation of the gentleman. The ditter- ence, however, is perfectly manifest. I have satd before, and I do not iniend to be diverted from it, that for myself I hold that no funda- mental condition can be imposed on the restoration of any State into the Union or the admission of any State intothe Union which does not stand within the Umitations and conditions of the federal constitn- tion, Mr. Bingham then proceeded to advocate the passage of the bill, with the third section stricken out, and predicted that members who voted for it would find themseives sustained by their constitu- hereafter by the action om, and = sustained of the people of Alabama themselves. Refer- ring to ir. Eldridge’s paraphrase of the speeches of himself and the Speaker on the Kansas uestion, he said he had undertaken to mutilate those speeches; that the Lecompton constitution had never emanated from the people of Kanas; that it contained the blasphemy that the ownership of slaves is higher than the constitution and the law, and that it should never be amended so as to affect the Ch Grapes y of property in slaves. The cases of Alabama and Kansas were as wide apart as the rd as the two points of the wniverse—heaven and el Mr. Dawes said he would be very glad to vote for the bill as it came from the committee, either with or without the third seetion, if he could see in it any foarars of security to the people of Alabama. He ad wanted to hear the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Bingham) on some doubts which he entertained, but he regretted that that gentleman seemed so satisfied with his own ideas that he was disposed to proclaim them as the lex scripta of the House, and to permit no man to get behind them as conclusive evidence of what the House should do, The proposition of the gentleman’s colleague (Mr. Spalding) to the people of Alabama syormnlag secured to them by the original bill except one thing, and that was _ represerftation in Congress. The theory on which all the legislation went was, that the moment representation was secured in the House and Senate the State passed from under the control of Coren and that, whatever Congress might do afterwards, could no more be enforced within Alabama than it could be in Massachusetts. It was proposed by the substitute offered by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Spalding) to legislate so that everything which the constitution of Alabama secured to the people should be secured to them, except representation in the two branches. He confessed that he had undergone some change of views in the year that he had been here touching the idea of representation in these two branches. He had in times it struggled to secure representation even to single districts, as the armies of the United States cleared out the rebeilious ele- ment; but he was satisfed now that instead of repre- sentation in Congress being the first thing, it should be the last thing. The State should be first built up, individual and personal rights secured, the damage wrought by the rebellion repaired, and stability and security made certain. Representation should foi- low, and grow out of that security, and not be the means of bringing about the security itself, It should be the last thing and not the first. Mr. STEVENS, (rep.) of Penn., rose at the Clerk’s desk, and said—Mr. Speaker, I desire to say a few words in reference to the condition of this bill, Some time ago Congress passed an act authorizing Ala- bama and other waste Territories of the United States to form constitutions, if possible, 80 as to make them fit to be associated with civilized communities. It gave them a certain length of time for the purpose of doing so. It was provided (whether wisely or un- wisely it is not for me to say) that the State of Ala- bama and the other States, after having all their voters registered, should require a‘ majority of all the tered voters to adopt such consii- tutions. Unfortunately, Alabama did not find a majority to come HD, to the law which had been passed, It failed of that majority by a considerable number, The House had seen this difficulty before it finally happened, and had passed an act giving power to these States to act with a bare majority ac- cording to our majority preps. The Senate—now here arises all our troubles—with a wisdom which has characterized it far above this House in many just such disastrous issues, let that bill lie upon the table over two months, alchough urged to take it up and pass it before the vote of Alabama took place. That vote took place, and only a mi- nority of the Teglatered voters voted for the constitu- tion. Hence it is that we are now called upon either to reject this State or to violate our own enabling act, which allowed it to enter upon certain conditions, ‘There is nothing that prevents us from violating that act if we deem it prudent, Iam often reminded by gen- tlemen around me—some very wise, and some other- wit (laughter)—that I have said more than once that all this is outside of the constitution, He fa otherwise who thinks that that assertion ts not true. rt hter among the democrats.) This very pro- ceeding shows that this House believes that it is act- ing, not according to the forms of the constitution, which found no such cases of Japsed territory to be formed into communities and brought into the nation. When West Virginia was introduced and I tirst made that declaration, it was admitted by a majority of the House on the ground that it had gone through with the forms of the constitution In acquir- ie consent of both States, while one had ceased to exist long before and the other one existed in Ohio— (laughter)—and I voted for the admission of that State, But { was not going to make either a fool or a knave of myself and say that I voted for it under the constitution, or that 1d not know what I was voting for, 1 hed sae” as I hold now, that, having conquered — that SerstOry from another Power—a Power recognized 0S an independent belligerent by all the sovereign nations of the earth, by ourselves as well as others— we had a right to treat it as such, and to take it in or keep it out as we pleased. I said, then, that the con- stitution had nothing to do with it; but I would in- form my learned friend from the bushes (laughter) that while | speak of being outside of the constitu- tion Ido not mean that the constitution does not recognize the law of nations. It does recognize the law of nations, and the law of nations recognizes the right of the conquering power to do with conquered territory just as it pleases. 1 trust I shall hear nothing more after this explanation from my most obfusticated friends who have often seemed 80 ignorant of what I meant or of what they were talking about. (Laughter.) Now, Mr. Speaker, what are we to say with reference to Alabama? confess to you that Iam not altogether ciear as to what we ought to do, As @ just and wise body we have power under the constitution to admit new States, whether made out of ments of a confederacy or out of fragments of a foreign nation, or by any other process, when we come to agree with those States, I hold more—that when you come to admit new States you can admit them on just such terms as may be be agreed upon. They are parties capable of contracting, capable of pro- posing and of consenting, and until they have lost power of consent by having become actually incor- porated in another body they have a right to enter fato such contract; and after they have gone into it and it is partially executed they are bound to fuliil it, How was it about Texas when she was admitted? There was not only a condition imposed by Congress. But there was a proposition made to that State to get her wild lands to pay her debts, the lands consisting of over one hundred and fifty millions acre and the debt being over $2,000,000, The debt we afterwards paid, to be sure, because ‘Texas could not it; but did anybody ever doubt that that was a valid and binding contract on the people of both sections? of both nations, if you please, for then they were both nations, or both con- tracting powers? It would be an indication of be orance on the part of the members of the House if it were needed that I should enumerate the numerous cases in which conditions have been proposed and accepted and acted upon, and never violated. They were to Missouri, to Arkansas and to other States; but I will not enumer- ate them for anybody. To say that any tract of land coming here and saying, here are one hundred thousand people, here is a constitution, under which we would like to be one of the members of your nation—for anybody to say that we could not admit them and send that identical constitution to their eorse sos Vereen and if carried to be acted upon here forever seems to me to be a degree ol jorance which ill not presume to exist in this House. If, then, we have a right to do it in one instance we have a right to do it in all instances in which we admit id Ln A sate eee Peed only question here, although up Yothe Enabling act, had we beepered to admit her people as fit to associate with men, a few of whom 80 ee with revels that they are un- will to let these poor men into the Union at all. (Laughter.) What is that constitution? It is that every man of sufficient age—twenty-one years—shall be entitled to vote at their elections. If I were certain that those who have just yeas themselves and attempted to break down this glorious Union would live and abide by their contract and not ones further to destroy us, if we admit this terri! leaven, I should not hesitate. There are no forms, no omissions, that would keep me from yA nion at once. 1 confess I have —Lam sorry for it—as to whether, after we shail have admitted them into the Union, and after to-mor- row’s gun shall have set upon them, they will not be ree call & babs eos wo oe en slevery in some shape or form. now very we Uae ingeaulty ofthese men, We abolished slavery, ex- cept for crime, but I have been informed of twenty cases in which men have been held in bondage and are now serving init. One case is in Florida, where our Commissioner of the Freedmen’s Bureau informed me he had seen six of them sold for twenty years. How do they do it? They passa law that any man guilty of assault and battery shall be sold into slavery for twenty years. Itis the law there now. They go into the street, and if a white man josties & black one, or @ black man josties a white one fe is taken right to the Court House, is convicted of assault and battery and is sold for twenty years into slavery. There are hundreds this day in the South- ern States who are serving as slaves on just such contrivances. They have so altered the law that they have introduced the system of peonage even worse than in Mexico or the middle Southern pro- vinces; and yet what shail we do? We must try to shackle them in some way, that, while we are ad- mitting these fraudulent white men, we mray secure the poor ignorant black man from their impositions. Hence it is that 1 have moved to strike out all afer the first section and insert in its place what S will be a complete shackle. But the sition of the gentieman frou: Ohio (Mr. Bing- ain) to strike out the third segtion is all, I aust say, in the interest of slavery. I have offered my proposition to try to protect, if possible, freedom against the wiles of Ue mosigwicked institation that God ever afilicted man with or that ever could exist itrough the invention of numan ingenuity. 1 will vote for no constitution which does not give univer- sal and impartial suifrage, and bind, as far as human ligaments can bind, that provision forever, unaltera- ble, ineradicable in the instrument, so that, if ever taken out by the roots, it shall take with it every other fragment of the instrument itself, and send. them back tg act according to the provisions of a new law. Mr. BoUTWELL argued against the amendment oifered by Mr, Stevens, objecting to it that it would admit to suirage women and children as well as men. Mr. STEVENS thought that that was not a fair con- struction of it; but he was willing to change the words “citizens of the United States” into the words “electors of the United States.’” Mr. BouTWELI, said he did not see how that would help the matter, iT, STEVENS asked how he could help it? Mr. Bourwett replied that if he were offering the [a ean it would be his business to perfect it; but as he was opposing it that was not his business, He went on to say that he was in favor of the bill, but was opposed to Mr. Stevens’ amendment, which had been oifered after the bill had been agreed upon in committee. That amendment would open up to every rebel in the State of Alabama who could not be convicted of treason the right to vote in all elections. Sir, ELDRIDGE desired to ask Mr, Boutwell whether he would exclude men who were convicted but — . Mr, BoUTWELL declined to yield and went on to say that the conditions declared to be fundamental in. the third section of the bill were in entire harmo- ny with nine ppecedens in the government, and were within the rule laid down by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Bingham), to wit.—that they were in harmony with the constitution and not in any sense outside of it or extraneous to it, and were conditions that were necessary for the security of ere le of eg if that State was to be admitted into the muon, Mr. MILLER, (rep.) of Pa., favored the admission of Alabama under the constitution presented, He said that he was very anxious for the late rebellious States to have representation in Congress and be restored to all their political rights, and that mili- tary rule be dispensed with as soon as could be done with safety to the country. He Suproven of the constitution presented, The only barrier that seemed to be in the way was that the vote on the ratification of the constitution was not one-half of the registered vote, said to be 170,000, The whole num- ber of votes polled, as reported, was 71,817; of which 70,812 were cast in favor and 1,005 agalnst the ratifi- cation of the constitution, showing a majority of 68,807 in favor of its adoption, or 13,188 less than one- half the reported registered vote. He contended it was dificult to tell the number of qualified electors at the time the vote was,taken, as many names were defectively registered and a large number had left the State and others had died, and stated that the proofs showed that many were deprived of the right of voting. He argued also that there was notht the reconstruction laws to prevent its admission; that theact it made impartial when at least one-half voted; but this did not prevent Congress from pass- ing a law admitting Alabama, As the law now stood a mere majority was suilicient. Why, then, put Ala- baia to the trouble and the government to the ex- pense of going through the form of another elec- ton? Those who refused to vote had no reason to complain, Mr. FARNSWORTH closed the debate. He said that the bill was opposed by the gentleman from chusetts (Mr. Dawes) and others on the republican side because it would give the State into the hands of the rebels, and was opposed by the members on the democratic side because it would put the State into the hands of Joyal men. Who would decide when doctors dis- agreed? He te ty that to reject Alabama after she had gone through the struggle would be only to en- courage rebels and to discourage loyal men, Mr. MYERS (rep.) of Pa. Lr ome in this connec- tion that ne had’ the original letter sent in January to Captain Francis Lyons, who had just been dis- charged from the Federal paring: him to uit the State of Alabama, adding that Captain Lyons had remained, and a few months afterwards, had been brutally murdered. This was when Andrew Johnson had begun to inspire rebels with fresh courage and when the whole power of the fee. was veing placed by him in the hands of dis- loyal men. ir. FARNSWORTH resumed, and said that he had had letter upon letter beseeching Congress not to torn back Alabama, but to spare the loyal people the mortification, humiliation and insult which they would be obliged to face. He was sorry to hear the gentleman from Pennsylvania speak about the bill violating the Enabling act. Mr. STEVENS said he had made no such statement; for he had no doubt at all of the power of Congress to pass the bill, ir. FaRNswortTa having resumed his seat, the House proceeded to vote upon the various proposi- tions. Mr. ELDRIDGE moved to lay the bill upon the table, which Swing negatived—yeas 30, nays 103, @ strict party vo! ‘The next question was upon Mr. Bingham’s motion to strike ‘the third section of the original bill. ‘The motion was agreed to by @ vote, on a count by the Speaker, of 74 to 33. The House refusing to order the yeas and nays, the next question waa on Mr. Stevens’ amendment, to el out after the first section of the bill and insert as follows:— SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That sald State of Ala bama shail be recognized and aimitted into. the Union upo the following fundamental. conditions :—That the right of suffrage of vcitizens of the United States shall never ba dented or abridged in said State on any account, except for treason, felony or other crime infamous. at common laws but auffrage as above provided for shall forever be universal and impartial, and Congress shall have power to annul any fact of sald State in violation or derogation vf this act with re- gard to suffrage, and may regulate the same. in case. Of such Alteration, If the right of suifrage In the State of Alabama shoaldevér be reduoed below the universal isht herein, pro- Vided for, all legislation admitting said State into the Union shall be null aud void. ~~ ‘The amendment was rejected without a division, The question then recurred on the substitute offered by Mr. Spalding for tue original bill, as fol- lows:— ‘That the constitution framed by the Convention of Ala- bama, whlch was submnitted tor ratiication by the people at an election commencing on the fourth day of February, 1868, is hereby declared to be the fundamental and orgauld Jaw tor a provisional government for the people of Alabama, sofaras the same is not in contlict with the constitution jand the officers elected at y of May, 1888, qualify as provided fn said constitution and the ordinances of said Con- vention, and fmmediately thereafter enter upon the discharge of their respective ollices. BEOTION 2 And be it further enacted, That the Gayernor, at any time after he aball have qualitied and entered upon the scharge of the duties of bis ollice, may, by proclamati convene the Legislature chosen at said election; the Legisla: ture when #0 couvened rial posaexs all the power conferred by sald constitution which may — not in cone flict with the constitution and laws of the United States. And the Legislature is hereby further empowered to submit aafd constitution to the qualitied electors of Alabama for ratification ime or times as it may designate, ved by a majority vote of ututton, as iano by the ndments pro} y the be proposed by the Lepialae trey they ‘shall be voted | upon separately "and not im connection with the constitution as it came trom the Convention. So. 8, And be it further em That whenever the people by a majority vote of the electors of Alabama qualified under the net of Congress of March 23, 1867, to vote for delegates to form a constitution, and actually voting on said. ratineasion, shall have ratified a’constitution submitted as aforesaid, an the Legislature of the proposed Stave organization shall have adopted the amendment to the constitution of the United State proposed by the Thirty-ninth Congress, and known we article fourteen, the constitutionof Alabama may be presented to Congress for its appro Ko. 4. And be itfurther enacted, That the District Com- manders shall furnish all necessary aid in enforcing this act and the act of March 887, entitled “An act to provide for a more efficient government for the rehel States," and the acts supplemental to and amendatory thereof shall remain in full force iu Alabama, except as modified by this act, until Ala- bama shail be restored to representation in Congress, The vote was taken by yeas and nays, and resulted, yeas 77, nays 64, as foliows:— YeAS—Mensre, Amos, Anerson, Ashley of Nevada, Ashley of Obio, Baker, Baldwin, Ba ty, Benjainin, Brom- well, Broomall, Chureblll, © Cullom, Dawes, Dixon, Bouge, Ferris, Ferry, Halsey, Have! mn Convention, with or withou Legisiature’ and if amend Eliot, i oll, Judd, Julian, Kel Ketchai oonta, Ean ytairenée “ot Ohio, Lah tougher? nard,’ McClurg, Mercur, Moore, ‘Moorhead, Mot Mul- ling, Myers, Nunn, O'Neill, Orth, Poland Polatey, Pomeroy, Price, Raum, Sawyer, Scoheld, Shanks, Smith, Spalding, Ste= Yous of Pa., Taife, Twitchell, Upson, Van of ‘Van Horn of Mo. Mase., Welker, Williams of Pa., Ohio, Wilson of Pa., Woodbridge ot Navs—Mensrs. Adams, Arnel ‘Ward, Washb his Washburn of y ey of is'of Pax Wilson of foway Wilson of Gravely, Haight, “Heiman, Hubbard of Conn fam fohneon, Jon fy 20 Marakai Miller, Mungen? News So the substitute was adopted. ‘The next ag ied ‘ortterig the Madonna rd to ee aged, jouse refu ower The final vote was on e bill. The bill was passed—yeas ni 20—a atrict 102, party vote, Stevens, of Pa., voting with the majority, Ena Wintais, of voting a Pa mepina, the titie of the bill was if Mr. SPALDING, the title Aerie ce to fea “A bill to provide for a tem it in Alabama”? ON THE TAX BILL. A pew ‘vote on the bill to exempt certain manu. fhotres | ‘from tax, and Messrs. Schenck, Brooks and Ferry were appointed on the part of the House. PROPOSED RAILROAD BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND THE SCHUYLKILL. " Mr. CAKE, ) of Pa., introduced a bill to ant i ize the builkfing of a railroad from Srasningvoo SS the Schuylkill river, Pennsylvania. Referred to Committee on Roads and Canals. The House at six o'clock adjourned. BUSINESS PROSTRATION IN BOSTON. From the Evening Telegram of yesterday.) F Boston, March 28, 1968, f ‘There has never been such a general depression o' business fn Boston as now. Some twelve hundred mechanics, who had managed to get through the winter hoping for a spring revival of business, have roughly discouraged and will leave for pecan next week, ‘The late discharges of work- men from the Navy Yard have caused considerable suffering, and a great number of those bound for ifornia are ainong those vace employed by the government. re ry