Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-01-04
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WEDNESDAY MORNING. JANUARY a, 1926.

WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1926.
We postponed the publication of the annual Treasu-
ry Report until We had made the width of our columns
more suitable to figure work. We give it to-day entries
and to the necessary exclusion of other interesting mat
ter. Nisa paper ofntense interest strongly marked bv
of its style and arrangement and by the
great financial ability of its author Being the first eff
fort OF new minister, and document of great i'm.
pcrtance, it will doubt be generally read we shall
not therefore, trouble the reader with further comment
Doct. JOSEPH KENT, member of Congress- from the
State OF Maryland Monday last elected Governor
OF that State, by vote of SO to 81 It is understood
that he accepts the Office and WILL therefore, imme.
oatey vacate his seat in the House of Representatives
CONGRESS PROCEEDINGS OF YESTERDAY.
In THE SENArE.-A letter was communicate
ed to the Senate, by the Vice President, from
Mr.. Thomas Randall, stating, that he had read !,
a few days since, with some surprise, a letter
from Com. Porter, invoking the aid Of the Sc
nate, and TO relieve him from the charge and
censures, which had grown out of Mr.. RS re-
ports to the Executive, while he was Special
Agent Tor the Government at the Island Of Gu
ba, and deny the charges Of Com. Porter, SO
lar as they relate to himself. Mr. Smith re-
marked, on moving its reference 10 the Naval
Committee, that as Mr. r. conceived his cha
racter was implicated il the Letter of Com
Porter, it was proper to receive the communi-
cation, though he had no idea OF converting the
Senate OF the y. States into an arena for COM
batants.
A number Of memorials and petitions were
presented, among the number, tie Tennessee
resolutions for amending the Constitution
A resolution was offered by Mr. Noble, to
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have entered aquarter section, at the rate Of
50 per acre, and paid $50 thereon, to receive
patents for 80 acres, on the payment of $50
more and relinquishing to the U. STATES the re-
sdue Of the said quarter section.
In THE HOUSE OF REPR ,'.NTArlvEs-Anti-
cipating perhaps, the operation of rule, for
presenting Petitions ,cecky instead of daily, af-
ter the first thirty days OF the session, great
CT number than usual were presented to-day,
* among them several OF general import. Mr..
Tucker, Of NewJersey, presented the joint re-
solution Of the Council and Assembly Of his
State, requesting their Representatives in Con-
gress to use their influence in obtaining an Arti-
fetal Harbour or Stone Break-water in the Del
aware Bay, near Cape Hcnlopen:-Mr. Barney
presented the petition of sundry inhabitants OF
Baltimore, praying that the duty on imported
Fish may be redsced.-Mr. Cooke, presented
a resolution of the State Of Tennessee, propos-
ing an amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, in relation to the election of a
President and Vice-President; also providing
that no member Of Congress, shall be eligible
to any Office within the gift or nomination oil
the President, during the period for which he
shall have been elected, and Tor six months
, thereafter, except appointments in the army OF
Navy of the United States.-Mr McDuffie
presented the memorial of James Ruggles, Of
the City of Washington, proposing to establish
Reading Room, in the Capitol of the United
States, for the use of the Members Of Con.
: gress.
Mr.. Thompson Of Penn. from the Committee
for the District of Columbia, to whom the sub
ject was referred, reported bill to provide fol
erecting Penitentiary in the District Of Co
lumbia; to reform the penal laws of said Dis
trlct, and for other purposes; which was twice
read and committed TO Committee OF the
whole House tomorrow, and ordered to be
, printed, together with The Report on the state
l of the Prisons OF the District, made by the Dis
trict Committee at the last session.
| Mr.. Wright from the Committee on the Ju
S dietary, reported bill TO perpetuate the evi
3 dence relating to the sale of Dwelling Houses
Lots and Lands, for the non-payment OF Direc
Taxes due the United States, which was read
twice and committed for tomorrow.
Mr. Hamilton, from the Committee on Mill
: tary Affairs, to which was referred the MESA.
: ges of the President of the United States, ant
other documents relating TO the claims OF the
State Of Massachusetts, for certain services rem
dercd by the militia of that State during tht
late war with Great Britain, made report, &C
!, companied by bill authorizing the settlement
Z. and payment Of said claims, which bill wa'
, read twice, committed, and together with thu
4 documents, ordered to be printed.
Y Mr.. Webster, from the Committee on the Ju
dietary, to whom was referred the petition o
!. Thomas Cooper, President of the uth-Caro
lima College, reported that the petitioner ough
to have leave to withdraw his petition. The pc
tition sets forth, that in the year 800 he wa:
indicted and tried, under the sedtion law OF '9S
for publishing an alledged libel on the then Pre-
sident Of the United States: that he was foune
guilty and sentenced to be imprisoned For 81,
months, and pay fine Of four hundred dollars
Having paid this fine, he 2rays Congress that
may be restored to him with interest--on the
: grounds first, that what he published was no Ii.
bel, and secondly, that the act before mentioned
was unconstitutional.
Mr.. Hamilton Of South-C Carolina, hoped, that
) The petition and report would be laid on the
table and nriuted in order that every member