Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-01-09

of persons exists, assuming to be the Gov:
ernment of the Confederate States, for N.
purpose of Withdrawing States from the Fed.
erai Union, but that this does not distiHtu;sb
the political franchise Of such States. and
that citizens thereof can at any time recon.
s,ruct their civil governmentI the opiv
condition being that their constitutions are
republican.
The House refused to second call for tia
previo 3 question, when. on motion of Love.
ioy, the resolutions were referred to the &c.
lcct committee on States.
Spaulling, Of Ohio, offered a resolution for
the appointment of select COMMITTEES Of
nine to consider and report on the subject Of
a Natl nal Bankrupt Act.
A motion to lay OH the table was lost-6s
10 80. The resolution was then adopted.
Ashley. Of Ohio, introduced bill which
was referred, providing provisional govern
ments in the military districts Of the insuf.
gent States, and authorizing loyal citizens
thereof, to organize Governments, republic
can in form. and for other purposes.
In the House message was received from
the President. informing the House that he
hid approved and sigued the joint resolution
of thanks t. General Grant and the armies
under him, and for gold medal, etc.
Johnson, of Pennsylvania, offered the fol-.
lowing:
"WHEREAs, The supreme judicial tribunal
of the State of Pennsylvania decided sol.
EMMY that the Act of March 80, 1868,
commonly called the Consumption Act. is
contrary TO and violative' of the provisions
of the Constitution and therefore null and
void, therefore
RrsoIred, That it is the sworn duty Of
the Executive Department Of the Government
either to acquiesce in the decision Of that
State. ur to bring the question involved be-
fore the Supreme Court Of the Unite d States
for final adjudication and that If Congress-
shall dem such Legislation necessary, bill
shall be- prepared not subject to constitution
al objections"
The resolution YVES tabled by vote Of 90
against it.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-The Twenty Mil
lion Appropriation Bill. to pay bounties.
which passed the House yesterday also passed
the Senate to-day. This bill provides that
no bounties except such as are provided for
by law shall be paid to any persons enlisted
after January 5th; that money paid BY draft
ed persons und the Enrolment Act shall be
paid out on acquisitions as in the cas- of 9th.
or public moneys, and the money as paid
shall be kept in the Treasury as a special de-
post, applicable only to the expenses of the
draft and for the procuration of substitutes;
for these purposes it is hereby app opriated.
The Eastern news by the anderson is to
the 9th ult. The summary published by
Victoria papers is composed of the same in
cdents narrated IN dtail in our dispatches
Of 18th to 23d. from which we infer that
nothing of special importance subsequent to
those dates has TRANSFERRED The following is
all OF Importance. in addition to tie Dis
patches published above:
Gen. Buford, of the U. S. cavalry, is dead.
Longstrect is still pursued BY Foster in East
Tennessee. The bombardment Of Charles
ton still continues. The woodwork Of Fort
Sumter wis destroyed by fire from shell
and ten men killed and wounded. 1870 shells
were thrown in'o Charleston on the 17th-a
man killed. n woman seriously injured, and
IA buildings destroyed by fire. The cap,
tured steamer Chesapeake was rc-captured
by u. S. vessrls off the thu coast Of Nova
Scotia, and the crew handed over to the
Nova Scotia authorities. The Halifax ppo-
pie gathered. however, and forcibly released
the prisoners - holding the officers while
thei charges ran off. Gen. Washburn Fed
eraD holds the Texas coast to Within 100
miles of Galveston. The Army of the Po-
tomac is Icing reorganized. % blockade
-unnaers arrived at Wilmington. N. c., in
onr night. The monitor Leh;gh was nearly.
destroyed in Charleston harbor by rebel
sh' lis. she having got ashore. She was
lowed to Hilton Head for repairs Hooker
has been ordered to Washington.