Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-12-21
.pRoCgEDINGs Or C eNe:REss.

benefit of Mrs. lincoln was taken up and pass
ed. Mr. Summer presented q number .Qf peti-
4ions from oitizenszof different 4States asking
Cong..ess 10 provide forthe protectionsof the
freedns aafn il faVor 81, Negro serffrse =
fRsg Ell; 52lSGt TsS5sd omfss9 fd Of
bill TO regulate the elective franchise il the.
4 mature aseabo vote provided they are able
toread< aud write. +, M1r Wilson called up the
bill concerning the States lately in rebellion. =,
Mr.. Sumner advocated its passage, declaring
E5that its objects Were>to secure othe freedmen
4 the rights Of citizenship, and to place them on
an equality with the whites, politically 5and
otherwise, = A. long discussion followed the
close of which<a resolution was adopted to ad
.iourn oyer1from thursday. the 2Istsof Decenl-
ber, until Friday the 5th Of January next
Mr., Sumner then presented q petition from Mis
souri, praying that measures may be taken to
g provide Provisional Governments for the States
i lately in rebellion, and to exact .lrreyeEs!bIe
Il guarantees as security for the future 1t was
ao referred to the Select Committee OF fifteen.
! ~ House OF REPRESENTATIVE "A resolution
was passed instructlng the SecretaS o., Var TO
communicate to the House the record Of the
courtmart;a} Including the test aor:y AIKEN in
q The case Of the Hon. Benjamin & Harris, OF
70 Marylar.l. The credentials Of 6. FL kyat,
member elect from he State Of Arkansas were
presented and referred TO the Committee 90
Reconstruction. Mr. Stevens introduced hill
70 double the pensions to the relatives Of those
who were killed in the late war; to relInbur e
the |oyal States for property. destroyed by Rsb-
els. and TO enforce the conhscatlun laws 1t
was referred TO the COMMITTEE Of tho Whole 90
the state of the U,ion A series OF resolutions
were introduced to provide TOR the trial OF ~.
Davis to punish all persons engaged as prison
keepers in the South, and also all those whH
participated by their influence ln the as>asslna-
ton of Mr. Lincola, including all men Of prom
inence throughout the South. The resolu'lo"s
were laid upon the table and ordered t. g pr
ted, Mr. Stevens presented the Or deDt'4s "t
Judge Warmnor;h, from the territory OF Lou
isiana They were referred to the Committee
on Reconstruction A communication from
the President was received in relation 10 the
re-establishment of slavery in Mexico and IN
answer to request of the House. A rcsolu
tion was introduced by Mr.. Stevens, and adop-
ted, calling on Major General Howard, Super
intendent of the Freedmen's Bureau, to state
whether any real estate seized under the act OF
Congress- and assigned to the Freedmens Bu
reau, has been restored to it's owners and 1t SO,
by whose authority.
The Savannah Herald contains an order from
Col. Bogart, putting the town OF l lhomasvlle
under martial law. "The municipal govern
ment is unable to protect the lives and interests
of it's inhabitants, or prevent attempts at as
sassination of unarmed y. S. soldiers ). A.
Seward and City Marshal Atkinson, Of Thom-
asville are to be tried by court-nlartla, to1
sabbine an unarmed negro soldier.
Gen. Howard yesterday received telegram
from Gen. Wager Swayne Assistant Comm!S.
sioner Of Alabama, in which he says that he
: cannot estimate the number of whites and freed
men in that State who will have to be support
ed by the government this winter at less than
10000
Two negro men, convicted Of larceny ~
the New Hanover IN CO. County Court, nave
been sentenced TO be sold into serv1tude Tor
period not to exceed five years Ihey were
sentenced agreeably to the laws OF the State III
relation to freedmen, as before the war
There has been meeting OF mechanics ~ :" Il
mington, n. c., to effect an orgazat1con TO re-
sist the tax laid by the late convention, EnIc
IS considered not only oppressive out uhautnoi- N
lied.
Judge Bnstesd. of the U, S. District Court
ofAlabana, has decided that the oath pre-
scribed BY Congress for practising attorneys
andother civil officers, is constitutional
Irish tradition says that the. Fenans "erG G
an ancient militia or standing army, employee
enly on home service fer protecting the coasts
3s.Il rom invasion. 1g <4s
n Pr. j. Semmes has been arrested ID AIaoaa1a
py orders from Washington -and Is nc" 81 toate