The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-03-10
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CONGRESS.

The matter Of chief Importance significance In Con
ressiona proceedings yesterday the mates action
the proposed amendment to the constitution cxcud
ing negroes from the basis Of Congressional representa-
ton 10 all States where they not permitted to vote
which time ago reported by the Reconstruc-
tou Committee and adopted in the House. But little OF
besides this matter received the Senstes
attention Mr Fesscndcn spoke at length in its support
and Mcssrs Sumner, Wilson. Hendrickn Yates, Cowan
and others also spoke The Senate thcn proceeded
to vote on substitutes offered for the original
amendment including those Of Messrs Sumner Hender
and Yates all three OF which, in different forms,
provided for giving the negroes the elective franchise
All tho substitutes rclcc,ed and then the question
the proposed amendment itself up, and ling
20 10 Give the required two.th rds In It's favor Il
was ee'caied Tho twenty five In the afllrma-
tive TO twenty the negative The nays present
qu,er mixture Of democrats and radicals Another
amendment place OF the defeated one basing oprescn
tat,on on the number OF voters offered by Mr. Doc
Ittl. Its consideration postponed till Thursday
next and the Senate adjourned I'LL Monday.
In the House OF Repre- ,entatves resolution was
sdott directing the Secretary OF War to report tho
number OF volunteers whose terms have expired who
still retained In the service considerable portion
OF day spent continued discussion OF the Senate
bull guarantee all persons protection in the enjoyment
Of their civil rights which was finally recon-
United To the Judiciary COMMITTEES. long and inter-
cstng debate also took place In Committee OF the
Whole the bill regulating trade with the adjoining
British provinces Several amendments agreed 10;
but the matter did receive final action The Senate
bill rcinbursng Missouri for expcnd lures was
ported from The Appropriations Committee and Its CON
sdcraiion was postponed for fortnight Mr. Stevens
asked bu, failed to obtain, leave 10 introduce
. resolution TO print TIN thousand copies OF the
evidence taken by the Reconstruction Committee.
Dung tho OF the proceedings Mr. Morrill, Chair
man OF the Committee on Ways and Means stated, In
response question, that early report on proposed
amendments OF the Internal Revenue act will be made
by that committee The report Of the Commissioner OF
Immigration aud petitions various subjects we're pre-
senIcd To-day the session Of the House will again be
devoted general debate the Presidents Message.
reconstruction, &C.
THE rENIAN EXCITEMENT.
Ths thoroughncss and high pitch Of the alarm over
another anticipated Fenian foray which now possesses
ire souls OF Canadian ncghbors s shown In the de-
spaiches frct, various points which we present this
morning Tho call OF the authorities for ton thousand
militia. issued Wednesday evening" has, we are In
formed. been responded TO Enthusiastically by an
Offer Of far NOR, than that number, and from
all the Little ~, towns, we'll as tho principal
cities. squads Of ma, pouring towards the frontier
for Its defence In Toronto which Is the chief rcndez
Tor volunteers Of Canada West men were arrv'
ing from interior places throughout Thursday night and
being blcted the cizcns and durn all OF Yesterday
the drilling Of the raw material going on IN all quar-
tiers Of the city II ~ estimated that thirty thousand
troops now and ready TO any desired
point = moments notice. and for their conveyance the
railway engines kept constantly fired up Il, Is even
anticipated that all the militia OF the province VIII
b. called out and that the habeas corpus act Will DO su
pended The government has sczd the Montreal tele
graph Inc notwithstanding all this excitement and
war pr,parat on has yet discovered n single
armed fcnmn the border nor docs there appear any
positive evidence that foray mcditacd and suspi.
has gained ground tina, tbs alarm has been gotten
up by ths provincial confederation leaders TO advance
their favorie scheme
An immense Fenan meeting held las, evening IN
this city the Cooper institute called together TO sus.
tsn tho action OF Colonel oMahony. The meeting wa.
addressed by eloquent speakers who contonded tina, the
caus, OF ireland, seemingly dark and dcsponden,
under the suppression Of the habcss corpus pre-.
scented 10 hopeful prospect Of success as al the present
t,ms The appeals for concentration OF action were
enthusiastically received and throughout the creates
harmony prevailed.
's CANADIAN RECrIRoc TY
IN shs HsRAts Supplement Of this morning s gwen Al
fmpcs6ans spd Interesting compilation Of matters con
ncced with the Canadian Reciprocity treaty and effort