Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-07-10

PROCEEDINGS . OF CONGRESS. In the Sen
ate, yesterday the bill relating 10 pilots and
pilot regulations was passed. The House joint
resolution ior the relief OF certain officers Of he
army was taken up, amended, and passed.
The vote By which the report Of the committee
of conference on the bill to prevent smuggling
was adopted was reconsidered, and the report
was rccomnitted. The bill to increase and fix
the military peace establishment Of the United
States received number of amendments, and
was then passed, after which the Senate .ad-
jourued.
In the House, resolution was adopted call
ing upon the President for copy Of any cor
rcsrondencc he may have had with Governor
| Wells, Of Louisiana, in relation to the rcassem-
bling of the Constitutional Convention of Lou
isiana, which assembled in The year 1864. Mr..
ScheDck, of Ohio, from the Committee on
Military Affairs, reported back the new army
| bill of the Senate, with the House bill 10 rcor-
ganlze and establish the army as a substitute
! therefor He added that the substitute was
precisely and word for word the bill which had
already passed the House. The substitute was
| then agreed to, and the bill, as amended by
the substitute, was returned to the Senate
| The Senate amendments to the House bill to
extend the benefits of the 18th section of an act
making appropriations tor the support of the
army, for the year ending June so, 1865, were
agreed 10, and the bill has now passed both
| houses. The consideration of the tariff bill in
Committee Of the Whole was concluded, and
the bill was reported to the House Mr.. Wash
| burnc, Of Illinois, gave notice that he should
tomorrow move to postpone the further con-
sideration Of the bill until December next
Several gentlemen made propositions that the
committee should recommend Il recommittal of
the bill! to the Committee Of Ways and Means,
with instructions. Subsequently, however,
these motions we're withdrawn, with the under
standing that they were to be renewed in the
House
The Washington correspondent Of the New
York Commercial s:-"J. ". Forncy's
friends complain that the Chronicle is not
sufficiently rcmuDerati7c Institution, and they
demand that the official publication Of the
Congressional debates be taken from the NIcssrs
Rives, on the Globe and given to him.
Colonel Stokes had news yesterday from
Nashville, to the effect that quorum had met
in the Tennessee State Senate, and would prob
ably ratify the amendment to-day, and that
there were fifty two Of the ffysiz members in
the House, the four persons wanting being OK
pected to arrive within day Or two.
The Albany Evening journal says the inyes-
tigation into the conduct Of Gen. Klpat lex,
Minister to Chill, shows that there is no truth
in the shameful charges made by the ncwspa-
pers against HIN.
Some of the Northern papefsare vindicating
Gen Fitz John Porter against the accusations
of Gen. Pope and the verdict Of the court-Mar
tial, which dismissed him dishonorablv from
the service.
It is said that Gen Sicklcs has been ordered
by President johnson to answer the writ Of
habeas corpus in Charleston, and surrender the |
parties held BY him to the court.