The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-29
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LI Is repOrCeU Cllat the IEcSluCuc
~ihsoon issueia proda damatiop, setting
apart the 17th pfoximo as day Of
fasting and prayer, in view Of the an
tieipated visit TO this country of the
cholera. : II.
Asimple,minded Republican, Office
seeker, from Connecticut, closed q
recent application to the President
with the. inquiry whether She breach
between the President and Congress
could be repaired: The President,
on the spur of the moment, replied
by mail that he was not now repair
ing. breeches so much as he was. This
IS considered very fair thing by
those who joked with ga. johnson"
twenty odd years ago.
In the Senate, Mr. Wade intro
duced q, bill to repeal the act to retro.
cede the County Of Alexandria. in
the District of Columbia, to the State
Of Virginia. 1t provides that private
and personal property shall not he
affected by this act, but that public
property Of the United States shall
again vest III the United States; and
the Government, through its proper
officers, IS hereby authorized to ac-
quire. by purchase or otherwise, any
and all further property, real or per-
sona], in said portion of the District
that may be deemed necessary for
public use. 1t provides that all ac-
tions at law shall be conducted and
determined according to the enact
ments Of Congress for the govern.
ment of the District of Columbia,
except causes wherein final judg-
ment or sentence shall have been
pronounced, in which case the final
satisfaction shall be in accordance
with the laws of the State Of Virgil
MIA. It also provides that all taxes
and revenues assessable and collecta-
BILE on property, real OF personal, in
that portion Of the District of Coium-
bia South Of the Potomac, shall he
rated, collected and applied, accord
ing to the existing and future laws of
Congress governing the District of
Columbia. All civil offices of Alex
andria, under this bill, are made va
can't, and shall again be filed by new
appointments, or by elections, in ac-
cordance with the laws of the District.
Referred to the District Committee.
The bankrupt bill will be apt to
pass upon the next trial. The bill
extending suffrage to the negroes of
Washington will also pass, but will
be vetoed. And the Thad. Stevens
amendment to the Constitution, re-
quiring negroes and whites to be
placed upon an equality rs to the
right to vote, will meet the same fate.
On Monday, in the Senate, Mr..
Trumbull moved that NO person ex-
ercising or performing the duties of
any Office, which by law is required
to be filed by the advice and consent
OF the Senate, shall, until he is con-
firmed by the Senate, receive any
compensation, unless commissioned
to fill vacancy occasioned during the
recess of the Senate and since its last
adjournment. Not acted upon.
l cautioned you on Friday, against
believing the rumor that the. Presi-
dent had agreed to the draft of an
amendment which had been submit
ted to him, looking to the represen-
tation of the Southern States in Con-
gress. He has done nothing of the
kind; and there are reasons for doubt
ing whether he would agree to any
amendment for that purpose, or any
plan of action, save the one he so
fully laid down in his speech of
Wednesday evening. He docs not
consider that any such amendment is
required. Cor. Philadelphia Ledger.
am informed that the President
is utterly opposed to the House bill
abolishing one OF the seats on the
Supreme bench Such action would
have been well enough had not the
State which that particular circuit
represents returned to their allie
glance; but having thus returned, lie
contends that Congress has no right
to abolish the circuit. Hence his ap-
pointment of Judge Stansbury to the
vacant seat, and his desire for that
gentlenan's confirmation. This de-
sire may not be realized, but if it is
not, and the Senate pass the House
bill, the chances are that it will he
vetoed
The action of the Judiciary Com
mittee of the House, and the adop-
ton by the Senate of an amendment
prohibiting payments to persons EN-
ployed by the Treasury and Post
Office Departments who have not
taken the test oaths, settles the fate
of that measure beyond doubt, and
the law may therefore be regarded as
good until the next Congress meets.
at least Meanwhile the businesS ni