Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-01-18
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.

SENATE Yesterday. The bill to increase
the military peace establishment Of the United
States was called up. The substitute Of the
Military Committee for the original bill vas
read The consideration Of the subject was
postponed The resolution Of Mr.. Howe for the
establishment Of Provisional Governments In
the Southern States, was called up and read.
Mr.. Doolittle addressed the Senate at great
length in opposition to the resolution, aud at
the close OF his speech the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE s.-A resolution
was offered by Mr.. Schenck and was agreed to,
directing the Secretary OF War 70 suspend the
sale of the Government buildings at Point
Lookout, Maryland, on the ground that the
title to the real estate has been secured by
benevolent lady, who proposes TO present 1t as
donation to the National Naval and Military
Asylum for a home for soldiers and sailors,
provided the Government will also give the
public property to the same asylum. The con-
sideration Of the National Protective Home
stead Company, to provide homesteaas tor
whites and blacks indisorimioately, in the
Southern States, was resumed, and, after Mr..
Baker had given his reasons why the bill should
not pass, Mr. Fink moved that it be lard upon
the table, which was agreed to-yeas l22, nays
3d. The bill to grant the rig ht Of suffrage to
negroes in the District Of Columbia was then
taken up Several speeches were made on the
subject, and on afterwards the Honse al
journed.
SINGULAR CASE -One Of our exchanges says
there is young uian Iii a town IN Vermont
who cannot speak to his f4ther! Prev'"us to
his birth, some difference arose between his
mother and her husband, and for considerable
time she refused to speak to him. The diff
Guilty was subsequently healed-the child born,
and in due time began to talk but when sit
ting with his father, was invariably silent. 1t
continued so till it was five years old, when the
father. after having exhausted his powers Of
persuasion, threatenedit with punishment for
its ,f,.bbornness When the punishment was
inflicted, it elected nothing but siahs and
groans, which told but too plainly that the
little sufferer was yainly endeavoring to speak
All who were present united in this opinion,
that it was impossible for the child to speak to
i his father and time proved their opinion to
be correct. Alta mature age It's efforts to con-
verse with It's parent could on! y produce the
most bitter signs and groans.
We clip the above from an exchange. A
similar case, known to many persons now liv-
ing. occurrediu one Of the eastern counties of
this State. The son is now living, and is man
of ordinary intelligence, is farmer, aEd resided
with his father UP to the time. of the death Of
the latter which occurred when the son was
about twenty years of age. Many expedients
were tried and failed TO induce him to speak to
Z his father, and although he readily conversed
with his associates about other matters, imme-
diate1y became silent when asked the reason
whyh he did not speak to his father. we never
heard that the parents OF this man had any
difficulty before hrs BIRTH as that alluded TO ~
the above ex tract Raleigh ~ e. } Stanard