, 1866-03-19
CHICAGO, MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1866.

Elections ans Privileges, before which take the
rule 10 be without exception that persons claiming
10 Ic members Ee permitted to hear what may be
coanscs7aiiinr Counter evidence. il dts suppos1tioa be
n1t correct, BY ra:son Of the fact stated By you
list lbs credentials Of gentlemen Ginning 10 the
retr wbether he sictt Of afate to representation
ts not enl,,led 10 mn equal privilege Of detencee BY
tlo.p whc1a she has cl,een lo1 ,ha; oelcc.
ts;1ns8.' i! sa respectfully 'o9sew; ~. L. ouAuAx,"
The:Mprdence 9 Of this lin, Graham, Is pto6ably
wtthoL' parallel. He was iawssly U9ned staies
and Senator in the rebe! Congress: an19 at this
~ .sssnas : i = is iean Id +! ssss5zas = that
Monday th1. il WIN pass. They aay thai several
members. who voted against # on Friday, snd
several who were absent at the tlE1u the role wns
lseted that foEs~feyen members he.e were absent
when the vote VA taken, 50 the Ultimate passage
Of the bill Is net 20 sure Rtter all.
settion was made IN the House By III. Anderson,
OF Missouri. lie took strong ground ID favor of
the radical mea:grc1petorc Congfess-
sixteen thousand n1hita1y caps and twenr5 thou
sand sevolsess TO the Sweeney Feniaps.
military maticrs-Nntional Rauks-
QuartermnAtcr Generals Dep1rt-
ment-Scnatorinl lEaucus-.idoPtiouof
n HcW Constitutional Amendment
Attempt to Reconsider lhc Loan Biil--
Henry s. Footc OH Negro Suffrage.
WAsH1SGToN, March f8.-Maj. A. II. Andrews,
United Stafes Army has bee1 assigned the command
e ths military district of ouashiia, department Of
Lieat. Gen. Grant has Instructed commanders ot
ns e.
There arc now one thousand siI hundred and
forty-thlee nationa, banks. with a circulation
a%o11ttn%E % 70 sec, ,ess, ,9ao; and total capital Of
lie th,fd, hth ei1.h tenth, thirteenth, ,eehteen,h
and eeccnd regular cavalry regiments have becu
rhe military DISTRICTS Ia lie department 81 Mis.
sour5. Except the dfsh1ct OF New Mexico. have
The department Of Quattefmasser q Washington
Is rapidly reducing the number OF cle9E, messen.
gers ana teatns,ers. The total number OF en-
ploses under Qnnrtcrma*icr General Racker at
one time during the war amounted to ucnty 20, QD
persons. Now tho number u less than thirteen
hundred. The highest nnznbcr ot horses foraged
at tht departmeut vas scvcnts-asc thousand. It Is
now Iess than five thousand.
Rsr. J. X. w. sloan. Of New York, preached this
morning in the Hal OF the IIou.e Of Represents.
ttses. A large number OF Congressman we're
WAsn1soroz. March 1.-THE Senatorial Caucus
held another meeting to-day. and received the rc-
9a :. he d e pS
posed IN thc Senate, a. well a. iu the House, md
p1ssed. ifposeb1c, At an ear1y day. It seemed to
not bAsioK representation On voters could ENC
ceed.
! II Vas therefore agreed that the Senate should
'un1te On the following:
Representation khsl be apportioned among the
severaf states whtch may be included within thIs
rniou, according to their respective numbers,
counting The whole numbers of persons in ecch
rtate, including indiana not taxed; hut whenever,
IN any state. the eIecryc franchise shall Be denied
10 any portion Of its uaale citizens OF dIsloyalty
tho basis Of repres sentation IN such states shall be
retlnted IN The proportion Of The plumber Of the
male citizens 20 xelutird to the whole lumber OF
male clttzene over II yeaEa Of age.
4here has becDa good deal Of canyassing to-day,
to eco votes enough could not be had to pass tbe
loan bill on Monday Ita friends are very san.uiue
ofluece:s. and ihey charge lis defeat list 1ltrht
mainly to the personal efforts Of Comptroller Clarke.
The e1-rebet S<nAtor Henry s. Foote IS in town
and Is urging the passage bVhe Senate OF the reso
1utous or bis sdu-in Law. Senator Stewart, Of
Seyada, giving tho South universal! amnesty for
universal suffa 1t ia understood that Mr.. Foote
wrote the retolutlona.