Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-03-27

the bankrupt bill, by repeating the provision
States to appoint the registers of bankruptcy
and providing that the registers shall be ap-
pointed by tho United States District Courts.
Mr.. Trumbull, Of Illinois, said this mea-
sure had the sanction OF the Chief Justice.
At the request Of several Senators the bill
was laid over for the present
Washington, March %.
CASE OF SENATOR THOMAS.
II seems now N be understood that the
Senate judiciary Committee will not report
upon the case Of Hon. Philip Francis Thom-
as, Senator elect from Maryland, until the
next session OF Congress. Several Radical
politicians from Maryland, until the next
session Of Congress. Several Radical poll
ticians from Maryland are at work getting
up testimony against him. Ex-senator
Cresswell is here, and il is suspected that be
is "thc ringleader" in the movement.
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.
The Board Of Registration authorized by
act n last Congress to register voters in
Was .ngton, hold daily sessions, and have
thus far registered about two thousand per
sons, twO.thirds Of whom are black. The
majority of our best citizens decline to pre-.
sent themselves for registration, and il is
generally believed that when the work shall
have been completed the negro voters will
largely Outnunber The whites
THE vJaHl:uA LEGISLATURE.
The Legisla;nre Of Virginia has passed
law providing for the payment on the lst
Of July next, and January lst 1868, at each
period, two per cent interest on the princi.
pal Of the public debt, that being the inter.
est which the State feels obliged to pay until
there is u settlement Of accounts between
her and West Virginia.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
During the present session Of Congress,
about $50 bills have been introduced in the
two houses Of Congress
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Mr.. Wilson, of Massachusetts. presented
the following concurrent resolution, which
was ordered to be printed:
Whereas, Jefferson Davis, citizen of
the State Of Mississippi, was captured by Il
military force in the service of the United
States on the ] th day Of May, 1865, and has
since been held in confinement as prisoner
Of State in Fortress Monroe, Virginia: And
'ohGeas, The said Jefferson Davis stands
charged, on the highest authority, with the
heinous crime of conspirng to murder the
late President of the United States, Abra.
ham Lincoln, and is also indicted for treason:
And .cher.os, The said Jefferson Davis has
persistently declared his innocence of the
nffenses charged against him, and through
his legal advisers, by all means known to the
law, has sought and demanded u speedy and
public trial by due process Of law, before IL
civil tribunal Of competent jurisdiction /;
therefore,
Resolred, (By the Senate, the House of
Representatives concurring That the longer
confinement of the said Jefferson Davis with
out trial, or the assignment of a specific
time for trial, is not in accordance with
tho. demands of justice, the spirit of the law
and the requirements Of the Constitution,
and that common justice, sound public poll
cy, and the national honor. unite in recon-.
mending that the said Jefferson Davis be
brought to trial, or that he be released
from confinement on bail, or his own recog-
niZancc.
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