Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-03-21
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Foreign and Domestic

WASHINGTON, March 1S.-SENA THE
Supplemental bill was taken up. The
House amendments were concur red in ex.
cept that requiring majority of the regis
tered voters to ratify Consti tuition.
The bill authorizing the Secretary Of
War to furnish Brownlow arms and equip
ments for $500 militia passe d.
HousE.-The President was called on
for information relative to Fenlan affairs
in Canada and the Frer. Oh evacuation OF
Mexico.
A joint resolution excluding liquor from
the capitol building and adjacent grounds,
passed. #E .-a .lsE
The Senate Supplemental bill was taken
up. A clause added to the oath that the
applicant for registration had never been a
member of the State Legislature or held
any judicial Office, and afterwards aided
the rebellion. This was to cover cases in
Virginia, when since 1859 such officers he'd
not been required to swear to support the
Federal Constitution. f#E
In the 9Th section, the clause recurring
at least half the registered voters to ratiiv
q Constitution was stricken out,
A clause making false swearing pun
ishable was added, when the bill passed.
A resolution was adopted allowing a
suspension of the rules, by two thirds vote.
during the remainder Of this session.
A resolution, desiring the Judiciary
Committee to enquire whether MARYLAND
has constitution which Congress consis-
tently recognized as republican, was
adopted.
A joint resolution, directing the suspen-
sion of payment for drafted or enlisted
slaves and discharging The Commissioner
under the law for this purpose, passed.
A joint resolution, that money captured
and the proceeds of captured property be
paid into the Treasury, was adopted. The
amount includes several millions now on
special deposit in the Treasury. House
adjourned.
WASHINGTON, March Sl.-Gen Thorn as,
at his own request, retains command of
the Department Of the Cumberland, and
Gen. Pope will command the Third Dis
trct.
LOUISVILLE, March 1S.-Weather still
cold. About two inches of snow has
fallen since noon River falling ~ inches
per hour.
RICHMOND, March 1S.-Gen. schofield
has officially published the sixth section
OF the Army Appropriation bill, which
disbands the militia in his district, in &C
cordance with the law disbanding militia
in ali the insurgent States.
SAVANNAH, March l6.-A meeting was
held here to-day of 5000 negroes. There
we're three white and five black speakers
The speeches were confined to the ques-
tons Of universal suffrage and the right tc
sit us jurors. The meeting was very or
derby.
SELMA, March 1s.-A large Union meet
ing was held here to-day, of which Col.
Williams, of the Selma Times, acted as
Secretary.
The attendance was fully five thousand,
mostly eolored, three thousand of whom
came from the country.
Every thing passed off quietly. Resolu-
tons were unanimously adopted accepting
the situation, and inviting Northern men
to settle in Che South.
CINCINNATI, March 1s.-Tne Commercial
reports twenty five lives lost by the loss of
the Steamer Mercury, in the Arkansas
river.
Samuel Washington, grandson of Gen.
Washington's brother Samuel died at
Delhi, Ohio, aged 81 years.
LIVERPOOL, March IS, noon. Cotton
opens very firm with continued activity
and an advancing tendency Mlddliug
Uplands 1874 to 135sd.