New-York tribune., 1868-12-19
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wAsuINGroN. Friday, Dec. l9, 1868.
Cd, to.day Mr. Ramsey from the Com
i,toe on the Post Onice, reported oli 10 aooiisn
" Iic, ivileee but from the feeling with
'riol Il has been received there seems 10 oe hIue
,cct Of its passage. Many memorials III i'Nor Oh
,ion of President by the people direct, were
;o1 70 the waste paper receptacle, the judi
C'o,,,rit,ee being discharged from the fnrther
,;dor,tion of the subject. Mr. rEdmmds presented
lin remanding Georgia to a provisional form Oh
,ernrnont and repeating the act providing for her
od,;ssion to representation in Congress me DII Is
,,,eepne and VIII be strongly supported 1he "en-
ate went into Executive session shortly utei as
seubIinc and number of nominations that hau
t cont IN Ly the President referred, ana sew
eral were taken mp at the instance OF individual sen
ators and confirmed without any reference Nothihg
was done with Collector Smythc, who by the way
has informed Senators that he only desires TO go 10
Turope 70 meet his family who are IN Palls'
and that he prefers TO go in an official capacity
but viii resign in a month or two. At1 o'clock the
message from the House announcing the de&th OF
Mr. Stevens was received and after it had been read
the customary resolutions were offered by Mr. Cam
eron who first spoke. and was followed by Messrs'
BuckaIew Morrill, of VT, and Sumner. There was
f attendance of spectators and the attention. both
on the floor and in the galleries, was close until the
end the addresses being far above the usual average
on such occasions That of Mr. Sumner was palticu-
Iarly commended as being the most scholarly, eo-
ouent. and impressive oraton which has been deliv-
cred in either House At the conclusion Of the eulo-
cies tho Senate adjourned 10 meet tomorrow, mueh
10 the disappointment of a number of Senators who
desired to start for home to- ght.
John y. Cramer was confirmed today as Postmas-
fer at Rhinebeck " Y Also Charles II. Poor, 10 be
Rear Admiral in the Navy. -
In the House. today. there was barely quorum
and the session was very short owing to the an
nouncement Of the death OF the Hon. Darwin \. I'm
ney of Pennsylvania. Mr.. Washbune, with his
usual zeal got the Pension Appropriation bill before
the House and had il made the special order for the
day on which Congress reassembes after the Christ
mas holidays. Unanimous consent was gwen
for Gen. Van Wyck to present on Monday a report
from the Committee on Rerenchment and Reform,
which from the character of the witnesses sworn
here and in NewYork City, viii explain the nature
and extent of frauds now perpetrated upon the
revenue by whisky operators, defects in the law IN
suffering dstillers to fx their own time OF fermenta-
ton and allowing cOmpounding houses to adJ0n DIS
tileries. The General will submit an account OF Sir
Binckey's operations in New-YOrk. 1t is generally
understood that the report will Justify Mr. Rollins
while it censures the President for suspendng in
dictments against the Kentucky Bourbon Co.
The Senate Judiciary Committee met to-day, and
resumed the consideration OF the Georgia Senators
case but. owing 10 the absence of two members the
final decision was postponed until the next meeting
The Committee had informal conversation re-
spectng the bill before them for Reorganization OF
the Supreme Court but nothing definite was decided
"a .1,of fr,fvc ~ n
Wilson's bill has caused some uneasness among the
Judges and some inquiries have been made concern
ing the chances of the passage of such measure
The Committee have also under consideration the
several propositions which have been submitted IN
regard TO a change in the naturalization law, and 1t
is understood that bill for that purpose will shortly
he matured by the Committee and reported TO the
Senate for action Immediately after the holidays
1t is thought that Senator Wlliamss bill will form
the basis of new BILL f
The Senate Postal Committee to-day Authorized
their Chairman, Senator Ramsey, 10 report resou-
ton directing the PostmasteTGeneral 10 make con-
tract with the New-York steamship Company in ac-
cordanoe with the bill passed in the last session
The Joint Committee on Printing has decided to
invite proposals for reporting and publishing the de-
bates in Congress after the 18th of March next when
the existing contracts with The Globe VIII expire
by law The publication is TO be made as AT present
in daily journal, to contain no political matter, and
then. after revision, in a quarto form. The Public
Printer Is so TO make estimate OF what the pub
lication of the reports at the Government Printing
Office Will cost After examining The proposals the
Joint Committee viii report bill to Congress making
provision for the reporting and Publication OF the
debates by Congressional officers. or as present by
private enterprise.
A Mr.. Kinds who claims TO represent the Fenians
4. cfv 4o rot 4hc 1EaVa and Means
Committee 10 allow the Teuians to import goods
from Ireland free Of duty. which they intend dis
posing Of at Fenan fairs to be held in many Of the
States during the coming year. Ii is said that Kinds
was very active in securing Eenian votes for the
Democracy in the Presidential election in New-Iork
Cant. r. J. Hinton, the correspondent Of Tie UoT-
oe Mass Spy who wrote the letter to that Journal
regarding the lobby Of newspaper men ana others
who were alleged to have been paid for services IN
the Alaska appropriation, was the only witness be-
fore Mr. Hulburds Committee Of Public EXpen-
ditmes, to-day. Capt Hinton acknowledged that he
had no trustworthy information on the subject When
lie wrote his widely copied letter bat that the con-
versaOn which was the basis Of the letter he beard
IN a New-York newspaper Office in this CITY, Inc
truth is uat Mr.. Martin started the
whole scandal by exhibiting list OF
per sons who. he pretended had been paid oat Of The
Alaska appropriation and the whole investigation
was or ina, ed By him, whether forpulposes OF black
mail O. otherwise is not known lOur correspondent
nnd others who have been accused OF receiving
nlouev for supposed influence IN support OF the
uica,re haYe been subpcnaed TO appear and testify
bctore tho committee tomorrow. The chairman OF
the committee has addressed a letter 10 Mr. Bodisco,
CHARGE De Ahaircs OF the Russian Legation, through
SecretaYy seward. telling hlm that The committee
win he i'm session tomorrow aud D'l be pleased to