The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-07-22

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~ States to January, 1869, passed.
/ The Conference Committees report OF
| the bill for supplying vacancies in the Ex
ecutive Department, was adopted.
The bill protecting naturalized citizens
abroad, was postponed by 2 to %.
The Indian appropriation bill was re
tsumed and discussed to executive session
after which the Senate adjourned.
~ HotsE.-The Secretary of War present.
ed COMMUNICATION relative to certain
cotton seized at Vicksburg.
The Missouri contested election case be.
tween Benjamin and Switzler, was resum-
ed.
The conference committees report on in.
valid pensions was adopted, the point oil
difference being the disposition of the ma
val pension fund.
The funding bill was reported with hall
u dozen amendments. Ordered printed
and recommitted.
The report the conference committee
on the..bill regulating executive vacancies
was rejected
Recess. Thermometer, at noon, 90; at
adjournment. "a.
Tie British Postofice Department hav-
ing given notice of the termination of the
Postal Convention between the United
States and that Government, ending July
LIST, 1869, the British Commissioned, An
thony Trollope, was sent here with pleni-
potentiary powers to negotiate and con-
clude new convention to go into opera
ton LIST January, 1859.
With this Commissioner, who has Just
departed for Europe, the Postmaster Gene
raj has arranged the basis OF a new conven-
ton upon satisfactory terms, modifying in
some important details the old convention,
but embodying substantially the fayors of
thai. instrument.
The British Office yields its objection to
those provisions Of the present convention
which empower each Office to max its own
arrangements for the dispatch Of mails, to
the other.
The veto message upon the Southern
electoral bill was this evening completed,
and after Submission to the Cabinet to-
morrow will be sent to Congress.
RALEIGH, N. c., July 16.-But little of
Importance was done in the Legislature to-
day. N. Page & Co. were elected State
Printers. Excluded members were allowed
mileage and per diem up to to-day.
A grand Democratic ratification meet
ing was held at Tucker Hall last night.
Able speeches were made by Hon. Thorn
as Bragg, Gen. w. r. Cox, John F. Hake,
VIM. Robbins,and others.
Resolutions indorsing the action of the
National Democratic Convention were
adopted amid the greatest applause. A
large number of ladies were present.
COLUMBIA, July l6.-Fred. A. Sawyer,
Collector of internal Revenues for Charles
ton, has been elected u. S. Senator for the
term ending in 1873. On the eighth ballot
the vote was as follows: Sawyer IS,
Mackey 69, Campbell, Democrat, 8.
WASHINGTON, July 1S.--It is stated
that the three hours cabinet session
yesterday was very important, and
that some Executive suggestions re-
garding the Presidential election will
be sent to Congress to-day, and that
the veto of the bill regulating the cleo
toral college will be withheld until
Monday.
The Senate last night passed the
Alaska treaty with an amendment ig-
noring the joint power of the House
with the Senate and President in MAX
ing treaties. The bill as it passed the
Senate simply appropr1ates money to
fulfill the stipulations of the treaty.
The Senate also passed bills fprovi-
ding for selling the st. Louis Arsenal
property aiding improvements in the
Mississippi River at Rock Island and
Des Moines rapids exempting certain
vessels trading with Canada from ton
mage fees, and the civil appropriation
bill.
The House considered the funding
bill.