The New Orleans crescent., 1868-03-29
THE ORESOENT'S DISPATCHES.
FROM WASH I'm TON.
GEN. HAEC0CK's NEW COMMAND.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
THE ALABAMA BILL.
PREPARATIONS For THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.
THE WHISKY BILL
THE ORESOENT's DISPATCHES.
FROM ASH I'm g TON.
GEN. HAECOCK's NEW COMMAND.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.


WAsHINGToS, March 2s.-Gen. Hancock COM
mands the department Of the Atlantic.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. adopted inquiring Of the
president whether he had established new mill
tary district since August, and II so. under what
The report Of the conference committee on the
tax bill was rejected. Nye said IL would al the
penitentiaries with government officials. Howe
Maine, said he didn't believe there was an honest
dstiller in the Union.
Senate adjourned to Monday, at IL o'clock.
House-After unimportsnt proceedings, the
Alabama bill was resumed and discussed at great
length. motion to table was defeated by 80 to
l0S. motion to strike out the second section
was carried-H to 80. Stevens's amendment
granting universal suffrage was defeated without
9 division. spanlding's substitute was adopted
"a to o.. II declared the Montgomery Constitu.
tion the fundamental law Of the provisional gov.
ernment. The officers recently elected shall
t. qualify and enter upon the discharge of their
duties on The, let Of May. The governor may co.,
veue the legislature elected under said Constitu.
tion: The legislature shall possess all powers
conferred BY the Montgomery Constitution. The
legislature may submit the Montgomery Constitu-
ton to the qualified electors with or without
amendments When the majority of the electors
qualified under the act of Congress of March %,
1867, have adopted Constitution, and the legis-
lature has ratified the fourteenth article the said
Constitution may be presented to Congress for
approval The law TO provide more efficient
force In Alabama. except as modified by this act,
until Alabama is admitted to representation.
House adjourned.
BatIer is busy with the opening speech on the
Impeachment trial It's delivery Is expected to
The vote in the Senate against the whisky fraud
penaltle in the tax bill was "a to 0. AZ
The following Is the text Of the Alabama bill:
Be enacted, That the Constitution framed by
the convention Of Alabama, which was submitted
for ratification by the people at an election com
mencing on the 4th day Of February, 1865, is
hereby declared to be the fundamental and Or
1anic law for provisional government for tbs
people of Alabama, 80 far as the same Is not in
conflict with the Constitution and laws Of the
United States, and the officers elected at said
election shall on the lst day Of May 1865, qualify
as provided in said Constitution, and the ordi-
nances of said convention, and imme diatey there
after enter upon the discharge of the duties of
their respective Offices.
2. Be Il further enacted That the governor at
any time after be shall have qualified and entered
upon the discharge Of the duties Of his Office may
at safe election. The legislature when SO con-
vened shall possess all the power conferred by
said Constitution which may not be In conflict
with the Constitution and laws of the United
States. And the legislature Is hereby further EN-
powered TO submit said Constitution to the qaali-
fed electors Of Alabama for ratification at such
time or times as it may designate, and said egis-
lature 10 also empowered BY majority vote Of
each House to submit the said Consultation
framed BY the convention with or without amend
ments proposed by the Legislature; and II amend.
menfs be proposed by the legislature, they shall
be voted upon separately and not in connection
with the Constitution as 1t came from the con-
vention.
8. BE ii fttrrhe,. enacted, That whenever the
people by majority vote Of the electors Of Ala
bama, qualified under the act of Congress of
March %, 1861, to vote for delegates to frame
Consultation, and actually voting on said ratfica-
a all od n ouh