Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-28
Congress-.

lQ the SEQlte, yeSteAoIy, u lSoo'"'Ao'i w."
passed calling on the Secretary of the treasury
for the amount OF cash notes Of captured and
abandoned property, how much has been paid
int, the Treasury, the names OF the purcha ers;
the names of all those to whom such property
has been returned &c. A discussion took
place on the bill to remove the political disa
bilities FROM Gov. Patton OF Alabama Gov.
Patton, it seems, was ga Rebel during the
war, but since, has expressed 6 willingness to
SEQ operate" with the Radicals-and has
therefore become prime favorite with his new
friends. Mr.. Davis, Of Kentucky, bore down
very hardly on Mr. Patton, charactcrIzlng Hun
as a double trator-frst TO his c1un ry, a"d
new to the friends with whnrn he we"t into re
b lion Mr. Pomeroy was fully satlsh d.
1T was no matter what man hal done; so
that he was ready 10 come forward and unite
With them, he was tor putting him on fast
line. Mr.. Howard, with an eye to business,
thought that if the bill passed it would gain
them great many allies at the South. MI
brakes loyal soul could not stand it knowing
rebels as he did, Mr.. Buckalew proceeded
to show the partisan purpose OF the blli that
their standard OF restoration was Radcallsm,
and that what they (the Radicals meant by
doing right, was voting their ticket. Mt.
| Hendricks spoke very ear y and toclbly to t."
same effect, and at late hour the vote was
taken. MIR. Pa tn was relieved" by 'arse
majority, but two Radicals Mes rs. Fow er, OF
Tennessee, and 'Dcakc, Of Mis- url, we're
not willing to pardon th, unfoItuna'e sinner;
and the Hon Ben. Y ii dodgcd tn: question.
Mr. Sumner va, not present. The new Ne
ems ruction bill was Jhen taken up, and Mr..
Wilson led off in long TRADE AGAINST Nlr.
D olittle, Fl N which be passed lntD eu!ogy
of Congressional lcgis alton, the negro conven
tons and til God Ike attributes OF the black
race, and ended by declaration that the coun-
t,y would uphold the action of Congress. Mr.:
Johnson then took the floor, and delivered an
able reply to the speeches made by Senators
their argument, in relation to the power Of the
Supreme Court to pass on Congressional legls
lation, and conclusively showed the tallacy Of
the arguments advanced by those members.-
He tEcn denounced the manner in which it
had been attempted to reconstruct the South,
| and argued in conclusion that the Southern
States had never for one moment ceased to e1-
ist as States in the Union, and their citizens
should, when willing to return to their a'legl
ance, have been received into the Union at
once.
In the House Of Representatives. Mr. NAL
lory, Of Oregon, introduced resolution dlrec-
ting the Committee of Ways and Means to in.
quire into the expediency of authorizing the
Secretary of the Treasury fret, to employ all
| legal tender notes ia excess OF what are neces-
sary to pay the Government expenses, to pur
chase such interest bearing securities as
can be purchased, AID to cancel and destroy
the same. I'd. TO employ all gold III excess
of thirty million to purchase y. s. bonds and
cancel the same 3D. TO withdraw all Of the
interest bearing debt, and to issue for them
bonds payable ia fifty years. 4ih 10 require
post in the Treasury with bonds to be paid in
gold, or else to surrender their charters. The
resolution was referred MIR. Clarke, of Kansas,
offered resolution, which was agreed to, reci
ting that Congress had passed act declaring
that no Territorial Legislature should exclude
any one from tho exercise OF the elective tran
| chse on account OF race or color, declaring that
| the Territory Of Montana had passed such
bill of exclusion, and directing the judiciary
Committee to inquire and ascertain whether
such law has been r:s e. and to report such
measure as will secure obedience to the aTs OF
Congress in the party Territorial Legislatures.
| The bill introduced hy Mr. Washburne pro
| hibiting the payment OF certain classes OF claims
| against thr Government was taken up ana
passed by Il vote of-yeos sc, nays G3. The
Committee OF Foreign Affairs reported bill
in relation to the rights OF naturallzed citizens.
| The Secretary Of State was directed to report
to the House the cost OF the arrest and ira oil
John E. Surratt The Committee on Recon-
| strucion was directed to inquire what, if any
combinations have been made to defeat the
execution Of the laws Of Congress.
TIE STEAH MAN-Tho New York Tribune
OF yesterday says of the steam man made ly
MIR. Dcddrck, Of Newark, n j., Of which
description was given some days ago. Many
experiments have been made with the "man
during the PAST fortnight, and although some
accidents, such as ere incident to new machn-
cry, occurred, he finally works perfect. The
old spiral springs have been replaced by stronger
ones, SO that the steam man is no longer weak
in the knees, anl upon steam being generated
on Thursday. be stunped off like a live Trojan.
In the evening he appeared on Broad street,
at Crump's Garden, where he will exhibit
himself next week.
A HARD Nut FOR RECoNsrRUCTIoN1sTs.
In the course of Senator Doolittle's speech. he
referred to the fact, that the existence of the
Southern States as States had been recog nized
by Congress itself, when they submitted the
proposed amendment of the Constitution for
ratification. To deny this, says the Senator, is
to place US in the position OF saying TO the
Legislatures of the Southern States, 1T you
vote With US, you have right 10 vote If you
vote against Va, you have no right to vote
Of course, NJ Radical Senator undertook to
take up so prickly looking proposition.
THE PANs-Mr Paul Du Chaiu in Ice
ture delivered in New York, on Wednesday,
says: When travelling in equatorial Africa,
and when about 250 miles from the coast, he
fell in with a tribe of Pans or cannibas. They