The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-03-13

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Our Washington Dispatches.
rzE MISSISSIPPI LEvEE BuL-THE FEELING IN
THE cAp1rA-REsIaNATIoN OF The ATToR-
SEy-eENERh-Tm RESULT u NEW HAdP-
sHRE-vEws OF CHEF JUSTICE cHAsE-THE
MARBLE cAsE-DoNGs oF CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, March 12.-The Mississippi
Levee and Railroad bill proposes to endorse
the company's bonds, principal and interest, az
$4,000 per mile. The bonds to be issued with
the completion Of each twenty miles. The
road and levee are to be located and construct
ed under the supervision of the CHIEF Engineer
of the United States army.
The impeachers manifest feverish anxiety,
but otherwise there is no excitement. There
are no signs of veto, and the Democrats
argue that the majority bill will render the
admission Of Alabama under the recent elec-
ton inexcusable.
Stanbery's resignation has been accepted
He defends the President.
The bill making majority Of votes ratify the
constitution and allowing registered persons
to vote any where in the State after ten days
residence ON certificate, affidavit or other evil
dence, is law by the lapse of ten days.
The Republican majority in New Hampshire
is $500 to 280O; total vote 1900. Each party
carries five counties.
Ii was Iieut-Col. Sykes, instead Of Sickles,
that was ordered to report to General Hancock
for duty.
It is stated that Chase favors allowing the
President twenty or thirty days to prepare his
case. Chase will insist on reasonable time.
The Impeachment managers are very busy
taking evidences.
Thirty additional Senate doorkeepers have
been employed.
The President remitted the sentence of the
military commission at Vicksburg, Nay, 1867,
whereby Abel Wall, citizen, was sentenced to
seven years hard labor in the Arkansas peni-
tentiary; also Richard Fitzgerald, Of Pamela
County. These remissions are issued in gene
raj orders, and signed by Grant on the Presi-
dents order.
The revenue to-day is s59S, 900.
There was special Cabinet meeting to-day;
all were present.
The Star says there is good reason for say
ing that no decision will be rendered In the
McArdle case for two or three days. It is
stated that should the amendment to the judi
ciary bill be passed to-day it will throw Nc
Ardle out OF court.
Colonel Lewis Valley has been confirmed as
Collector of Internal Revenue for the first dis
trict OF Louisiana, Chas. VanWinkle as Mar
shall Of Virginia, T. W. Scott as Consul at
Matanoras.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
In THE SENATE, to-day, the Pension bill was
discussed, and the Senate went into executive
session, but came out in a. few minutes and
concurred in the House amendment to the bill
amending the Judiciary acts, which now goes
to the President. The Senate then went into
executive session again, and afterward ad-
journed.
In THE HOUSE the Freedmen's Bureau bill
was postponed to Tuesday. The Senate reso-
luton for erecting military warehouses at
Fortress Monroe was passed. The internal
management of the treasury was discussed at
lengtn. Iue I'LL constituting 'N0 wv SA SS
of War, Treasury and the Attorney-General
board to fix the charges Of the Pacific Railroad
Was passed.
The Senate bill amending the Judiciary act
of eighty-nine, to appeal on suits arising in the
collection Of the revenue was passed with an
amendment, repeating so much of the act
Of February s, 1857, being an act to amend the
Judiciary act Of eighty-nine, as authorizes an
appeal from the jud gment of q Circuit Court
to the Supreme Court, or the exercise of any
such jurisdiction by the Supreme Court on ap-
peals that have been or may hereafter be
taken.
Stevens called up the bin for the admission
of Alabama, but Blaine moved an adjourn
ment, which was carried.