Evening star., 1869-12-09

lhe President, it Will he remembered, recon-
mends an increase of their pay in his message.
The MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE DISTRICT AND
THE COLoRED PRAcTIrIoYERs-Itw will he seen
by the Senate proceedings that resolution was
adopted to-day instructing the District Com
mittee to inquire into the propriety OF repeating
the charter OF the Medical Society of the District
OF Columbia, on the ground of its course i'm re-
gard TO colored practitioners-refusingt to con-
suit with them, &c. Senator Patterson seemed
to doubt whether the grievance could be reme-
died in the way proposed. Mr.. Summer thought,
however, there ought to be some remedy.
AN IMPORTANT MEAsURE.-In the Senate
this morning Mr.. Trumbull, from the judiciary
committee, reported a bill defining the jurisdic-
ton OF the courts of the United States in certain
cases, as follows:
That under the Constitution the judicial
power of the United States does not embrace
political power or give to the judicial tribunals
any authority to question the decision OF the
political departments of the government on
political questions; and ii is hereby declared that
all courts OF the United States in the administra-
ton of justice shall he bound by the decision of
the political departments of the government on
political questions.
Sec. 2. That il rests with Congress TO decide
what government is the establ shed one i'm a
State, and il is hereby. in accordance with for
mer legislation, declared that no civil State
government exists in Virginia or Texas and no
sO-called civil State government i'm either of
sane States shall be recognized as valid or
legal State government, either by the ex-
ecutlve on judicial power or authority
OF the mted States, until Congress shall 50 pro-
Nlde, or until suchState government is repre-
sented in the Congress OF the United States:
and 1t is hereby declared that the act of Con-
gress, entitled IAN act TO provide for the more
eEiclent government OF the rebel States" passed
March ?. 1sJs, and the several acts supplement-
airy thereto, are political in their character the
propriety OF validity OF which no judicial tribu-
nll = competent To question. aud the Supreme
Court on the United states is hereby probibitel
nom entertaining jurisdiction Of any case grow
liS out Oh the execution OF said acts in either OF
said States until Senators and REPRESENTATIVES,
ffom such States shall be admitted into the
Congress of the United States, Congress
shall recognize such State government as valid.
and meanwhile all acts or parts OF acts author
iZing an appeal. writ OF error, habeas corpus or
other proceeding to bring before said Supreme
Court Tor review any case, civil or criminal. or
other proceeding arising ont OF the execution of
said .'act To provide for the more efficient GOV
ernment OF the rebel States," and of the acts
an appeal in any case from the judgment
of the Circuit Court of the United
States in habeas corpus proceeding to the
supreme Court, or which authorize the Su-
preme Court to issue a writ of habeas corpus or
other writ to bring before it for review any iudg-
ment Of circuit or any other court, or Of any
judge thereof, in habeas corpus case or pro-
ceedng, be, and the same are hereby, suspend
ed. And no law heretofore passed, extending
the judicial system OF the United States over
any OF said rebel States, shall be construed to
recognize any State government existing therein
unhl Senators and Representatives from said
State shall be admitted into the Congress OF
the United States, or Congress shall recog-
nize State government therein as valid.
And the President is hereby directed to hold and
proceed with all prisoners held in said States by
military authority without regard to any ciyil
proceeding or authority whatsoever.
TARIFF AND TAxATIoN.-The Washington
correspondent of the Springfield Republican says:
''The Ways and Means are little embar-
rassed by those parts of the message which refer
squarely recommends that nothing shall be dsne
till next session except take sixty or eighty mil
lions from the taxes, The effect of this recon-
measure uphill work. This morning. the Com
mittee talked at length upon the duty on pig
iron, and the drift was toward duty of 81 i'm
gold per ton, instead of the present rate of 80.
Mr. Kelley advocated an increase of the duty on
steel and nickel. 1t is now certain that the
Committee will not be ready to report next
Tuesday, as they were ordered, and the subject
OF taNatlon will hardly get before the House till
after the holidays"
FUNDING BILL.-Mr. Morrell, of Pennsylya-
MIA, introduced yesterday bill "to fund the
debt Of the United States at lower rate of in
terest, to make the National Banking system
free," &c. II authorizes the Secretary Of the
Treasury to issue irredeemable coupon or regis
tered bonds to the amountOf twenty-five hun
dred million dollars, bearing an annual interest
OF three and sixty-five hundreds per centum,
payable semi-annually in coin. The money
realized from the sale of these bonds shall 90 to
the purchase or payment of other bonds and
coin interest-be airing Indebtedness.
NAVAL NEws.-Aspin,call, o. s. c., Nov. 18th,
1s69-Editor Star: The U. 8. steamer Tuscarora,
Commander Queen, arrived here from Havana,
on the 18th inst, relieving the U. 8. steamer
Seminole, Commander 4. X Owen. The Semi
mole proceeds to P0rt-au-Prince on the 18th
inst, to relieve the U. s. steamer Yantic, Com
mandeE Abbott. The Yantic proceeds to Key
West, Fla. J.M.
THREE EXECUTIONS IN ONE DAY.-There
were three executions on Tuesday, two in Penn
sylvania and one in Canada. John Fields,
native of England, and probably insane, was
Of his brother-in-law, Geo. Mathews. A differ
ence of s. between the parties induced the muir