Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24
Congress-.

In the Senate, yesterday. the Committee CD
Foreign Relations asked to be discharged from
the further consideration of the matter OF the
Island of Alta Vela Mr.. Stewart called up
the Constitutional Amendment. MIR. Dixon
endeavored to have it postponed to proceed
with the consideration of the Tenure OF Office
act. but the Senate rejected the motion. The
Senate then non-concuned 10 the House
amendment to the Constitutional Amendment
and BY vote of yeas 80, nays %, asked
committee of conference on the disagree
ING votes of the two Houses. Messrs.
Stewart, Conkling and Edmunds were appoint
ed as the committee on the part oil the Senate.
The bill reorganizing the Judicial system oft ne
| u. S. and providing for the appointment OF
| Circuit Judges was taken up. An amendment
continuing for life the salary of Judges who re-
sign on reaching seventy years OF age was re-
iected, and the bill as reported, from the Jul
dcary Committee, was passed. 1t gives an
additional Justice to the Supreme Court, and
provides for appointment OF nine Circuit
Judges, one for each of the existing judicial
circuits at salary of $4,000 per annum. The
bill to punish the holding OF Office in violation
to the Fourteenth Amendment to the Consti-
tuition was debated. but not acted upon. AT
its evening session the Senate took up the
bills reported from the Committee on Com
merce and passed among others the following
10 repeal the tonnage dutes.on Spanish vessels;
to establish as post road a bridge over the
East River at New York; to give consent to
the construction of bridge across the Della
ware river at Philadelph to prevent the de-
| structon of fur bearing animals In Alaska
| The bill to allow the New York, Newfound
land and London Telegraph Company to lane
their cable on the shores OF the u. >. wa
amended so as 10 give Congress the power tt
regulate the rates of ocean telegraphy, an(
passed.
In the Bousc OF Representatives the Presl
dents veto of the Copper Tariff bill was takeI
up and gave rise to an animated debate. Mr.
Blair, of Michigan, charged that the Preslden
had vetoed the bill to please his Baltimore ad
mirers who had in return invited him to &C
cept their inequalities. Mr.. Phelps, of Mary
land defended the action of the authorities o
Baltimore. At the close of the debate TIT
House passed the bill over the Presidents We
to by vote OF yeas 10, nays sc, two more
than the requisite majority OF two-thlrds =
Mcssrs Bell and Reeves, OF New York, were
brought before the House as recusant witnesse
having refused to answer the questions OF tht
committee charged with the investigation 0
the New York election frauds. They boil
protested to be now ready to answer the qucs
tons proponded and We're remandcd to the Gus
tody of the Sergeant at Arms. Mr. Lawrence
from the committee, submitted report IN re
lation to the New York election frauds, will
ACCOMMODATING bills. One of these, Withdraw
ing the authority Of certain Courts OF New
York city to issue certificates of naturalization
was at once taken up and passed The Hous'
cOncurred in the Senate request Tor commit
tee Of c1nferencc on the constitutional Amend
ment, and the Speaker appointed, as the
committee on the part Of the House, Messrs
Boutwell,, Bingham and Logan. The bill t
strengthen the public credit and regulate gol'
contracts was further discussed, but no vot
taken At the evening session OF the HOUSE
the Legislative Appropriation bill was takel
no and various amendments adopted. a mo
ton to strike out the appropriation for tn
salary Of the Special Commissioner OF Revenue
(Mr. WelIcs) lead to debate, which continued
| until the House adjourned.