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correspondence.
washington Correspondence.
Washington, Dec. 16, 1863.

has been, and still Is, principally occupied
in committee of the whole, with the CEN
sus bill. The Senate devoted last Tues
day to eulogies on the late Senator Fessen-
den. Mr. Sumner, of the Senate, and
Mr.. Kelley of Penn, in the House. pre-
scented memorial from the recent color
ed National Labor Convention held here,
asking Congress to divide the lands be-
longing to the government in the South
(of which there is stated to be some 46-
900, 900 acres) among the colored people
in parcels of 40 acres to each family
Mr.. Conkling in the Senate, and Mr.. Will
lard of vt. in the House, introduced bills
to abolish the franking privilege. Seha-
tor Wilson proposed bill to prohibit the
making, or rather the carrying out of con-
tracts with foreign laborers made in their
own country tor their labor to be done in
this, under our markes rates. Mr.. Clark
of Kansas introduced the very republican
resolution declaring it as the judgment of
the house that whenever public lands are
disencumbered of Indian titles, they shall
Immediately be opened to actual settlers,
and that their sale to corporations and
spectators is contrary to sound policy !;
and Senator Carpenter introduced the de-
cidedly unrepubiean bill providing that
any federal judge shall, upon retiring from
the bench for any unftness to continue,
except misconduct. have his full salary
continued to him for the remainder of his
life. Apropos Of U. S. Courts, Senator
Drake of Missouri, on Monday, made a
speech on his bill to further define their
jurisdiction. He denied their right to
pass upon the constitu onality of an act
of Congress. And this again reminds me
that Attorney Gen. Hears name has been
sent into the Senate as associate justice Of
the u s. Supreme Court.
Gen. Butler introduced bill decar-
ing Virginia's compliance with the recon-
st4uction acts and title to representation.
Mr.. Paine of Wis, introduced resolu-
ton submitting the question of the consti-
tutionality of the relrocession of Alexan-
dria, by Congress, to Virginia, as affecting
the title of Lewis Mckenzie, who lives
in Alexandria, to a seat in the House as
representative from the 7th Dist. of Va.
Mr.. Ward Of N. Y. presented Il petition
signed by 1900 citizens of his state, ask
ing recognition of Cuban independence.
All of these bills, resolutions and memoir
ials, except the one resolution tabled, have
been referred TO their several appropriate
committees.
Chas. A. Page, esq, late U. s. Consul
at Zurich, Switzerland, now sojourning
here, has just issued phamplet evident
y intended for the consideration of con-
gress, on the naturalization question, in
which he sets forth evils arising out of
the issuing of naturalization papers by in
ferior state courts, and without dignified
observances; wherefore they are not
asided by in the continental nations Of
Europe in cases in which those govern
ments are called upon to recognize the
U: s. citizenship of persons born within
their respective jurisdictions; and he rec
commends that naturalization papers be
issued by U. s. Courts only, and that full
information of each case be filed in the
state department. and that said department
inform the nations respectively bf which
the naturalized persons are natives.
"Sdllharping on my daughter" Col.
Reavis of St. Louis, has been Eere for
weeks, for the avowed purpose of agita:
ting the subject Of the removal of the
Capitol to his town. He has had humid
reds Of pamphlet pages printed, giving
figures, facts and reasons in favor of such
removal, which he distributes assidiously
in addition to his earnest talk, wherever
he can get chance in an influential Quar-
ter. Tho friends ofthe other side affect to
pooh-pooh him, and to find something RI
diculous in the project. The pains they
take, however, belle their pretensions -
The Republican of this morning, for ex-
ample, occupies 81 columns of its first
page in an attempt to ridicule the project.
The projected worlds fair for this city in
1871 has been looked forward to lis a
strengthener Of the bonds between the
capitol and Washington. l have heard
one of the stay-put friends, as thoughtful
as they will average, say"If we have the
worlds fair here, the capitol will never
be removed" 1t must have been some
what Of a wet blanket on their hopes, the
announcement by Senator Sumner, We'd
nesday, in reply to Senator Hamblin's re-
port with aIdchdmeut, Of the bill to incor-
porate the worlds fair company, of the
fact that the British government was now