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ezo WASHINGTON, March 80, 1859.
THE MEMORIAL OF THE FRIENDS
REFERRED TO THE APPR0PR1A-
TON OoMMITTEE-No PROSPECT OF
a FAVORABLE REPORT.
The memorial Of the Richmond Society
of Friends presented in the Senate to-day
sets forth that after the close Of the war
many negroes who had been sold South re-
turned home to find them broken up, and
were thus left destitute-women, mostly
with children. That Society, by. aid from
England, ireland, and the North, has
erected a building for destitute negro chill
dren, and has also school under its
charge, and they ask the endowment of
$50, 900 from Congress to aid in, carrying
on operations.
The memorial was referred to the Com
mittee on Appropriations, but there is no
prospect Of a favorable report.
Pr ANOTHER OATH.
MIR. Sawyer introduced bill in the Sc
nate to-day, which was referred to the Ju-
dietary Committee, prescribing an oath to
be taken by persons who participated in the
rebellion but are not disqualified from hold
ing Office by the fourteenth amendment.
1t enacis that, instead of the oath prescribed
by act of June I'd, 1862, they shall take
that Of the act of July 18th, 1868. The
latter oath is as follows:
81, -, do solemnly swear or affirm
that I will support and defend the Consti-
tuition of the United States against all enc
mics, foreign and domestic; that I will
bear true faith and allegiance to the same
that take this obligation freely, without
any mental reservation or purpose of eva
sion and that I will well and faithfully
discharge the duties of the Office in which
I am about to enter. So help me God"
PETITIONS FOR REMOVAL OF DIS
| BILITIES OF VIRGINIANS.
Petitions were introduced in Congress on
Friday and to-day to remove the disabili-
ties of the following Virginians: Peter
Tinsley, S. D. Rumbough, Walter W.
Brooke, Levi Kinds, William M. Howerton,
W. and H. H. Hart, and Judge Alexander
Rives.
WHAT WAS DONE IN THE SENATE.
Vice President Colfax, having returned
to the city, took the chair again to-day as
presiding officer of the Senate. Business
seemed rather slack in the Senate to-day
But very few memorials or petitions we're
presented, and there were not more than
half dozen bills introduced, none Of them
being of any great Importance.
The supplemental currency act, which
was pushed over to-day on account Of the
tenure-of- office matter, will come up again
tomorrow, when it will probably be dis,
posed Of.
THE GEORGIA CASE-AGAIN.
The Reconstruction Committee will have
q meeting tomorrow, when the case Of
Georgia will be brought up. The commit
tee are framing bill, which they will pro
baby report, abolishing the present State
government and erecting new one.
THE SECOND ASSISTANT PCSTMAs
TER. GENERAL ENTERS UPON HIS
DUTIES.
The new Second Assistant Postmaster
General, Giles a. Smith, took the oath o
office to-day and entered upon the dis
charge of his duties.
NO APPOINTMENTS TO BE MADE II
THE TREASURY.
Applications for appointments ore still
pouring in upon Mr.. Tullock, appoinmen
clerk of the Treasury, but no new az
pointments will be made.
GRINNELL-HALSEY
a blank bond was transmitted to Nose
H. Grinnell, of New York, to, day, in orde,
that it may be executed by the time TIT
commission is ready.
John Halsey, of New Jersey, who ha
been offered the Registership of the Urea
sury, was at the Department to-day, ant
had q long interview with Secretary Bout
we'll. 1t is not known that he has accepted
the position. WALLACE.