Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-21
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WASHINGTON.

W%AsHIHGToN, February ~20.-Judge
Hoge, OF 5 iuth Carolina, is here claim
ing a scat In Congress from the Third
District of that State, for which Mr..
Reed, ID m0orat, has recsived q certif
cate of election by majority of votes
cast, while Hoge has q certificate from
the Governor that he received a major
ity OF the legal votes cast.
In the Senate, the credentials Of Gas.
serly, of California, were presented.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has in
structed the Solicitor of that department
to take the necess 4ry steps to secure the
enforcensnt OF hstwelf,h section OF the
act Of 1888 against tbs pilots o. the
steamers Unitei States and AmeTic2, be-
cause of the recent collision between
these vessels. The section referred to
provides thst every captain, engineer,
pilot, or other person employed on board
of any steamboat or vessel propelled ia
whole or in part by steam, by whose
negligence or insttention Of duty the
life OF any person on board said vessel
may be destroyed, ahall bedsened guilty
of manslaUghter, and upon conviction,
heavy penalties imposed.
The following bills and joint resOlu-
lions have been presented to the Presi-
dent on the 6 b instant, and not having
been returned by him within the consti-
tutional limit of ten days, Sundays K
copied, have become laws:
Bill sppropristing $50. 600 FOR the tenn.
porsry relief of the poor AID destitute
people in the District OF Columbia.
Bill relative to o contract for station
cry for the Department OF the Interior.
Resolution respecting the Provisional
Governments of Virginia, Texas and
Mississippi. This provides that persons
holding Office in these States, who can
not teke or subscribe to an oath OF Office,
according to q previous act OF Congress,
shall, on the passage Of this resolution,
be removed from office. IL shall be the
duty OF the different commanders to fill
the vacancies by the appointment of per-
sOns who can take the oaths, provided
the provisions Of this act shall not apply .
to persons who, by reason Of the removal
of their disabilities, shall have qualified
for Office.
The President today sent to the House
a brief message, informing that body
of the release of Warren and CASTILLO by
the British government.
The Committee on Census, at q meet
ing, discussed the question whether the
ratio Of representation should be en-
lsrged, go as to retain the present num-
Der of Representatives, or whether the
present ratio should remain uDaltered,
thereby increasing the number of Rspre-
sentatiVes.
Twenty of last nights absentees were
brought to the bar Of the House by the
Ssrgeant-at-Arms, when it was resolved
that farther proceedings under call Of
the House be suspended.
A colored man of this city addressed q
note to Mayor Bowen, Chairman OF the
Committee on sale Of tickets for the
Inauguration ball, that a number of his
friends from Philadelphia and New York
would be here on the 4.h of March, and
ssks whether any distinction ON account
of color is to be made in the sale of
Mayor Bowen this morning re-
piled, saying any person Of respectable
character and standing Ia the eom-
muuity, who applies and pays for a
ticket to the inauguration ball, to be
held in the n~orth.wihg Of the Treasury
Department, will not be denied, 50 far
as my action is coneerned. The question
Of color never having arisen before the
OF course, l can't decide for
them.