Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-12-13
TELEGRAPH NEWS.
Observation-Disclosures TO rHEGAZsTTE
FROM WASHINGTON.
CONGRESS

| WASHINGTON. Dee. l3.--lu the Senate, u
day, petitions were presented for the removal
Of duties on golI for the return to Thomas
Jefferson Randolph OF certain paper, OF Tho9'
Jefferson, now in the custody OF the state DO
partment; requesting the recognition OF Cuba !;
Tor the removal Of disabilities, &c.
Bill, were introduced TO amend the charter
Of the National Junction Railway; TO regulate
the importation OF cmigrants under labor con
tract, to fuui tn, mluirne debt u! the Uni
ted States anth"i2iue the establishment oil
Navy Yard al Nc@ Orlcans and to establish
Bureau OF Indian Affairs.
Mr. Cartcne, introduced a joint resolution
that the thirty eunbostI belonging To Span
shall not b, permitted to sail from the ports OF
tic United States. # they are TO be used against
Cuba.
Mr. Drake "a lei ~ his blI-slightly mOdi-
fed Regulating aud defining the jurisdiction
OF the Courts Of the United States, and ex-
planned the SANE IN 4 speech.
In the House Of Representatives, Mr.. Butler
introduced three bills iDr the admission OF Viz
gina i;..o the l'nion, whirh were ordered to be
printed
A resolution was adopted declaring that
reciprocity treaty with Great Britain, at this
time, is not desirable.
\ number Of bills, resolutions. 81, were in.
troduccd AID referred, among them bill to
abolish the ranking privilege.
A resolution OF enquiry into the validity oil
the act Of rctroccsaion of Alexandria was tabled.
\ petition, signed by Cubans, asking for the
recognition ot the independence OF the Island
was read.
VIRGINIA.
WASHINGTON, December l3.--ln the House
of Representatives, to day, Mr. Butler, from
the Committee on Reconstruction, introduced
three bills for tho admission OF Virginia, which
were ordered to be printed Tor the use OF the
committee, which meets to morrow, and one oil
which will, it is thought. be reported back to
the House, with recommendation that it do
pass.
The first was prepared 10y Mr.. Farnsworth,
and is as follows:
Whereas. the people OF Virginia have adopt
cl Constitution, Republican in form, and
have in all respects contormed to the require
mcn:s OF an act OF Congress, entitled an act
authorizing the submission of the Constitutions
of Virginia, Mississippi and Texas to vote
OF the people, aud authorizing the election oil
State officers, provided by the said Constltu.
tons, and members of Congress, approved
April TO- 1869. Therefore be it:
Rrsolyul, dc, That the said State of Vir
ginia is entitled to representation IN the Con
gress of the United States.
The second was prepared as 4 substitute by
Mr.. Paine, and is as follows:
Whereas the people of Virginia have adopt
ed Constitution republican in form, and have
in all respects complied with the requirements
of the several acts Of Congress providing Tor
the reconstruction of the late rebel States
therefore be 1t
R,solrH That the State of Virginia Is entl-
tied to representation in the Congress OF the
United States.
The third, prepared by MIR. Butler, sets
forth that the people of Virginia having
adopted u constitution, republican in form;
and by its provisions assuring the equality oil
richt in al citizens OF the United States before
the law and has in all respects complied with
the requirements OF the several acts oil C0n'
rress providing for the reconstruction Of, the
late insurrcctionary States, and Congress hav-
ing received assurances and being assured that
the people of Virginia, and specially these
heretofore in iusurrcction against the u. D.,
have renowned all claims OF any right Of Sc
ccs,ion in State, and that they arc we'll dis,
posed to the government of the u: s., and
will support the acts OF Congress, and Consut u
ton in letter aud spirit; therefore the State Is
entitled to representation IN tho Congress OF
the United States.
ALEXANDRIA,.
WASnlNGToN, December IS. In the House
of Representatives, to day, MIR. Paine offered
a resolution OF enquiry into the validity Of the
act rctroceling Alexandria to the State OF Vr-
gina. aud that il su,h act Is invalid, then
whether Lewis Mckenzie, Representative elect