New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-22
GENERAL PRESS DISPATCHl

The action Of the Committe on Foreign Relations,
who have resolved TO recommend the re-
lection of the, Alabama Claims treaty has
not met with q corresponding unanlmlty
from the other Senators. The report
has not been made to the Senate in Executive SEES
sion and hence the members OF that body generally
arc not yet officially advised Of the grounds upon
which the Committee have based their conclusions.
Ii is said by OF the Senators that the discussion
OF the report on so important question WOMB oc
cupy more time than the Senate could now Destow
upon IT, considering the advanced period OF the SEES
sion and the large amount Of legislative business 20
be transacted Therefore it is probable the consid
Grafton Of the treaty will be deferred till the next
session. of Congress. 1t is certain so far rs can be-
asceraned that the Senate viii act with due delib-
Grafton upon the subject.
The resolution respecting the Provisional Govern
ments of Virginia Texas, and Mississippi provides
that persons holding offices in these States who can
not take or subscribe TO oath of office according 10
a previous act OF Congress shall, the passage Of
this resolution, be removed therctrOm. IL shall DO
the duty of the different Commanders TO fill the va
cancies so created by appointment Of persons who
can take the OATH provided that the provisions OF
this resolution shall not apply 10 persons VINO, by
reason Of the removal of their disabilities, as pro-
vided in the Fourteenth Article Of Amendment To the
Constitution. shall have qualified for Office"
The Inauguration Ball Committee have engaged
the bands OF the Marine corps, Annapolis Naval
Academy and the 18th and Ath regiments, number
ing in all 40 pieces. The tickets of admission have
just been issued. The admitting ladies
measures seven by ten inches. In the center is a
bust Of Grant, laUTel-crowned, with his motto In
rays OF light behind his head at the foot of the bust
are sprgs of oak and laurel, and American flags on
each side. On the right is Peace, with her palm
branch and wings stIewng tho earth with blessings;
returning Commerce represented by ship under
tull sail and at her feet the pOw, and other sym
Dois Ot Agriculture, covering MP the effects OF tho
strife represented by deserted gun half lost in the
growth AT the opposite side is Columbia, severe
ana assured, with the cap of Liberty and the horn OF
llehly In the distance. the Capitol, arched by the
DOW Oh promise, III token of better times. The Com.
lnttee nave extended invitations to all the Ministers
OF foreign iegations who. 1T Is expected will attend
~ cGIIs toso6 Ne; Inese with those sent to the
Iresfueht ana President elect and their fami
lies, are all the invitations the Committee intend TO
issue The demand for tickets Is very great and the
indications are an unusually large and brilliant as
semblage.
s. l.. Hoge Associate Justice Of the Supreme Conrt
Of South Carolina, arrived here Saturday night.
He claims seat IN Congress from the Id District ~
that State. Mr. Reed, the Democratic candidates
received majority of the votes cast and has Ger
tifcate 10 that effect Judge Hoge brings a eertif
cate, signed by the Board of Canyassers and by the
Governor, that he received majority Of the legal
vote
The Secretary of the Treasury has instructed the
Solicitor Of that Department to take the necessary
steps to the enforcement of the 10Th section
of the act Of 1885, against the pilots of the steamers
United States and America, because of the recent
collision between those vessels which resulted in so
large loss of life The section referred TO provides
that every Captain Engineer, pilot or other person
employed on board OF any steamboat or vessel pro-
PEELED in whole or III part by steam, by whose mis-
conduct, negligence, or nattentOn 10 his respective
duties the life OF any person board sad vessel
may be destroyed, shall be deemed guilty of man
slaughter and upon conviction thereof imposes
heavy penalties.
The United States Consul ut Valparaiso informs
the State Department that the yellow fever has
again broken out in the different ports sonth OF Cal
lao. Several persons sick with that disease had
been landed from vessels at Valparaiso but that city
hopes 10 escape, as II did last season, by rigorous
quarantine and sanitary regulations.
The Commissioner Of the General Land Office has
just received advIces from the SurveyorGeneral at
Olympia, Washington Territory, showing the survey
Of four additional townships west VI the Calnm-