The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-06-02
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL.
We take the following paragraphs from the
latest Washington dispatches to the Northern

we Jake tue luuoWluS poioSiopho aAonA 'A'S
latest Washington dispatches to the Northern
press:
AMNESTY.
The prospect for passing any Of the nume-
rous pending bills providing for general am
House having charge of the subject have bills
prepared, but the feeling in Congress against
making general law, added to the want Of
time to get it through, renders 1t very prooa-
BILE that it will 20 over to the next session.
Prominent Republicans IN the North and IN
the border States seem to have taken an IN
terest against it since the recent debate IN the
Senate. Letters to senators from Kentucky
state that if a general amnesty act is passed
John C. Breckenridge will certainly succeed
Garrett Davis in the Senate In 1873. In view
q the postponement OF the general Oil II IS
not improbable that one including several
thousand names will be passed. Over a thous-
and Virginians have specially applied for am
nesty by petition.
TIE NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE DIS
TRICT OF COLUMBIA.
The bill passed by the Senate on Friday
night to provide government Tor the Dlstr!ct
of Columbia vests The executive power OF tne
whole district in Governor, to be elected and
serve for four years, to receive S4oOo per
annum, and to have the veto and other pow
ers similar to those of the Governors OF States
s25O0 per annum, among whose duties 1t shall
be to furnish the President and Congress with
copies of all laws passed by the Legislature
This latter branch of the government, 1t is
provided; shall consist OF council OF eleven,
to be elected for tw0years, and House OF
Representatives of twenty-five members, elect
ed for one year, salaries four dollars per DAY
duringAactual attendance, the first election 10
be held within sixty days after the passage OF
this act bpCongress. The primary qualifications
for officers in all cases shall be citizenship and
residence in the District of Columbia. Acts of
the Legislature shall be subject to repeal or
modification by Congress. The courts are to re-
main as now oIganized, though the District
Legislature may pass laws modifying their
practice. Congress shall appropriate $4,000 per
apnum to defray the expenses OF the executive
department., including the salary OF clerk,
and shall also appropriate sufficient sum 10
he disbursed by the secretary Of the District,
made on estimates of the Secretary OF the
Treasury of the United States, TO defray iesiS-
lative and other expenses. One delegate IS al
lowed the District to sit in the House OF Rep
sresenta,ives of the United States.
s ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS.
A number of members Of the House OF Rep
.resentatives say that with close attention 10
business Congress may adjourn on the llth oil
sJuly-four days earlier than the date already
! fixed for that purpose. But, from present In
dicatlons there is more probability Of a slight
.extehson than Of curtailment OF the time.
The general appropriation bills are IN an ad-
syanced condition, and can soon be passed.
There are on the calendars over two thousand
bills, and many principally OF private
character) are in committee to be reported.
But few of them, however, are of pressing
nature. In any event, very much business Will
be continued to the next session OF Congress.