The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-06-25
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WASHINGTON, June "a.
Hoar's resignation takes effect upon the ap-
pointment and qualification f his successor.
Akerman is here, but the impression exists
in high quarters that the tormalities preceding
his qualification will require month.
The President has signed the Department
OF Justice bill, which greatly increases the pat
ronage of the Attorney General. Hoar will
continue to exercise the functions of the office
until Akerman can qualify; during which time
the patronage of the Department of Justice
will have been expended.
The revenue to-day is nearly million.
General Longstreet is here.
There will be majority and minority re-
port upon the Imprisonment of Hatch In San
Domingo. The majority repo-. exonerates
0sneral Babcock.
j. P. Root, Of Kansas, has been nominateP
as minister to Chile, Stanislaus Gautier as con-
sui at Cape Haytl, JAS G. Bennett, Of Kansas,
as'consul at Chihuahua, Chas. T. German as
minister to the Hague.
The Washington Express says that the Presi-
dent has himself declared that he intends to
. remove Minister Motley, but it is untrue, as
has been stated, that the PRECEDENT intends Ar.
Fish to take his place. The President has
never so iutimated to Fish, although the latter
can have the mission if he wants 1t.
The Secretary of the Treasury has directed
the payment of the interest due July lst, on
and after Tuesday next, without rebate.
The National Base Ball Club beat the 0lym-
pics to-day, score % to u, leaving the Nation
ais the championAf the South.
The President has signed the bill for paying
loyalcitizens for taking the census Of 1860.
80. . SENATE.
"a The Senate; aftera long debate, adopted
ANYas ssSnendme placing General Fremonts
B sthe head of the incorporators of the
Rairoad by vote of 81 to 6. The total
sm6er ofincorporators is now one hundred
and sixteen.
The Senate bill making 4th of July, Christ
mas day, New Years Day, and Thanksgiving
days, legal holidays in the District of Cclum-
bia, passed and goes to the President.
Upon the Cuban question Fowler and Thur
man spoke against Sumner. Thurman said
the resolutions were very grandiloquent, but
what good would this piece of rhetoric do the
CtEans? He was In favor Of saying to Spain,
and In the simplest words in which 1t can be
expressed, that she not only ought to recog-
nize the independence of Cuba, but must do 1t.
He moved to strike out the second and third
resolutions. Casserly also spoke against the
resolutions.
The Tax blu was then taken up, and the in
come tax stricken out-34 to %. The bill
was made the special order for Monday.
The bill for the new apportionment Of Con-
gressional representation was introduced.
HOUSE.
The bill authorizing the Secretary Of the
Treasury to license pleasure yachts passed.
The Georgia bill was resumed. Schofeld
argued that the term Of the Legislature COM
menced with the life of the State. II the State
was admitted in 1868, the term commenced
then, II the State requires this bill for ad-
mission, the legislative term commences with
its passage. Farnsworth supported his
amendment, which in effect elects new Leg
islature this fall, contending that when legis-
lators commenced work their term of office
commenced. He declared the effect of But
ter's bill was to Illegally extend the legislative
term to 1872, and the Governors term to 1874.
Bingham followed, opposing the bill.
After prolonged discussion, and decided
negative vote upon the mixed schools clause,
the Georgia bill was passed In the following
shape.
/. Be it enacted, That the State of Georgia
having compiled with the Reconstruction acts
and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments
to1Ae Constitution of the United States. and
having been ratified in good faith by legal
Legislature Of said State, it Is hereby declared
that the State OF Georgia is entitled to repre-
sentation In the Congress of the United States;
but nothing in this act contained shall be con-
strued to deprive the people of Georgia OF
their right to an election for members of the
General Assembly of said State, as provided
for in the Constitution of said State.
Sec. 2. That so much OF the act entitled "An
act making appropriations for the support OF
the army for the year ending June 30, 1868,
and for other purposes" approved March 2,
1867, as prohibits the organization, arming OF
calling into service of the militia forces In the
States of Georgia, Mississippi, Texas and Vfr-
ginia, be and the same Is hereby repealed.
After otter unimp business, ad-
journed.