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WASHINGTON, March 14.-Senate.--The
House joint resolution for adjourning to
morrow was defeated by large majority
The petition Of citizens Of San Domingo
protesting against annexation was present
ed by Mr.. Sumner. Mr.. Sherman durins
the reading Of it made point of ordel
that foreigners could not petition Congress
and President ColfaX sustained the point O
order. Is - t.s = i.
A bill was passed authorizing the issue
Of new for mutilated national bank notes
Mr.. Pratt, of Indiana, occupied the resi-
Of the day on public lands.
.Rouse.-Mr. Sypher introduced a resolu.
ton, which was passed, directing the Sec
rotary OF War to survey O route for shiI
canal connecting the Mississippi river with
the Gulf of Mexico. ~
The consideration of Mr.. Beck's genera
amnesty bill was resumed upon motion
to reconsider the vote by which the bill wa:
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
the effect Of which motion was to put the
bill on its passage. ~. -.
Mr.. Beck accepted an amendment ex
GLIDING from its benefits certain classes
explaining that he did so because, without
the exclusions, he thought the bill had nc
chance with the House. The exclusions
compromise members of Congress who
abandoned their seats to join the rebellion
officers of the army and navy over 81 year:
Of age who joined the rebellion, and mem
bers of State Conventions who voted fol
ordinances of secession. a.
After long discussion the bill failed
yeas, 100 nays, S2-not two-thirds voting
for it.
MIR. Porter presented the petition of B.
W. Cox and 30 others engaged in the Pc
tomac fisheries, asking that Congress viii
define the rights and remedies of District Of
Columbia, who fish in the waters of the
Potomac (; also one from j. S. Cogswell, and
30 others Of Alexandria, on the same sub
ject.
Adjourned. -. l..
The New Turn OF the Screw-The Ku.
Klux Bill Agreed Upon.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE joint com.
mittee appointed by the caucuses of the
two houses recommend the adoption SUBJ
stantially of Buffers -kuklux- bill. - II
authorizes the President to employ troops
to suppress disorders without the requisi-
ton of the State governments, establishes
an elaborate code for the trial and punish
ment of "kuklux" by the Federal courts,
makes any one of disguised band respon.
sible for the acts of the undetected members
of it, makes all damage done by such bands
payable by the counties wherein it occurs,
and requires that jurors trying all such cases
of .'outrages' shall have taken the iron.
clad oath.
The report of the committee was dis.
cussed three hours in caucus, and strong
opposition to both the military and judicial
features of the bill in the Senate caucus
was evinced. The caucus adjourned until
tomorrow without action. It is believed
hot MI nrrr0n fNr n
the bill upon its passage without material
modification. The House caucus is consid.
ering the report tonight.
The Weather Report ..... d
WASHINGTON, March 14-0Ece Signal
Bureau, 4:35 p. M.-Synopsis Of Weather
Reports for the Past It1enty; four Hours
The pressure has increased, and is pro5a-
bly, now stationary on the Southern and
mid-AtIantic. The low barometer Monday
evening on the East Atlantic has entirely
left our coast. Fair weather has prevailed
on the Atlantic, with fresh southerly winds
in the south, northWeSterly winds in the
east. The low barometer yesterday even
ing in Nebraska has moved eastward, pre-
ceded by high southeasterly winds on Lake
Michigan, and fresh winds on Lake Erie,
with threatening weather from the Gulf to
Lake Ontario, and rain on Lakes Erie and
Michigan. The barometer is rising with
brisk northerly winds at the Rocky Noun
tain stations, and is high on the Pacific
coast. The temperature has risen very
rapidly from Iowa to South Carolina.
Probahlities.-The storm centre now in
Iowa will probably move southeastward to-
night, with high winds on the upper lakes
and threatening weather on the Atlantic
and brisk winds on the lower lakes and
Gulf.