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WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-The concurrent re-
solutions which Senator Mcdonald, of Indiana,
will offer in the Senate after the holiday re-
cess as substitute for those recently sub
mitted by Senator Morton, and of which he
gave notice to-day, have not yet been per-
fected, and therefore could moi be presented
to-day
The following is rough draft of them,
containing the substance thereof, though the
phraseoIogy may be changed somewhat be-
fore their presentation to the Senate:
ResolUed by The Senate, the House Of Represe1-
tatives concurinq, That the people of the
United States constitute nation, and are one
people in the manner only and to the extent
provided for in the Federal Constitution and
the amendments thereto.
Resoloed, That the United Colonies declared
and achieved their independence, and the
Federal Constitution was formed and adopted
by the States formerly comprising the Con-
tederacy, and called the United States of
America, the chief purpose OF which was to
form moro perfect Union, establish
Justice, insure domestic tranquility and
to provide for the common defense,
and the powers not delegated by it to the
United States nor prohibited by it to the
States were reserved to the States respectively,
and to the people.
RESOLVED, That as the States were, at the
time OF the formation and adoption OF the
Federal Constitution each sovereign, free and
independent, except in SO far only as such
sovereen MY bad been expressly delegated to
Congress by the articles of confederation. the
rights reserved to the States and to the people
in the formation of the Federal Government
are sovereign rights which cannot be impaired
without usurpation, and the only safe rule by
which to administer the Federal Government
with respect to the rights of the State and the
people, is strict construction OF the Federal
| Constitution and the amendments thereto.
Res0lued, That in the formation of the
Federal Government it was the clear design
to leave each State and the people thereof,
sovereign as to all matters of local or domes-
tic concern, and to confer upon the Federal
Government sovereign powers as to such mat
tiers as might affect the general welfare of all
the States, or as might be necessary
to secure domestic tranquility, which powers
are defined in the Federal Constitution and
its amendments. The people Of these United
States, therefore, from the nature and charac-
ter of their Government-State and National
and from their relation to each, are not q
national unity in the ordinary sense OF that
term.
Resolued, That it being the design to make
the government formed under the Federal
Constitution perpetual, the right of any
State or any number OF States to
secede from the Union was not reserved, and
so far as such right hes been claimed to exist,
it should be deemed forever settled against 1t
by the results of the late civil war.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2l.-A plea of insanity
has been made for Charles G. Fisher, Assist.
tant District Attorney, indicted for abstractine
court papers, and otheis. rascalities in office.
The following are the Southern appoint
mepts in the Clerks Office: j. i. Dalton, o.
Mississippi, Engrossing Clerk; Jos. ID. Fran
chs. of Alabama, File Clerk; ex. Representa-
tive Rice, of Kentucky, Librarian; w. M
Hardy, of North Carolina, Assistant Librarian
The name of Jeff.rso Barracks Post-O Office
is changed to st. Louis Arsenal.
The Traders National Bank of Charlotte
N. G., is authorized to commence business
with capital of 500, 900.
Only routine business transacted at th'
Cabinet meeting to-day