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The House, Mr.. orth, from Committee on For.

elgn Aliairs, reported adversely the resom.
Ilem originally offered by Mr.. Robinson, of
General for his opinion as 10 WhetR:
err if Joseph Warren KeifeY, Alonzo
- Cornell, or Charles Gaitoll should be ar.
c cesTea IN the British o empire thut having
nent, by Sospending the WRIT dfhabeas cor.
pus, could lawfully detain him on indefinite
susptcNn without trial or without the right of
VIC United states to demand his release. Mr.
hoOlnson desired to debate the resolution, but
She speaker held that the pending motion to
nay on the table was not debatabie The res
olution was tabled, Yeas, III; nays, lGI.
THE Anti-polygamy bill came up in the
Senate, 18th, and the amendments proposed
by the Committee on Judiciary were read and
agreed To up to the fifth section, which author.
lzes the President to grant amnesty "a ciasses
OF Offenders guilty before tho pussage of the
act OF blgamy, polygamy or unlawful colnh-
ltation, on such conditions as he mnv fhinl,
proper MIR, Hoar suggested the query ,yheth
err under his exercise of the Dardoniny no,yer
winch u, was I9 limited 70 paIdqns and replieyes
stitutionallY, pardon whole classes of offend.
ers, esSlnst paltm hiar lew uDon such condi
ions rs he may bsescribe. Mr.. Edmunds
salu tle SolIIintlPe had been in doubt wheth-
on ny ~ IN or point was necessary mt all
anu NAG Userted it only because the question
Ms an open one The object of
~ las to enable the Government to say to the
I great body of the Utah people, "If YOU stop
TINS practice and sin no more you will not be
prosecuted for what you have already donen
The section, as amended, and the remaining
committee amendments to the 9Th section,
were adopted. ."The House managed to
spend the day over the Apportionment bill
without voting
| AFTER short executive session, on the
18th, the Senate proceeded with the Anti.pu.
lygahy bill, the question being upon the
eighth section, rs reported from the Judicia.
~ Committee. Mr.. Morgan asked whether
| the Dill would not exclude from his seat in the
| House the delegate from Utah, who was rep.
| resented to be pOlygamist. Mr.. Edmuntts
said, in reply, that an inquiry would be made
in due time on behal! of the committee
the bill as in its every feature Il
bill of attainder (inhicting punish
| ment without judicial triaD (which .whs pro.
hibited by the Constitution. MIR. Pendleton
! objected TO several features of the bill par
! ticularly TO tho one excluding from the Jury
box known polYgamists In trials for polvga.
my, etc. The remaining committee amend
ments and several sections of the bill were
finally agreed to and the bill was reported to
the Senate asfromt the committee of the whole.
Mr.. Brown renewed his amendment requir-
ing that not more than three members OF the
board OF commissioners shall be members of
! the same political party. Agreed to by a
| party vote-yeas 20; nays. y. Mr.. Davis, of
! Illinois, voted yea with the Democrats, and
/ Mr. Mahone was absent. Several amend
ments were proposed and defeated by de-
| cisive votes, and after Encouragement of its
! sections the bill finally passed by a vive voce
! vote. 1.-THE bill granting a pension of S. 900
! year to Mrs. Garfield passed the House. Mr.
Andersons amendmentto the Apportionment
! bill, liking the number of representatives at
325, was agreed to by 1862 to lW. All the Re
publicans except two, Darall of Lou.
lSiana and White OF Kentucky, voted
| for S2j. The Democratic members from
Limo nd
few from louisiana and Maryland, voted with
! the Republicans, The remainder of the Dem
ocrats voted solidly against the proposition
a motion by Mr. Springer of Illinois, to re-
! consider the vote by which the House had re-
iected the amendment offered by Mr.. Colerick,
was the signal for a scene of q eat noise and
| confusion. motion to table the motion to
reconsider was Immediately made on the Re
! publican side, and the Democrats demanded
The yeas and navs-l3l to4 No quorum,
Democrats reiraining from voting.
IN the Senate, Feb. 18th, Mr. kellogg in
| troduced bills providing Tor the following an.
preparations, Improvement OF the Mississippi
River from New Orleans, SSO0,O 600 improve.
ment of the Ouachita River $4,000; improve.
ment of the Red River above Shreveport $50 4.
900; Improvement of Bayou Lafourche, SIS
900; improvement OF Bayou Teche, $4,000
improvement of the Caucasian River $4,000
deepening the channel of the Atchafalaya
River 100000; building "a lock mt the
mouth of Bayou Planquemine, $4,000
building Post office and Court. house
mt Shreveport $4,000; building a
Courthouse and Post. office at Ope-
lousas, $1,000; building II Custom-house
and Post office at Morgan City, $4,000. The
| Pension arrears resolution went over and the
! senate adjourned until the 20th......In the
| House, Mr. Springer moved to reconsider the
vote by which Mr.. COlerick's amendment to
the Apportionment bill was rejected. Tabled
| -llS to III, and the substitute, fixing the
4 a1N.aVss hl
-l54 to %. Mr.. Page (Cal) desired to with
| draw his resolution proposing $40 members,
! but as 1t was the number favored by the
| Democrats objection was made. 1t was how.
| to recommit was lost, and the bill passed
| without division.