Morning journal and courier., 1882-05-10

ruled that Reed should confne himself to th printed exceptions of which that was nc one. The session then adjourned till to-mol | row.
 In the executive session of the Senate thi afternoon Mir. Worthingtons Boston collec torship nomination was taken up and debate for two hours, Senators Hoar and Dave making speeches in opposition. No actiol | was taken.
 Hon. Alexande H. Stephens slipped ol i his crutch as he VI as entering the Capitol to l day and sprained lis ankle, which, however resulted in nothing serious I Guiteau, after reading MT. Reeds argu ments before the court in banc, says he has no doubt there will be granted a new trial. He would like to be in court so as to heal 1 both sides, but expects to be dealt fairly with 1 On referring to the published telegram con corning Mrs. Scoville in New York he says he thought that she acted cranky here last month.
 Owing to misunderstanding and the loss of registered matter by night trains, Postmaster General Howe has given orders that no reg istered matter be sent by night trains except at points where proper exchange receipts can be made.
 The Committee on Finance made & favor able report on the nomination of Jackson, collector of internal revenue, and Kaufman, postmaster at Alleghany City, Pa This is considered Cameron victory and important on the eve of the convention at Harrisburg.
 The trip of the President and Cabinet on Bennetts yacht was cut short by the vessel sticking in the mud off Arsenal Point. She tried in vain for three hours to get off. Fin ally the party landed in small boats and sent two tugs to her assistance. They expect to get her of at high tide.
 Bonds received for redemption up to date under the 1O6th call amounted to $19, 259, =
 
 $1, 755, ,G35; 1O9th call, $8,322, 1850; 10th call, $2, l94, 400.
 The Rotunda tea party last week nette3 over four thousand dollars for the Garfield hospital.
 Business of the session of the national brewers convention will begin tomorrow. To night there was a grand reception at which the visitors were received by Commis- sioners of the District.
 Judge Shell, of the police court, today committed the proprietor of the Sunday Chronicle to await the action of the grand jury on a charge of criminal libel, brought by Alonzo Bell, assistant Secretary of the h. terior.
 It is authoritatively stated that the Chinese bill passed by the two houses of Congress by making the period of suspension ten years in place of twenty years avoids the difficulty which compelled the President to refuse his assent to the former measure. There are some other provisions in this bill which the President would have shaped differently had he been legislator, but he recognizes that 1t is not the province of the Executive to dictate the form of legislation or to refuse assent to a measure because it is not in every respect what the President would have preferred. The sixteenth section of the bill effects no important change in the existing law on the subject of naturalization, the con- struction of the statute having been in one case only reported against the admission of Chinese to citizenship. In regard to section seventeen the words ''Chinese laborers" wherever used in the treaty with the Chinese have been construed to mean both skilled and unskilled laborers.
 It is expected that the Fitz John Porter case will not be brought up for consideration at this session of Congress. The programme is understood to be to get report favorable or otherwise from the Military committee of both houses at this session, and then to en- deavor to have the bill pushed through at the first opportunity at the next session Senator Logan will be back in few days and as ;the Senate bill is referred to the committee of which he is chairman, he will be likely to have something to say about it. General Porter, it is understood, will use the argument with the Republicans that the bill is 8 Republican measure, inasmuch as General Grant ap- proves it and President Arthur has done as much as the law would permit him to do to secure Porter's restoration to the army.