Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-12-28

ed--W hist the House yesterday found Itself with
ou quorum hc saw that am ny the absen;ecs
were gentlemen VIII" had voted aea;ns; the proposi
'ion TOT attending tire Court OF Impcnchnont He
meant rot To char-e my members with impropric,y
on this account but mentioned the fact to shew the
expectancy aud propriety &c Passing this resolution,
1t appeared to him ind"ot 10 lie SINGULAR procesd
ing, on The part ofths House, hat when tho onI,,
precedent in existence favor 81 tao course rro
posed IN tho resolution unier consideration Tho
House Should nave refused to adapt it. Could il he
Pre- ended that there any differences in The mng
III uoe OF the present and ne former case Of
impeachment which justified different forms of pro-
cecding in the two c3ses, n, ,,rosuo,.d No, M
same Personal liberty, am, III, same naleunble RIGHTS
guaranteed by the Constitution, of our conntrr Scro
l'VT'Vea IN ms case os IN that of the Impeachment
OF Judge Chase Without going unnece ssarily into
the merits Of the case consuming one m,ma,n of
the time of the House, Mr.. II. hoped that his mo-
ton would prevail
ri. Tucker opposed the res .lulion IIo co,s;do.
cd II TO be the r;y of gentlemen TO continwe in he
House and attend to the public business ofthe nation:
and, any member chose to attend The trial let him
accountto his constituents far his NEGLECT Of duty
He should be sorry if the resolution wns ogreed
10; ma he called for the aud nays It's adop-
MIR HayHes said bc would ask thc gentleman from,
N>euth Carolina how inrniscrs ct this House were to
account Tor to their constituents If in consequence
OF me absence OF so many members from the House
during the trial, Legislation should he 5efeoted
Which ought to succeed, and some succeed which
ought to fail In looking his matter Mr. n snid
he viewed 1t as practical question. Every one must
N"'" WHAT an interest," Woniu be excited and felt i'm
ms tri1 at almost every m'nent of it, and that il
would be lnDraciicab!e for this House to transact bu
siness whilst that Court was in session.
MI tucker repeated the question him Mr. Haynes
and replied that he should hold g,eas if such should
ne me case u blame should attach would those who
II any important should adopted affecting the in.
eeS OF me Constituents OF members during their absence
u a. they best could lie should attend VIVA, conceived
Mr.. Pe of Missouri to a the favor of the House IN
allow this question TO he taken ny Yays aud Nays Whilst
up he said he would make remark The gentleman from
80 s'a co"le'nch maj quorum could not be kept yester
day Bt said Mr. :, when it doubted whether there
there was quorum Experience sufficiently proved that
quorum co"ld be attend for on the last
attendance Of the House, honorable
Chairman of the Committee Whole when they returned
n a Gau 10 me ftoue returned almost alone, two
Tee members only returning with them. The all
difficulty in ths fact the .positon Of mem
oer- 70 DO the business of the House.
The House refused for the yeas and
rays a1d the question beng taken ohe resu
luton of Mr. Haynes, decided in the aairmave-ayes
So the House determined attend CT the impeaoh
PAY OF MEMBERS
| Mr. Yaucy submitted the following resolution:
Resolved That the Committee Public Expenditures be
instructed 10 inquire into expeency reducing the nav
Gay service and SIX dollars for miles going to
and returning from the of the General Government
Mr. irwin of Ohio demanded the question consideration
and the question being Pur decided in the negative by
large majority.
JUDGE PECK
ne hour e twelve having arrived Mr. Buchanan and
said that the House had determined upon attending the
motion that into Committee of Whole for the
purpose He did not for the resolution which been
MS DAY adopted the motion of the gentleman
get a the House had resolved attending trial in the
Senate he thought ought punctua in its a,ten
The Speaker observed that considered it TO be the duv
OF the sena notify tie House eac, day hen Wy
ready 10 proceed in the trial. ~
The House accordingly resolved itself into Committee of
the Whole. Mr. Cambrelens in the Chair and proceeded 10
the Senate TO attend the trial of Judge Peck -
senos To ooek 10 and
FRIDAY Dec "a. 1880.
IN SENATE.
Dir. B,bb of Kentucky appeared and took his se,t
NEW SENATOR.
The President cornmunica ed the Credentials of
Honorable William Wilkins, appointed Senator by
the Legislature of PeDnsylvania for the term of six
years from the fourth DAY of March next.
TURNPIKE ROAD.
MIR. Hendricks presented the petition of inhabi-
tants OF indiana, praying aid in the construction of
urpplkc Road from lawrenceburg, the Ohio to
the Southern bend of st Joseph's River; which was
referred to The Committee on Roads and Canals
The Committee of Claims were discharged from
the consideration of the petitions of JereInsh Bavse
and the heirs of Josiah Brady.
CUMBERLAND ROAD
Mr Rngges submitted the following resolution:
ResolveS, That the Secretary of War be directed
TO lay before the Senate the reports of The uperi-
teDdent of the CHAMBERLAIN Road. West of Zanesvle.
in the State of Ohio, for tie years 1929 and 1890
Public LAND DIsTRrcTs.
Mr. PnindsX er submitted the following resolution
Resolved, That The Com nittee on the Public
Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of
separating the land district of Louisiana from the and
district of Mississippi, and of creating the Office OF
surveyor of the lands of the United States for Lou-
siana, and abnlshug tho Offices of principal and dep
ntv surveyors in said State created by the act Of SOC
EXECUTIVE BUSINESS.
The Senate went for short time into the consid.
eratTon of Executive business.
TRIAL JUDGE PECK
The Senate again resolved ilselfintoa High Court
Of Impeachment
This cFoss-exauiraticn Of Mr.. Lawlcss was con-
unued up to The hour OF adjournment 1t has now
reached only 20 the sixth specification in the pubca-
ton OLA Citizen" The searching ability display
ed b. NJ Writ on the occasion. is met by unusual
The Senate adjourned till eleven, and the Court
til twelve O'Clock on Monday
HOUSE OF REPR ESENTATIVES
Petitions were presented this day bv Messrs Min