Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-12-25
0OM@83S S.
MONDAY, Dec 20, 1880.
IN SEN

TwkNrr-FIksr coNoREss-srcoND SESSION.
| MONDAY, Dee 20, 1880.
IN SENATE.
mr.. Livingston OF Louisiana, and Mr.. Tszeweli OF
virginia, appeared this day. and took their s.ats
The President pro tem presented the following LEI.
ter from the Secretary OF the Trea.ury which with
the accompanying documents were, on motion If Mr.
King, ordered to be printed:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.,
17fh December 1880.
or: Inc Senate having by resolution Of tho 26 h
oil May, 1880, directed the Secretary OF the Treasury
" 10 report to the Senate within the first week OF the
next session OF Congress-, statement shelving the
mount that would be returnable to the merchants OF
the United States, should the hill reported the Sen
ate, from the Committee on Finance, during the pre-
sent session, to exempt merchandise imported uujer
certain cir cumsarces, from The operation of tho act Of
the i9h OF May, 1873. entitled, An act in alteration
Of the several acts Imposing duties on Imports" be
come law; and the Department having no m ans of
furnishing the Information from ia record or hose
OF the custom houses, inv taon given, through
the public papers, End by the all of the collectors TO
'hose merchants who had imported goods under the CIR
cumsaDces mentioned in the ILL, TO communicate the
fact
The annexed paper, marked a, will shew more par
,tcuarly, the means adopted and the aure OF the
formation requested.
In consequence of these measures communications
nave teen received from various ports tho result Of
which Is given ia the accompanying statement marked
Is; by which IL appears thai the amount able ia
ne event referred TO, would be $l60,433 80.
tis to be observed. however, that this inform ton
derived altog. Their from the psrte 2reseni atone
no means OF ascertainng IN 'ir correctness, has moi
deemed II necessary TO do than extract the sums
stated to be returnabie
II ia deemed pr oper 10 sdd that from the proporton
which the amounts appearing 10 be returnabc, al diff.
ierent porte, bear to each other and the aggregate
amount there i reason to suppoe that The statement,
is incomplete. Aud this belief is shened by the
circumstance that, hough the lst OF October last wa.
the time fixed by The ID varment for the Transmission
OF the statements from the different ports they have
continued to be sent well by collectors indivi
dusls, almost TO The present time; several having been
received within the present week.
have the honor t. be
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
s. ID INGHAM,
To the Hon. the Pre.iden Of the Senate.
Petitions OF priva nature presented nv Nj:
~ sbee, Mr.. Hendricks, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Tyler
Mr.. Kiag and Mr.. Woodbury. and referred 20 the I'd
propriate Committees.
Mr. Sanford presented memorial from Richard |
ward OF New York, staring hat he had obtained pa
ways useful Tor the purpose of hauling mp vessels for
repair and off iog TO dispose Of to Government
the use of 'hs Navy. The mem rial was referred to
the Committee on Nsval Affairs.
MT Barton presented a memorial from sunary ciii
zen- OF Missouri, praying that certain public lands in
that State may be brous into the marke which WAS
referred to the Committee Public Lands
The resolution of Mr.. White, RELIEVE TO dons'ion of
PubIc lands TO The ins'ituo for instructHg n Drs
and Dumb; the resolution of Mr.. Sprague conre ming
the duties and fees of American Consuls in 70, eign
countries; the resolution of Mr. Baker, touching The
Northern Boundary line of the Safe of Illinois and the
Improvement OF the posi--orte f'om New a bany to ST.
Louis and the resolu.9n OF Mr. Hendricks. relative
to the establishment, of certain enumerated Pos,routes
10 Indiana, were considered and adopted
The bills relative 10 the three per cent on public
lands in Illinois ard to the surrender of township OF
land in that Sa'e, together with the bill for The relief
OF John Brahan and John Read of Alabama were read
second TIM, and referred 10 the Committee on the
Public Lands.
The bill for the relief Of John Mccartney was read
second time, and referred to the Committee on Claims
tha -ltsf Il al Nat
second time, and referred 10 the Committee on PEN
sions
MOUNTED TROOPS.
The bill to authotizs the mounting and CONTINENT
OF part OF the army Of the United States ~ "a.
ken up. and passed the Senate in C mmtee of the
Whole.
On the question TO engross Il for a third reading Mr.
Sprague quirdd whether any information was before
the Ssni'c IN relation TO the amount OF expense which
would be ncurfe by the passage of this BIZ oe i'm re-
ia'on 10 the necessity Of the measure.
Mr. Brnon said that the bill had passed the Senate
al the last Session The amount Of the expense
stated in the bill i,el He had no, distinctly h ard
the inquiries made 10y the gen;l man from Maine but
he should be happy to give any explanations which
might be desirable by hOf ofabe Senators the sub
iect.
At the sugge sion Of Mr. Holmes the bill wa. sgaiu
laid on the table.
The bills fer the relief of Ransom Mix and Edmund
Smith; for the relief % Judah Roberto for the relief
Aaron Fitzgerald and Tor the relief Of Simeon c. Whit
tier, were read third time. and passed.
EXECUTIVE BUSINESS.
consideration of Executive business, and spent short
time in secret session.
TRIAL OF JUDGE PECK.
AT twelve o'clock the Senate resolved itself into
Court OF Impeachment Tor the trial Of Judge PECK Of
Missouri.
| 1.-THE charge alleged against the Judge, by the
House Of Representative has bee heretofore prbsl
ed IL is in substance, that having published his opln.
ion in the Missouri Republican, in ths case of Sou.
Iards heirs against the United States sometime after
the adjournment Of his court he did, unIsty rbira
rily aud oPpressivey, commit Luke Edward T,awless
an Attorney Ia bis court TO prison for twen'y-iour
hours, and suspend him from practice in the said court
for eighteen months for alleged contempt in publish
ing in the st Louis Enquirer, exposition Of GER
tain errors OF doctrine aud fact charged have been
set forth in the opinion OF the Judged
! Tho House Of Representatives, preceded by their
managers, Messrs Buchanan, M'Duffie, Judge Spen-
Ger, Siorrs, and Wickfe, came into the Senate Cham
Der in body, and having taken tbs seats prepared Tor
| them,
Mr.. Buchanan rose and said, that the managers on
the part Of fhs House of Representatives were now
prepared TO proceed in this trial.
Mr.. Meredith, one Of tbs counsel for The respon.
dent desired that the witnesses summoned in his be-
hall nigh be called.
The Marshal accordingly called over their names
Some Of Them did not answer
MIR. Meredith observed that three of the material
Witnesses To- the respondent present. We are
said he, notwithstanding, ready 10 go to trial.
Mr. McDufie ros. to open the case for the prosrcu
ton. lie maintained that Judge Peck had beef guilty
Of an Illegal and iyraunca usurplon If power; ,bs
no contempt had been committed by Mr. IsvIss..
that the common lazy OF England as such undsr
which the Judge bad punished him was unknown In
the Judicial tribunals Of the United States except a.
rules OF proceeding and action; tina, no punishment
could be II ced for mp,s committed any Vbsre
he rf~f H..