Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-02-02
ALEXANDRIA, ID. G..
vADNEsD4Y MORNING, FEBAU4RYa. 1881

WE DNESO7Y MORNING, FEBhCfhf ., 1901
The trial of Judge Peck closed on Monday,
and resulted in his acquital. The closing scene
is thus descrIbed:
The House of Representatives, with their Man
ayers. and the counsel for the respondent, having
come into Court;
Mr. IazemeN moved the following resolution:
Resolred, that this court will now pronounce
Judgment upon James H. Peck, Judge Of the
District Court Of the United States for the Dis
trict Of Missouri.
Mr. IazcweH, observed that il there were one
member of the Court unprepared for a decision
on this impeachment at this time, or preferred
any other mode of proceeding to pronounce judy
mont, he would cheertully withdraw the resou-
ton.
No objection having been made, the resolution
was unanimously adopted.
The names of the senators were then called over
by the Secretary.
The Secretary of the Senate, hnder the drec-
ton of the Vice President, read the article OF I'M
parchment exhibited by the House of Represent
atves against James II. Peck, Judge of the Dis
trict Court of the United States for the District Of
Missouri.
The Vice President rose and said
parchment read: you have heard the evidence
and arguments for and against the respondent:
when your names ore called you will rise from
is guilty or not guilty, as charged by the House
of Representatives.
The Vice President then in an audible voice.
put the followin question to each of the Senators
in alphabetical order, commencing with
Mr. Senator Ba. nard; What say you; Is Jas.
H. Peck, Judge Of the District Court Of the Unit
ed States for the District of Missouri, Guilty or
not guilty of the high misdemeauor charged in
the article ofimpeachment exhibited against him
by the House of Representatives?
Each Senator rose from his seat, as this ques-
ton vas propounded to him, and answered as
follows:
GUILTY-Messrs. Barnard, Brown. Clayton
Diskerson, Dudley, Ellis, Forsyth, Hayne. Ire
dell, Kane, King. Livingston, M'Kinly, Poin-
dexter, Robbins. Sanford, Smith of Md. Smith Of
s. G. Troup, Tyler, Woodbury.-e1.
NOT GUILTY.-Messrs. Barton, Bell, Bur
net, Chase, Foot, Frelinghuysen. Grundy, Hen
bricks, Holmes, Johnston, Knight, Marks, Nau-
dain, Noble, RuggIes, Seymour, Sisbee, Sprague,
farewell, Webster, White, Wi!ley-a2
Mr. Benton and Mr.. Robinson were excused
from voting. Mr.. Bib, MIR. Chambers and MIR.
RoWa,a were absent.
The Vice President again rose, and observed:
SENATORS: Twenty one Senators having voted
that the respondent is guilty, and twenty two
that he is not guilty; and two thirds of the Senate
not having voted for his conviction, becomes the
duty of the Chair to pronounce, that JAMES ii.
PECK, the Judge of the District Court of the U.
States for the District of Missouri, stands acquit
ted of the charge exhibited against him by the
House ofRepresentatives.
The Vice President then directed the Marshal
to adjourn the Court of Impeachment; and it was
accordingly adjourned sine die.
&Ns&
In the House of Representatives on Monday,
Mr.. Mercer, from the Committee on Internal
improvements, reported bill to authorize
subscription to the stock of the Alexandra Ca
nal Company, which was twice read; and the
question being on its commitment,
Mr.. Potter moved to lay the bill on the table
Mr.. Mercer called for the reading of the Re-
port of the Committee on Internal Improvement
read it, when
MIR. Mercer earnestly entreated the gentleman
from North Carolina to withdraw his motion and
thus save the time of the House and the money
of the nation.
MIR. Potter said, that, yielding to the advice of
his friends around him, he would withdraw his
motion to lay the bill on the table. When the
bill granting charter to the Company was be-
fore the House, at the last session, it was gene
rally understood that if the Company obtained
the charter, they would not ask Congress for
subscription to their stock.
Mr.. Mercer stated that the gentleman was I'M
der misrepresentation. The individuals who
advocated the granting of charter had no power
to pledge the Company that they would not ask
Congress to subscribe to the stock of that Compa-
nv. He assured the gentleman that there was
no pledge, and he felt convinced that. if the gen.
teman would read the Report Of the Committee
on the subject. and had no constitutional objec-
tions to the measure proposed, he would unite
with the friends of the bill in procuring its pas
sage.
The bill was then committed.
Mr.. Ramsay laid on the table an amendment