The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-08-15
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
ExECuTIYE ooMMuNIcATIoNR

LUG OF Ehhhh lald before the House q communication
from the Postmaster General In answer a resolution of
the House OF the 9th Instant stating that special instrue-
ions had been Issued to the proper agents OF this depart
q on aas a
the Fails transmitted from the city of Washington and
mat effort would be spared to trace any depredadons
teenons that have occurred which may occur of the
kind complained OF and to cause the guilty parties to be
exposed and punished. The communication was laid
the table and ordered TO be printed.
message was received from the President of the United
States tranpitting communication from the Secretary
of War enclosing report from Capt Megs, stating that
the of $750O00 will be necessary for the prosecution
of the Capitol extension until the close of the session
Of Congress. The President recommends that the amount
be appropriated.
The message and accompanying papers were referred to
the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be
printed.
LEGISLATIVE, ExECurIvs AND JUDICIAL BILL.
The House resumed the consideration of the bill making
appropriations for the legislative executive and judicial
expenses OF the for the year ending the 30h
Of June, 1857 the question being concurring in the
amendments of the Committee of the Whole to the Senate
| amendments thereto
Mr.. CAMPBELL of Ohio addressed the House with ref
erence to three amendments which the attention Of the
country had been directed The first the provision by
which the House had voted to the members
for the purchase Of books and which the committee had
insisted on Notwithstanding the feeling which had been
manifested BY the country against it, great deal Of in
had been exhibited to the country side of the
House in reference to the difficulties Kansas but no one
had been found willing to weigh that provision down with
proVBoi ana, IN SNORT, there was part OF the bill
which affected directly remotely the pecunary per-
sona interests of members of Congress which these
restrictive provisoes had been attached
in reference to two of those provoec n The BILL he had
but word to say. The first offered by the gentleman from
New Jersey, Mr. PENNINGTON he could not and would
vote fer 1t provided that portion of the money should
Do applied to the payment of any debts however honestly
DUE to any person acting under the judicial system Of
Kansas 1t proposed not merely to withhold the pay Of
the judge who might have acted improperly but to with
hold from the marshall whose duty il was under the law
! q n Tho or1a prt
withhold from witnesses who might have been compelled
the process issued by the court to attend and give
mony their rghu fees The second proviso prospec
tive and provided that portion the money appropriated
should be used for the purpose of executing which
he had always regarded fraudulent null and void He
would give it his support although he thought the
duty OF gentlemen on other committees have framed bill
at an earlier day of the session for the repeal of these laws
He regarded the provsoes unnecessary for the rea-
son that he believed, upon information which he had
ceVed that the persons now under and mprison
ment IN Kansas Charged with constructive treason would
not Re eeuted punished and therefore they merely
put in jeopardy great measure upon which the success
of the government depended and which, defeated would
in the future clog the operations of every branch of it.
The House proceeded to vote upon the amendments
reported from the Committee of the Whsle.
On the amendment restoring the item struck out by the
Senate appropriang Sl82765 SIS for books voted
bers of the House by the resolution of the House of Rep
resenatves of 7h July 1885, with the following provso
Provided, That any member of the House who may be
willing receive said books may give notice of the
ths Clerk of the Houss of Representatives who shall retain
ss books which sad member be entitled report
the fact at the of the session of Con-
gress.
The yeas and nays ordered, and being taken
sulted-y cas- 95, nays 81.
The Senate amendment, amended, then
red in
The Senate having amended the bill by striking the
following proviso:
Provided That the money hereby appropriated shall not
any part thereof shall be paid of any
in the treasury any other appropriation made by
any court Of the Territory Of Kansas against
charged with treason against the United States and
anv aeged Violation or Of tbe OF PROVISIONS Of be
laws OF body Of who assembled at the Shawnee Mis-
SION In said Territory claiming to be the legislative assem-
every person who has been may be restrained of his lib
by OF such prosecution prosecutions shall
be released from confinement
and the committee having agreed that amendment wiz
striking the above and substituted instead thereof the
following:
"P,osd.d That no part Of the money appropriated BY
Congress- until every person charged with treason against
known the Topeka constitution preparatory
thereto or in pursuance thereof or In the body claiming to
preparatory thereto or In pursuance thereof
violation disregard whatever Of any enactment of the
alleged legislative assembly OF said Territory recently
bed Shawnee Mission shall be released from confinement
and discharged from further prosecution therefor but moth
the indictment, arrest, prosecution punishment, and
detention Of the United States In said Ter
rtoy Of any person who shall have violated provision Of
any Congress the commission any offence against
person property In the said Territory !"
The question was taken agreeing TO the amendment
Of the committee the Senate amendment and it de
cided In the afhrmative-yeas 81, nays o.
The amendment OF the Senate amended then
CURED in-yeas 81, nays 90.
The committee recommended Inconvenience in the
amendment Of the Senate appropratng $4,000 for com
pensaton and mileage OF tho members OF the egsR-
tive assembly OF Kansas ocers clerks and contingent
peuses Of the assembly, aud the question being taken the
amendment was non-concurred in--yeas 49, nays %.
The House concurred in the amendment OF the Senate
striking out the following proyso-yeas 92 nays s5
Provdsd hossver That no part Of the money hereby
shall be expended for prosecuting OBTAINING
ca offence in the Territory Of Kansas for any prosecu
ton that has been heretofore instituted for political offences
And substituted for the above the following:
Provided however That no part Of the same shall be en-
pended for arrestng prosecuting, furnishing OBTAINING
person charged with against the United States
other offence founded upon any participation Of such per-
in the formation Of the constitution known the Topeka
thereof in the body claiming TO be the legislature Of
said Territory convened at Topeka, prepare
thereto in pursuance thereof violation dis
whatever OF enactment of the alleged legislative
assembly Of said Territory recently assembled at Shawnee
Mission but nothing contained In this proviso shall be
construed prevent the Indictment arrest prosecution
punishment and detenton in or BY any court Of The United
States In said Territory person who shall have violated
provision Of any act OF Congress- In the commission OF
offence against person or property In the said Territory
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Senate having insisted upon their amendments to
the navaappropriaton bill disagreed TO by the House.
and asked a committee Of conference thereon,
On motion Of Mr.. PHELPS Of Missouri, the House In