Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-02-27
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 90.
SESATE-AIr. Trumbul said he had been re-
0uested to present q memorial from twenty
, seven Senators and thirty-siX members of tile
House of Representatives of the General As
sembly of Indiana, stating, that it was impor-
tant that their rights, as well as the right Of
that State, that there should be speedy decis-
ion in the case of Fitch, who claims to have
been elected to seat in the Senate. He trusted
they, the judiciary committee, would make an
early and favorable report on the subject.
Mr.. Toombs remarked, he was prepared to
make a report now, and proceeded to read: 1t
sets forth that the committee found some i'm
portant matters, and the facts alleged by the
contestants relative to the manner in which the
election of Fitch was held are denied by him,
and hence, it became necessary to take testimo-
ny of persons residing in Indiann, for the better
lascertaining of the dispatched facts and offered
a resolution touching the case of the contested
election of Fitch, who was returned and admit
ted to seat from Indiana, the sitting member,
and all persons protesting against his cleo
| ton, be therefore permitted to take testimony
on the allegations of tho contestants and ofsaid
member touching all matters therein contained
before the Judge of the District Court of the
U. S. or any Judge of the Supreme or Circuit
Count of Indiana, by first giving l0days notice
of the time and place of such proceedings in
some public Gazette printed in the city of In
dianapolis. G
| Mr.. Toombs remarked that one most import
ant question involved in the consideration of
the legality of thiseection was whether the three
persons who acted as Senators in the General
Assembly were legally eDtitledto their seats or
not. This was the Fcontrovertcd point and the
committee We're unable to report the facts 10 the
Senate without first taking testimony.
Mr.. Stuart objected to the present considern-
ton of the subjectas likely to give rise to de-
bate and interfere with the moving business.
The resolution lies over under the rules. Re-
port ordered to be printed
Mr.. Pratt presented the credentials of Antho-
ny Kennedy, elected Senator from Maryland for
six years from the 4th of March next.
| Mr.. Douglass introduced bill for the erection
of Post Office building at Cairo, Ill. ssa
Mfr, Stuart moved, and the committee on COM
MERGE was discharged from the memorial of the
Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad Co., and
from the memorial of the legislature of Iowa,
asking grants of land. - :
l. Mr.. Seward, from the committee on COM
merce, reported bill authorizing the President
| to procure. steam Revenue cutter to be sta
toned on:the Pacific coast:
Mr. Bigler, from the committee on Post Offices,
Ireporteda bill to provide for carrying mails
from New York to South America, touching Mt
intermediate ports, and a bill for carrying mails
from Panmaa toyalparaiso, and west coast of
| South America in connection with mail routes
already established or hereafter to be establish
ed to New Orleans, New York, and California.
Mr.. Foote, moved tfiatthe committee on Pub
| lie Lands be discharged from the petitions from
citizens of Vermont praying for modification
of bounty land laws and a memorial from cti-
zens of Kansas, praying for the enactment of
the homestead bill
Mr. Wilson introduced bill nppropriating
500, 900 for n Court House at Boston.
Mr.. Rusk from committee on Post Offices re-
ported bill to expedite the construction of
line or lines OF, Magnetic Telegraph from the
Atlantic to San Francisco. The bill was passed;
yeas SO, nays 49,
The Senate then took up the House tariff bill.
Mr.. Hunter explained its object and showed the
pressing necessity which exists for reducing the
revenue of the country. He thought the day
was not far. Distant when n duty of 10 per cent.
would give as much money as would be required
for the uses of the government. He urged the
importance of acting on the subject before the
close of this session, for postponement until
next year might find it involved in party poll
tics, when a discussion would not be made as
satisfactorily to the entire country as now
The amendments reported by the committee on
Finance, placing linsced on and taking zinc off
of the free list was agreed to. The next amend-
ment of the committee was an additional sec
ton providing that all articles i'll schedule A. B.,
in the act of 1916, shall pay adValorem duties
of 30 per centum, and all articles In scheduleS
c. d. E. F. G., and f., shall pay n duty of one
fifth less than rates now imposed, with excep
tons otherwise provided for in this act
Mr.. Collamer expressed his views at great
length. He believed the passage of this bill
would operate as direct encouragement of i'm
portation, and as consequence it wouIdincrease
the revenue. He gave history of and defend
ed the wool interest
The Senate then took recess until 6a o'clock.
IIoUsE.-The House took summary action
to-day. on all the remaining general appropria.
ton bills upon its Calendar, in order TO proceed
uninterruptedly on reports of the corruption
Committee, which viii come up tomorrow.
Nothing whatever, was done with them to-day.
The House. under the operation of the pre-
vious question passed the miscellaneous bills
of the Army, the Navy, the Fertilization, and
the Ocean Mail Steamer appropriation bills.
The House also acted on the amendments
made by the Senate to the Indian appropriation
bill; and tabled by majority, the bill to invest
S. 600 held in trust for Indians in safe state
stocks.
The Speaker then announced that the next
business in order was the report of the investi-
CATION committee to thecase of VIM. a. Gilbert.
On motion of Mr.. Orr the House adjourned.
FROM WASHINGTON