Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-01-23
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bill as otias as piss,5h,. ard, 10 ii tens. In.
dicaied yati,Hls ameudtnens ineluline ono 10
observation-disclosures so.dieraloed sprecia,
zion Ia Continental Mnhey. 10 which they ,gere
paid asaeslsqpeE I'm llemqyed an indefinite
posip,nemens of the bin Lost--22 ogqinst
20 =. -
% mGieu of Mr.. Pugb she consideration
II The ytp WIS Tns'Pqped nolbe first Monday
OF Decelhher 1ex-4veas n ifays %.
Tue presiding officer laid before the Senate
h1aitaf frHm the psesideht Of the FONT con-
'satioa OF the Pean-lly mia Legislature, Civ
itg inf,rnsiio OF tho election of Cameron as
Ssistnr % Congress.
s'ixteeu private blTs passed, when tue Senate
ndjHarned IN Asuuday. fs essrp 81 ~ ~
-beEAE.-7Ihe Hiase proceeded 10 the con-
sldsraiion OF bills on The private calendar.
Thireea private billie we're passed.
sHrl Bslsey rkings5s dues,inn Of privilege,
otfeEed pfeaetbFel sepjug siocih that Joseph L.
1hgsFthad been fully summoned be fore the
Corrnpioo Inytsligai0n COMMITTEES aud neg.
lecied TO appear. aad concluded with a resolu-
rmrithni he Speaker issue his wstrapt. difec.
led TO The Sergeni-al Arms. comRa nding him
icfake into custody the body Of sam Chester.
~bGeyet found Lnd the same forthwith bring
Ia the bnr Of The House TO answer Tor con-
h'ssY. Of court aHlIhritvs zTaa .t
MfsFmte bee, enqu red where the authority
for al This vas? ss3 ~ -, r,
M, ypHea. Of Tennessee, believing that the
Honee h-d no snch POWER, moved 10 lay the
Ietofl tst an tie table HHnd ~ ~ .A a-
mr.. Paine demanded The yeas and nays
.blr. McMuen regarded this as very im-
porlant question. Time should be afforded to
luos fnt0ihe matter. "'''' 7t n
oAmolionao adjourn was decided 10 The neg
Rie4. slsnl - u % Eerf H ta
AtAhe'iGstspce Of Mr.. Orr. the precept id
dressed by Inc speaker OF the House TO the
Sefaeani-at- Arms commanding the latter to
sn jTpou Chester. was read. satoR srr.-t
!ghe precept was returned with nm, endorse.
n,ent by ihe Sergeant at,Atms that he had
served lie summons on the l4h inst.
Mr.. OffWas permitted to make statement.
Tits ccinnIiiiee had not acted in this matter
wiihoa, baking fully INTO authorities, which
they thought fully sustained them in The appi-
cstioa they had made. A case occurred In
1877 or 1918 to this efysct: party applied TO
Lewis Williams, q member of this Iiuuse, and
proposed to pay himp pecuniary consideration
iotnake, a favorable report on certain BILL
Williams brought the fact to The notice Of the
House, which The present committee copied
from The pl ochedibgs. In that case the party
wns b.augh before the House. and, after trial /,
was Tepripanded only by the Speaker, because
there were painting circumstances. After
his Giseb6r efrim custody he instituted an nc
iionfaasinsutfie sergeant-at.arms for false im-
prisonmeBI The case was tried in the United
STATES Cireut Court and decided against the
plaintiff, 0ni, on appeal TO The Supreme Court,
ibut tribunal decided that the House had the
power, and "a was property executed. The
sergeant alarms Vas projected and the com
plaiot dismissed The witness in the present
case was subpGnael, but tailed to appear. II
the House hsd not the power to enforce the
attendance OF witness tue Investigation was q
inockery. ...- Hsg4t ..-4 ed ss,.-
He (Orr) should not continue a member oil
the committee If it had not the power to COM
pei recrusanis to testify Of facts within their
knowleda The investigation would fall ia
the ground. FL p N $50. 81 Pes .Eis b.s
Mr. Broome wished 10 make q statement re.
laive To Chester. but Jones, of Tennessee
sad they wanted TO heur nothing about him
nov. 81 Ht'i ~ Da 10 FlaI qst
MIR. Harris, of Illinois. "When the witness
purges himselfof the contempt, will hear the
txplgnnlion."
Cries-"Ilsur! hear!!'
Mr. Broone. II was informed this morning
that Clreste WINS sick and was unable to be
present before The committee. | would ask
the committee whether they can produce evi
dence tina, Chester refused to appear?' ~
Mr. Paine. That is OF no consequence to the
matter before the House. sr --rs ,s LIB.
.Tba House refused to lay the resolution or
The table, and passed 1t nearly unanimously.
The House then adjourned