The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-12-16

pose Of advancing the speculation then he ought =,
he impeaohed What was the difference What
the agre nent was made at the time Of the co'
tract or afterwards The letter Of Lapsley show,
that Judge Watrous WAS present at Selma, Alabap,
when the parties agreed that it would be better to ha
the tried at New Orleans than anywhere Ia rry,
because they afraid Of Texas jury The nteregr,
from this that Judge Watrous knew that it was tb
intention TO bring these suits In his court Tor the pu,
of having them removed, and there was Iapsey's ey
dence Love evidence, and Leagues evidence ali show
ing that at the time the purchase made he was pes
ent at the consultations for determining upon this cour
Ia conclusion he referred 10 the statement that JUDI
Warous had disclosed his interest when the first mr.
ceedngs instituted in his court but the gentleman
from Wisconsin Mr.. BiLLSGuuRsr had shown conclp
siyely that he made this disclosure after the ease bs
Teen pending for three terms.
The resolutions then reported, and the question
was stated to be upon the following amendment
That the testimony taken before The Committee the Judiciary
the the Hon John Watrous lage Of the district the
uned States for the eastern district If Texas Is Insufficient 1
the peren Of articles Of impeachment against him for high e
offered by Mr.. READY, OF Tennessee to the following
resolution reported from the committee by Mr. CnAPN,
OF Pennsylvania
Resolved That John c. wairou. Uated states district advo firth
district Of Texas be mpeaohed Of high crimes and ieoaro
Before the result Of the vote announced Mr. Casks
of Virginia was excused from voting upon grounls nj
personal delieaoy.
The yeas and nays being dcpanded, ordered and
being taken resulted yens II nays o. as follows;
YEAs-Massrs Abbott Anderson Andrews, Avery Bogock Ro
Cruther Case cayanaush Clark of Connecticut CLARK New
York Clark q Missouri Cwson, Clark eoehane Of New
Crlgn, Crage North Carolina Curtis Mary ga
Of Massachusetts,, Davis o. Iowa pfee Emaudson Elliott Eng
h Farnsworh fcpon, Sidings, Gilman Gme Goods Grange
Gregg Crow Hall Of Massachusetts Harlan Harris iiassn I
ton Howard Hughes Jackson ewett Kem, kellogg Ayoc
Maynard Miller Aison, Montgomery, Morgan Morrill, Morn.
Pennsylvania Morris Of Illinois Morse q hIaine Morse o New
Vance Ready Readd Robbins Royce Rn sryag. Scales
seward shaw Of Illinois sherman OF Onto smith Of Illinois,
SON. fongSna ripe ggderwooa Vance waie Walton Wash
Watkins Waslow, Wool Woodson wortendyke Wright Of nne
NAYsNcssrs. Adran, sh parkdae Bennett mlinghur ag
ham Bishop Blir Btss Bryan narpe ohaaee, Chapman, Clay
Craig Of missouri Curry Dyid.on Davis Of nlana m p I
Dmmck, Dodd Dowe Elsta, Faulkner Florence, Foley Foster
iiiieb Hawkins, Hickman Hoard hopkins iioason ler, jenkins
p psy msns es'i en' q Mso5sD M ks Kelsey
Palmer, Peyou, Phelps Missouri Phelps Of Annopola pol
Ina sherman Of New York shorter Singleton srisr eve So
stcwa Of pcnn l.ania, Talbot Taylor o. New York Taylor %
rsn, White, whleey, and Wright o. Georgla-9l.
SO tbs amendment was agreed to- and the question
being taken on the original resolution, amended
was agreed to--yeas ll3 nays Sc.
TIE MARYLAND CONTESTED ELECTION.
Mr. BoYCE of South Carolina, called up the report Of
the Committee of Elections in the OF Mr. Whyte
contesng the seat Of Mr. uAgRis the sitting member
from the third congressional district Of Maryland
The resolution was reported as follows.
Relpi That appears this House that was such tuu
disorder riot intimiation aud Injustice IN tho election repre-
sentative Congress from the third State
of Maryland the Cd day November 1857 contempt Of hw
and violation of the freedom Of cicca that the VOID
and the seat from said district decarod Speaker be-
aud he hereby directed 70 notify the STATE
thereof,
Mr. BOYCE stated that the resolution had been report
ed at the last session of Congress- and urged upon the
House At that time he felt great interest in 1t but
the House having postponed it, and taken different
view from what he supposed they would, he intended to
discharge his duty informally, and let the House do
theirs
Mr. EUSIIS Of Louisiana moved that the resolution
be laid on the table; pending which,
MIR. WHITLEY, of Delaware, moved that the House
adjourn; which motion not agreed to-ayes 49, noes
The question recurring upon the motion to lay on the
table
Mr.. BURNETT, of Kentucky, did not contemplate
nor did he suppose any gentleman contemplated, that
this question would be disposed of in so summary man
ner He had idea that motion could be made to lay
the resolution on the table
Mr.. SHERMAN, Of Ohio, thought it would be better
TO have an adjournment, with the understanding that
the vote should be taken TO morrow, at / o'cuck
Mr.. BURNETT said the gentleman who contested the
seat of Mr. HARRIS and others desired to be heard the
question lie thought The proposition Of the gentleman
from Ohio Mr. SnEnMANl was fair, and he hoped the
House would acce0c to it.
Mr.. HARRIS, Of Maryland, regarded the reason given
by Mr. BURNETT for an adjournment entirely satsac
tory. He had not the slightest desire to offer npd
ment to aull discussion and fair Judgment OF the
Mr.. EUSTlS then withdrew The motion to lay on the
table when
Mr. BOfCE offered the following resolution
Reaoea That william Pnckncy whyte have leave occupy
seat upon the oor Of The House bending the discussion OF the reo
of the Committee Of Elections in The of his the
occupied by the Hon. j. Aatps H,s from the ibIrd
iona district Of aryand and hayo speak the mcd If
the contest and the reports thereon str
Mr.. BII4LINGHURSr inquired whether they would not
recognise the right of the contestant il they passed the
resolution.
Mr.. STANTON, Of Ohio said it usual to pass such
resolutions when the committee divided and report
ed resolutions for against the contestant but in the
present branch Of the committee had reported
resolutions for or against the contestant.
Mr.. BOYCE did not know that there had been a
exactly similar to the under consideration but
he had never known where the contestant
refused hearing. He demanded the previous question
| pending which.
On motion of Mr. SHERMAN, the House adjourned