Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-06-02
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CoNGRRssION AZ.
WASHINGTON, June l

l.
I SENATE.-M. Hale offered resolution
instructing the Navy Committee to make
enquiry concerning the government pur-
chase of the naval depot at Brunswick,
, Ga. Adopted.
! On motion of Benjamin the bill to
amend the act for the settlement of private
, land claims of California, was taken up
! and passed.
| The resolution reported yesterday by
{ Mr.. Slidell, relative to the reformation of
abuses in public printing, came up as the
special order
Mr.. Toombs moved to postpone in or
der TO luke up the Houmau grant bill.
| Lost.
Mr.. Hunter moved to postpone former
orders and take up the P. o, Deficiency
/ Till.
The bill was debated.
! The bill was amended By striking ont
T so much as provides for tue restoration of
discontinued routes, IS to "a; also by the
/ adoption OF tue amendment restoring the
mail service in the route from Charleston
via. Key West to Havana, giving it to the
lost bidder. The bill passed.
The Senate went into executive session.
Adjourned.
| HorsE.-Mr. Reynolds, from the Com
mittee on Judiciary, reported bill pro-
I-viding that If any Z. S. Marshal, deputy
Marshal or other ministerial OFFICER, who
shall permit the escape of criminals in
their custody, whether charged with Of
fences under the laws of the United States
or those of foreign government with
whom we have treaties of extraditiOn,
shall be guilty of n misdemeanOr and shall
DC tined and imprisoned according to the
decision of the Court having respect to
nf ha wit eli
prisoner is charged.
The hill passed.
MIR. WinsIow rising TO privilege qucs-
ton called for the reading of extracts from
the journal Of the Covode Committee, of
which he is II member, by which it appears
he desired to subpoena certain citizens
OF Luzcrne Co., Pa.
AT this Mr. Covode interposcd that he
had in his possession the names of 100
persons as witnesses but as in evidence
they had no direct connection with the
government. He declined TO summon
them.
1t appears further, from the record, that
Mr.. WiuslOw applied for those witnesses in
April but they had never been summoned.
| He had been Informed on authority said To
be reliable, not by anonymous letters, that
large sums of money had been used to re-
cure tue election of Mr.. Scranton to this
House.
MIR. Covode 10 this replied, lac would
vote to subpoena witnesses that gentlemen
could trace back the use of the mOuey to
the government, and as Mr.. Scranton was
here he would summon him.
Mr.. Winslow's request was refused. -
Messrs. Winslow and Rohin3on, of ILL.,,
voted in the affirmative, and McsSrs. Co
vode and Train in the negative; as was al
so, Mr.. WinslOw's request that this matter
be submitted to the House. At snhse-
quent period, Mr. WinSlOw wished to sub
pnna Mr.. McMillcn and several others of
Philadelphia. By them, he desired to
prove bribery on the part of tue officers in
the election in that city in the fall OF 1860,
but Mr.. COYode said he had no objection
to subpoena a portion of them, not being
willing to subject the government to the
expense of sumnoning them. Mr.. Wins
lows request was denied by tie vote.
Mr.. Winslow then moved to subpoena
witnesses from Greensburg and Pittshurg,
Pa, understanding that they could prove
corruption in Wcstmorrland County, 10
which Mr.. COvode objected that those gem
tlemcn had no connection with the gov
crnmcnt. This request was also refused.
The record further further states that
when Frederick Ingc was called to the
stand, Mr.. WinslOw asked whether any
minute hud been summoned and the Clerk
OF the committee replied that there was no
minute of it. Mr.. WinslOw then asked
that copy of so much of the journal as
related to the summoning of witnesses be
furnished to him, which was agreed to-
The above is n summary OF the record.
Mr.. Winslow submitted q resolution di-
rectine the Speaker to issue his subpoena
for certain witnesses.
a debate cnsncd. during which Mr..
, Train, of Mass, said, in reply to Mr..
Houston, of Ala, that he should consider
himself guilty Of gross improperly as
member and gentlemen, if he insisted i'll
addressing the Chair and int"rpolating re-
marks, when he was not entitled to the
floor.
Mr.. Houston asked whether that remark
applied to him. Cries of Order"
MI Train replied that he meant exactly
what he said.
Mr.. Houston responded that If that re-
mark wes applied to him, Mr.. Train was a
Gisgraccful liar uni scoURircl.
Sir. Tram repaired that he could not be
irritutcd by anything which Mr.. Houston
could say.
Mr.. Sherman moved resolution that
Mr.. Houston be ceusured for disorlcrly
words in debate.
Other members rose and offered resolu-
tons to have both members censnred.-
Several members preferred to have the
matter dropped.
Intellectual motions were made to table
tho resolutions.
Mr.. Dawes, of Mass, who also partici
patcd in the debate, was very earnest and
alluded to Mr.. Houston as II member and
! not gentleman.
Points Of order were here raised, amid
the greatest excitement.
The Speaker decided that Dawes had the
floor. Comparative quiet was restored.
Mr.. Dawes proceeded to justify Trims
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