The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-06-30

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arnment Of The Africans cAptnred BY the BFitis
Navy, and it, .diaposition OF the officers IN
crews Of the slavers thus captured.
Much time was consumed in colling the yea
and nays On ! anspension of she rnlcs for d
| purpose of liking Up private billA some I
which we're passed. e.
A massage in writing Was received from th
President-it was read. Il recommends an y
tefati0n Of the existing law in order chat th
Post Master General may provide for carryin
the Pacific Ocean mails, on terms reasonable an
just the several companies and ship owners d.
clinlng To perform the service for the c0mpen
sation 70 which the department Il now restricted
Mr.. Sherman, in responss 70 the recommcnd
alton in The Presidents message, asked leave i
introduce bill authorizing an extension Of Til
present contract. y aH
SRxArE.-Several private bills were passed.
A message from the President vetoing th,
Homestead bill was received and read.
| SESArE,-The l'ost Office Deficiency bill va
considered. 3 s6fs4
Mr.. Powell offered an amendment, the efEac
Of which was the total abolition Of the frankinl
privilege, except to those granted by name
Lost BY IL to IS. 8
The House amendment restoring the inland
| mail was disagreed to by Is against 81. III.
The Senate insisted and asked for COMMITTEE
Of Conference. ~
The House resolution reducing the price b
printing 40 per cent was passed. a
An Executive session was then held, when the
Senate adjourned till Monday 9 A. n.
@ Washington, June IS.
SENATk-The Senate met at O'Clock. The
reading ofthe Journal occupied half an hour.
Mr.. Sumner presented petition Of the citi
Gems Of Massachusetts, praving for the repeal oil
the fugitive slave law the inner State slave trade
and the prohibition of slavery in the District q
Columbia. lie asked that it might lay on the ia.
BILE If il was 90 ordered.
Mr. Yulee asked that the post route bill be =
ken up-agreed TO.
Mr.. Yulee offered an amendment that the Post
Master General be authorized 70 advertise for
proposals for transporting the mails to California
overland on the central route, within 2Odays, and
on the Northern r0ate, from st. Paul to Dalles,
Oregon, and that it be also authorized to
contract for temporary steamship service, on the
most expeditions ocean route to California; also,
pr0vis0 that Butterfeld's contractors have per-
mission to change. sft 3s a.a8
Mr.. Wilson suggested the withdrawal of the
proviso, which was done. h44A
Mr. Wilson then commented severely on the
Vanderbilt route. He was opposed to any more
steamship contracts. The bill was then read
third time and passed. aa
The bill amending the act granting lands to
certain Railroads in Mississippi passed.
The House consular bill was laid over.
The mail route bill between the United States
and Mexico was laid over.
proclamation for en- extra executive session
for tomorrow was -ead.
A committee, appointed to wait on the Presi.
dent, returned and reported nothing further to
communicate.
The V;oo pros;.lor< ro+,r,ol <l..ol., - -
Senate ADJOURNED SINE DIE.
HoUsE.-The House acceded to the request Of
the Senate to appoint another Committee Of Con-
ference on the PostOfice Deficiency Bill
The President sent in . message, notifying the
House that he had signed certain bills, including
that making an appropriation for civil expenses,
with = protest against the clause designating
Capt. Meigs as superintendent Of the expendi-
ture Of half million dollars Of the Washington
aqueduct He does not believe it was the inten-
ton Of Congress to interfere with the Constitu-
tional right Of the President, as commander-in.
chief the army, to order Capt. Meigs elsewhere
and to send him away to superintend the erec-
tion Of Notifications or other works. 1t was evi-
dent to him that Congress intended nothing more
than to express q decided opinion that Captain
Meigs should be continued in employment to su-
perintcnd the aqueduct. Is the appropriation
constitutional, and will it fail, if be should not
think il proper and expedient to regard this dcs-
ignation are questions which shall receive his Sc
rious consideration, because all this will depend
whether the water-works shall be arrested for an
other season. He now desired to express no
opinion, but the question shall be carefully con-
sidered necessary.
Another message from the President, recapit-
ulating the grounds of his protest Of March last,
against the proceedings Of the Covode Commit
tee, the charges against him being vague and ex-
pressed in cquivocal terms. He did not for
moment entertain doubt as to the result; be
did not believe it possible that there existed
. man who could basely perjure himself. The
Of the House. he repeats, are viola
tive of the rights Of a coordinate branch Of the
Government, and which, if enforced, would es-
tablish dangerous precedent The House had
acted without warrant, and in manner tending
to degrade the Presidential Office, and render it
unworthy of acceptance by an honorable man.
The accusstory resolution was nothing more or
less than that the President had used corrupt
means to accomplish certain purposes. BY what
authority did the House undertake to investigate
the Executives course as to the I4ecompton Con-
stitution, and pry into our foreign relations, as
sailing our Mexican Minister as to the Tehauntc-
pee route, investigating removals from Office,
the power of removal belongs to
the President, under the Constitution, and was
50 decided by the first Congress, and, according
", has ever since been 50 exercised? There
was no authority for the Committee to lnvcsti-
gate the subject Of printing the postOtice blanks,
because that question had been previously exam
ined by two other committees.
The first information he received Of any tes-
timony that would or could injuriouRly affect him
was published in New York journal, but which
was disapprovcd by most respectable witnesses.
The telegraph however, was silent a. to the con-
tradiction. He says that only such dispatches
we're published as would reflect on his character,
thus inficting most fragrant injustice, and that
different versions were given TO Of private con-
votsations when there was no opportunity to re-
fate them. Members Of the Cabinet and others
were summoned to discover if possible some
thing to his discredit Disappointed applicants
for Office becoming hostile to the Administration
appeared before the Committee. These were
most dangerous witnesses. The Committee
spread drag net over the whole Union to catch
disappointed men willing to malign his character
The tyrannical Star Chamber was not worse than
this slur has bcen-nothing like it since the re-
yolutionary days Of Robespierre. Should the
proceedings Of the Committee be sanctioned by
the House the Constitution will have been viola.
ted and the Executive be no longer an indepen-
dent branch Of the Government. and the worst
Tears OF tue early patr1OLS ana statesmen Will
have been realized in the name Of the Represcn-
tative Of this great people; and standing on the
ramparts Of the Constitution which they organ
lied and established, he solemnly protests
against these unconstitutional proceedings.
After some debate, including remarks by
Stanton against, the message was referred to \
Select Committee.
The House refused to suspend the rules to take
up the Post Route Bill, and it is consequently
dead.
AT noon the House adjourned sine dc in good
humOr.
Philadelphia, june 23.
The Roman Catholic German Church Of the
Holy Trinity, corner Of Sixth and Spruce streets,
was destroyed by fire this p m. II was com.
pletely gutted, the valuable painting Of the Cru.
ci6xion alone being saved. Loss about SIS 900.
Insured for $4,000.
st. Louis June 25
The friends Of the Secedcrs are holding grand
ratification meeting tonight. The Bulletin Of
ice is covered with flags and transpareEcies -
Col. Preston, United States minister TO Spain
win be serenaded 1t the Planters House. Ono
hundred and five guns are being dred, The en-
thusiasm il fully equal Of the nouglasises.
Cincinnati, June "a.
A fire broke out last night in Towers Il Co
hat store l46 Main street. Loss Ell 900. The