The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-06-02
NEWS By TELEGRAPH.
THE E. W. LINE.
Exclusively for the Journal.
CONGREs sSIONAL.

5 the government purchase of the naval de
pot at Brownsville Ga. Adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Benjamin, a bill t.
amend the ACT for the settlement of private
land claims Of California was taken up anC
passed.
The resolution reported yesterday by Mr.
Slidell, relative to the reformation of abuses
in the public printing, came up as the spe-
cial order.
Mr.. Toombs moved to postpone the order
to take up the Houmas land grant bill.
Lost.
Mr.. Hunter moved to postpone former
orders, and take up the p. 0. deficiency
bill The bill was defeated
HoUsE.-Mr. Winslow's request was re-
fused. MeSsrs. Winslow and Robinson OF
Illinois voted in the affirmative, and Messrs
CovOde and Train in the negative, as was
also Mr.. Winslow's request that this matter
be submitted to the House at subsequent
period.
Mr.. Winslow wished to subpoena Mr..
NcMiller ana several others of Philadelphia.
BY them he desired to prove bribery on the
part of the officers in the election in that
city; in the fall Of 1860, but Mr.. Covode
said he had no objection to subpoena
portion of them, not being willing to sub
ject the government to the expense ofsum-
moning them.
Mr.. Winslow's request was denied by
! tie vote.
| MIR. Winslow then moved to subpoena
witnesses from Greensboro and Pittsburg,
understanding that they could prove corrup-
| ton in WestmOreland county, to which Mr..
Covode objected that those gentlemen were
in connection with the Government. This re-
quest was also refused. The record further
hot -ba, t.,
the stand, Mr.. Winslow asked whether there
was any minute that he had been summoned
and the clerk of the committee replied that
there was no minute OF 1t
Mr.. WInslow tuen asked that Il copy of
50 much of the journal as related TO the
summoning Of witnesses be furnished to
him, which was agreed to Above Is sum
mary of the record.
Mr.. WinsIow submitted a resolution di-
recting the Speaker to issue his subpoena
for certain witnesses. A debate ensued,
during which MIR. Train, OF Mass, said in
reply TO Mr.. Houston, Of Ala, that he
should consider himself guilty of gross i'm
propriety as a member and gentleman if he
insisted on addressing the Chair, and inter
polating remarks when he was not en-
titled to the floor
Mr.. Houston asked whether that remark
applied to him. (Cries of order)
Mr.. Train replied that he meant exact
ly what he said.
Mr.. Houston responded, saying if that re-
mark was applied to him, Mr Train was a
iisgraceful liar and scoundrel. Mr.. Train
replied that he could not be irritated by
anything which Mr.. Houston could say.
Mr.. Sherman moved a resolution that Mr.
Houston be censured for disorderly words
used in debate.
Other members rose aud offered resoln-
tions to have both members censnred
Several members preferred TO have the
matter dropped.
An Intellectual motion was made 10 table |
the resolutions.
Mr.. Davis, of Mass, who also participated |
in the debate, was very earnest, and alluded |
to Mr.. Houston rs member and not a gen. |
temen.
Points of order were here raised amidst |
the greatest excitement
The Speaker decided that Dawes had the |
floor. Comparative quiet WAS restored and |
DAVE: procreedel to justify Trains Ian
guage. Was it not coat he asked, that |
fitted the gentleman from Alabama. He |
wanted To see the record OF those who |
would censure his colleague for saying he
would consider himself ungentIemanly only |
if he violated the rules of order. Points of |
order we've again introduced, with repeti-
tion Of the previous excitement.
HAtton moved to table the subject. Dis
agreed to--IO against 100. Intellectual eff
forts were made from the Democratic side to
adjourn.
Wilson appealed TO Sherman to withdraw |
the resolution in order that Houston might |
address the House.
Sherman consented, and Houston apollo
Il. ~.
HoUsE-Mr. Reynolds, from the commit
tee on the Judiciary, reported u bill provid
ing that any L. S. Marshal or deputy
Marshal or other ministerial officer who shall |
permit the escape of criminals in their Gus
tody, whether charged with offenses under
the laws of the United States or those of |
foreign governments with whom we have |
treaties of extradition, shall be guilty of /
IL misdemeanor and shall be fined and i'm
priSoned according to the decision of the |
court, hsvirg respect to the nature of the |
crime with which the prisoner is charged |
The bill passed.
Mr.. Winslow, rising to privileged ques- /
ton, called for the reading of extracts from |
the Covoie committee, of which he is a
member, by which it appears he desired to |
subpoena certain artisans of LuZerne county, /
PENNSYLVANIA. At this Mr.. CovOdo inter /
posed that he had in his possession the /
names of one hundred persons as witnesses, /
but as in evidence they had no direct con-
nection with the government, he declined to |
summon them. 1t appears further from the /
record, that Mr.. Winslow applied for those !
witnesses in April, but they had never been
summoned. He had been informed on au- /
thority said to be reliable, that large sums
of money had been used to secure the cleo
ton of Mr.. Scranton to this House.
Mr. Covode to this replied: lie would |
vote to supb1na witnesses il the gentleman
could trace back the use of the money to
the government, and as Mr.. Scranton was
here, he would summon him.
SENATE.-The bill was amended by
voting out so much as provides for the re-
striction of discontinued routes-28 against
a; also By the aloption of the amendment