New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-05-20
uorsr oE REPRESENTATIVES,.

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! DEN. WADE, WILEY, and Others, adJodFied'
| HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,,
| Mr.. BINGHAM rep, O.. from the SPECIAL 'oni-
,aittee OF the House, reported ARTICLES 81 mi
menC against West II. Humphreys, Judge o. ''1
D.s'rIct Court o. tie United States IOf VIC so''"
Districts of Iennessee.
There are several separate charges IN The name oi
the people II the United States, involving Iross
neglect Of Official duty, violation Of the i1Ws en-
deayorne 10 excite revois and rebellion, pnhiiSh!ng
the Ordinance OF Secession Of Tennessee, ondeavoing
~ sbsolye the reople of that State from ifi Ill .
pance to the United States, combining with Jet
Davis and other evI-minded ptrsons 10 overthrow
Tie auihority Of the United States, &c. and demand
ing that Humphreys may be put to answer te algn
crimes end niisdomeau0rs charged agaiud him, and
that proceedings be taken for his examination and
trigl "a may be Agreeable to law and justice.
Mr.. BINGHAM ssid that these articles substan-
tally embraced the statemeGt heretofore made 70 tie
House, and IA no gentleman desired TO discuss The
ITougety Of adOl these articles on his motion,
under the operation oil the previous question, the
report was agreed 10.
On motion of Mr. BINGHAM, the resolution wae
adopted prov ding Tor the appointment q FIVE man
ayers to conduct The impeachment, and that tie son
ate be acquainted with the action OF the lloe-e with
& view OF concurrent proceedings III the prenises
lie House then went into Comm tee Il the
Whole on the Sa'o of the Union, Mr. WashbuIne
in the chair. and took up the Navy Appropriation
bill.
Dir. HUTCHINS rep, o. prelaced Liz remarks
by saying that he did OF intend - discuss the war
or tire Institution oi Sayery. he then advocated tie
bill heretofore introduced by him t0 G, ualize and
reduce tie present and various ncongIuous rates Of
postage. lie advocated two cent postage, the,moncy-
order system and the abolition OF the ianking paw
ege.
Mr. RICHARDSON tDem., Ill believed the
strength Of the army sufficient 20 put down The Re
IN -, ii tfos and
inferior race TO be armed and uniformed and
placed or IN equality with the whites. The le2isa-
ton Of Congress 10 almost eyclI-ivev with regard
TO the negro They have abolished slavery here,
and 10 the central ands rtons are daily distributed
Where i the evidence that ratOus are issuod 10 poor
white reople Surple. at the rate Of sl; COO per
aunun are distributed among the blaoks. He white
reope of Illinois are selling corn Mt cents per
bufhel TO paw taxes thus imposed upon them. LEY
were employing negro te:unster'. AID Issuing tur-
pli,s to negroes PAVING in THE irci for them alone
more than wonld fuutot the State Governments OF
Iowa. Minnesota Michigan, Vermont. Connecticut,
Maine Rho:e Island, New-liGnpshiIe, or New
Jef-ey. Not only iefe. but elsewhere, aIC negroes
supported hy orders Of the Government, or through
tue Quartoriaasi.rs order. IL eide these ard other
ttiurs for tie benefit OF the negro YOU propose 20
fend 20 and receive from Iiay;i and Liberia duiy
accrcdii ed Ministers. lie repeated that Congress
eslslnfed almost exclusively for the negro but what
were they doing or The children whose fathers have
fallen Oh tie battlefield Conn 4raiively nothing.
White men required 20 procure passes 70 enter
on. In,o, ,.sia n~ar4os o'teF inem without
such pirers. lie usked, Was II tie Turpofe Of The
minority here TO make the negroes tie equals of the
whites lie briefly rho"ed that the history
Of the world bad proved ths impossible
All these and kindred question:. Will have
20 be discussed before the people dc com
inc Autumn. Ilo hoped the extreme men would
be driven from the public councils into aces where
they could do no more Hlscii,i lie repeated that
the legislation IN Congress has been disastrous.
/ Look as an instance, li Tennessee, over which has
b en- placed Governor popular and energetic, with
fair administrative adj iiies. With twOthuds OF the
people Of that state opposed I" Sec'ssion he has
been unable 10 restore her 10 the 1 hion. why
Becanse SOu have been constantly exciting their gp-
,ehension that you intend to violate tic Constitu-
ton and strip The people Of al tLrr Iigh.' instead
of confirming tie Impression that whe eve. or Tag
floats they are protected ia all tLor tights including
thDse o. person and property.
/ Various minor amendments 10 the Navy Appro-
priation bill were discussed and adopted
II Fortyei.ht thousand dollars was ap! lated
for rent and expenses at Newport foi Naval
Academy.
Before is adoption, Mr.. MORRILL, sail, in reply
10 Mr.. Webster Of the Committee of WAYS ard
Means. that he did not propose 10 raise q question
a0Oot the permanent location Of the Acndemy.
Nr SEDGWICk rep, y. " remarked that
the buildings 90 AuualOls are occupied as an army
hospital and until they snail he vacated, tie dutles
D. OF the Academy fhIiifi Nc itrlfrl 'tiftf
n Me.srs. CALVERT TN, MIDI WEBSTER Tn,
MOI and ClISlIELD Tn, MIDI, showed the sG.
pcri0nty of Annapolis over Newlo for an academy.
\ The frstnaued offered proyiso, which was re-
eotod that n0ih.ne in tie at shall bo rued TO
im1k a change Of permanent location.
/ Mr. SEDGWiCk said that when the war is
over, the Secretary OF the Navy mgt. order the
! Academy 10 be restored 1t Annapolis.
4 ilr. SHEFFIELD Gus, X. H. said that the
/ Naval Academy was driven from Annapolis at tie
time when soldiers from Rhode Leland were sent to
Maryland to project the loyal people Of that state.
He was opposed 10 educating youug men for the
navy IT any place where troofe had 10 be employed
to keep dieoy atty N check.
The Committee reached Mr. Crsfield's pro-
yiso declaring the present location Of the Academy
as merely temporary.
Tie bill was ina lspored 10 the IIouse and
Passed.
1t appToprieies about SaS Oo0,OOo, including for
IL~ o. officers ard eeancu, engineer, gu Oh nOj;
RI -Ir aud equipment 81 vessels sll 10000
enhance and ordnance stores $j,OO0GOO. Adj
journed