New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-09
WASHINGTON,
CONGRESS YEsTERDAY-THR nMPRAcHNyNr o,,,..
OonalrrEE-rHB Anniversary BANQUET mr., 80 y

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Agents under discussion but was cut off =.
expiration of the morning hour. The Nebra.Ls ,.' '
came up at O'cock, Md was debated until sl
little else than mn iteration Of arguments ~. |
con, already made great many times An 49, 49,
ment was at last entered into to take vote ats~
M tomorrow. The bill will pass with the Edm,,,ir
amendment admitting the State Immediately 49,.
attaching to the bill the fundamental condition al
there shall be denial Of rights on account Of 49,
III the new State. Browns amendment ATTACHED -
same condition, but required the people Of Nera.L'
to consent to it before the admission of the s,ss.
Edmunds's is a condition subseryient; Brown,s ~.
condition precedent
The number of absentees in the Senate ia va
large. Senator Wilson is home burying bis a..
Sprague is home also, Harris is at ALBANY watob,n
C0nlling and the other Senatorial candidates Plan
is home sick. Yates has been in Illinois since befo..
the holidays and Tumbullhas gone TO ioin him sns
have himself returned to the Senate P0meroy IL nov
In Kansas on business with the Legislature Gutb,.
is home sick, and his colleague Garrett Davis "a q,
Kentucky looking after reelection. Nye ia AVA.
out in Nevada and Buckalew is in Pennsvlvan;' ~
The Senatorial election in Missouri is 30 exciting hs,
Gratz Brown had to go home Stevens, Moreba.a
COnkling Hurlburd, Blow and other members Of n.
House. are in their respective States helping to eleo
Senators. Col Forney and others go to Harrisburg IN
night.
The House to-day presented an inspiritino seans
The important events occurring in Congress va.
terday led the TO infer that to-day would Al
yelop Others equally important, and so the resp
proved. The spacious galleries were filled 10 over,
flowing and the attendance the floor was create,
than on any day since the recess. After an neffeo
tual attempt the part of the Democrats to adjourn
over account of the anniversary of the battle a
New-Orleans the District Suffrage Bill vetoed by
the President and passed the veto by the Senate
was received from that body. BY the requirement.
Of the Constitution the Presidents objection.
were spread on the Journal of the House in tia
reading at tedious length of the veto messaa.
When this was finished the previous question WA
seconded and all debate thus cut off. Tina
House then voted on the question, "shall the bill
pass, the objections of the President notwithstand
mgr and it was decided in the affirmative by Yeas
liz; Nays, 80. When the Speaker announced the re-
suit one solid round of applause burst from tho
crowded galleries the triumph of loyal manhood
suffrage in the District of Columbia The House fol-
lowed the good work by passing after brief debats.
Mr.. Kasson's bill to enforce the thirteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution of the United States. by
preventing the further sale of citizens Of the United
States into Slavery as has been the case lately In
is exceedingly pleasant and agreeable, made very
effective speech in support of his bill Ross, Niblack
and Phelps of the Democratic sdo put forth several
nterrogations in defense Of their party which inter.
ruptious Mr. Kasson answered so promptly and sp-
propriately as to call forth the admiration Of tho
whole House. Three New-York Democrats, Mesrs
Winfield, Bergen and Hunter voted for this bill
The House took up Mr.. Stevens's Enabling bill, and
after listening to a sixty minutes speech from Mr.
Broomall of Pennsylvania, on reconstruction, I'D.
journed.
The House Judiciary Committee at their meeting
this morning had under consideration the Ashley
impeachment resolution. They decided to proceed az
at with the investigation, with the view Of ascer-
tanning whether the charges contained therein Of
high crimes and misdemeanOrs on the part of the
President have sufficient ground upon which bill Of
impeachment can be found. II was determined there
fore to call Gen. Ashley the author of tho resolution
and charges, before the Committee tomorrow morn
ing and examine him at length in regard to the mat
ter. The Committee have all the power required to
send for persons, and ii bids fair to be very pro-
tracted investigation The Committee will hold daily
sessions until the matter is disposed Of The decision
Of Speaker Colfax that the proposed impeachment Of
the President is question Of privilege was based on
a decision by the Speaker of the XXYIIth Congress
point Of order made by Horace Everett OF
Vermont, and not by Dir. Everett as Speaker, a.
incorrectly stated.
The Secretary of the Interior and Acting Post
master-General Skinner have approved the report
of the Commission heretofore appointed to select
site for building for PostOffiee and for the 40
commodation of the United States Courts in the
City of New-York. They recommend an additional
appropriation of for the erection of abuih
ing for the purpose mentioned. An urgent neces
sity they say exists for early action and they are
of opinion that economy and poScy require that tn,
United States shall be proprietors of the buildings
In the City of New-York, appropriated to such i'm.
p0rtant public uses The report inclosed from the
Commission says that upon investigation ii was as.
certained that the average amount Of outgoing and
incoming mails had increased IN less than twelve
years from ten tms to ninety and one hundred tuns
a day. That the present Post-0ffice building wa
totally untitled for and inadequate to the present
wants Of the postal business, and that a building
fitted to accommodate il, and the business OF
the United States Courts would require
space of land equal to from IS to 80 city lots. II
also apparent that location should be procured
in which streets were wider than those upon which
the present PostOffice is situated the hitter being
too to permit large mail wagons 10 be turned
in them without using the sidewalks on one of the
sides of those streets. Only definite Response
was received to tho proposals the Commission In
vited-namely from Smith Cliff, esq, relative TO the
sale of st. Johns Park. This property, located On
the Hudson River, was considered to be so far TO
moved from the central part of the city "a to be un
fitted for the purposes proposed. The Commission
for the stated at length recommend that tho
United States accept the offer of the Corporation Of
the City of NewYork to sell to it the portion OF the
City Hall Park in 65 $50 square feet for $4,000"
for the Durnose of erecting thereon City Post Otfcs
and rooms for the Courts Of the United States and
for the necessary offices connected Herewith Thee
documents were to-day transmitted to the House OIL