American citizen., 1867-07-20
TELEGRAPHIC!!
FROM WASHINGTON:
CONGRESSIONAL.
SURRATTs TRIAL.

| dSSdSSIndLlOn plGt ana the cruel treat
! ment Of prisoners, have commenced
: their work.
The Wisconsin Democratic Con
, yentlOn have nominated ChaS. Elan
derson for Governor.
, Resolutions opposing negro suffrage
were adopted.
III the House, Julian asked leave
to introduce a resolution ordering
the reconstruction committee to re-
port bill fOrfeiting lands granted to
the Southern States for railroad pur-
poses, stating that there were five
million acres of the best lands in the
Soutli in the hands of rebel corpora.
tionS, which the poor men, white
and black, should have for home
stcadS.
Wood objected.
Julian moved to suspend the rules.
The rules were suspended by vote
Of 90 to 50. The resolution was mod
flied so as to embrace only Misslssip-
Pi, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and
Arkansas, which passed
Butler offered u resolution that
Edistlict commanders be authorized
to issue four million coupon bonds,
seven and three tenths per cent, to
be appropriated to repair levees, the
assumption of which should be the
condition precedent to the admission
Of Louisiana. Z Suspension of rules
was moved, which failed
The Senate reconstruction bill was
reported with several amendments.
\ rambling debate ensued, during
! which Logan. of H., said he had no
sympathy with any man who went
bail for jefferson Davis. lie asserted
/ it, and Mr.. Greeley might publish 1t,
that there never would have been
any difficulty in trying Davis either
in civil or military court, such as
Logan might organize, he himself
would have been the court, and there
would have been no jefferson Davis.
He would to-day, if he had the power,
hang Jefferson Davis and every one
Of his cabinet officers. The only man
in America who had nerve enough to
hang traitors, was JuarcZ.
Stevens moved the previous ques.
tioD and the bill as amended passed,
and went back to the Senate ... -.
The House took a recess until s
o'clock.
SENATE-EhAnde, called up the
resolutions directing the Committee
on Foreign Relations to enquire how
many Mexican soldiers We're execute.
after capture. lie said MaXimilian'S
operations were part Of rebellion;
had it succeeded. the decree of 1896
would have been inflicted on Union
soldiers.
Macmillan signed his own death
warrant in signing that decree. He
ought not to have died by the bullet,
the officer capturing him should have
hanged him on the fist tree. This
not being done. proved the MeXicans
to be chiyalrous people. The course
of this government towards Mexico
was C0Wardlv.
Johnson spoke fayorably Of Maxi
milan.
Nye denounced him as an agent of
to assist the rebellion. He
iuareZ.
Howard thought MaXimilan met
a deserved fate. Postponed.
One of the House amendments is
to the effect that the opinion of any
civil officer Of the government shoRld
not bind the district commanders or
their SubOrdinates, and State officers
must take the iron-clad oath. The
bill, in its present state, contains foar-
teen sections.
Two detectives contradict WEIGH
nan and Susan jackson, in some of
he details in their evidence
Miss Honora Fitzpatrick testified
hat the supper scene, which Susan
Jackson said occurred on the night
,f the assassination, occurred on Sd
If April.
Three men, from Elmyra, swear
positively to the prisoners identity
With the person who visited their
lothing store in Elmyra, on the 18th,
3th OF 1ith. The latter testified TO
lis presence there on the 18th and
4th. Considerable sensation. The
ritnesseS were very confident and
mphatic.
Julian's bill, fOrfeiting Southern
abroad lands, contains a section that
II lands sold for Federal taxes, un-
er the bankrupt law, shall be sold
4 lots of not less than twenty nos
lore than eighty acres.
DIR. Nappegye, from Staten Island,
; Santa Annals agent here.
1t is understood here that Reverdy
ohnson is to be the legal adviser
efore the State Department repect-
nc the abduction of Santa Anna.
Whatever Nappegye's object was, he
Gems to havanplisted many infiucn-
ial men.
Affidavits have been seen from the
aptain and passengers of the steam
T Virginia, which show that Santa
.nna was forcibly taken from the
irginia while the steiner was be-
1nd MeXicsn waters.
The demand G'r SaIta Annals re
ase is said y gond authority. to
i've been iSsutd fiom the State Dc
The Committee on Conference was
,pointed. and both houses adjourn