Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-12-14
LATEST KILOGRAMS. T
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

VI W AohlNdTON, lee To- me speaker
presented the memorial of J. Morren, an
American citizen, now confined as a Fenian
in British Jail The petitioner states
that he vas in New York when the offense
for which he was tried was committed.
Referred to Committee on Foreign RelaS
tons. ~.il-.-s..sr ~, b., - -,
Mr.. Sumner presented q petition from
delegates claiming that they represented
1000 Kentucky soldiers, asking for the
equalization of bounties. $780,.
Mr.. Carrigan, from the Committee on
Territories, reported q bill TO regulate
grand and petit juries in Utah, and for
other purposes. It forbids polygamy,
makes the issue therefrom illegitimate,
establishes election laws, and repeats the
law exempting the Church of the Latter
Day Saints from taxation. 81 ! ~
Mr.. Carrigan gave notice that he wouid
call bill up at an early day. assgb r.
Mr.. Sherman called up a bill exempting
from internal tax raw cotton grown after
this year, and advocated the necessity of
immediate action .Sr
: Mr.. Morrill,, of Vermont, thought it
great mistake to act upon this subject at
the present time. He said the whole sub
ject of taxation should be taken up at once,
and in his opinion ii would be for the bet
ter to abolish the tax on manufactured
cotton.
Mr.. johnson said he thoaght the bill
should apply to the present crop, and gave
notice in an amendment to that effect
Mr.. Pomeroy was satisfied that Northern
men would not go down South to make
cotton with the tax on it, and if they did not
go, he did not know how any could be
made. He was anxious to have the tax
removed, but thought it should not apply
to the present crop, az it was no longer in
the hands of the producers. The vote on
the bill was postponed. tA.5 i1
Mr.. Wilson called up the House bill Sc
curing to the families of soldiers the
bounties to which they are entitled, with
| amendments, which he said would more
surely accomplish the object desired.
Mr.. Edmunds said the amendments pro-
vided that if soldier died, and his
wife and children also died, the
bounty should go to his next heirs. This
was going too far, and removed to provide
that it shall only extend to the wife and
children, which was agreed to, and the bill
then passed. aea-
The motion of Mr.. Doolittle, previously
voted on and lost,) to adjourn from Decem-
Der 20 to January 6, was reconsidered and
carried by "a against 10. e# zi12
Mr.. MorrilPs legal tender bill was again
taken up, and discussed by Mr.. Corbett, of
Oregon, who read a long speech in opposi-
ton to the BILL and closed by moving TO
refer il to the Committee on Finance,
together with the bill heretofore intror
duced by him to provide for the issue of
gold notes to take the place of legal tenders
and facilitate the resumption of specie
payments. Agreed to. ~ e. ..ls1 e
The Senate went into executive session,
and subsequently adjourned till Monday.
House of Representatives..
On motion Mr.. briggs, the select com
mittee on distributing rewards to the cap
tors of JEFF. Davis, was directed to report
as soon as possible.
Mr.. Lawrence, of Ohio, introduced a bill
10 increase the number of judicial districts
in Texas. Referred. 4.
Mr.. Kerrs offered resolution instruct
ing the Committee on Ways and Means to
inquire into the expediency of amending
the internal revenue law so as to exempt
from payment of the stamp duty all official
bonds executed to or for the use of rei-
gious, charitable, or benevolent societies.
Adopted.
The Speaker presented communications
from the Secretary of the Interior, Attor-
ney General and Congressional Printer,
with staten ents of the amounts paid last
year to their employees. Referred to the
Committee on Retrenchment.
Also, a letter from the Clerk of the
House, stating that he had prepared and
deposited in the House library digest of
reports of House committees from 1899 to
the close of last Congress, with a similar
index from the foundation of the govern
ment till 1889, for which no appropriation
was required.
On motion of Mr.. Farnsworth the House
went into a committee of whole on the
state Of the Union, Mr.. Farnsworth in the
chair. For general debate he spoke in con-
demnation Of the impeachment pro
iect, Mr.. Lawrence, of Ohio, defending it.
Mr.. Lawrence yielded to many intera
ruptions, so his speech was made up of
questions and responses between himself,
Eldridge, Wilson of Iowa., Bonner, Getz
and others. r...a q.
Mr.. Woodward made brief argument
On the law Vi Impeachment, arguing mat
the word misdemeanor, as used in the con-
stitution, means, not a violation of law,
but misconduct in Office, knowingly done
to the prejudice of the public or indiyidu-
ais. % -aiI-.
Mr., Garfield inquired whether if the
President were not defended by some law
defining what constituted misdemeanor, he
was not at the mercy of two-thirds of the
Senate, which declare him guilty of INSIDE
meanor in Office without regard to COM
mon law or common sense. .s. BE-
Mr.. Woodward held, every officer of
the government held, his Office subject to
the impeaching power. He remarked
there was much more danger of corrupt
oHicills remaining unimpeached than
there was of men who had been faithful in
Office being impeaehed. tria
The committee rose and the House adj
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