The Portland daily press., 1867-11-26

| Illinois, Carey of Ohio, Julian of Indiana
Boutwell, OF Massachusetts, Wilson OF Penn
! syfvania, Cornell of New York, Stone OF Mary
| land.
on Coinage and Weights and Measures
| Messrs. Kelley of Pennsylvania, JUDD OF IN
nois Smith of Vermont, Ferris OF New iurh;
Hill of New Jersey, Carey, OF ohio' AA'eii Vi
| California
On Patouts-Jencks of Rhode Island, Ny
| ers If Pennsvlyania, Chadler of New York,
| Cromwell of Illinois, Peters OF NAME.
q On Public Buildings and Grounds-Messrs
| Coyode of Pennsylvania, Burt Van Horn of
| New York. Cobb of Wisconsin, Moore of New
Jersey Nicholson of Delaware.
ON Reyisal and Unfinished Business-Po-
| land of Vermont wilson of Iowa, Pomeroy of
New York, Window of Minnesota, Marshall of
Illinois. t' SOL
On Miieage-Anderson of Missouri Plants
OF ONO, an Aernam of New York, Raum of
Iihnois, Getz of Pennsylvania.
On Accounts-Broomall sof Pennsylvania,
Eckley of Ohio, Arnell of Tennessee, Fields of
New York, McCulloch of Maryland.
On Expenditures of State DEPARTMENTAL
nell OF Tennessee, Pike OF Maine, Finney of
Pennsylvania, Clark of Ohio, Humphrey of
New York.
On Expenditures OF the Treasury Depart
ment-Marvin of New York, Starkweather of
Connecticut Taylor of Pennsylvania, Kitchen
of West Virginia, Robinson of New York.
On Expenditures OF the War Department
Williams of Indiana, Williams of Pennsylva-
mia, Garfield OF Ohio, Stewart OF New York,
Phelps of Maryland. 10
On Expenditures of the Navy Department
Epson of Michigan, Dawes OF Massachusetts,
Van Wyck of New York, Thomas OF Mary
land, Gl)ssbrenner of Pennsylvania
On Expenditures of tho Interior Depart
ment-Hubbard of West Virginia, Koontz OF
Pennsylvania, Bailey OF New York, Twitcheil
of Massachusetts,, Morgan of Ohio. 80
On Expenditures of the Post Office Depart
ment-Pike of Missouri, Eegleston of Ohio,
ONeil OF Pennsylvania, Ketchum of New
York, Hubbard of West Virginia. q
On Expenditures on Public Buildings
Washburne Of Wisconsin, Dixon of Rhode
Island, Hurlburd of New York, Van Horn OF
Missouri Archer of Maryland.
Joint Committee on Library-Baldwin OF
Massachusetts, Pruyn of New York, Spauld-
ing OF Ohio.
Joint Committee on Printing Latin of New
York, Ella OF New Hampshire, Cake of Penn
sylvania.
Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills -Wilson
of Pennsy lvania, Hopkins Of Wisconsin, Hol-
man of Indiana. .4g-sl- TG
Joint Committee on Retrenchment-Van
Wyck of New York, Randall of Pennsylvania,
Walker OF Ohio, Halsey of New Jersey,
Jenckes OF Rhode Island, Benjamin Of Mis-
souri, Benton of New Hampshire 4liat
The following Investigating Committees
were also appointed early in the first session
of the FortIe,h Congress:
On Southern Misunderstanding of Mis-
souri,, Mercer of Pennsylvania Washburne of
Wisconsin. falt .N g
On Assassination of President Lincoln
Butler of Massachusetts, Shellabarger of Ohio,
Julian OF Indiana, Ward of New York, Ran
dali of Pennsylyania. 90 tsfs,-FF
On Treatment of Union Prisoners-Shanks
of Indiana, Pike OF Missouri Harding of I'LL
nois, Stevens OF New Hampshire, Morgan of
Ohio. .'aIll $3.50 e
On Pay Department-Lincoln of New York,
Schofield OF Pennsylvania, Cobb of Wiscon-
sin, auckland of Ohio, Holman of Indiana.
On Soldiers and Sailors Bountes- Wash
buLne of Indiana, Payne of Wisconsin, Getz
of nsylvania. aa 5afseY
Several bills and resolutions were introduce
ed and appropriately referred. "
Mr. Boutelle, at '240 o'clock, presented the
majority report of the Judiciary Committee,
recommending the impeachment of President
| johnson. f4aa .s-2isaes-f
| 1t is signed by Messrs.. Boutwell,, Thomas,
| Williams, Lawrence and Churchill.
| After the Clerk had read the majority re-
| port for half an hour, its further reading was
On motion of Mr.. Bingham, and on the
statement that the reading of all the reports
would occupy ten hours, the summing up OF
the majority report, edited by Mr.. Boutwell,,
was then read. lt.E
1t declares, that in accordance with the tes-
tfmony herewith submitted and the view of
| the law presented. the Committee is of the
| opinion that Andrew Johnson, President of
| the United States, is guilty of high crimes and
misdemeanors requiring the interposition of
| abe Constitutional powers of the House.
MIR. Wilson of Iowa, Chairman, and Mr..
| Woodbridge joined in one minority report,
and Messrs Eldridge and Marshall join in
| another.
| Mr.. Boutwell, moved the postponement of
| the impeachment report until Wednesday of
| next week. -'e I'll
Rlr. Wilson, of Iowa, presented minority
report, declaring that President johnson was
| not guilty of high crimes or msdemeanors.
| The whole subject was postponed until We'd
| nesday OF next week. Adjourned.