Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-07-19

SprlngS we nOJlcs non. IHOS' II. COCnIdh3
of York and Hon. H. d. Maxwell of Eas-
ton.
XLth CoNGREss.-Adjo Session.
WASHINGTON July g. 1867. The proceed
ings in both Houses to day with regard to
| Mexican affairs are significant. The Cop
| perheads have planted themselves squarey
on the side of Maximilian and monarchy,
while the Republicans have espoused, as
| heretofore, the cause of the Liberals The
several resolutions offered in the House and
| referred TO the Committee on Foreign Af-
| fairs of which General Banks is chairman,
viii be considered at once by the committee.
and report made in the form of a resolu-
! tion to the House.
! The Reconstruction Committee of the
| House had a meeting this morning. at which
| the bill drawn by MIR. Stevens was amended
| by the addition of another section. and by
some verbal alterations. 1t was understood
| that this committee would meet for consul
tation with the Judiciary Committee of the
| Senate to-day, but no meeting took place.
| The Senate bill will come up for cunsidera-
ton IN that body tomorrow 1t does not
meet entirely the views of such Republicans
as Sumner and Drake, and it will probably
! encounter some opposition in that quarter.
| The Copperheads of the Senate were rein
forced by Garrett Davis, of Kentucky, to-day
and there will no doubt be a good deal Of
talk against the bill from that side of the
! house.
The introduction ofGeneral Butler reso-
lutions for an investigation into the assassina-
| ton plot created quite a sensation in the
! House. The Copperheads met them at the
| threshold with objections-Mr. Boyer Of
| Pennsylvania, taking the lead-but the
rules were suspended and the previous dues-
ton brought to bear.
WASHINGTON, July Q, lS67.-The pro-
| ceedings of the House to-day were full ofin-
| terest, The vote was to have been taken at
half past one, but by general consent, the
| hour was postponed till three o clock. Mr.
| Brooks, the Democratic member of the Re
| construction Committee, entertained the
| House with a speech of an hour duration
IN lieu Of minority report He went the
/ extreme length Of the Copperhead on the
| question OF State rights, and denounced, in
| severe terms the legislation Of the Repub-
/ llcan majority IN Congress. He was followed
| by Fernando Wood in a dull harangue said
/ TO have been delivered several times before
1 in different parts of the city Of New ork
! Neither Of these efforts attracted much at
| tentiOn, though that Of Brooks was the ablcr
| Of the two. At two o'clock Hon. Thaddeus
! Stevens arose and said he would yield twenty
minutes Of his hour to Mr. Bingham Mr..
| Bingham thereupon commenced to reply to
| the speech Of Brooks The speech was one
of great eloquence and power and is regar-
| ded as one of Mr. Bingham best efforts.
At its close he was warmly congratulated by
| the Republicans. Mr. Stevens rose at twenty
minutes of three to close the debate. He
was speedily surrounded by all the members,
Democrats as well as Republicans. The
| Democratic side of the House was entirely
empty. Mr.. Stevens spoke without notes.
| His voice was remarkably clear and strong,
and he was listened to with the utmost at
tention.
WASHINGTON, July. TO- 1867.-The food
! gates Of rhetoric were again opened in the
! Senate to day, Mr. Sumner started off
! with his usual attempt to get the resolution
| of last Friday repealed, but he received so
| little encouragement that he kept up the
siege only fifteen minutes
The reconstruction bill then came up. and
Mr.. Howard, of Michigan, took the floor.
| foolscap in hand and read long speech de
nouncing the President policy and the At.
torney General opinion.
! Mr.. Wilson's amendment to allow the ap-
| pointment of civilians to offices vacated by
the district commanders was adopted by 20
| to Is.
Mr.. Howard offered an amendment de-
claring voting for the secession ordinance
| shall not be construed as an act of rebellion
| to disGualify a man from holding Office under
the proposed fourteenth amendment. This
! led 20 sharp debate, which was principally
| remarkable for the speech of Mr. Nye, Of
NeYads, who declared himself in favor Of
more stringent terms of reconstruction, and
| s2ld there would be no peace in the land
! until every rebel was either dead or distlau-
chised. No action was taken on this amend
ment.
The announcement ofthe death Of Charles
Dennison, of Pennsylvania adjourned the
| Senate at four cock
The House had a four hour session, which
was remarkable mostly for the consideration
Of a resolution for the adjournment Of Con
! gress until the middle of October II was
presented by Mr. Boutwell,, Of Massachu-
sets, and naturally brought up the impeaeh-
ment question. A spicy debate followed, in
which the Chairman Of the Judiciary Com
mittee stated that four members Ofthe Com
mittoe were for impeachment three for cen
sure, and TWO Democrats for acquittal of the
President He added that the Committee,
however, would not be able to report before
the middle of October.
Mr.. Williams, of Pennsylvania, one Of
the members of the Committee, said that
there was no reason why the Committee
should not report now. The Chairman of
the Committee said that the delay was caus-
ed by the non-arriyal of witnesses, which
Williams bad summoned.
at this point there was considerable ex
element, and members gathered near the
speakers Thad. Stevens then arose and
said that the Committee had been hunting
around six months for some evidence on
" hich to impeach the President and he
thought that the House ought to require
the testimony to be submitted now The
chairman said it would not be submitted
now unless the House so ordered
Mr.. Williams proceeded to speak of the
Committee again, but point of order was
raised and sustained that the doings of the
Committee should not be laid before the
House in debate. Pending a vote the hour
arrived forthe obituaries on the late Repre-
sentative Donnison, of Pennsylvania, which
postponed the adjournment question till to-
morrow. The friends of impeachment, it is !
evident, were advocates of an October ses-
sion.
Thad Stevens, during the day, in a per- !