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session PROV, July SIN the Senate ,b,
which at led less than two hours Of
Sumner, wh0one was Appropriated bv M
against the resIested it In a short nro,ast
eiudes miscellaneon Of Friday which exs
Mr.. Trumbull Robustness.
bill which would haved n reconstruction
medlately but for Mr.. Sun considered inn !
Attempts we're made to ers objectIons ,
other subjects, the resolutivy m severai !
General Sheridan among otlf thanks to !
were all excluded under the reSut tbav r
Friday. to which the Senate seeLion or !,
mined to adhere rigidly. ser-
Resolutions of Inquiry concerning 4
Indian dificultles were adopted.
Also. resolution calling upon the Sec
retary of State for information on the
Mexican subject.
While the latter was under consideration,
Mr.. Howard, OF Michigan, spoke of Max
imilian as the greatest felon of the present
day, aud of his execution as a merited pun
ishment.
| Mr.. Chandler soon after offered q resolu-
tlon, intended to justify the execution OF
Maximilian, by calling upon the Commit
| lee on Foreign Affairs to examine and re-
mort upon how many Mexicans were killed
Under the decree Of October g. 1866. The
resolution was laid over.
The House opened to-day with flood OF
resolutions, bills, &c, all of which were
laid on the table, to be referred to the APP
propriate committees when appointed.
Mr.. McClurg, of Missouri, called atten-
Ition TO the fact that u bill passed at the last
session placing certain Missouri troops on
the same footing with others, as to bounty.
was not signed by the President, because II
was not presented to him until two days
after the last adjournment.
The speaker eXpressed,a difference OF
opinion from the position taken by the
President. and held that whereas the Pres
ident might not have the constitutional
right to sign the bill if Congress had adj
Iiourned, that question had not arisen In
this case, as Congress had only taken a
recess.
MIR. McClung introduced concurrent
resolution for the re-enrollnent of the
bill.
Mr.. Garfield expressed the opinion that
what the President had indorsed on the
bill as his reason for not signing 1t, opera
ted as a veto.
The speaker ruled otherwise, the bill moi
having been returned with the Presldent''
objection.
Mr.. Elliot suggested that the bill had be.
come Il law by reason of the Presidents
not having returned 1t within ten days.
The Speaker declined to decide that
Iqucstion at present.
The concurrent resolution was adopted
and sent to the Senate, but that BODY de-
lcllned to consider it on the gropad that a
new bill would have to be passed.
A number of resolutions on Mexican af.
fairs, were referred to the House Commit
tee on Foreign Aiairs, which was appoint
ed la March last, but 1t Is understood that
the committee will make no report OF
tben at present.
The House then, by vote of one hun
drcd TO twenty-four, passed resolution
Iintroduced by Mr. Butler, providing for thu
appointing of a select committee of hvt
members, to inquire into the particulars o
the assassination of President Lincoln
with an unlimited power to send for per
sons and papers. and to report n bill grant
ing amnesty and pardon to such persons a
may have been connected with the con
spiracy, and who may testify against 9th
ers.
The introduction ofthis resolution caused
a decided sensation In the House. an,
members gathered in groups listening t,
the debate upon 1t.
The Chairman Of the Judiciary Commit
tee stated that they had taken larg
amount of interesting and important evi
dence on the conspiracy. which the
would turn over to this special committee