Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-04-02
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S,,,.ial I,lspatail 20 The st Louis R epubilcSn.l
AsHtScrON, March 29.-Ihe ques-
.ion of the final s6iOurnneut Of con-
,,rass has again occupied both branches OF
that body nearly all day, and at last re-
suited n q conclusion 70 adJo3rn rom
Tomorrow at noon GatB wednesday,
the Sd Of JHly, when u a quorum Oe
,1resent business Is TO be proceeded with.
iTi,a strrlqvle in both houses on this ques-
tion seems to be without PreceoenL. a
s,nfereuce committee appointed specially
- reconcile the disagreement between
fIa favo houses, met to day, and alter Q
hong conference reported that they were
unable TO agree. This opened up the
yvhola gFestion again 20 an animated de-
rate I'M each house. In the senate a
resolution was prepared, but not oHereo,
certifying to the president mat a 0isa-
yreenlent on adjournment had arisen
and that he could avail himself OF his
constitutional privilege t. prOrosue the
.soEgrrss. This was Obyiatet, however,
bv H. final adoption Of new resoiu-
lion which was sent % the house where
a hot discussion was going on on the
same subject. go,
The ARRIVAL of the senate resolution az
forded an opportunity to the house -
vote al once, and under the lead
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l,Itfo1 was agree to under the operation
IN the previous question, by vote Of
fftv-three 70 forty-Gye, being bat few
votes over a quorum. There vas con
siderable eoRfusien aHd eXeitement pre-
cediDg this vote. ,,
The house, during the afternoon had
sD excited debate on the lmpsachmenI
question, ending with the passage OF 3
rezoIution requesting the Judiciary CON-
Tnittee to make . report on Impeachment
on the reassem bling Of congress.
Mr.. Butler charged that the president
had psrdoned one hundred and ninety
three deserters. 90 that they could vote
the democratic ticket in West Virginia.
and had restored to them property
amounting TO $4,000.
Mr.. Marshall, of the II inois members
0f the Judiciary committee, intimated
that there was another part Of the story
which, after all, did not seem to create
much sensation. Itcame ont during the
debate that the Judiciary com mittee
would not resume its sessions TIL May.
Thad. Stevens said that the course the
contaittee were pursuing would lead "a
No result, for which language he was
severely denounced by Woodbridge, 5
member Of tie committee.
The president has prepared proela
nation conveuiug SD extra session ot the
senate for the Transaction OF executive
business. There are two hundred nom,
nations now pending IN that D0uyI aha
a large number are 20 oe sent in'
Commanders 81 military districts IA
the south are being supplied with certi-
fled official copies OF the supplemental
reeonstruction act under which registers
Of elections are to be appointed and
zfafe conventions TO be called.
There was prOtraeted cabinet meet
ing to-day, and all Office seekers were
excluded from the executive mansion.
Several memorials were presented ~
the house 10 day, praying that the presi'
dstz be at once inpeached. They were
properly referred.
II seems to be agreed tonight that tWt
Hills viii be lost bY what is known - the
sipoeket veto" one suspends The Sc
saving loyal owners OF slaves who en-
listed them ia the union army; the othei
h . bin 10 distributs tsu thousand 81 nc
e,f arms 70 Tennessee.
The case Of Jefferson Davis hes as
saued a new phase. Judge Underwood
Wa. IN town to-day, cOnferriDg viii
Csbiaf Justice Chase. The former re-
,1srl- ea-n forwards that il wes more thar
,-r,bsfls that the trial would be had IN
b hfsv nssrt. before the United States dis
T-iql court sitting in Richmond.
Gcn,a considerable Importance was at
,a..had Ia the debate in the senate To-
~ yElereiu ID was maintained by two
.srators that congress could enforce ne
,,ro suffrage in any northern state y
Nirtue OF the second section OF the coh7ll
tutionaI amendment abolishlng slANsly
A bin for that purpose is already peu'iin'
iu that body. A.. 81
The president tonight signed the Ioi
lowing act ThefSthe secretary oi wa
he authorized, on The recolnLne haStion .,s ~ =
the engineer department TO Oalla au' ll'
operate two dredge boats, for the pdI pos' s'
al deepening and keeping open tle eiis.n n.
Del Of one or more Of the passes - u u
mouth OF the Mississippi, snd 10 e1 pen
far that purpose so muchl ~ may y
necessary from the appropriauoDs iOI ~ "a
improvements Of the mouth Of the MIS-
AlssipFi river, provided for in the &C
making appropriations for the repair
preservation aud completion Of certaii
public works heretofore commenced un
der the authority Of law, and for Othe
purposes, approved March 2, 1857.
Several petitions OF the citizens Q
gchuylkill county, Pa, praying cOngres
10 Droceed with the impeachment an'
removal Of the president, were preseutei
Il the house to-day.
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