The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-07-26
THE CLOSING HOUR OF CONGRESS.

Aiter . session Of seventeen days Con-
gress Oh Saturday afternoon adjourned to
the 2lst Of November. There was a slim
attendance, but the closing hours were not
marked by surplus Of smiabili,y in either
House. The special Of the Boston Post
says:
In the Senate Mr.. Chandler gave serious
offence TO Mr.. Fessenden by chasing him
with Seward, the blair family and Thurow
Weed, designating him rs tho defender OF
The President and impugning his motives
tor censuring certain Senators who persist
IN ai,smIains 70 induce that body IN prejtf.
dice the Impeachment cause. Mr.. Fessen.
den in reply referred to the scandal origin.
ated by his own party, charging Chandler
with the design or procuring The bonsfss Of
office for his own family, and defended him
self in detnil, referring, in this connection,
TO the dealt, Of ono Of his sons who fell in
battle. Tho Senstor's voico WIS ehoked
with emotion, and for moment 10 wa
unable 70 proceed. Thea again no warm
ed with sentiment towards his prosecutor
and uttered tho rctors that If he had the
slightest idea that anything the Senator from
Michigan could say would affect his char
acter before the people he should hook up
on himself with contempt he did not now
feel. Mr.. Fesscnden has consistently main
tanned that in as much a. charges OF i'm
peachment were to be tried by the Senate
members of That body have no right to NJ
low their minds to be prejudiced no rs to
unfit them for trying tho case fairly and
impatially. and his reiteration Of this view
hss excited the animosity Of the Chandler
school. For one of his tFessendens 81 Do.
liberute temperament, he became intensely
earnest and excited, and fairly startled the
Senate with his vehement denunciation Of
his traducers.
The Herald's despatch says tho small
number Of members present in the House
gave the friends Of Impeachment an oPpor.
uinity TO accomplish something. Alter O
spicy debate between mcssrs- Wilson. vii
lia,ns and ,Woodbridgr, a resolution va,
offered requiring the Judiciary Committee
to submit tho testimony taken on impeaeiI'
mcnt forthwith to the House. The vote
WINS 81 to IS, and the absence OF the Dem
ocrais, together with q number OF RePub.
licuns, ra-e the impeachcrs'a Decided vic.
tory. The result, however, surprised every
one and created no little sensation about
the capital. Mr.. Wilson, Chairman Of the
Judiciary Committee, Summoned the mem
bers Of tho Committee to their room where
the evidence was gathered, some Of 4 be-
inc In large printed volumes and other por-
tons In huge piles Of manuscript. The
committee held brief meeting and llnr'
riedly brought the evi,lence into the hell. -
Il then wanted hut short time OF the houl
for final adjournment, and seemingly ny
concerted movement on tho part OF tl'ost
opposed to having the testimony submitted
the floor was occupied until tho, Speaker
hammer fell, announcing tho close o. llt
session. The COMMITTEES therefore had ma
opportunity to comply with tho order ol
the House, and the evidence was enrict
back by armslul to the Committee room.
This sbnrp practice was not DISCOVERIES
in time, either by the Committee or is op
ponen,s, for no one seemed TO doubt that ev
cry moment would bring the presentatiot
of the important document, pro Jorr,c, non
the Speakers table. Members Of the com
mit,ce had cyen commenced to give Oh,
representatives Of the press such portioa'
Of the evidence as had been printed, AM
there were lively times among them, a
tI,oy rushed around, calling in the copies
which were reluctantly returned, bat th'
Committee feel assured that none Of lib,
evidence has leaked out. Tho result sccm
to be that no report Of the evidence vii
now be nnde until the meeting OF Tia
House the last OF next November.