The Portland daily press., 1868-05-13
XLth O0NGRESS-aeoond Session.
The Impeachment Trial.
SENATE,

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE re fading of the
journal was concluded at 1145, when Mr. Ed
mund's order resembling the rule requiring the
vote to be taken to-day was adopted without
division Mr. Chandler stating that his col
league Mr. Howard) was very ill
On motion Of Mr.. Chandler, it was ordered
tn when the Court adjourn it be until Satur-
day, and a few minutes later the Court so adj
iourn.
The Senate was called to order
A motion made by Mr.. Drake to adjourn I'M
til tomorrow was lost by vote of % to q.
Mr.. Yates moved to adj ourn till Friday.
Messrs. Sherman, Anthony and Hendricks
earnestly opposed the rotion referring to the
large amount of business which required at
tention, and contending that to adjourn for
several days would be unjustifable waste of
time and would prolong the session far into
summer.
Messrs. Drake and Yates argued that no
profitable legislation could be accomplished
while the Senators were, as they asserted, in
state of high excitement and perturbation.
Mr.. Drake thought that they could recover
from it by tomorrow, but Mr.. Yates held it
wanted to take longer time 20 calm their
nerves
Messrs. Sherman, Davis and others ridiculed
the idea of their not being able to perform their
duties at present, and again called attention to
the amount of business in arrears.
Mr.. Morton supported the motion for adj
journment, and it was then temporarily laid
aside while various other motions were dispos-
ed of.
After long discussion and passage of the
District of Columbia charter bill, the Senate
adjourned at 1850
HOUSE.
The Speaker presented letter from Gen.
Grant, in reply to the House resolution of yes
terday, giving the votes for and against the
Constitutions in the Southern States, which
was referred to the Reconstruction Committee
and ordered to be printed
Mr. SpnaOoly from fha CnY No
and Means, reported bill to reduce into one
act and to amend the laws relating to internal
taxes, which was ordered to be printed and re-
committed.
the bill back to the House within perhaps a
week from this time if there be no recess If
there should be a recess, then he should ask
the House to take up the bill, to be acted upon
Immediately after the recess, which might per-
haps be eight or ten days hence.
After some unimportant business the House
proceeded to the business of the morning hour.
Mr.. Price. from the Committee on the Paci-
fic Railroad, reported joint resolution to con-
slider the provisions in the Pacific Railroad
acts regarding the use of American iron, so as
to declare that American iron only shall be
used for all rails, chairs, fish bars, bolts and
spikes in laying and repairing OF road bed.
Passed.
Mr. Price. from the same committee, report
ed back the substitute for the joint resolution
introduced some time since by Mr.. Washburne,
OF Wisconsin, to regulate the tariff for freight
and passengers on the Union and Central Pa
cific Railroads and their branches. This was
debated tor long time by Messrs. Farnsworth,
Washburne, Bailey, johnson, Clarke of Kan
sas, and others, when the previous question was
seconded
motion was made by Mr.. Farnsworth to
recommlt. which was lost-32 against IS.
Mr.. Benjamin moved to lay the whole sub
ject on the table, which was reected-36 to g.
Ihe question required on the amendment of
Mr.. Washburne, of Indiana, to strike out of
the JOINT resolution the proviso that it shall
MOI take effect till there shall be continuous
line OF railroad completed and running from
Omaha to Sacramento. This was adopted
yeas rs nays AZ.
The question then required on the amend
ment offered by Mr.. Clarke, of Kansas, that
the tariff shall not exceed double the average
rates charged on the different lines of railroads
between the Mississippi river and the Atlantic
ocean in ATTITUDES north of st. Louis, which
was agreed to without division, and the Joint
resolution, as amended, was passed-76 to 81.
Mr.. Chandler asked leave to offer resolu-
ton requesting the President to inform the
Rouse of all the facts when they come to his
hhoWiedge as to the treatment Of certain
t ti9an citizens reported to have been I'M
gus 1877 arrtsted, imprisoned, and fogged while
~ ~ prison Dy the authority of an officer of the
Government of Mexico
Messrs' Butler and Harding Objected
~ house, AT 5l5, went into committee O
III ~ 'hS sldte OF the Union Nh Wood
bridge IN the chair, and was aJdra.Sod h,
Mr.. BroGmall, Of Pennsylvania, in opnositioi
to the bill introduced some weeks AGO b1 hi
colleague (Woodward) to test the constitu
Mr. Woodward announced his intentior .
replying at future day to Mr.. Munger 70 y
ferring to a resolution offered by him yasta az
day in reference to the treatment of reba
prisoners, and said he could prove by prope
testimony that proposition had been mad
by officers of the Confederate Government
officers of this Government, when Union SO
diers were dying at Andersonville, Mile
Florence and other Southern prisons to pa
cine for their use, to be put under the charl
of Federal soldiers
The committee rose and the House adjourne