The Evansville journal., 1868-04-21

ate went into executive session, ,aand at 2
p. u. 'ad dJ0urned. -tszf te 5Ias-.-.Eu- illEI
FfOEs E.-..... ...... " WAsH1NGToN, April 2ood
The House met at II o clock E.,-,
On motion OF Harding, the Secretary or
the Treasury was instructed to CON nluni-
cate 70 the House the names Of all persons
who applied for appOin tTnents in mis- De-
TpargIneni, the offices applied for, fhe name
OF any mem Der OF Congress recon- Tneiid-
lug the same, in what. case The appoint
ment had been directed by. order of the
10Th of February, 1868. s...+.f ~. ga u.
-tarsWeat her de 1red to otter a resoiu-
ton directing the Secretary 20 report Tie
facts relative TO the detention Ofthe ship
sabine at New London, for political pure
poses, several days after she had been or
dered away from said harbOr, and asking
FOR the correspondence between the Navy
Department, and Frederick Allen, James
Dixon, and the Democratic Town COM.
The House. in COMMITTEES 9th Whole,
proceeded to the Senate. Chamber. On
their return, the Speaker stated hat the
House g0usd meet TO- morrow at noon for
the transaction OF business,
2 On motion OF SehoHeld,t the COMMITTEES
quire into the propriety Of providing by
law that no claim of British citizens, for
the proceeds OF captured and abandoned
property, shall be allowed by "a. Court OF
Claims or by any Executive Department,
until the claims of citizens OF the Unit ed
States, for spOlfati0n by. rebel cruisers, fl It,
ted out by British citizens or British ports,
shall be adjusted, aud provisions made for
their payment, and that the Committee
Morehead introduced the following,
which was agreed to: lH ri
WHEREAS, The great loss Of life and1n-
Jury to persons By recent railroad accl-
dents and destruction Of "a Is y fire, eaH
loudly for a remedy; therefore, sIE
ResOtCed. That the COmmitteeA on Cons 4
merce be instructed toa1nquire into the
power aud authority Of Congress TO make
regulations in relation thereto. and IL the J
masm aGH 100 NHn GaHN ~
the Govern meDt appointing inspectors of
the rails and other matter used in the con- \
struction of all cars for the carrying Of
passengers and the mails.
Maynard presented joint resolutions Of
the Tennessee Legislature in relation 70
The naviaaMOu of the Tennessee River. ]
Referred to the COMMITTEES on Commerce.
~ " ash bHTpe, Of Illinois, introduced a bill
70 amend certain acts eoncerning ,deetfon- \
Committee Oh Naval A ffatIsat af8aat -fruI 4
The sspeake laid before the House sew
eral executive communicatlonsl 1ncludlng
one from the Secretary OF the 1nbef1ort en-
closing a request IrO1n the Com N IsstOner
of Patents relative 20 the necessity OF an
increased force OF clerks aud provision
for the accommodation OF the same;
also a communication from the Secretary
OF ne Treasury covering one from the
Commissioner OF Indian Affairs, in reeArd
to the .1eees sitY # an early appropriation
for the purpose OF subsistinS friendly In
dians.
The House, by unanimous consentI Is-
-ferred back to the Committee on Printing
the resolutions 20 print 900 copies OF
the peach rient Of the President. M
Pile presented a resolution adopted by
the st. Louis Merchants Exchange, con-
cernipg the Genital system. Referred to /
the Committee on Coinage. l-..l
WashbuTne, of Illinois, from the CONF
mittee on Appropriations, reported back
the senate bill making an appFopri alton
OF SIC, 900 for -efraying the expenses Of the \
expenses of the Senate, aud sI70,0 for eK-i
ira Capital police. -. g. EH II
stricken out the other items, OF the bill, /
and proposed 10 add $4,000 for the pay OF
lab refs who had had no money since last
DeceDlb-r. .....-.
600. wanted TO Know whether that was q
cat in the meal tub. 49,
Washburne replied that there was no 4
eat in the meal Tub, and said he did not
think tile gentleman from Wisconsin
would suppose that the committee on
ApproprIatIOns would improperly tOtst
anything on the House.
Eidadgs did not believe the gentleman
would, but when tae unanimous consent
was given for acting on this dill, he did
not want to be found in this dilemma.
Washburne said he had been assured by
mittee Of the senate that he had examined
the items embraced IN the appropriation,
one by, pne, and found them correct ooo
Ss3aIdi a z mOred to strike out the $4,000 I
item. He did not believe they should APP
propriate money without knowing more
Eldridga asked whether 1t had been
already ascertained that $4,000 is an ade-
quate sum Q pay. all ithe expenses of the
Impeachment trial, or is this merely to
strike the public mind as all the expense or
merely. for the purpose of sugar-coattng
The speaker said the inquiry was not
germane as yet. .........
Washburlie. in the course Of further de-
bale, stated that one of the items, and
large one, Was 10 pay the funeral expenses I
Of Senator FOOue, OF Vernon.
Spa.dIng Withdrew his motion. Ea 4
\
eide whether this item of 5l0.OG0 is to pay
all the expenses of the impeachment, or is I
a mere bagatelle, TO be IOuOwed by ten
Wasilb 4 a. Its-if me- aseeSsal,, w6uld vote
a hundred thousand sOllars. tra
Eldridge-NO doubt, ii it would be used
Washburue--I don't think il could be
used for a better purpose, not tllegItlmate.
would give ten thousand dollars 70 OBTAIN
success, and that if fl was necessary 10 add /
ten times that sum he would vote II. and
does ne proposes 20 affect the action OF the 4
Washburne-Of course, the gentleman
from Wisconsin does. not understand me |
as saving any such thing. The Senate. !
which Is charged with trying the lmpeach- (
ment, wants $1,000. 1 do not know Wheth- Z
er TINS amount Is sufficient or not. They
rnonev, aud.i a further amount is neces-
sary L VIII voTe fOF that also.
p ID tdge-Did not the geatlenau say If
ne could make dlle Ina lleachment trial a
sa"cess, he would vote one hundred thou !
sand d0lIaTs-
Wasnburne-I said ten times that much;
VIII vote one hundr d mlLlQns, II tie [
gentleman would be any better satisfied.
EldTidge--1 aidn' I su ppOSe the gentieE} an (
could be so candid on this subject. did [
not suppose that ten thousand dol ars /
WOuEsi BE- taken as the necessary su m. 1t I
is a mere bagatelIe for the purpose of ;
making the public believe hat tnIs is all /
the money necessary to pay the expenses 4
Of the trial, and the gentleman from liz