The Evansville journal., 1868-02-22

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Executive Session at half past two
o'clock.
HOUSE.-To- morrow will be de-
voted to general debate only.
Balwin, from the Joint Committee
on Library reported an International
Copyright Bill which was ordered
printed, and recommitted, with leave
to Pruyn to make a minority report
Jenekes,. from the Committee on
Patents, reported a bill granting leave
for application for the extension of
the patent of Smith & Wesson.
Passed.
Kelly introduced a bill to estab-
lish a uniform system of small coins.
Referred to the Committee on Coin
age.
The House went into Committee of
the Whole on the State Of the Union,
Dawes IN the chair, on the Naval APP
preparation Bill, which appropriated
SIS, 960,045.
After debate Butler offered an
amendment providing that all unex-
pended balances subject to the order
of the Secretary Of the Navy, on the
1st of July, 1868, shall be converted
lhtO LuC 1ICdSuIy duu budL uO
amount appropriated in the bill shall
be expended or drawn while any other
unexpended monies are subject to the
order of the Secretary of the Navy.
Agreed to-
Speaker presented a message from
the President in reference to the ex-
ecution Of the treaty of 1858 with
China, for tie settlement Of claims,
which was referred to the Committee
on Foreign Affairs
Also, a messrge from the President
transmitting a communication from
the Chief of the Engineer Corps in
reference to a ship canal around the
Falls Of the Ohio. Referred to the
Committee on Roads and Canals.
Also a communication from the Sec
retary of War.
The correspondence having been
read, Washburne, of ILL.,, moved it be
referred to the Committee on Re-
construction and ordered printed.
Boutwell, suggested with authority
to report at any time.
Washburne so modified the motion.
and moved the previous question be
agreed to, The resolutions were
adopted. .
The House went again into a Com
mittee of the Whole on the Naval
Appropriation Bill.
Van Wyek offered an amendment
providing thst no part of the money
appropriated should be used for pay
ing for new guns, gun carriages or
small arms, which was adopted
Boutwell, moved the Committee
rise, stating that he wished to pro-
vide for the regular session o-mor-
row. He thought that when the Gov
ernment was so far subverted as to
have two Secretaries of War, the
House should attend to public bust
ness. The Committee rose.
Butler said, | move the order Of the
House by which the session of to-
morrow was assigned to general de-
bate, be rescinded. The reason [ have
for asking its RECESSION, is the COM
munication made to this House by
the Secretary of War. We have now
two Secretarys of War, one by law,
and one by usurpation.
+ Eldrldge made it a point of order
that the motion was not debatable.
and the Speaker so decided.
IL AAOAoS pAONCCAC0 ~ NObG UJ
yeas and nays on the motion to recon-
slider the vote ordering the session of
tomorrow for debate, and was recon-
sidered by strict party vote.
Van Trump presented a petition
from the citizens of Ross and Adel-
phia Counties, Ohio, praying that
Congress would pass a law to author
lze the issuing of sufficient amount
of United State legal tender Treas
ury notes to pay United States bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means.
On motion of Washburne, of Illi-
nois, further action on the Naval Ap-
propr;ation Bill was postponed until
Monday
Covode, as a question of privilege,
offered the following resolution:
Res9lUed, That Andrew johnson,
President of the United States, be i'm
peached for high crimes and misde-
meanOrs. Laughter among the Dem
ocratie members.
Wood objected to the introduction
Of the resolution.
The Speaker stated that the resolu-
ton was a question of privilege.
Boutwell, moved a reference of the
resolution to the Committee on Re
construction, which was agreed to.
Adjourned.
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