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his agency therein without action thereon.

his agency therein without action thereon.
Adjourned.
Mr.. Boutwell,, from the Committee to re-
| mort articles of impeachment against Presi-
| dent johnson, offered a resolution permitting
| the Committee to report in print. Adopted
Mr.. Morehead, from the Committee of WAYS
and Means, reported back Mr.. Spauldipo,s
bill, declaring the meaning of the internal
revenue tax on railroad chairs spikes. &c. 10
be specific tax OF five dollars per ton. &c.
which passed. - -
MT. Peters presented resolution of the
Maine Legislature asking an appropriation
TO remove distractions in Penobscot river
Mr. Cook, from Committee ON Roads, Ca
nais. &c, presented a bill authorizing the
building of a bridge over the Ohio river at Pa
ducah, by the New Orleans and Ohio Railroad
company, on the same terms as provided for
the bridge at Quincy, Illinois, which passed.
building of railroad bridges over the Ohio riy-
err above the mouth Of Licking river.
The Speaker presented several communion
tions including resolutions of the South Car
81 100000 for the purchase of land for freed
men, &c, and of the National Commercial
Convention, recently held in Boston ON
finance, taxation, &C., which were referred.
Inc House went into Committee of the
Wnole, MI. Schotield in the chair, and consid-
ereu the sundry civil expenses of the apprO-
priation bill.
After debate Mr.. Churchills amendment
uirecting the SIX revenue cutters on the Lakes
70 De iaId up was agreed to, with the under
standing that it be voted on by yeas and nays.
Items for the construction of appraisers
stores at Philadelphia was Increased to S75.-
900; for court house at Desmones, Iowa, to
$S9OOO; for court house at Madison Wis to
S5O,00O; for court house at Sprinfeld. ILL.,, to
SZ5,0OO. The appropriations for continuing
hn Enl
out.
During debate on the proposition to strike
out the item of S211 900 for the Metropolitan
Police of the District of Columbia, the Speak
er took the chair, and stated he had Just re-
ceived from the Superintendent of the Metre
politan Police letter sent to him from the
Superintendent of the New York Police,
making SO grave charge that he did not feel
justified in Withholding it from the mmedi-
ate knowledge of the House. The letter reads
as follows:
Office Of the Superintendent OF. the Metropoli-
tan Police, Neao York FEB. 26.
Major A. G. Richards superintendent of Me-
tropoIltan Police, Washington, d. c.:
sir have just been called on by Col Tai.
T: Shaffner, President of the United States
Blasting Oil Company with request to look
up i've cans of nitro glycerine which was de-
llvered on an order from regular customer.
but which order is now pronounced to be a
forgery. The quantity of the oil in the cans
was about log pounds, quantity sufficient to
blow up the st. Nicholas Hotel in New York.
He fears that it may have been obtained in the
way 1T was for some foul purpose, as he latter
~ has had several applications by unknown
persons for the purchase of the article, to whom
he refused to sell, owing to their being strang-
ers and would not explain satisfactorily the
purpose for which they wanted it. He in
forms me that although it is given out that the
stone walls of the Clerkenwell prison were
blown down. with gunpowder, the material
used was glycerne Now sir, this 165 pounds
has disappeared from New York, and if in
tended for mischief it is more likely for use in
w Washington than elsewhere. give you this
information to put you on your guard.
Very respectfully,
A. KENNEDY, Superintendent
The House again went into committee of
the whole, and the last named amendment
was rejected: The committee soon rose and
the House adjourned. - -