Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-13
Summary Of Congressional Proceedings.

Gowell clayton mas been sworn IN a
Senator from Arkansas.
The Senate has passed a defcienc,
bill with amendments appropriatinl
5000, 900 for life saving purposes on tn
coast of New Jersey; alse one appro
priating $1,000 for army buildings a
Fort Leavenworth.
The event of Mondays session wa
the speech of Senator Sumner in sup
port of his resolutions declaring the
use of the navy in support of the Bae;
Government during the negotiations o
the treaty of annexation an unwarrant
able exercise of the war power. The
galleries were crowded with spectators
and all available space upon the fool
of the Senate was filed by privileged
persons. Sumner called for The
reading of his resolutions, an6
then submitted an additional one
declaring that whatever may be the
title by an unratified treaty, after the
failure of the Senate to ratify thai
treaty all pretext of title to the terri
tory has ceased, so that a government
is in all respects stranger to the terri
tory without excuse or apology fol
any interference against its enemies,
and therefore any belligerent act on
the coast of San Domingo after the
failure of the Dominican treaty in
the Senate, is an unauthorized violence,
utterly without support in law or real
son, and proceeding directly from that
kingly prerogative which is disavowed
by the Constitution of the United
States. The speech in support of these
resolutions was listened to with closest
attention throughout, and occupied
some three hours. At its conclusion
short speeches were made in re-
ply by Senators Morton and Howe.
The debate on Summers San Domin-
go resolutions was continued in the
Senate on Tuesday and Wednesday by
Howe, Frelinghuysen and Morton in
opposition, and Schurz in support OF
them. The debate was closed by Har-
Ian in support of the administration
and against the resolutions, which, at
the conclusion of his speech, he moved
to lay on the table. Sumner endeavored
to get the floor to reply, but Harlan in
sisted upon an immediate vote upon
the motion. Sumner thought he had
a right to close the debate, but the
Vice President decided not nm
less Harlan withdrew his motion,
which he refused to do. The clerk.
then, amid much confusion, proceeded
to call the roll, and the vote stood, yeas
80, nays 16, twelve Democrats and four
Republicans, Patterson, Robertson.
Schurz and Sumner, voting no. The
following were absent or did not vote
Messrs. Bayard, Caldwell, Carpenter,
Fenton, Ferry of Connecticut, Flana-
gan, Lewis, Logan, Morrill, of Maine,
Morrill, of Vermont, Scott, Spencer.
Upton, Vickers and Wilson. Bayard
and Carpenter were paired off, the ma
jority of the others would probably
have voted no.
The select committee in the House on
the Presidents message relating to the
outrages in the south, has reported a
bill to enforce the provisions of the
14th amendment to the Constitution of
the United States 1t provides that
any person who shall subject or cause
to be subjected, under cover of state
law or regulation, any person over
whom the United States has iurisdic-
tlon, to the deprivation of any rights
or privileges accorded such person by
the national constitu ion, shall be liable
to the person so injured in suit for
civil damage, to be prosecuted in the
United States district courts, any
law or regulation of the states
to the contrary Notwithstanding.
Any conspiracy of two or more
persons to commit murder, robbery,
arson, larceny, perjury, assault, or to
resist the officers of the law in the
discharge of their duty either as prin-
cipals or accessories, shall subject the
persons so combining to a penalty not
exceeding $40, 900, or imprisonment not
exceeding ten years, or both, in the
of the court and if any of
the parties to such actually commit the
crime of murder, he shall, upon con-
suffer death. Any offense under
this act commenced in one district and
continued in others may be tried in
either. In case of conspiracies
against the peace and good order
of society, and the lives and prop
erty of individuals, the President is
if he deem it necessary,
to use the military power to suppress
the same, aud restore order, even
though the State authorities may not
call upon him for aid. The President
is also empowered, in case said conspi-
racies assume such magnitude as to
prevent the ordinary process of law
and the local authorities connive at the
outrages, and show no disposition to
maintain the laws, to suspend the
wnt ofihabeas corpus and declare mar
tial law. This provision is to remain in
force only until June 1st, 1872. This
does not repeal any former act, except
so far as it may be in conflict with it.
The bill has been debated from day
to day since its introduction, and little
else has been done.
The following standing committees
have been appointed in the House:
On Accounts-Messrs. Burlington,
Sawyer, Harris of Massachusetts,, Arch
er end Lewis. M
Plinting-Messrs. Beatty, Elliott,
and Price.
The House has passed the Senate
bill granting Phoebe Scofield, pen
sion of eighty dollars per month from
June 5th, 1867, she being at that time
one hundred years old and widow of
a Revolutionary soldier
An EnOch Arden Case in Real Life.
In 1862, young woman named Mrs.
Sarah Young married Joseph M. Abbott,
an actor playing in Pittsburg. Some