Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-05-04
Congressional Matters.

Lie house auOpUeU RESOLUTIONS re
questing the President to appoint a
committee to examine and repor. next
December upon the proffiety of remov-
ing the Brooklyn navy-yard and selling
the land; requesting the President to
intercede with the authorities of the
Dominion of Canada for the release of
American citizens now confined in Can
adian prisons.
very large portion of the time of
both houses during the past week was
spent in the consideration of reports of
conference committees on the disagree
ing votes of the two houses on the De-
ficiency bill and the bill to punish Ku-
Klux. The bills finally got through
both houses. The bill for the punish
meut of the Ku-Klux was substantially
in the shape in which it first passed the
house. The Deficiency bill was shorn
of some of the Senate amendments, and
the house amendment for the reissue
of national bank notes was finally de-
feated. Several resolutions were intro
duced In the house, among which was
one disapproving of inordinate taxa
tion to pay off large sums of the ma
tional debt; and one by Butler, re-
questing the President to cause to be
submitted to the JOINT High Commits
sion the claims of American citizens
for damages suffered on account of their
imprisonment without due process of
law, in British prisons, for suppo sed
completely in the Fenian cause. Neither
of these, however, was passed.
The following committees have been
appointed In the House: Joint Select
Committee on the Outrages in the South
ern States-Messrs. Poland, Maynard,
Scofeld, Cook, Coburn, Stevenson,
Buckley, Lansing, Cox, Beck, Voorhees,,
Van Trump, Wadden and Robinson.
Select Committee on the Mississippi
Levees-Messrs.M Morey, Ketchum, Nc
Kee, Getz and Duke.
The Senate passed the House bill to
amend the internal revenue laws so as
to provide that in case of difference
of width in the gauge of the connect
ing railroads, bonded goods may be
transferred from one car to another
under the personal supervision of an
inspector.
At two o'clock, on Thursday, the Goth,
both houses adjourned sine die. There
was very little excitement in the Sen
ate at the time of adjournment, but in
the House it was very different. The
closing hours of the session were alb
sorbed in personal explanations, by
Butler, Farnsworth and Beck, during
which there was much personal abuse
and denunciation. Butler first referred
to his passage with Senator Davis in
terms not at all complimentary to that
gentleman, and then alluded to the
charges so often brought against him
of misappropriating money while
in command in New Orleans, and denied
them all in the most emphatic terms.
This brought up Farnsworth, who
charged Butler with dishonesty in the
management of the National Asylum
funds. Butler quoted the report of the
Military Committee on the management
of said funds, which fully exonerated
him from all the charges made. Beck
then proceeded to defend Senator Da-
Wis from Buffers attacks, and to de-
nounce the latter in bitter terms. In
the midst of remarks by Stoughton, de-
Tending Butler and the report of the
Military Committee, which Farnsworth
had by implication aspersed, the Speak
er's hammer descended, and he an.
nouced that the first session of the
House of Representative of the Forty
second Congress was adjourned with.
out day.