The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-05-29

through the Senate and seems to fur
nish reason for the zeal by some, most
earnest at first for investigation, to
break it down before it proceeded any
further.
The Last Day Of The Senate-News-
paper Correspondents Released.
The Senate spent the last day OF the
session in its war with the newspapers.
Mr.. Sherman cautiously asserted the
rights Of journalists. Mr. COnkiing, in
carefully prepared speech, vindicated
the power to imprison after adjourn
ment The Senators are still puzzing
over his figure Of speech, namely
Until Eternity grew gray and hobbled
on the crutches of Time Mr.. Sum.
ner also made an elaborate speech to
limit the power Of Senatorial inyestiga-
''V"o' "'""5 -."glIsn Judicial decisions
Mr.. Bayard disputed the power to i'm
prison after adjournment.
was I banned Misi"E Ey r. &Stre%SSi %GSSimtGGnds o. vet
mont, who came into the Senate drunk
az a fool and behaved in a most extra
ordinary manner.
Mr.. Conkling's game was to keep the
Senate in session and defeat the ac'
ton by want of quorum. The vote
was finally taken and is a great tri-
umph for the press. Mr.. Wilson's res
olution nassed bv % to Is. This re-
leases the correspondents.
The noes were Messrs. Caldwell,
CLAYTON, Cole, Conkling, Edmunds,
Flanagan, Howe, Hitchcock, Nye, Os-
born, Sawyer, Scott and Wright, all
Radicals. Mr.. Garrett Davis and sew
eral Democratic Senators were absent,
and the press owes them nothing.
The newspaper men are Jolly over
this substantial triumph over heSenate.
The Democratic Senators are gratltied,
and the Radicals are torn 10y bitter
feuds on the questions. Conkling and
Carpenter have pressed Morton very
hard, and the former extends his thanks
towards Judge Thurman for defending
the correspondents.
The Radical Senators have parted in
bad humor with each other. They
differ much as to the true construction
OF the treaty, and it is now said there
will be a supplementary treaty to ex-
plain the first.
There is a good deal OF discussion
about Mr.. Beck's resolution, adopted by
the House of Representatives and effort
will be made to make il a basis OF tattack
on treaty.
Messrs. Banks and Butler expect the
Democrats to join them in opposing the
treaty and preserving the New England
fish monopolv. Most of the Senators
have left. Mr.. Thurman will stay some
days and Mr.. Stockton a few weeks
Governor Stevenson returns to Ken
tucky tomorrow TO attend the Episco-
nal Convention. Frank Blair remains
here.
Vallandigham's motives are unfavOr-
ably commented on by the leading
Democrats. and jeff Davis speech
about the Lost Cause is spoken Of as a
God send to the Radical party.
1t is said that the evidence taken be
fore the Senate investigating committee
fails to show a single circumstance
tending to inculpate any Senator in the
premature publication Of the treaty, but
on the contrary, it fully exculpates
every one whose name has been men
toned in connection with it.
Farnsworth and Grant
General Farnsworth denies the state
ment recently widely circulated that be
had travelled much in the west lately
and found the feeling among Republf
cans against the denomination OF Pres
ident Grant.
French Passports
The French Charge dAffairs ha'
addressed the following official letter tc
the Secretary OF State: "The French
Government has just abrogated the de
cree of June Both, 1866, and re-estab
/ lished the requirement Of passports
) Travellers presenting themselves on tn
/ frontiers of France must therefore b
furnished with regular passports bearin
e the signature Of a French diplomatic o
consular agent.
Purpose 10 Delay the Senate.
: II will be seen by observation OF th