Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-06-06
FORTY SECOND CONGRESS-.
This Afternoons Proceedings.
THURSDAY, June G.


SENATE.-Mr. Stewart called up House bill
to prevent and punish the obstruction Of tie
administration of Justice in the United States
courts, for which an amendment i'm the nature
OF substitute was adopted, and the bill then
passed.
MIR. sherman, from committee on finance, re-
ported House bill 20 facilitate clearinghouse
exchanges, &c. Passed.
THE POINT LOOKOUT RAILROAD.
Mr.. Sawyer called up House bill authorizing
the Washington and Point Lookout rrilroad 20
extend its road into and within the District OF
Columbia.
Mr.. Harlan intimsted that the object of this
bill might perhaps be to obstruct another road
which was TO be built on the same line, and for
which charter had already been obtained.
Those who had been here in Washington as long
as he had knew that il was one of the practices
OF this locality 10 obtain charters for railroads
merely 70 prevent other parties from building
them. This was seen in the case of the Point
Of Rocks railroad. A charter had been obtained
for this road ID years ago, and yet il had never
been built, andother parties were deferred from
undertaking II in consequence OF the existence
OF tins charter.
Mr.. Sawyer said the parties interested in this
bill was carrying out the purposes of their
charter In good faith. and are now engaged in
constructing their road.
Mr.. Nickers said both the roads 20 which Mr..
Harlan had alluded were chartered by the state
of Maryland.
MR. CHANDLER ON THE LATE SECRETARY
STANTON.
Mr.. Chandler rose 10 a personal explanation,
ylndicate the memory OF his friend, E. NJ. STAN
ton, from the aspersiOns cast upon &c on this
floor. Since that time the able and exhaustive
speeches OF Messrs. Carpenter and Logan had
so fully disposed of the assertions OF the senator
from Massachusetts,, that he did not deem il
necessary TO make any extended speech. He
found that the most perfect defence OF y. M,
Stanton was in his own lire.
He then sent TO the desk TO be read the para
graph in Mr.. Summers late speech, detailing a
conversation with Mr.. Stanton lust preyio2s 20
n. which j. al a.
having expressed derogstory opinions OF Grant.
MI. Z. then briefly spoke Of his intimacy with
MIR. stanton, and his seeing him every day dur
ing the war, and OF his always speaking in the
highest terms of Grant. He Ither stated that
Grant had subscribed 81 900 TO the fund for Mr..
scribed a cent.
Mr.. Sumder reiterated what he had said and
read letter just received from Horace White,
Stanton had expressed 70 him (White) a much
smaller opinion OF Grant.
THE FoRTIFICATIoS APPROPRIATION BILL
PASSED.
The fertilization appropriation bill was then
passed.
On motion of Mr.. Lewis, the motion to recon-
was laid on the table.
Mr. Chandler called up the
RIVER AND HARBoR APPROPRIATION BILL.
Mr.. Sherman moved TO restrict the tolls for
carrying freight by the canal at the falls of the
Ohio river TO cents per ton. Agreed TO.
Among the amendments adopted on recon-
mtnddl.On OF the committee on comm cree were
the following ApprOpriating SIS, 800 for re-
moving the raft in Red river. Increasing the
amount for improvement of Mobile harbOr TO
100000. For improvement mt of AccOtink creek,
Va, 5000. For improvement of Weston har-
Dor, Md, $4,000. For improvement OF North
east river, Md, $4,000. For repair Of piers OF
ice harbor at Newcastle, Del, sz7 900. Proyid-
ing for the survey of a canal route between the
Chesapeake bay and the Delaware bay; and for
the survey OF the harbor at Drum Point aud the
mouth of Patuxent river, Md, and Crumpton
harbor, in Chester river, Nd. For survey OF
Lewis creek, near Lewiston, Del.
Mr.. Morrill, of Maine, raised the point -
order that the proyiso al the end of me bin re-
peallng SO much OF the 9th section of the army
appropriation bill of March 3, 1859, as applies
10 the engineer department was in the nature
Of new legislation and could not he racai,-ad
Inc chair Mr.. Pomeroy) decided the point
wen taken; when Mr.. Chandler appealed fran
me decision OF the chair. The decision of the