Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-04-05
The Dedication of the Lincoln Monu
ment - The Articles of Impeach.
ment against Belknap Read.
Senator M'Creery on a Presidential
tO-Schleieber's Bill for Pro.
lection of the Rio Graude
Frontier.
Report to the House by the Managers
OF tho BelEusp Impeachment
The japanese Indemnity
Etc, Etc.
ROUSE.

| SiELhk JAio IL. u The JnlUGO
sta'es to the cotnty OF Dubuque, Iowa
20 construct county luildiDgs en- Wash
ington square, in Dubuque, passed:
Mr. S3hleIcher, Chairman of the
| committee on the Texas frontier troubles,
reported bill to provide for the protec-
ton OF the Texas frontier on the lower
Rio 6 1ande. 1t authorizes and requires
the President to station and keep on
the Rio Grande river nom lis mctith to
the northern boundary Cf lie State Of
Tamanalippa above Laredo, two regi-
meEts Of cavalry in addition to the in
fantTy for garrison duty, and to keep
| each troop up to the full strength of one
| thou and men. T. authorls S the Presi-
dent, in view OF the Inability of the
Mexican government to prevent inva.
sions by iawE ss parties from Mexico
into Ttxa', to order troops 10 GRO the
Rio Grande and use such means as may
be found necessary to recover stolen
property and to check raids, guardir g,
howevet, against Unnecessary injury To
peac3Sble Inhabitants OF Mexico. The
bill was made tie special CTdeT for the
twentieth of April, and ftOm day h.
day until disposed Of
A message was Ieoaived from tie
senate announcing that that body was
ready to receive the impeachment man
agers.
Mr.. Knott, chairman of the judiciary
committee, reported bill to amend Sec
ton 1914 OF the revised statutes so as
to provide that no person shall be pros.
ecuted, tried or punished for any offense,
except against the internal r-venue, un-
less indicted within three years after
such offsnse has baen or may be commit
ted. After discussion the bill passed.
Mr.. Blackburn offered q resolution
iDstrGctiDg the committee on military
affairs TO inquire and report under what
law, and in obedience to whose orders.
and for what purpose, and at what ex-
pense TO the government Bfevet-Briga-
dier-Genersls Upton and Forsythe and
B:evet-Msjor Sawyer, ofthe army, are
n)w absent in foreign countries; how
pg they have been so absent, and why
they should not be ordered to their re
spective commands. Adopted.
Mr.. Ely, from the committee on eX-
penditures in the treasury department,
reported resolution calling for inform
alton as to contracts for furnishing the
treasury department and internal reve-
nue. department. with paper or glass,
seal locks, or O.heT locks and seals |
ElICO lhC Va G1eAAShJ 1OOO n AOtlICOs
Mr.. Hoar offered a resolution direct !
ing the speaker to accept the invitation
to be present at the unveiling Of tie !
Lincoln statute, April 14th. Adopted. |
Mr.. Lord, ON behalf of the managers |
of the Impeachment OF the late secre- !
tary OF war, asked leave for the mana |
gers Of the house to retire, in order that |
they might proceed to the senate and |
present the articles of impeachment IN |
due form and manner. Leave was |
granted.
The question having been asked |
whether the house should attend the |
managers to the senate, it was stated |
that form had been observed in the |
impeachment Of President Johnson and |
Judge Humphreys. The house would !
be present on the trial of mpeachmen', |
but not necessarily at the exhibition Of |
the articles.
The speaker suggested that the Ian
gusge OF the message from the senate |
was limited to informing the house that !
the senate was ready to receive the man. |
a gers for the purpose Of exhibiting the |
articles o; impeachment. The managers |
then retired.
Mr.. Swami, chairman of the commit |
tee On foreign aff4irs, reported bill to |
restCre to the japanese government |
what is known IS the Japanese indem- |
nifty fund, including all the interest and |
accumulRtisns Thereof, but reserving one |
Lu died aud twenty five Thousand dol |
lars claimed by the officers and men Of |
the navy, until congress shall otherwise
direct. Male the special for the tWen-
ty-seveIt tn of April.
The Impeachment managers present. |
ed themselves at the bar of the house, |
aRd reported through Mr.. Lord, chair |
man, that articles of impeachment |
against General Belknao had been ex. /
hibited and read t. the senate; and that |
the presiding officer had said that the |
senate would take order in the prem |
ises, due notice of which would be given |
to the house of representatives.
Mr.. Durham, from the committee on |
expenditures in the department of JUS |
tice, reported q bill to regulate the en- !
ployment OF special counsel for the gov |
eminent, and author iEing it only on the |
certificate If the judge that it is nece3-
sary, and requiring the judge also to fix
the fees.
In his expar alton of the bill,
Mr.. Durham iDstanced the whisky |
trials in the west, where one of the spe-
cial counsel claims a fee of twenty six |
thousand dollars. The bill was passed.
The house then went into committee !
of the whole (Mr. Cox in the chain on |
the legislative appropriation bill; with
out making much progress in the bill |
the committee rose, and the house took |
a recess until half.past seven o'clock. !
The time Of the evening session was
consumed in the discussion Of the salary
bill. The President's salary is fixed at
twenty-five thousand dollars, to take
effect after the fJuth Cf March, 1877.
Fourteen pages Of tie bill were disposed
CT, and the house ad iCUrCed.