Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-04-21

, currency in sums of five dollars aud
multiple, not to Xceed one hundred
= dollars, to issn.' Their for Ike amount
of silver coin of the United States, ex-
+ cept dollar pieces. rhe treasurer al
. Washington may issue coin or his
check Oh either of the assistant treas
urers, at the option Of the party pre-
senting the currency regardless nf the
amount presented. The Treasury will
not pay the charges On packages sent
by express.
Secretary Fish has addressed a
letter to the House of Representatives
covering the correspon ience regard
ing discriminating tariff against the
, product of slave labor. Fish adds
that there is nothing in the treaties
discrimination, but there is with
Portugal. the Ottoman empire and
Egypt. Fish favors the discrim,na-
ton.
WASHINGTON, April 19-Noon-
Huntington has contracted with the
Tredega, iron works at Richmond for
rails and trimmings for 1875 miles of
the Southern Pacific railway.
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gals with the navy aud Dfs. Bliss and
Cox of the board of health with the
ordorless scavenger contracts.
The elections committee TODAY
heard the conclusion of the argument
i'll the Buttz VS.. Mackey election con-
test. The case of Spencer VS.. Morey
was further postponed.
The Kilbourn habeas corpus case
was continued this morning before
| Chief Justice Cartier. Hon. Jeremiah
| B ack made a motion to admit the
prisoner to bail and spoke in support
| of the motion. Judge CARTER wanted
to hear arguments as to the jurisdic-
ton of the House of Representatives
! and denied the motion and said that if
the House have legal authority they
have the right to hold the prisoner and
it cannot be resisted in this court.
WAsHIsGroN, April 19-NiSht-
SENATE-The message vetoing the
reduction Of the Presidents salary was
referred to the committee on civil
service.
The Philadelphia Board of Trade
petition for a permanent organization
and maintenance of the signal service.
Oglesby was excused from the Mi
sissippi investigation committee and |
Ferry authorized to fill the vacancy
The committee on claims reported q |
bill for the relief of G.. B. Taylor and |
E. 81. Luckett, with the veto message,
with the recommendation that the bi |
be passed notwithstanding it's place n
tbs calendar. The bill authoriz s
the return of SIG paid for internal
revenue storekeeper's services in XIV.
The committee on public buildings
tod So hi hill k.N
firm the sale of the marine hospital at
Natchez.
The impeachment court resumed its
session. The replication was read by
the clerk at the request of Mr.. Lord
of the managers. It sets forth that at
the time the acts were done and while
the committee of the House were CON-
si1ering the articles impeaching Bel
KNAPP, of which he was aware, he was
Secretary of War and that he resigned
to avoid such impeachment. On these
grounds the managers demand that
the plea be not allowed ami that the
Senate compel Belknap to answer.
The counsel foe Delkaap desired a
copy of the replication and asked until
Monday next to consider and answer
tho sane. Tie following order was
adopted:
"Ordered that the respondent file
his rejoinder on or before the Oath of
April and that the secretary shall de-
liver a copy thereof to the clerk of the
House of Representatives and that the
House of Representatives file their
surrej@ Under, if any, on or before the
25th of april, copy of which shall
be served on the counsel for the respon
dent by the secretary"
u l. Al |
Senate as court ofimpeachment then
till the 9th inst. at 1870
p. m.
Tue legislative session was then re-
sumed, aud the bill defining the tax
on malt liquors amended and passed.
The bill now goes to The House for
The bill providing a manner for
the Presidential vote was re-
sumed.
Morton said he had never regarded
it as party measure. He spoke at
some length as to the necessity OF hav-
ing q new law on this subject and said
that since the bill had passed the
Senate a circumstance had been dis
covered which wonld startle the coun-
try when made public.
Bayard inquired as to what was the
nature of it.
Morton said he would not 10 ention
names, but it was q case where a Vice
President was counting the vote for
President, being himself a candidate,
and counted false or void return in
his own favor. The fact was in pos
of one of the Senators from
Vermont.
Bayard then spoke in favor of re-
the vote and the necessity
of more perfect law on the subject.
Thurman, referring to the statement
of the Sena or from Indiana (Morton)
in regard to o Vice President counting
a false vote, said he had seen it stated
in the newspapers that the Vice Presl-
dent, when his attention was called to
the fact that the return was fale, di-
rected the clerk to count it and then
tore up the paper. Tha great man
never did such thing. 1t was no use
to- conceal the name of that man-it
was no less than he whose hand wrote
tho Declaration of Independence; it
was no less man than Thos. jefferson.
1t would not do now to make such a
charge as that against him. He CThur-
MANI wou d wait for the production of
the evidence and he ventured to say
that when it was produced there would
be nothing in it to impugn the integ-
rity of Mr.. jefferson.
After further discussion by Messrs.
Burnside, Randolph, Maxey, Merri-
mon and others the vote by which the
bill was passed was reconsldered-
yeas 81, nays %. The bill was then
placed on the calendar.
The bill authorizing the transfer OF
certain cases from the circuit court for
the southern district of Alabama at
Mobile to the circuit for the northern
district at Montgomery and Huntsville
was passed.
The silver bill comes up to morrow
as unfinished business.
Executive session and adjourned.
HoUsE-The impeachment man
ayers reported their replication, which
was apopted.
The ergeant-at-arms reported that