The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-06-01
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

select ro'hNiltte appointed to nvcsigat,
t"dpral Offices in Louisiana. Passed Mr.
Wright, from the committee on Claims, rc
I ported adversely on the bill to amend th,
deficiency appropriation bill of May 1872
aud to extend the timc for the presentation
OF claims for cotton seized afcr3Oth Of June
1861 and it was indefinitely postponed Tn,
senate went into secret scSsiun lu hriihcrat,
on the question nI jurisdiction ms TO Bel
knap's Impeachment. When the doors wer,
urchcd, the senate sitting as n court of i'm
parchment, adjourned until tomorrow. Leg
islativc business was then resumed and tn,
senate soon adjourned.
In the senate, on the 10Th, Senator
Mitchell, of Oregon, spoke at length on the
evils Of Chinese immigration. Senator Ed
munhS reported with amendments the sen.
ate bill to amend the second fourth and
fifth sections Of the act 10 enforce the rights
Of citizens Of the United States in the several
states OF the unlOn which was placed on the
calendar. The consideration Of the articles
of impeachment was resumed, and, on mo.
tion of Senator EdmundS, the galleries we're
cleared and the doors closed. Before n de.
ciSion was reached, the doors were re opened,
and the senate adjourned.
In the senate, on the l7th, before the
secret session, Mr., Cooper called up the
house bill to further provide for building a
cuS,omhonSc, poStoilice, courtrooms, ctc in
the city of Memphis. Passed. At 1880 con.
sidcration ofarticleS Of Impeachment was re.
SumCd and doors were closed. BEFORE rcnrh.
ing any dcsision the senate, sitting asa court
of Impeachment, ad dIourncd until tomorrow.
| \ short executive session was held and the
senate adjourned.
In the senate on the 18th, Mr.. Nor,
ton submitted resolution inHtrucIihg the
special committee recently appointed to in.
quiro into the late election in Mississippi to
inquire also into the recent alleged killing Of
coIorcd people and outragcs committed near
the Mississippi and Louisiana line Mt BAYOU
Tunica. lie read dispatch received bv
Gov. Kellogg, now in this city, from II. G..
ilrrN, his private secretary, dated New Or.
| leans, May 18th, stating that iugitvcs from
the scene of trouble had arrived, and the de.
tails were horrible; that six white men were
killed and sixty negroes killed and hanged
and asking that n special commission of the
senate bcauthoriscd to investigate the mat.
ter The resolution was agreed to. Mr.. Wright
called up the house bill making appropria.
| li0nS Tor the payment OF claims reported to
congress under section two Of the act Of June
| l6, 1874, by the secretary of the treasury.
Passed. The house bill authorizing the np.
| pOlntmcnt OF receivers OF national banks
and Tor other purposes, passed. At one
| o'clock legislative business was suspended
and consideration Of articles of impcach.
mcnt resumed with closed doors. no'urr
reaching any decision the doDrS were re-.
opened, and the chair laid before the senate
a communication from the commissioners Of
| the District of Columbia, in answer to the
senate resolution of April TO- 1876. Ordered
to be printed and lie on the table. Adj.
| journcd.
In the senate ON the 10th, after the in
| PRODUCTION and reference OF several bills and
| the presentation Of number of petitions,
| legislative business was suspended, and the
senate resumed consideration of articles Of
impeachment against Bclknap, with closed
doors. At llj the doors were rcopcned, and
legislative business was resumed. The chair
aiU before the senate communication from
the secretary Of the treasury, inrlOSing re.
port Of the director of the mint, IN answer to
a senate resolution, showing the annual pro.
duct Ol gold and silver in the United States
from lSlj to 1879 inclusive, and an estimate
Of the product of other countries. Ordered
to be printed and to lie on the table. After
a brief executive session, the senate ad.
journcd.
HOUSE.
In the house on the 18th, Mr.. Durham,
rising to personal explanation, read an ex.
tract from an article in the Louisville Courier.
| journal in reference to charges against Mr..
| Fizhugh, dOorkccpcr Of the house, and re-.
ilccting on Mr.. Durham for not having called
| Mr. FitZhugh'S character tO the attention Of
| the house, stating he WAS cOgnizant of the
| truth of the accusation against Mr.. Fit2hugh.
| Mr.. White, of Kentucky, then asked u uues-
| ton Of privilege, and sent to the clerk IS desk
a paper containing the full history of the
| charges made against Fitghugh showing him
| to have been indicted and tried in Kentucky
| for arson, conspiracy, larceny and perjury
| lie had also read letter from Fitzhugh to
| friend in Texas, giving a ludicrous account
| Of his experience rs dOOrkccper. lie there
20 offered u resolution instructng the com
mittcc on rules to inquire into the charges
against Fit2hugh, and also AS to the propric.
i w bI NllblINnlnp lllt blIlff w anu
imposing its duties on the Sergcant-at-A Arms
Mr.. Glover offered the following substitute
| Resolved, That it is the sense of the house
that l.. H. Ftzhugh is not the proper person
| to hold the honorable and responsible posi-.
| ton of doorkccpcr Of the house of rcpreSen.
| tativcs, and that said Ftzhugh, as doorkeep.
cr, he and is hereby dismissed forthwith
| from that office. Mr.. White accepted the
| substitute, which, on the suggestion of Mr.
| Iloar, was made to expressly set forth that
| FitHhugh was dismissed in view Of the fool
| ish letter he had written. Finally after
| long discussion in which removal, 'resigna.
| ton and investigation were respectively nd.
yorated, on motion Of Mr.. Glover the resolu.
tion was referred to the committee on rules
The house then went into committee of the
whole, Mr.. Springer in the chair, on the
pOstOliice appropriation bill. without com.
ing 10 vote on any amendment, owing to
the absence o. a quorum, the committee rose
and the house soon after adjourned.
In the house on the 18th, several rcso.
lutions were adopted calling for reports and
correspondence as to the whisky ring prose.
cutons and the dismissal Of John B. Hen.
derson as special counsel for the govern.
ment the propricty OF turning over the du.
+cs Of the Internal Revenue Bureau to the
commissioners Of Customs, and for list Of
government defaulters since March, 1855.
The following bills were introduced and re.
fcrrcd: To establish a new boundary line
between the states Of Missouri and Kansas,
south of Missouri river. Chartering a pas.
scnger and freight railroad from the South.
east Atlantic scaboard to Lake Michigan.
To apportion the Federal appointments
among the several congressional districts.
To provide for the repeal Of all taxes on
hank capital and deposits. The vote on the
resolution calling for correspondence rela.
tive to whisky prosecutions in the West was,
yeas II, nays.69 "a party yotc.l Mr.. Paynes
bill to authorize the issue Of silver coin to the
amount OF SlO,0OO,0O0 in exchange for legal
tenders, which are only to he ressued after
| the destruction Of an equal amount OF frac.
| ,;,,oI ,ras call.I nm and snpu flor