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WASHINGTON, April 17.-The Senate
transacted legislative business until - 80.
when 1t organized into high court of i'm
peachment for the trial of Belknap.
A delegation, headed by Senator Borv.
called on the President with IA petition for
Maguire's pardon. The President referred
the papers to the Attorney General, with in
structions tn telegraph 10 ST. Louis TO s,ay
the proceedings until the application of the
petition went through the regular course
The Committee on Elections beard fur
ther argument in the case of Butts V.
Mackey.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE Senate is
well filled. Belknsp with his counsel has
appeared, anu the managers of the House
are present TO make u formal impeachment
PROVIDENCE, r. l., April I7.-Dexter &
Bro, the Pawtucket cotton spinners, who
1t was announced yesterday had made an
assignment, failed for $500, 900. Their as
sets are placed at $4,000 They were
the largest manufacturers of cotton knit.
ting yarns IN the country.
WASHINGTON. April 17.-The President
signed the silver bill. Many letters, with
money, were received at the Treasury to be
exchanged for silver II is not generally
known that silver will be given only for
fractional currency and not for legal
tenders or national bank notes.
Oliver A. Gagger testified in the Emma
Nine. generally corroborative OF Park.
He thought it hard that Park should be
denounced because Lyon had quarreled with
Stewart. r...- -.
Mail services ara ordered between Selma
and Martins station, to take effect the first
of May.
WASHINGTON, April 17-Supreme Court :
Taylor v. Secor, ct. al. Northern District
of Illinois. This case involves several
Others known as the railroad tax cases.
The decree below is reversed with Instruc-
ton 10 dissolve the injunction and dismiss
the bill. The decision is against the rail-
road.
Phillips v. Payne. This was suit
brought to determine the validity of retro
cession of Alexandria to the State of
Virginia. The decree below is affirmed and
retrocession sustained. -.,.,4
House-Ihe House resumed the hdbeds
corpus, and Immediately the proceedings
were interrupted by the whole House pro-
cee6ing to the Senate to make formal i'm
peacbment. ...t --. .....
Mr.. McCreary argued that if the court ex-
ceeded its authority the House had the
remedy in its own hands and could present
articles impeachment against the judge,
but If the House trampled on the right of
the court and of the citizens, there was no
power anywhere to call the House to &C.
count. The argument was, throughout, of
legal character. n-r tic1i -
Tucker, of Virginia, proposed an amend
ment to the resolution reported by a major
!ty of the judiciary Committee directing the
sergeant-at-arms to appear by counsel be-
fore the court aud to make motion to
quash or dismiss the writ, or to take such
other procedure as be should be advised to
raise the question of the legality and pro-
priety of the issue Of the writ on the facts
stated in the petition and complaint, and as
preliminary to any return to the same, and
that in the meantime he retain custody of
Kilbourn's body, and not produce it with
out further order of the House. He de-
clared himself satisfied with the legality of
the question asked of Kilbourn and asked
by the committee, and of the action taken by
the House on the subject, and he was sat
isfed that any court which respected the
law and precedent would remand the GUS
tody. of Kilbourny to the House. and he
was so we'll satisfied that the American
and English precedents sustained that posi-
ton, that if any Judge should decide 9th.
erwise he would bring himself very nearly
within the alternative or dilemma of either
knowing nothing of law or corruption
and defying it, D...
Mr.. Garfield, of Ohio, suggested that in
the Irwin ha5edS y corpus case, of last SEES
sion, where the same course was resorted
to as the gentleman of Virginia now sug-
gested, on motion to quash the writ, the
judge woul1 not hear the motion unless
the body of the prisoner was produced.
Tucker-If he refuses to hear the motion
it will show that corruption has spread
from the real estate pool so as even to
faint the origin of the judiciary of the
district. Applause On the Democratic side
of the House
Garield-There would be just as good
right to say that the statement which the
gentlemen has made would only have
been made in case corruption has reached
clear to the House Counter applause or
the Republican side, and caused it to
strike at the judiciary. l would not say
that.
Tucker did not hear the gentleman's
remark, but did suppose there was moth.
ing in it personal to myself.
Garfeld-Oh, no.
Tucker-The judge should be made to
heed the House by his conscience, if he has
one, ana by power superior to it if he
has not. .1f.I , ..-
Blaine, who was occupying a chair in
the area on the Democratic side, inquired
how judge could be made to do anything
by the House Of Representatives.
Tucker-The gentleman is no lawyer as
he has often shown in this House, Laugh
ter ON the ID rnocraiic sidel, and the gen.
tleman is perhaps unaware that when a
judge does rot execute his duty he may be
made to do so. -'f1
Blalne-By order of the House?
Tucker-NO, sir; not by order of the
House. That shows again that the gentle
man is no lawyer; but by a mandamds from
higher court, which will compel him to
exercise the jurisdiction which he is reluc
tant to do. never kuew man to dis urb
nest but there was a great rufflipg about
it. If my amendment is adopted it will
present the question to the court in such O
manner that the judge cannot avoid de-
Gliding the question on the facts appearing
in the petition. ,...s-
Blaine said that he did not know why
the gentleman from Virginia, Tucker,
should have manifested so such asperity
in the remarks addressed to him. Blaine
thanked God he was Rot lawyer trained
in the school that that gentleman was.
He thanked God that he was not lawyer
who, as the Attorney General of Virginia,
had given an opinion that the local author.
tiles of that State might invade the post
Office and compel the postmaster to give
up the contents of the mail. he thanked
God, land this he said with great vehe-
mence of manner,) that he was not that
kind of a lawyer. Applause and en-
couragement on the Republican side of the
House.
After great deal of sparring between
Tucker and Blaine, the question was taken
on fuckers amendment, and it was re-
jected by vote OF Sc to 149.
The substitute offered by LyAde, OF
Wisconsin, directing the scrgeant-at-arms TO
mske return to wrIts to produce Kilbourn
before the court. was adopted by vote OF
les yeas to 75 nays. Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, April 1S.-The Senate has
up the House bill TO decide the tax on fer
mented and malt liquors.
The House Election Committee made