American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-22
FoRrY-FoURTH CONGRESS.

Al tne SENATE, on the 10Th, the lmpeach
ment trial was resumed. and whitelaw Reid ,edi
tor OF the n. Y. Tribune, Caleb p. Marsh, Gen
iazen and other witnesses were examined. -.
lnthe House, the Speaker pro tenn. presented q
Geographic dispatch from the Governor of Maine
stating that Mr. Blaine having accepted the va
can't Senatorship from that State, had resigned
his seat as member from this day. A number
| OF bills were introduced, among them one by Mr.
to enlist recruits for the army, to serve
no more than elk months, to aid in suppressine
me hHGs ay OF certain bands Of sioux Indians
to give the Conference Committees opp ortunity
TO get up with their work.. no
In the Senate, on the 18th, the impeach-
ment trial was continued, Mr.. Marsh was ex-
amined at length in reference to his payments to
Belknap, and stated that he never agreed to give
belknap any thing for the appointment of Evans
as post trader. He sent the money to him he said .
as present. always gratutousfy. He thought
the appointment was given him principally on
account Il kinduesses extended by him to Mrs.
Belknap- He admitted that he had an under
standing. however, with both of the Mrs Bel
knaps. The managers announced that the case
for the prosecutiin was now closed with the ex-
ception Of the examination OF Evans and Fisher,
who were not present. The House was not in
session. rt..Jf -ftl-l =.
81 In the Senate, on the 12th, the joint reso-
luton to authorize the President to accept SER
vices of volunteers to aid in suppressing the
sioux Indian hostilities in the Northwest was
mittee on Military Affairs. The impeach--
ment trial was r. sumed, and J. j. Fisher, part
Mahon lie ccfrobcrated in he main y rs ais
t I1a sI as to payments to Belknap.
He p, mad read a contract between Marsh
ana Evans, and money was paid in accordance
with its terms. Belknap had never to his knowl-
edge, written to his firm on the subject of COM
The defense then called Gen. Pope and Gen Nc
Peely, =. each Of whom testified to
of the War Department, and much
other evidence Of similar nature was given....
In the House, Mr.. Harris, Chairman of the
on the Louisiana contested election case, decla-
ring Mr.. Durrell. the sitting member. entitled to
Committee on Indian Affairs, reported
the sale Of portion Of the reservation of the
and Nebraska Passed. MIR. Hewitt, from the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported back
ert c. schenck, while United States Min
lister. to England, in becoming Direc-
lions in connection with the shares Of said COM
pany. and vendors thereof, as ill advised, unfor-
position. ADOPTED without discussion or a divi-
sion The House then went int Committee of the
w hole: MT. Monroe in the chair, on the bill for
the protection of the Rio Grande frontier from
cattle thieves and marauders from Mexico. The
Committee rose without action on the matter.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the impeach-
ment trial was resumed, but owing to the alb
sence of the witness, John S. Evans, post-trader
~ oNt ohi. Oouib duJOuTHeu I'LL 10 mOrrOW, anu
legislative business was resumed. 1.-The House
agreed to the conference report the Silver
bill which provides for the issue of SD, 900 900
silver coin, in exchange for legal
lenders, and provides for the additional
coinage OF 3 20 ,0OO, % 0, or SO much as will take
The place OF all outstanding fractional currency.
It omits all allusion to the silver dollar, and
Mr.. Payne showed that owing to he
extraordinary decline in the price of silver within
The last few months, and most remarkably within
The last ten days, the silver dollar of the weight
and fneness prescribed by law is to-day worth
40 more than so cents relatively to gold and less
Than go cents relatively to greenbacks. So ex-
RENE and sudden a change in the value of the
legal tender a most startling proposition, and |
one Of a revolutionary character. The Confer
ence Committee therefore could not agree in re-
any policy in reference to the silver
iol1ar. The committees report was adopted |
yeas, 129; nays, rs. |
In the Senate, on the 14th, the report of |
The Conference Committee on the Silver bill was |
agreed to. (See House proceedings of yester-
iay.) The impeachment trial was again post |
Doned, and the River and Harbor Appropriation |
Dill was taken up and several items agreed upOn |
The report of the Conference Committee on the |
Bankrupt bill was agreed to-. In the House, |
,he Massachusetts contested election case was |
iocedett In favor of Abbott, the contestant.
In the Senate, on the 10Th, the amend |
nents to the River and Harbor Appropriation |
Dill were agreed to. The House passed a bill |
granting a pension of so month to the widow
II Gen. Custer; also $50 a month each to his |
ather and mother. The bill for the protection |
Of the Texas frontier was considered in Commit
zee of the Whole, but the House adjourned with |
disclosing of the bill,