The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-04-20
CONGRESSIONAL.
SEsATR


The senate, April Sd, entertained and
referred several petitions in regard to sus'
tanning, etc., the signal service, While the
senate was in executive session, Mr.. Adams,
clerk of the house OF representatives, ap.
peared and announced that the house had
adopted articles Of impeachment against w.
w. Bcknap, late secretary of war, and had
appointed manager to conduct the proGc'
cuion on the part Of the house Of represent
tatiycs.
In the senate, on the lth, the chair
announced as the special committee to in
qurc into the recent election in Mississippi
under the resolution adopted last week, SEN
ators Boutwell,, Cameron, Wise, OgcSby
Bayard and MDonald The impeachment
managers on the part Of the house appeared
in the senate. Senator Ferry announced that
the senate would take proper order ON the
subject of the impeachment, OF which due
notice would be given. The house managers
then retired. The chairman laid before the
senate message from the president Of the
United States returning to the senate, with
ont his approval, bill for the relief OF q. Il.
Chatham. The bill was for the purpose OF
refunding to Tyler and luckett aSSignccs as
aforesaid, the money paid for the salary of Il
storekeeucr in diStilIcry, in Kentucky,
during the month of December, 1869, and
January 1870. The senate went into e1ecu'
tive session, After three hours session
the doors were reopened, and it was ordered
that the articles Of impeachment against W.
W. Bclknap late secretary OF war, bcprintcd.
Adjourned.
In the senate, ON the 9th, Senator
Sherman called up the house bill to enable
the secretary Of the treasury to pay the
judgments rendered by the court of Alabama
claims. In explanation of the bill, he said
the money received from Great Britain under
the Geneva award had been invested in one
bond for the whole amount, which bond was
subject to an order of congress. 1t was for
fifteen million dollars, and it was necessary
to change it, or issue smaller bonds for 1t,
to pay the Judgment The bill passed Sen
ator Clayton reported lavorablyon the house
bill to provide for the sale OF the Kansas
Indian lands, in Kansas, to actual settlers,
and for the disposition of the proceeds OF
sak. Senator Window reported tavoHhIy
on house hill authorizing the sale of the
Pawnec Indian reservation Passed. Atone
o'clock Chief Justice Waite, of the supreme
court, appeared in the senate chambcr,, ac'
companied by Senators EdmundS.and Thur
man, and was escorted to a seat at the right
of the president Jro tenn. The following oath
was then administered: "You do solcmnly
swear that, in all things appertaining to the
Impeachment trial of W. W. Belknap, late
secretary Of war, now pending, you will be
impartial, and render Justice according to
the constitution and the law" Senator Ed
munds submitted the following, which was
agreed to: Ordered, that summons be is
sued, as required by the rules Of procedure
and practice in the senate, when sitting on
the trial Of the impeachment of W. W, Bel
knap, returnable Monday, the seventeenth
day of the present month, at one o'clock in
the afternoon" The managers then retired.
The senate then resumed the consideration
of legislative business and took up the bill
fixing the rate Of postage ON third-cIaSs mail
matter and for other purposes. Senator Ham
lin stated briefly the considerations which
controlled the committee and the facts upon
which they had acted. If the old law allow
ing two ounces to go through the mall tor
one cent should be restored, the deficiency
,,.,,,ll ,y,nnl ,n,, ,hillinn JnlIurs and in "A
few wears the deficiency would aggregate
hundreds of millions OF dollars senator
thurman inquire" II '"e 'i,'''' '''n" n,
be to make letters pay more than they should!
Senator llamln said that letters now pro.
duccd surplus OF between lour ana hNe
million dollars per annum. There had been
great deal said about the present law III
.,rnondmonts ware nrcporrd by the commit.
too the first reducing the weight of third.
cIns, matter and tn. second increasing the
rnt. 'I, If nostanr Thr postmnstcr.prner,Is saws
II costs eighteen cents a Mound TO carry
novynnnors throu,h the mails as sccond.cIaSs
m,ttar comnoscd Of newspapers and peri.
nJic,Is sont from the Ollie, Of publication to
,ho ,uhscr;hers Thcrr were one hundred
AMI ,;ftv.Gyr million niecrs TRANSPORTED last
ynor wci"hinr Gftv.Gvc million hounds, and
Lrin,, ;rty nrr cont Of the whole weight OF
| .he mail 'rhrv Welded A revenue of only
nina hmnJ,oJ and .evnutv.siy thousnnd dol
hrs while il cost the government seven mil
lion nine hundred and siXty-ninc thousan'
"p'," "pnmoScd to f"lInw this lin with other rem
cdial measures to make the department sell
sustaining Adjourned.
In the senate, on the otll Mr. lh''r
man reported, with amendments, house b'l
to correct an error IN the revised statutes II
regard to warrants oi arrest IN eXtrahI'lol
eases. The amendments were agreed to and
uo h;,I n,ssod Mr. WRIGHT rrportcd ad
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'erSe'y Oh 'c""'c o''' W 'Doi''" '"'''"' '"',
ishment, and IT was indefinitely postponed
Bills were introduced and referred as l"I
lows: Making an appropriation to deiral
the expenses of the committee appointed by
the senate to investigate the recent election
in Mississippi; to amend the act OF congrcS
creating the court OF commissioners OF TN
Alabama claims. approves June 10 10
Alter the chp'ra!'"h oi ~, !ic = i,orn'.E '"". w
hostage on third class mail matter was r,
sumcd, and Mr. Harvey offered substItut
Tor the blll allowing ioar,pouRo packageS e. !,
nlailS h ~ i"ao VI G.s oU,;yo W. "V ,, .n.yin
uo son,t, odinurned iii Nondov