Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-04-06
The Bill Fixing the Rate on Third.
Class Mail Matter-Impeachment in
the House The Indian Bureau.
Cox Says the Indian Is in Hell-He
FaVOrs a Peace and Not a War
Policy for them-The Frank.
Ing Privilege - Etc., Etc.


Senator Sherman called up the house
bill to enable the secretary OF the treas.
uTy TO pay the Judgments rendered by
the court OF Alabama claims. In ex-
PLANTATION OF the bill, he said the money
received from Great Britain under the
Geneva award had been inyt sted iu one
bond for the whole amount, which bond
was sutjsct to an order OF congress. 1t
was for fifteen M lliOn dollars, and it
was necessary to change it, or issue
smaller bonds for il, to pay the judg-
ments.
Senator Cockrell said there was no
limit to the price at which these bonds
should be sold.
Senator Sherman said it was we'll
known that bonds would be sold at less
than current pTices-about 118. 1t was
deemed advisable to allow these bonds
to be sold for currency, a3 the judgments
were payable in currency. The bill
passed.
Senator Morrill, [Vt.], st his own re-
quest, was excuEed rom further service
on the committee on revolutionary war
claims.
Senator Oglesby, from the committee
on Indian affairs, reported bill author
izjng the sale Of the logs cut by the In
dams OF the Menonentee reservation,
in Wisconsin, under the direction Of the
interior department. Passed.
Senator Clayton, frcm the committee
on Indian affairs, reported favOrsbly on
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 sale.
Senator Window, from the committee
on appropriations, reported favorably on
house bill authorizing the sale Of the
Pawnee IBdial reservation. Passed.
Senator Clayton, from the committee
on Indian sffairs, reported sversely on
senate bill to provide for the issHs Of
patents to certain Indian LANDS in Kan
sss.
BELKNAP'S IMPEACHMENT.
At one o'clock Chief. Justice Waite,
OF the supreme court, appeared in the
senate chamber, accompanied by Sena.
tors Edmunds and Thurman, and was
escorted to a seat at the right Of the
president pro ten1. The following oath
was then administered, first to Senator
Ferry and then to the senators, who
were called by the secretary il alphabet
ical order, ia groups Of six:
"YOu do solemniy swear that, in all
things sppertaiDiDg to the impeachment
trial OF w. w. Belknap, late secretary
of war, now pending, you will be impair
tial, and render justice according to the
COZ stitutiOn and the law"
After the oath had been administered,
the chief justice retired; and Senator
FreIinghuysen submitted an order nOti-
flying the secretary Of the senate to noti-
ty the house Of representatives that the
senate is now organized for the trial of
w. w. Belknsp, late secretary OF war,
and r5aty TO receive the managers Cf
the impeachment on the part of the
house Of representatives.. Agreed to.
After the first six senators had been
called, Senator Morton said that il there
was no objection, he would suggest that
all the senators be sworn st one time,
standing in their places.
Senator Thurman objected. He said
there might be some doubt about veri-
tying the senator's who were sworn. He
thought the senate had better follow the
usual custom.
The senators Y no were absent, and
therefore not sworn, were: Alcorn, AL.
lisou, Burnside, CspeTtOn, Christiaucy,
COnkling, CopoveT, Dennis, English,
GOldthWaite, Howe, johnson, Jones
NSNsJ hOI1lll huo' L NlLcleOh1 4b7h-
som, Robertson, aud Wadleigh.
Senator Efmunds submitted the fol-
lowing, which was agreed to: "OrdeIed,
that summons be issued, as required by
the rules OF procedure and practice in
the impeachment Of W. w. Relknap,
returnsb!e Monday, the seventeenth
day of the present month, at one o'clock
N tho q ftaTnnnr, %
Mr.. Lord-Tnat is satisfactory to the
manager.
The managers then retired.
Senator Stevenson said that IL there
was no further business, he would move
the senate, sitting as court, do adjourn.
Senator Edmunds said that was hard
ly proper motion, as the senate, sit
ting as a court, should adjourn until the
seventeenth, when the process was re-
turRable.
Senator Stevenson asked If any con-
ference had been held with the counsel
for General Beiknap, as TO whether the
time fixed for the return Of the process
would suit them.
Senator Edmunds said he had no such
conference and did not expect to have
any with the counsel OF Belknsp. or
course, when the process was returned
on the seventeenth, il they desired more
time they could elply for it.
Senator Stevenson said he saw no i'm
propie.y in the managers. on the part
of the house, having friendly inter-
view with the counsel Of General Bel
krap, to learn when they would be
rssdy for the trial.
Senator Edmunds moved that the
ssna,e, sitting as court Of impesch-
ment, adjourn until the seventeenth in
slant.
Senator Bogy said tie twenty-ninth
rule Of the senate required that in cases
Of impeachment the summons should
be Te.uTnabls st haif-pas, twelve o'clock
in the afternoon, 2Jd the order Just
adopted made 1t returnSble at one
O'Clock.
after considerable discussion, Senator
Fdmusds modified his motion so that
the senate, sitting as court, should Rd-
jOuTn till bali-past twelve o'clock on the
seventeenth OF April, and insisted on it's
adoption.
Senator Bogy demanded the yeas and
nsys, and the motion was agreed to, the
vOye resulting as follows: Yeas, SS;
nays, 10. Senators Bayard, Bogy,
Cooper, Davis, Eaton, Norwood, Ran.
dolpb, Salisbury, Whyte and Withers
voting in the negative.
LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS.
Toe senate then resumed the consider.
alton OF legislative business, and took
up the bill fixing the rate of postage on
third class mail matter and for other
purposes.
Senator Hamlin submitted an amend
ment to insert the words: "Before the
same shall be transmitted by mail -
etc it should read: "If however, the
postage on third-class matter mailed at
an office shall be less thsa the full
amount above prescribed in cases where
the sender is known, such sender shall
be notified Of the fact, and the Esmount
Of postage due shsli be collected from
such sender before the same shalt be
transmitted by mall" The amendment
was agreed to.
Senator Bo2y opposed the bill.
Senator Hamlin stated briefly the con.
sideFatiOnB which controIIed tha corn.