Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-10
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Senate not ID session on the 29th ult !. -.
AresolutioR was adopted in the House discharging
the Committee onMilitary Affairs from further in
CURRY into the charges against Horace Boughton,
its clerk for the reason that, If the investigation
were pressed, large numbeEof witnesses would
have to be eumuoned from Texas, and as the
wrong -tOinge, IL any sneh occurred. belonged TO
remote time hewould be now barred fom any
criminal prosecution bill was introduced in
relation to the storage Of fermented liquor. The
contested election case Of lie Moyne Us. Farwell
from the Third Illinois District, was called up and
argued-thc majority OF the Committee on Eiec-
tons having reported in favor OF Mr.. LIE Moyne,
and the minority supporting the claims Of Mr.
Farwen.
A bill was Introduced in the Senate on
the LIST, and referred, authorizing the Secretary
Of the Treasury tp renew the Issue of fractional
currency, providibg that the total amount out
standing ut any one time shall not exceed $50
00O,0O. bill Wis passed authorizing the issue
of patents to purchasers Of certain Miami lands
in Kansas. Sitting as a Court of Impeachment,
motion to rescihd the order allowing the re-
spondent TO open and close the arguments, etc,
was overruled, ard request OF the Managers that
four of them be Allowed to address the Senate on
the question Of Jurisdiction was granted, and
the court adjourned to the 4th. :. In the House,
motion to suspend the rules and adopt 4 res
oluion directing The several inves tigating COM
mttees to conduit their proceedings with open
doors WAS rejeaed-yeas, 1876 nays, 105; less
than two.thirGt In the affirmative. A eim
liar resolution was then adopted, providing
an exception wbn, in the opinion of such com
mtiees, the pubic interest will be prejudced
thereby; but aDY person accused before a COM
mittee win have The right to he heard in his own
person, or by counsel, or both. A rIotion to sus-
pend the rules and pass the bill to repeal so much
of the Resumption act as authorizes the re-
demption and cancellation OF United States
notes, and the sale OF United States bonds for
the accomplishment Of that purpose, was re-
Jected--ycas, 1l5; nays, 111-nOt othrds in the
affirmative. motion was rejected-yeas, 81 !;
nays, 1o6-instruttirg the investigating commit
tees to close their labors and report thereon on
before the nth OF June, except when otherwise
expressly provided by the House. Messrs Glib
son. Blackburn, New, Vance of Ohio, Stevenson,
J. b. Reilly OF Pennsylvania, Forbes, Grape and
DarraH were announced as the select committee
to investigate the Federal offices in New Orleans.
Mr.. Blaine made personal explanation, denying
the = Pacific bond story
Apetition was presented in the Senate,
on the I'd, from the Society of Friends, protest
ing against the transfer of the Indian Bureau to
the War Department The House bill appro.
priating $4,000 for subsistence supplies for the
Apache Indians in Arizona, and for the removal
OF other Indians to the San Carlos Agency, was
passed. resolution was offered and laid over
instructng the Committee on Commerce to in
quire Into the matter of foreign immigration,
having special reference, probably, TO the
Chinese question message was received
of the Centennial Commission, and inviting
the two houses of Congress TO be pres
ent at the opening ceremonies on the
10th. In the House, bill was passed appropri
atlng $1,000 for the maintenance of lights on the
Mississippi. Ohio and Missouri Rivers. A reso-
lution directing the Committee on the Real Estate
Pool to accept an offer made by Ballet kilbourne
to appear before said committee and answer any
Dn- N res nf1 l.
wiihslanding the recent court decision in his
favor, was laid on the table by a vote of l3s TO
". resolution was adopted instructing the
Judiciary Committee to investigate into the mat
ter OF the Little Rock Il Fort Smith Railroad
bonds OF which the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany are a,legess 70 have become the owner in
1871 ana 1874 The resolution of censure of Mr..
John Young Brown, OF Kentucky, in the lest
House, was rescinded.
The House bill authorizing transfer
Of $1,000 to pay lighthouse-keepers and main
tain lighthouse service on the Mississippi, Ohio
and Missouri Rivers was passed in the senate
on the Sd. Mr.. Morton made personal eXpla-
nation in relation TO the &250,0O0 received from
the Government aud expended by HIM, as Cover
nor Of Indiana, in organizing the troops OF that
State A number ~ bills were introduced and
referred in the House. The Illinois contested
election case of LeMoyne Us. Fsrwell was taken
up, aud the report of the majority of the commit
tee, declaring III It Farwell, the sitting member,
was not, aud that LeMoyne, the contestant. was,
entitled TO the seat, adopted. The Postofiice
Appropriation bin was considered in Committee
of the Whole.
Several petitions asking Intervention on
the part OF Congress in behalf OF the American
citizen Condor, now serving out life sentence
in an English prison, for political oifense, were
presented and referred in the Senate, ON the 4th.
In the Impeachment Court, Mr.. Blair made his
argument in behalf of the respondent on the
question OF jurisdiction, and Manager Lord re-
piled, asserting that the Senate had jurisdiction
in the case The House PASSED II resolution 20
accept the invitation 10 attend the opening of the
Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia, and To ad
lourp from the 9TH To the 18th for that purpose.
Resolutions were also Notwithstanding
the Ways and Means Committee to at
once consider some measure for the re-
lief of the country from the threatened
scarcity of fractional currency; instructing the
select committee for the investigation of Federal
offices in Louisiana to make u full ana complete
Investigation of the circumstances attending the
recent assassination OF State Senator Twitchell
whether the cause was, or was not, of political
character, A message from the President declin-
ing 10 furnish the House wi,h Information as 10
his various absences from Washington, WAS read,
referred and ordered printed.
THE New York World furnishes some
interesting and instructive figures con-
corning the comparative outlay for post
age in several named cities. Taking an
average ot twenty tive cities with the nigh
est postal receipts il finds that the citizens