Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-06-02
FORTY-EOURTH CONGRESS.

TUESDAY, May 23.-A favorable report
was made in the Senate, on the House bill grant
ing to the State OF Missouri all the lands therein
selected as swamp and overtlowed lands After
reports number Of unimportaut bills, the
Impeachment question was further considered IN
secret session. :. The Naval and Indian Appro.
priatiou bills were considered in Committee OF
the Whole in the House, and the former was re-
ported to the House. with amendments, and
passed. The Louisiana Investigating Committee
was authorized to act by b-committees, and
Mr Woodburn, of Nevada, was appointed to MI
the vacancy in such committee caused by the
withdrawal of Mr.. Hoskins.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 24.-In the Senate,
the House joint resolution requesting the Presi-
dent to take such steps as, in his Judgment, may
be eXpedient to obtain the pardon or release oil
Edward O'Meagher Condor, now confined IN an
English prison. was passed. as was also the Senate
hill estabi shing the rank of Paymaster-G General
as hTigadier-General... speaker Kerr resumed
the chair In the House, his health having seem
ingly improved. report was made in the South
Carolina contested-electon case, declaring the sit
ting member, j. ii. Rainey, to have been duly
elected. resolution was adopted directing the
Committee on Commerce 10 inquire into an
alleged combination of the leading railroads OF
the country for the purpose OF controlling rafilc'
THURSDAY, May 25.-The bill fixing the
salary of the President at s25,OOO per annum, to-
gether with the message vetoing the same, was
reported back from the Civil-Service Committee
in the Senate, with a recommendation that the
DILL be passed Notwithstanding the OD1eCuOn OF
the President; placed on the calendar; The I'M
parchment question was further considered, with
closed doors In the House, the Senate amend
ments 10 the bill authorizing the appointment Of
Receivers of National Banks were non concurred
in The report of the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs on the Emma Mine Investigation was pre-
sented. After a review Of the testimony, the re-
port concludes that the relations Of Gen. Schenck
to the venders of the Emma Mine were of
such character as TO cast suspicion upon
his motives, and subject his action to
unfavorahle criticism, but the committee believe
that he was not guilty of fraud or of any fraudu-
lent intent in such connections that his speeula-
tive dealings in the shares Of the Company W re
not compatible with his diplomatic station and
the maintenance of the position of honor and
usefulness at the Court TO which he was accred-
tied; the committee therefore offered a resOlu-
tion, and unanimously recommended its passage
by the House, condemning the action OF Minister
Schenek in becoming a director OF the Emma
ton with the shares of said company, as lll-ad-
vised, unfortunate and incompatible with the du-
ties of his official position.
FRIDAY, May 26,-In the Senate, the
Senate bill to create sinking fund for the lqui-
dation of Government bonds advanced to the
CentralI & Western Pacific Railroad Company,
with amendments, and a new bill to create like
fund in relation 10 the bonds advanced to the
Union Pacific Railroad Company, and for the set
tlement of the claims Of the Government on ac.
Railroad Committee and placed on the
calendar. The Impeachment question was
further debated in secret session In the
House. the Senate bill for the relief of G.. b. ry-
Ter and e. IL. Luckett was passed over the Presi-
dents Yeto-lS1 to l4-as was also the bill pro-
viding for recording deeds, mortgages and other
cOnYeyancee affecting real estate In the District
Of Columbia. bill was also passed for the re-
| lief of certain settlers on public lands. reso-
| luton was passed appointing j. II. Patterson as
Doorkeeper. An appropriation was made for the
| payment OF claims report allowed by the Com
| missioner of Claims. An investigation was or
| deref into the charges that money had been eX-
pended by the Pacific Coast to procure the passage
of the bill TO carry Into effect the treaty with the
| Hawaiian Islands.
SATURDAY, May 27.-The Impeachment
question was considered in the Senate, with
closed DOORS on the 27th, and an order was agreed
to to proceed, on the 29th, to vote upon the pend
| ing question and any amendments that may be
| proposed thereto Mr.. Patterson was announced
as member OF the Board Of Visitors 10 West
Point, in place of Mr.. Clayton, excused In the
| House a report was made from the Conference
| Committee on the disagreeng votes OF the two
houses on the Consular and Diplomatic ApprO
priation bill, that the committee had been unable
| TO agree, which report was adopted.
MONDAY, May 29.-After further con
sderation of the Impeachment question the Sen
/ ate decided that 1t had jurisdiction by adopting
a resolution that ex-secretary Belknap is amena
| BILE TO trial by impeachment for ac done as Sec
retary Of War, Notwithstanding his resignation
| OF said office before he was impeached. The vote
| on this resolution was as follows: Heas-Bay
| ard Bogy Burnside, Cameron pa y Caperton
| Cockrell, Cooper, Davis, Dawes, Dennis, Ed
| munds, GOldthwnite Gordon, Hamilton, Hitch
cock, Kelly, Herman, Key, McCreery Mcdonald
| Maxey, Mitchell, Morrill, (Nt), Norwood, Ran
dolph, Ransom. Robertson, Sargent, salisbury
sherman, Stevenson, Thurman, Wadleigh
Wallace, White, Withers, Wnght-T, Nay